The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Atlanta Men File a Creditors Bill
Against the Wigwam Rotel Com
pany of Indian Springs-Banquet of
the New England society of South
Caroline-How the Federal Appro-
pristlon for the Militia is Appor-
toned.
GEORGIA.
Fort Gaines has received between IL, 900
and Il, 900 bales Of cotton.
Judge Emory Speer will hold court at
Augusta beginning on Dec. Is. and several
cases Of Importance will come up.
Adit Gen. Kell has sent out a circular
embodying all of the laws passed by the last
legislature affecting the state military.
Tho railroad commission will not meet
again until after the holidays. There is no
business before it requiring immediate at
tention.
A few days since z. J. Peacock, one of
Eastman's wealthy citizens, purchased q
turpentine distiliery and large amount OF
round timber in Worth county, paying
therefor the handsome sum of So, 900.
Capt. Max Adams of the Egyptian army
will leave Atlanta early next week to as
sumo his duties in the army. Tomorrow
evening the members of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity will give him parting
supper at Vignaux's hall.
Social Circle Sentry: Matthew Williams
reports a curious find. Last week while cut
ting tree Of the post oak variety, he
noticed something shining 10 the cut, and
upon investigation found it to be a silver
half dime imbedded in the heart Of the
tree.
Madison Advertiser: A fine horse belong
n had 10 Oh,
BY some accident about ten days ago. DR..
Stone performed a surgical operation on the
horse last Friday, in which he raised the
crushed part and took out a portion Of the
skull and the animal is now doing well,
with prospects OF an early recovery.
The books Of subscription of the Irish
American Dime Savings Bank at Augusta
was opened Monday. aud $22, 900 was sub
scribed before nightfall. AS the capital
stock is but $S0, 00J and the success OF the
institution is assured, it will readily be sen
that only short time will be required
to-day to fill out the list. The bank expects
to be in practical operation on Jan. J.
The little gas stove in Steve Ryan's room
In the Jail at Atlantl emits q good deal of
warmth for its size, and by sitting near it
the prisoner manages to keep moderately
warm" as he puts it, Monday night was
pretty hard on some of the other prisoners.
who had no stove-not even gas stove-to
warm by. The jailers did all in their power
TO make the inmates Of the Jail as comfortas
bic as possible, but they could not accom-
plish much.
The New England Society of South Caro-
lima is unique organization. 1t was
originally founded by New Englanders
more than seventy years ago, and since then
its annual banquets have been great social
features in sCharleston. On Dec. % Of
this year the regular anniversary banquet
will be held. A few days ago Capt E. p.
Howell received an invitation from the
board of stewards asking him to be the
guest of the society on hat occasion and 10
respond to the toest-"The press-the alb
stract and mot always brief chronicles of
the time" shakespeare Abridged. Capt
Howell was compelled to decline the invita-
ton on account Of previous engagements
DR.. Carey, the state fish commissioner.
was In Atlanta Monday to meet the United
States fish commission car. Capt. Simpson.
who was in charge of the car, had Al. 900
small carp and $50 young gold-eyed Ash.
he left about a bushel of these mnuows
with Dr. Carey for distribution in Georgia.
All OF Georgia's portion had been spoken
for before the car reached there, Georgia is
now well stocked with carp, and there is
good fishing In most of the streams The
Chattanoochee is a fine river for angling.
A splendid run Of shad is looked for in t q
Ocmulgee when the season comes. Three or
four years ago that stream was planted with
shad spawn at Macon. The shad disap-
peared soon after being patched and went
out to sea, but come back every year.
An extract from recent report of the
Secretary of War, on the mode Of allotment
OF the annual appropriation for the militia,
SHOVE that each states portion is based
upon its representation in congress; and, as
shown by the report, this method is very
unfair one, as the number of congressman
Is often disproportionate to the number OF
men in the militia Of the same state. Soma
figures are given which show how this
method or allotment opsrates Georgia re-
ceives as her SHARE Of he 100000 $11 ,057 10
on the basis of eleven congress.
man, and has 4,04l men in her organized
militia. Virginia receives the same amount
upon the same basis of representation, bu
has only 2,S0S men in her militia. SousI
Carolina gets IS, 292 81, for equipment o.
6,213 militia men, on the basis OF nine con
greSsnen. Ohio, with only s, 10 men, get
sci, 1872 50.
The Atlanta creditors of the Wigwau
Hotel Company at Indian Springs hav,
filed credi;o s. bill against sac COMPANY
through Dorsey, Brewster 81 Howell. Tn
bill represents majority of the creditors O
the hotel. So far the debts appear to b,
about $4,000, but may run largely ovel
that amount. On Saturday Albert Howell
Jr., went down TO Griffin and got Judge ]
s. Boynton to sign an order appoint
ing w. A. Gregg, of Beck g. Gregg
Atlanta, temporary receiver MONDAY
morning Mr.. Gregg filed his bond as re
ceiver, and took charge of the hotel prop
erty. The hearing for a permanent receives
will be had on Saturday, Jan. 30, 1892
Judge Boynton granted restraining order
preventing the issuing of executions Of
judgments in the meantime. Albert II
Cox has been appointed attorney for tn
stockholders The hotel property is values
probably at $685. 900.
The annals Of Warren county are agall
biackened by foul and cowardly murder
ana bad whisky Is at the bottom Of it. Las
Saturday night. during the progress Of
not supper on the Young place, in Mort
warren, owned by estate Of Il. r. McGinty
Jenn Booker Ccolored) under the infiuenc
oil whisky, grew bolsterous-so much s,