The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-25

ized-Long Forage Crop suffers
Railroad improvements at Brun--
vick-The Chattahoochee Toe
Low for Navisauon-The Scce--
zion Movement In Key We~t-Anti-
CaH Wen Have An InnInE-OtheE
Matters OF News and Gossip.
GEORGIA.
The most OF the eggs and poultry that
60 TO the Atlanta market are from Ten
nessee. though Georgia furnishes a good
quantity.
A new postof1ce has been established at
Mystic. the thriving little town four miles
east Of 1rwington, on the Northeastern
railroad. A new depot has just been com
pleted there.
In accordance with the terms OF its lease
from the city of,BrunswIck the Southern
railroad has begun work on the improve
ment at the foot OF Mansfield street. The
Old wharf is being removed and a new
one viii be built at once.
An enormous rattlesnake was shot and
killed by Mrs Sibley Fort in the yard Of
their home. I'm Stewart county. few days
since. Tt had just been drinking from the
chicken trough when 10 was discovered.
The snake was over five feet long and had
fifteen rattles.
Townsville Times Enterprise: We un-
derstand that il is the intention Of the
Athletic Association TO build "A bicycle
track around The base ball park just as
soon as the ball season closes. The en-
closure is large enough for a splendid
third OF "a mile track. The track could be
built without interfering in the least with
the ball diamond.
Americas Times Recorder: Tax returns
from various sections Of the state. show
that the value Of lands. having touched
rock bottom. has taken an upward turn
The increase so far has not been very
great. but the tendency is upward. and by
the time the next returns are made IL viii
be considerable. The present therefore.
IS the time for people seeking homes In
Georgia to buy lands. The probabilities
are that they are cheaper now than they
will be again in a long time. II ever.
The Georgia division Of the Travellers
Protective Association Of America, com
posed of jobbers and manufacturers do
ing business IN this state, have filed Pc
tition with the state railroad commission
asking that better transportation books
be granted travelling men, and a hearing
has been set for Tuesday. Sept. J. The
drummers ask for an order 10 be issued
requiring all railroads to grant mileage
books good over each line, division or
branch owned or operated with in this
state.
Augusta Chronicle: A gentleman who
has a large farm below the city said TO a
Chronicle reporter yesterday that the ex-
tremely dry, hot weather had caused
great distress among the farmers, and
that the hay and forage crops would fall
of at least 20 per cent This. he said.
applied to those whose farms we're on the
high grounds, while the farmers in the
river bottoms had lost nearly all of their
forage and hay. He said that he knew of
instances where farmers were buying hay
IN Augusta now, so that they could feed
their stock.
Columbus Sunday Ledger: Perhaps by
the time this is read they may have crawl
ed over the sand bars, and are on their
way up the river TO the next sand bar, but
at this present writing the steamers
Griggs and Naiad are known to be hard
and fast in the mud OF the river at "Old
Head" a landing down the Chattahoo-
chee. The steamer Flint should have
reached the city Friday night. but had
not reached Old Head yesterday at noon.
The river IS very low and IL is working
a hardship on all the boats, as there is
plenty Of freight TO be carried just now.
The farmers alliance has been over
Swallowed by politics in Georgia during the
past three or four years. but now there
are signs that il is going to lift up its
head again. The heads Of the order pro-
pose 10 revivify and rechristen the organ
ization which promised to accomplished
so much good for the farmer. A big state
meeting OF the order has been called in
Atlanta for the 21st OF October. The lead
ers are putting forth all their efforts to
make this meeting a grand rally of the al
lance, and 1t is their purpose to show in
the gathering that there is still vitality
in the order. Mr. NJ. L. Palmer OF Floyd
county is president of the order this year