The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-15
GEORGIA THRIFT.
Dalton wants a steam laupdry.

An effort is to be made to have tho tele-
phone introduced at Albany.
John Davis, farmer owning 100 acres of
land III Floyd county, has discovered de-
post of mineral paint on it
The telegraph line which is being built
along the Columbia extension will reach
Leary in two or three DAYS.
Columbus will probably build her own
sewers this year, as she can do the work
cheaper than the contractors ask.
The people of Calhoun county will
meet in Morgan on the first Thursday in
April, to discuss ways and means for hold
ing county fair.
A gentleman is in Marietta who says if
the citizens of Marietta will raise SIS, 900 to
build cotton factory, he will guarantee s
per cent interest and give security for the
principal.
The improvements to property in Perry
completed within the last two months and
now in progress or under contract, exceed
largely the work on that line of any similar
period within the last ten years.
A movement is on foot to build at Leary
large cotton seed oil mill and guano fac
tory, to cost between $4,000 and SIS, 900.
The subscription list is climbing up very
fast, and little doubt of the success of the
movement is felt.
Macon NeIOs: There are kaolin deposits
in Bib county, and in time they may be
| developed. Atlanta is in a flutter over the
| recent discovery of kaolin In that city,
Who knows but what Macon in time will
| be the site of large china works?
For many years it has been known that
certain portions of Houston county are ex-
ceedlngly rich in mari deposits. By analysis
| and by practical tests under crops of corn
and cotton it has been demonstrated that
| this mari is very valuable rs fertilizer.
At special meeting of the Perry town
| council Monday night an order was passed
| requiring all encroachments on the streets
| of the town to be removed at once. This.
| as matter of course, involves the opening
| of such streets of the town as have here5o-
fore remained closed by consent.
| Sam Weichselbaum, who already owns a
large amount of city and suburban real
estate at Macon, is still buying more, and
has just purchased for Sc, 900 the Wilbourn
homestead with 235 acres of land in East
Macon. He will hold the purchase as an
| Investment, believing in the future great
growth and prosperity of Macon.
The Columbus iron works loaded two of
STATIONS improved absorption ice machines
| for shipment Wednesday. One is a 32-ton
machine and goes to Pittsburg, Pa. The
other is 15-ton machine and goes to Ale
! ghany, Pa. Every part of these machines
is made in Columbus, and the iron men of
the north will be given an opportunity of
seeing first-class work from a southern
foundry.
Officers for the new bank at Oglethorpe
have been elected as follows: S. T. Lohey,
president; Judge w. H. Fish. w. c. john
son, d. Kelsoe. and d. P, Google, directors.
| Fifteen thousand dollars his been subscribed
This organization will do business under the
! name of Lohey, Greer & Co, as it will be
impossible to get charter before the sitting
of the next legislature, and the business of
the town demands banking facilities of
some sort right away
| Chickens and eggs are now placed on the
list of luXuries at Quitman. They are held
at prices that are above and beyond the
reach of the average Quitmanite 1t is not
that they are scarce. for the marke5 is well
| stocked; but jacksonville, st. Augustine,
Palatka, Sanford, and other points in
| Florida draw so heavily upon Quitman for
these things, and pay such prices for them,
that Quitman divides handsomely wi tn the
temporary denlzens of the land of flowers.
| Many houses in Quitman derive a snug IN
| come from the annual shipment of poultry
and eggs.
Now that the city council of Macon has
| emphatically decided not to agree to annul
the contract between the city and the Geor-
| gia Agricultural Society, which requires the
annual holding of the fair at Central City
park, the people of Macon are disposed to &c
| forward and cooperate with the society il
making the fair in next October a large and
| attractive exhibit and grand success. The
society has requested the citizeI of Macon
through the board of trade, to appoint suit
| able persons to assist in the management OF
| the fair, hoping thereby to excite greater
| local interest and enthusiasm.