The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

of baby bonds" of s. each by the city.
They would do for currency.
The extensive caving In of the river banks
above and below New Orleans threatens
serious danger to that city in the future.
Many Germans are leaving Kansas and set
Ting in Maryland. The great west has been
oyer-boomed and thousands Of people want to
get away.
AT the recent session of the American Ie-
g!on of Honor at Milwaukee the reports
showed that one-half OF the deaths in the
order are suicides.
\ mass meeting i'll Columbus has endorsed
the cotton mill certificates, and in Richmond
the merchants and manufacturers who have
pay rolls thinking of issuing engraved
scrip that will take the place of currency.
The Chicago Times charges A Goodrich,
of that city, with forging divorce DEGREES.
He is disbarrcd lawyer and does a large
business manufacturing bogus divorce de-
crees for people all over the country.
Dixie" prints letters from several south
crn railway managers 10 the erect that our
railways have ali the necessary organization
ind equipment for enabling the south to
draw Immigrants from the northwest
Lucille Adams, the actress who died in pow
erty the other day at New York hospital.
was the widow of an English lord and
once worth $1,000, coo. She invested her
money in a western mine and lost it all
The postal clerks of the United States will
ask congress For better compensation In
the railway mail service they risk and lose
their lives, and they should be well paid
for their work They have had no change in
their wages since 1876.
Congressman Breckenridge has heretofore
been the idol of his party in Kentucky. He
is one of the most eloquent men III the coUn-
try and his fine moral sentiments have de-
lighted many chautauquas and religious as
semblies His influence over young men was
remarkable.
John l.. Sullivan met an old enemy in
New York the other day and knocked him
down. The victim fired shot Sullivan and
the big fellow skipped out, took hack and
drove away Sullivan is strongly prejuliced
against pistols.
d. W Hughes, of vandalia, Mo, asserts
that Abraham Lincoln. when young man,
borrowed half dollar of him and never re-
turned it. Mr.. Hughes seems to have q
pretty good memory, at any rate.
The Chicago Herald is satisfied that we
have money enough and only need confidence.
The Herald should ask congress to pass
law making it Il criminal offcnse for any
citizen to show q lack of confidence in his
neighb0rS.
The Kansas women who serve as police JUS
tees deal with the tramp question in their
own way. one tramp sentenced 10 two
baths day for ten days and hard labor on
the stone pile. with the order that he was
to be fed If he worked and starve if he
shirked.
Ex-Governor Foster, of OHIO is shown lit
tie mercy by his creditors They visit his
house and demand money, believing that he
has large sum concealed. one young man
who had lost everything he had in Eos
ters bank called on him and at the point of
Il pistol forced him to give up several hun
dred dollars. People who meet Foster ON
the street shake their fists in his face aud
denounce him as thief
1t is reported that Il discovery of gold has
been made at Cripple Greek, Col. which sur
passes anything on record. 1t is in one of
the mines of the Pueblo Consolidated Gold
Mining Company. The lead has been struck
at the depth of ten feet and very careful
conservative tests, it is said make it run ut
SD, 800 to the ton of ore. 1t Is remarkable TO
not the extraordinary number Of rich gold
discoveries just now. II they continue it
will not be long till gold is greater drug
than silver. And it is even more remarkable
that the most OF these discoveries occur in 4
territory where hitherto silver has been
preme.
After the war street car tickets were in
general i'll Atlanta a substitute for
small change, and everybody took them ut
par. During the same period counterfeit
United tSates fractional currency was rarely
ever refused, although it could be seen at
glance that it was not genuine. A year or
Two later the dollar and two dollar notes
issued by the Brunswick and Albany railroad
circulated very generally throughout Georgia.
Almost anything will serve as Il substitute
for money when the people hopeful and
confident. These extreme examples show how
easy it would be to make a local currency
popular by establishing it upon reasonably
safe basis.
1t is said that Il large colony of working
men left Sydney, Australia, the other day.
to seek their fortunes i'll Paraguay. All
the members of the colony are said to be TO-
bust and energetic men, and the married ones
are accompanied by their families. Their
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