The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-10

sale Ii was held at 2,1OO, which was a
little more money than he had Just then,
I and he sent TO his brother for money enough
to make up the required sum. II was
| several days before the money came. When
it arrived he started out TO make the pur-
chase. When he got there, the man from
whom he was preparing to buy the land
| told him that he had just sold it for 50, 100.
Atlanta will probably be made the head
/ quarters for the signal service bureau of the
state of Georgia. At present there is no
state office, but from certain improvements
| that are TO be made there, it seems as if
there was an effort being made in that
/ direction, There are only thirty Offices in
| the United States rated az irst-class. They
are supplied with tue latess improved in
struments. Atlanta is not in the list, but
she soon will be, for Observer Fitzgerald
has just been notified tnat he will soon be
supplied with a rain gauge, a triple self
register and a paragraph.
At Macon, Friday, Texas pony became
! frightened at the electric" and after sew
eral attempts to jerk away from a small
70 ID cart to wlicl he was hitcled, ran into
one of the belt line horse cars. Finding
that there was room for him on the front
platform, the animal climbed up on the
ST aps and dragge the cart with him The
| driver vacated in short order, and a big
/ IIONu COAieCtt1 dIOuuu IuS SCtub Us IL ny
magic. All efforts to pull Texas f ON the
steps failed, and at last he got his front feet
on the platform. This was all they could
stand, and af .er some hard work on the
part Of the crowd he was pulled out bodily.
At McRae at 2 o'clock Friday morning,
fire was discovered issuing from the res
tlurant of n. q. Heath, and before the
flames could b. arrested the store of Mr..
Heath adjoining, and the two offices BIS
| longing to Mrs. I. A. Harris were also de-
srroyed. Mrs Harris had $500 insurance
on her property, which will nearly cover
her loss. The other houses were not in
| sured and the loss will amount 10 something
| over $500. The origin of the fire is I'M
! known. Fortunately the wind was blowing
| TO the northwest, or much more property
would have been DESTROYED. Col. NJ. FIz-
zell, who was occupying the offices, also
lost nearly all Of his books, clothing, etc.
Hartwell Sun: On Tuesday we had the
pleasure of call from Hon. Horace w.
Cannon, from Tiger Greek, Rabun county.
Maj. Cannon is man that would comman
attention in any crowd. Over six feet, with
massive frame, he towers grandly, like one
OF bis native mountain spurs. Although rs
years OF age, his hair is just cleverly begin
ming to gray, and he can ride horseback
forty miles day over hill and valley He
is now living In sight of where he has lived
for seventy years. Maj. Cannon has repre-
sented his county in the House, his district
in the Senate, and was member of the
Georgia secession convention. This grand
mountaineer is as cheerful and lively as
lad OF 10. Long may he wave!
Thirty-three thousand people were mar
ried in Georgia last year. A difference in
favor of the country districts appears to
exist in matrimOny. Marriage seems to be
more a matter of course with them But
TO this general rule there are few noble
exceptions like that of Ful, on, in which
county 997 marriage licenses were issued
last year. This means, in round numbers,
the MARI age of 2, 900 persons out Of a popu-
lation Of about 10000. This is . K per cent.
or considerably above the state average of
l.oo per cent. The most remarkable county
for the paucity of its marriages is
Chatham, where only 225 licenses
were issued to white people, against
| 625 in Fulton. The marriages
among the whites and negroes are ABOUT in
proportion to population. The whites have
lao the advantages in the aggregate, and
the negroes are slightly ahead in the num-
Der of marriages per thousand of their
population. There is one curious social law
to be observed, however. The proportion
OF marriages is greater per thousand in the
majority race. In many counties of
southern Georgia, where the negroes are
largely IN the maj )rity, they marry out of
all proportiol ,and in North Georgia, where
the white peope outnumber, it is the
same way with them. The social
opportunities seem to crease, as it were,
In geometrical proportion. and the denser
either population is, the faster it pairs off.
For instance, If there were only a half dozen
couples living in militia dist let it might
happen That there woull not be a co lgeuial
pair among them; but If there were 200 or
3OO couples, the chances are that half of
them would get suited. Such is the diver
slty of human character and disposition
that one must go far before there is found
an attraction strong enough to warrant an
ASSOCIATION that must last until it is dis.
solved by death.
Atlanta is to have a clearing house. The
clearing house is an institution established
by banks i'll large cities for the SO Element
of mutual claims by the payment of differ
| encss. The total of the claims is called
'clearings" a d the differences are called
balances" The clearings mainly consist
| of checks held by different bankers who
| receive them in the way of ordinary de-
posts. The process employed is a very
| simple one. AT a certain hour in the morn
ing every bank which is member of the
clearing house sends a clerk, who takes
with him all the checks on the other banks
that have been received at the bank the day
before This clerk receives in ret I'm from
| the clerks OF the other banks all the checks
and exchanges held against it for pay
ment. When all these exchanges have
been made-recelpts, Of course, being given
In every case-each bank will have received
all the checks held agai st it, and will have
turned over to the proper clerks the checks
AID exchanges it neld against the banks
they represent. Clearing house books are
| kept, and in these are accounts with each
bank. Each bank is cred tel with the
amount due it from other banks, and is
| deblted with the amount it owes to the
other banks. II balance is due to par
tcular bank, 1t is said to have GAINED. y
but If there is balance against it, it is
said to have lost" 1t is evident that the
total gains must equal the total losses. The
balances, therefore, against some of the
banks which are paid to the clearing
| houses are paid over by that institution to
those banks which have balances in their
favor. The debtor banks pay into the
clearing house the sum due them, and with
this money the creditor banks are paid.
Clearing houses are meant to accomplish
the dual purpose of aiding the banks in
their work and of furnishing statistics.
wnich kare of Iuse to people DESTROYS of
obtaining information about the cities. A
clearing house facilitates the work of the
banks greatly, and removes great risks of
carriage.
Sheriff j. A. Hilsmau has returned to
Madison from Sheffield, Ala, bringing
with him as a prisoner e. o. Owens. a
| vouncy farmer. NUho ronaptlxr n, ,...AL Il