The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31

five years Of so per cent. The business OF
Macon has grown with strides equally re-
markRble, from SIG, 900, 900 in 1883 to over
$50 100000 in 1888, which is without a
parallel in cities of the population Of Macon.
during 1886 81 and IS over $2,000,0 900 vas
spent in building improvements.
Late Saturday afternoon William White,
who lives near the new barracks near At
lanta, had a desperate fight with a negro
burglar. Alb ut dusk negro broke open a
rear door to Mr. Whites residence, and
started off with lot OF clothing Mr..
White saw him, and started in pursuit with
a shotgun The negro was overtaken, agd
"A hand.to- hand fight occurred. After q
severe struggle, Mr.. White broke loose
from the negro, and fired the gun at him.
the negro screamed as if in pain, aud ran
negro is badly wounded, and has asked the
police to help look for him. The stolen
| clothes were recovered.
At Granville. few nights ago the office
| Of the Atlanta and West Point railroad
was partially rided Of its contents Later
the depot at Whitfield was burglarized, and
a couple Of mon went out on the night train
IN search Of the robbers. As the train
pa ssed the depot at Moreland Tuesday
morning at 80 o'clock, the porter OF tho
train noticed that the ticket office at that
place had been broken into, and notified
! the conductor, z. Martin, also informing the
! conductor that he saw some one board the
| secOnd-class coach and upon this information
| the conductor awoke the wo mon who were
| in the tirst-class coach, and all went for
ward to the coach In front and nabbed the
right man He had about him divers kinds
! OF keys, among them such as are used by
| almost every railroad in the south. He was
carried on to jail at Lagrange. He bankers
after ticket Offices
The beneficiaries Of the bill pensoning
! confederate soldiers wounded ia the service
are getting up a subscription to donate a
watch TO its author, Col. John T. Gro WIDER
| Of Monroe. Comptroller General Wright
has received several packages of the fol-
lowing circulars, addressed to THE bene-
icaries Of the Crow der bill The circular
says: Col. John T Crowdar, the author
Of the bill, was gallant colonel in the late
war, and while leading his regiment
was shot through the body. Actuated
by no motives save the weil-being
of the wounded confederates now left in
poverty, he devoted his time 10 this bill, till
it was passed. We desire to present him,
through the comptroller general-who is a
one-legged soltier-a watch, as q slight
testimonial Let each beneficiary Of this
bill leave with the ordinary of his county
ten cents. asking him to send the amounts,
when received, to the comptroller general
with the names of the donors. The amount
is limited to ten cents, so that every
wounded soldier may be represented We
hope that this may meet with the approval
of all
Few cities in the Union are better off
financially than Macon; the rate Of taxa
ton, county and state, on a full valuation,
is but Ia per cent. The total debt Of the
city, which has been bonded al e Der cent,
and is being retired ar a rate of 500 900 per
annum, amounts to $j50OO0. The bonds
sell at ll2l3 in the market The interest
being payable quarterly, they are very de-
sirable. the total value of the city prop
erty Is Sl2,000,00O, on an as 'essed valua ion
Of about 20 per cent. of actual values For
three years ending October, 1884, the value
OF its improvements was $4,000
100000 in excess Of Atlanta this by
BrddStreetS repogt) During 1885, the in
crease of its values was % per cen greater
than in any city in Georgia, as shown by
the tax returns, and in 1886, 'S7, 'SS, it has
equaled that Of any city in the state A
peculiar feature of the city's houses is that
they are owned chiefly by their occupants
1t is estimated that So per cent Of the
people live in their own homes, and that 95
per ce {. of city property is owned in the
city The number Of manufacturing in
dustries amounts 70 l07; capital employed,
$4,000, 900; hands engaged in manufactur-
ing, 3,763; monthly wages, $S4 200; value
Of manufactured products, 81 ,822, 900.
Hon. j. S. Hook, the state school com
missioner, has been asked by county school
c2mmiss ,oners over the state for his opiniJ IN
ia reference to probable school term, as
Import ant in making contracts vita teach
ers. Judge Hook advises that these con-
tracts be made for -four months schools with
the condition that the paf must come out OF
tee public scaOOl fund, whatever that may
be. II says: IL cannot but think IL he
does not fld money enough TO pay for the
tour months term, it will come as near,
perhaps, IN paying out that term as it has
heretofore in paying the three months
term. With the customary supple nent to
the teachers pay made by patrons, the fund
Will suffice for four months term, but it
can be made absolutely free for three
months, not heretofore the case. The fol- |
lowing is the estimate made in the state
commissioner office of the school fund for
1889: Poll tax $lS5, 900, from old sources
500, 600 new appropriation sl65 900; total |
S6SO,OOO. The average attendance accord |
ing TO the estimate, will be 226, 800, giving a |
trlhe over 81 per capita. 1t is confidently |
expected that the provision Of the legisla- |
ture appropriating the whole tax on the eK- |
cess OF $500, 0O0, 600 of taxable property will |
largely increase the school fund, but it is |
Questioned whether it would be practically |
available for the present year.
Tennille Enterprise: One of the leading |
attractions of the bazaar last week was w. |
b. Thomas wonderful clock, which was on |
exhibition each OF the three nights To |
those who had never seen it before it was |
indeed marvel Of delicate workmanship. |
1t can hardly be called clock, though, for |
the clock part is only small portion Of the |
little wonder. 1t Is q miniature theater |
orchestra, calendar, thermometer and time |
piece combined. Mr. Thomas, who is |
the president of the Wrightsville and Ten |
mile railroad, began making it in 1879 aad |
flashed it in 1881. He did all the work |
with his own hands, not receiving |
any assistance whatever from a |
machinist, Jewe,er nor carpen-
ter. 1t is almost an impossibilty to de-
scribe the workings Of this ingenious com
bination. The external appearance ia per-
fect model Of an imposing theater, aud is
about four feet long from end to end. |
DomeS tower above tue roof, while little |
turrots rise fromthe corners. Between two |
Of The turrets and over the entrance is the |
'front.' gable, on which are printed the words
Thomas Theatern Upon tho rear part of |
the roof is a little slot, large enough to ad-
mt 5-cent piece Il inoneT. Five cents is |
put into it and mashed until l. disappears
from view. Immediately Lhe little boy in |
the cupola, with a bell in hand rings tho
hour, the music starts, the curtain at
the entrance rolls aside, disclosing |
perfect stage, with wings, handsome scenery |
aud all customary property kind Of |
an animal makes its appearance upon tho |