The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-02


ping Sturgeon 10 Northern Mar
kets From Brunswick-The AppIi-
cation for n Receiver for a PhOs-
phate Company Decentralization
10 BE the Scene of a Hanging in
May.
GEORGIA
A 5000 starch factory is a probability
at RinggOld.
Solomon Chastin. one OF the oldest citi-
zens Of Thomas county, died Saturday.
A o. Blackmar, cashier Of the Mer-
chants and Mechanics Bank Of Columbus.
has resigned
The oat crop in Stewart county is al
most a total failure this year. although
some farmers tried il as often as three
times 70 get a stand Of them on the
ground.
A strong delegation OF confederate vet
Grams will go from Atlanta to the forth
coming encampment of the United Con-
federate Veterans Association, TO be held
at Houston, Tex
Engineer W. L. Auman, who was scalded
by escaping steam from an engine that
ran into washout on the Southern rail-
road at Adams Park on March Il, died at
Atlanta Saturday night.
II is rumored that Mrs. Harcourt. wife
OF the actor now serving a term in a con-
vict camp near Americas. has already Sc
cured a divorce and viii marry Louis
Tenn.
Judge Lumpkin Of Atlanta has refused
10 grant the application for a receiver
for the Suwanee River Phosphate Com
pany. The details Of the grounds on which
a receiver was asked were printed in the
News several days ago.
At Americas Saturday Judge Fish re-
sentenced Ed Westbrooke. convicted in
December of the murder Of Will Nixon, a
negro boy, in a dispute about dog. West
brooke IS sentenced 10 hang on Friday,
May 3. The execution will be private.
The argument against the demurrer in
the case Of Horton ct al. against Mckee.
ct al, involving $4,000 acres of land In
Southeast Georgia, was concluded before
Judge Newman al Atlanta Saturday. He
reserved his decision, however, for few
days.
Charles Carter. a farmer living in the
Sixteenth district of Sumter county, re-
ports the possession OF calf without
eyes. There is not even a sign Of vision,
the skin being smooth and unbroken where
the optics should be. The four-legged
phenomenon Is living and doing well.
The little town Of Rocky Face in Ca
toosa county, Is about 10 get on boom
because of the discovery OF a natural for
nation OF macadam I'm ineXhaustible sup
ply within half a mile of the railroad,
Shipments have been mace TO Atlanta,
and Il Is expected that Fulton will use
1t on the county roads.
Mrs A. e Chandler OF Brunswick has
valuable relic in the shape of a knife.
formerly the property Of Gen. Zachary
Taylor His name and profile are en-
graved upon the handle. The late Mr..
Chandler bought IL for $40 from a man
who picked it up from among the dead
bodies on a battlefield OF the Mexican war
The Atlanta Journal came out Saturday
in a eight-page Easter edition-the
largest issue of daily paper ever printed
in Atlanta-which is one of the most
unique pieces of newspaper enterprise
on record. II was an employees benefit
edition, the advertisements having been
procured by the members OF the papers
stan, to whom the proceeds will go.
The Grove house at Gainesville the
hotel Of Dr. r. p. West, was destroyed by
O'clock. The fire was ANS caused aSSp' by
a defective chimney. The family
and boarders barely escaped with
had to escape by means OF the pillars Of
the porch. The loss will be $1,000, with in
surance Of $500. The hotel will soon be
rebuilt.
An enterprislng citizen of Brunswick
has been carrying on a novel and profita-
bic business without attracting much pub
lie attention till recently. He is a north
ern man, but has his headquarters In
Brunswick. His name is Sack. At Do
boy he employs fifteen or twenty men
catching sturgeon. They are caught by a
method devised by Mr. Sack, which he calls
lassoing. The sturgeon are packed in
ice. carried to Brunswick, and from thence
shipped to New York, where they are
smoked and dried and sold for 10 cents a
pound. The fish is said to be toothsome,
and the demand for it in New York is in
excess of the supply. and there is no diff
Guilty in disposing of every pound of
each weekly shipment right in New York.
Mr.. Sacks business has grown to con-
siderable proportions, as is evidenced by
the fact he shipped on the last Mallory
steamer to New York 5000 pounds Of
sturgeon. The great profit in the business
however, Is found by Mr.. Sack in the fish
roes. These are eagerly called for by
many of Delmonicos patrons, and in all
the great New York eating houses the
dainty dish is made a speciality, and cpl
cures are willing to pay fancy prices
for II. Mr.. Sack sometimes gets fabu-
lous prices for his sturgeon rQes, and that
his business is growing rapidly.