The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-31
BAINBRIDGE NOTES.
Few Facts from Decatur's Thriving
and Growing City.

ana GrOWlnR City.
BAISBRIDGE, GA, May 30.-Within the
past sixty-five days cambridge has built an
ice factory, which is nearly ready for opera
ton, contracted for an electric light plant,
which will be in operation July l, cotton
compress, which will be ready for business
Sept. /, and on Tuesday last voted IS, 900
for the construction of commodious brick
academy and 81. 600 for a city hall, also of
brick, and containing council chamber,
three fire engine rooms, social halls, offices,
ETC., for the city officers. The funds for
these last named public buildings will be
ised by issuing twenty-year bonds bearing
per cent interest, and it is believed that
they will be readily sold above par.
The Knights of Pythias, who have a
membership of about nj ETY. live young
men, together with outside subscribers. viii
make an effort to put second and third
story to the city hall Che second for the
opera house and the third for lodge room
that orderl, havi e already secured the
consent of the city authorities to the
arrangement, provided 1t be done at their
own expense. Some $1,000 private sub
scrip ions have been raised for these, and
the question is being theoretically can
vassed by the young men. and it is believed
the movement will succe d.
KNITTING MILL AND BROOM FACTORY.
The Democrat, tie inspiration and leader
in all our local projects and plans, is in re-
ceipt of letter from tue manager of
large knitting mill and broom factory, now
in operation at MOI tn Stonington, Ct, who
has been prospecting throughout the state
for location for their plant. saying that
they have determined to move south, and
will be here In June to build and prepare
TO put in their plant. They have sixty-five
knitting machines, which are operated by a
force of eighty-6ve girls. In connection
they Will m inufacture brooms, and will
employ altogether more than one hundred
operatives. They promise to be in opera
ton by November next
NEW HOTEL,
so long and much needed, is about to
materialize, so reports say. Mr.. Dismukes,
the proprietor of the Sharon house, has
purchased lot and is nov arranging plans
for hotel of about sixty rooms, with all
modern improvements, to be constructed of
wood. Our increased railroad facili les
make the demand for increased hotel faci-
tiles imperative, and the hotel will certainly
be built by some one.
THE ALABAMA MIDLAND
railroads first passenger schedule, through
to Montgomery, went into effect on Sunday
morning last, and daily trains leave here at
O'Clock a. m. for Montgomery, Birming-
nam ana other western points.
All along this line of road have sprung
up thriving towns and villages, steam saw
mills, turpentneries, etc Between Balm
bridge and the Chattahoochee river, thirty
miles west, there are five villages sta
tlo1s and an equal number Of saw mills and
turpentine distileries.
AT BIiuson, ten miles west Of Bainbridge.
the Birmingham Logging Company are
cutting tens of thousands of timber, and
are also putting up several large saw-mills
along the line of road and along the banks
of Spring creek. Between their place and
TINS the Montgomery Logging Company
are also cutting thousands of timber for
shipment.
propose soon taking a run over the
Midland and telling the NEWS readers of
the magnificent country developed by this
line, which only lacks cultivation to make
1t pour its treasures of business and wealth
into the lap of the Forest City of Georgia
LOCAL NOTES.
Mr.. Moody of Dothan, Ala, and Miss Fl.
J. Brown, of thiscity, were married at the
Presbyterian church on Tuesday morning
last, at o'clock, and left Immediately for
DothaD, their future home.
The Presbyterians are preparing to erect
house for their pastor that will be a
credit so them aud TO the city.
President Blount of the Electric Light
Company has been absent the past week
looking after machinery aud materials for
that plant. He is expected home early next
week.
Our fremen will give an excursion to
Apalachicola on Wednesday, June II, and
remain several days. Their annual excur-
sions are always enjoyable, but this year
they will eclipse themselves
Editor Ben Russell was called TO the bed
side OF sick child of his at Waycross this
morning.