The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-24
GEORGIA THRIFT.


A few crates Of green pears were shipped
from Boston recently.
Watermelons are bringing money into
Lowndes county now at the rate of S., 900 a
day.
Watermelon vines continue to die rapidly
and the crop in Brooks county will be a
very short one.
John F.. Darricott Of Brooks county has
six acres Of melons He has sold two car
loads for 1908 and will gather, perhaps, two
more car loads.
The Merchants Bank of Reynolds has or
ganized, with c. C. Souder cashier, aud
VIII transact general banking and ex
change business.
Seven new stores are in process Of cree
ton at Madison. The owners are F. c.
Foster, j. l.. Griffin, 8. w. Booth, A. S.
Hough, W. P. II. Epps and John Orr.
The Christian Moerlein Brewing Com
pany has purchased the works owned by
the Central City Ice Company of Macon
They will be operated by them in the
future.
The machinery for the canning and pick
ling factory is on the road to Eatonton, and
10000 cans have been ordered. The build
ing is framed and will be finished in ten
DAYS.
Two hotels, one drug store, two general
merchandise establishments, one printing
office and large number of residences are
to be erected at Ellabell as soon as carpent-
ers and lumber can be obtained
A party of prospectors has been at work
in the marsh between Cumberland and
Cabin Bluff for several days. They have
driven many stakes, and it is thought that
they have struck rich vein of phosphate.
The Rome Fire Insurance Company and
the Bradford Drug Company have arranged
for the erection, on the property now occu-
pied by them at Rome, of a magnificent
four-story double iron front building, to
cost $4,000.
The opening Of the Macon brewery Friday
was an entire success. Fully 5000 men
answered the invitation of President Troy
to come "eat. drink and be merry and it
was probably the jolliest 5, 200 that ever got
together in Macon.
1t is rumored that vein Of rich green
paint stone has been discovered on Cumber-
land Island. 1t is said that similar veins
are found along the Satilla river The
HARDWOOD Paint Company Of Baltimore may
become purchaser.
j. j. Sturgis of Appalachee, Morgan
| county, while blasting well in his yard
recently came across shining metal which
much resembles gold. The rock he was
blasting is the hardest kind of granite, and
the metal is found imbedded in it.
| Darien Timber Gazette: The saw-mills
| around Darien have commenced to run on
| full time again. The bulk of the timber is
still in the Ohoopee, the cutters being I'M
able to get it out. A July freshet is pre-
dicted. and IL the prediction proves true all
the timber now cut and in the creeks will
be brought down to Darien.
| w. j. Driskill, superintendent of the
| e.
| the output OF manufactured and manipu-
lated stuff this season has been considerably
in excess of that of any season since the
| factory was established Thirty-six hum
dred tons of guano and 1900 tons of acid
| phosphate have been manufactured and
| sold.
at Eatonton, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mar
tin and George W. Nelson have purchased
from Judge Lawson eight or ten acres of
land for residence lots. The land lies front
| ing the railroad and in the rear of the lots
occupied by j. G.. Collinsworth and ". fl.
Hearn. Mrs. Carrie Martin and Mr.. Nelson
expect to erect buildings on their respective
lots during the present year.
A syndicate of Macon capitalists, inclu6-
| ing M. Nussbaum and Z. G. Harris and
Theodore Ellis, have purchased 400 acres of
land between the Forsyth and Columbus
roads, near Macon, from Messrs. johnson.
| AOSLo oAu A@oi hoss ms price palQ was
$4,000. The property is distant about
three miles from Macon, and was purchased
in the interest of the Metropolitan street
railway, which is to be constructed
through it.
Jacksonville NelUS: Last Friday w. J.
Tucker, V. D. Monroe and Major Gregory
discovered, about six miles east of here.
one OF the best gold veins ever seen in this
section. The gold covers the surface of the
rocks like mica in the mica schist. The slate
is held together by the plates and scales of
gold. The sand taken from the vein shows
the particles to the naked eye, and through
| a lens it is seen in abundance 1t is a
feldspathic and quartz vein, easily worked
and water power close by.
The owners of the steamboats, of the
Hawkinsville Boat Line tied up their boats
ten days ago, leaving Hawkinsville mer.
chants bottled up as to an outlet for their
frelghts to customers along the Ocmulgee
river below there. In view of this fact the
services OF Capt. Robinson and his steamer.
the New South, have been secured, and the
new line will begin operations the first of
this week. A reasonable schedule of freight
rates embraced in the contract, and the new
arrangement, releases the merchants from
the embarrassing position they have occu.
pied since the tying up of the boats ten
days ago. The contract is to be in full
force for twelve months, the merchants
agreeing to patronize the boat to the extent
of all shipments they make via the Oc
mulgee.
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