The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28


Capitslists-The Opening of the Oc-
mulgee.
Florida oranges have made their advent
In Albany.
Gordon will make enough corn this season
70 last her three years.
Negotiations are pending for the erection
of three or four brick stores in Perry.
Rev. B. W. Davis of Dawson has ac-
-cepfed the pastorate of the Baptist church
at Plains of Dura, Sumter county.
The Methodists of Cartersville will build
their parsonage shortly. The church has
about g., 200 Ia the treasury for this pur-
pose.
More manganese is shipped from Carriers
willie than any other place in the United
States, not excepting the celebrated mines
In Virginia
The statement is made that the alliance
men in the neighborhood of Vic, in Irwin
county, intend to hold their cotton till they
can get 12l cents for it.
Coal is rapidly taking the place of wood
for fuel in Perry. One hundred and seven
! ty-three TO have been ordered for the ap-
! preaching winter season.
Mr.. Brown Of Dawson has moved to
! Plains of Dura, Sumter county, aud pro-
poses to erect suitable buildings for an ex-
tensive mandatory of buggies and
wagons.
Asbury Hull has been added to the board
of directors of the National Bank Of
Augusta, 70 fill the vacancy caused by the
retirement of j. NJ. Burdell, who sold out
/ his stock.
! Since the opening of the cotton season in
Houston county, the price picking cotton
has been advanced 10 cents per 100 pounds,
and yet the supply of pickers is not equal to
the demand.
i At LaGrange Mr. Andrews has pur-
chased the old Holmes house, that has been
an eyesore 10 all our progressive people for
the last fifteen years, and will build on its
lsite an elegant hotel
All of the cotton received in Gainesville
$50 far has been covered with jute bagging,
I and this, too, in the face of the fact that
nearly all of the farmers declared they
would never use it again.
/ One of the convicts who escaped from the
I jail at Jesup recently, named Phil Foy
/; (coloren. was recaptured at Valdosta last
week, and Is now at his old occupation of
running a steam shovel on the streets.
Henry Horne, agent for the New York
and Philadelphia capitalists, Messrs Work
and Van Steenbergh, was in Augusta
Thursday. It is surmised that move to
buy the gas and water works of the city
: Is on the tapis.
I The fifth annual fair of Hancock county
opened at Sparta Wednesday, most
auspiciously, the weather being fine and
6he attendance very good. On all sides are
seen specimens Of Hancock's wealth, prog
ress and industry.
The barn, crib and stables of Judge ]. T.
! Youngblood at Sandersville were burned
Sunday. Judge Youngblood estimates his
loss at from $500 TO s400. There were about
$50 bushels of corn, several tons OF hay
aud fodder just housed, d several bushels
of peas, all of which were destroyed.
Ten wagons with twenty-five bales Of
cotton on them were driven from Macon
Thursday, in a row. Each bale was COW
ereds with cotton baggiug, and the two
front wagons bore a banner inscribed with
the words: Down on Juten The cotton
was from McElmurray's mills, in Crawford
county.
The Bankers Association Of Macon, now
that the cotton season is at hand, have low
cred the rates on New York exchange. On
amounts up to $50 a rate of 10 cents is made.
From this to 1920 cha &c of Is cents is
made, and on larger sums one-eighth of
per cent. will be charged. In amounts of
$4,000 and over, New York exchange is
now selling at par.
The insurance adjusters have about COM
pleted their labors on the Paynes & Willing
ham fire at Macon. The stock in the main
store was insured for Sl6,500, and was
total loss. The companies will pay the full
amount. On the firms carpet department
there was an insurance of $500, the in
voices showing a STOCK of $500. As yet,
the adj listers have not completed this porN
ton of their work.
Nothing has yet been heard from w. w.
RO6CQFS VI for orfe
unknown. MIR Rodgers was one of the
best farmers in the county, having made
fifty-four bales of cotton and about 200
bushels of corn with two plows a few years
ago. His wife, two children, four step
children, as well as 81, 900 worth of cred
itors, would like to know of his wherea-
bouts, with the proceeds of about six bales
of cotton.
Statesboro Eagle: The people in the
southwestern part Of Bulloch win soon have
a railroad near them. The Eden extension
through Tatnan has sent the price of land
away up, and every fellow expects to get a
station on his land, aud see big city spring
up Phonlx-like The people in the upper
part of the county also have a railroad, and
now the people of the central part of the
county have a railroad. So the time is near
at baud when Bullocn will have plenty of
transportation.
Harris and Rodgers, the Macon Board of
Trade committee, are at work on COM
municatioa to Lieut.. Carter, at the army
headquarters In New York, concerning the
Ocmulgee river. The object of this
communication is to impress upon the
authorities the great importance of early
action in the matter. This committee is
leaving no stone unturned to bring about
an ca ly opening of the Ocmulgee for
traffic, which is of 50 muca importance to
the whole country traversed by th& river.
Augusta Chronicle There's a wealthy
man in Augusta who patronizas my place.
said barkeeper. Thursday, land every
time he comes in he does something that
most people would call mean, but term it
q popularity. He steps up to the bar aud
calls for straig t whisky. After filling his
glass he drinks half of the liquor, afterward
refilling and swallowing the contents. For
this he pays only Is cents, and wouldn't
think of being charged any more If the
barkeeper kicEs, why he leaves and never
comes back. Why do we stand it? Be-
cause he's generous in every other respect
except this hobby, always calling in two or
three friends TO drink with him"
g. F. Hall, T. j. Lumpkins and Thomas
Cummings have closed the trade with New
England parties for 10000 acres ofcoal and
iron land and town site, at poin on the
Alabama 6reat oUu.nern railroad in Dade
county, known as Morrisons, fourteen miles