The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-16
THE ANNIE AND NELLIE SANK.
other News OF Brunswick shipping
and Business Affairs.


Brunswick, Ga. Aug. 15.-News reached
the city by wire from Darien to-day that
the steam-tug Angie and Nellie of the
South Atlantic Towing Company's fleet
had struck a sunken log In the three-mile
cut, near Darien, and sunk. The tug was
en- route to Sapelo Island to tow the Span
ish bark Triumfo TO Brunswick She was
commanded by Capt Frank Gustafson,
and sank in about ten feet of water. All
the crew was saved, and 1t is understood
that the tug can be gut up.
The steam tug Pope Catlin formerly
the fast pleasure steamer that piled with
summer excursionists TO and from st. ST.
mons Island, is now lying waterlogged on
Blythe Island beach, and is in bad shape.
The Pope Catln was sent over TO Blythe
to have her bottom scraped and was land
ed up on the beach. When the strong
winds came along during the past few
days they drove the tide up to unusual
| nights and filed the Pope Catln with
water, besides causing her 90 pound so
that she sprung a leak. The underwrit-
ers have been notified of her condition
and will order a survey to see if the
steamer can be used again. Capt W. M.
| Upper, one of the principal owners,
| thinks she can be pumped out and prob
| ably put in shape again.
Commissioner Mark Nerdery to-day, I'M
| der an order issued from Glynn Superior
| Court sod all the wharf property of the
| Mccullough Export Lumber and Ware
| house Company at public cutlery for the
| sum of $29 coo, Mr.. e. il. Mason vice pres
| ident of the National Bank of Brunswick.
| being the purchaser The bidding on the
properly was spirited J j Lamar and
| Co. import and export merchants of Val
| dosta, Fernandina and Brunswick, Offering
! S28 800, and Mr. Frank ID. Aiken, president
Of the Brunswick Savings and Trust Com
pany, bidding $4,000.
! In an interview later Mr.. Mason gave
| out the statement that a lumber company
| that is not yet doing business here would
| ship over the docks, and it is understood
| that a big concern is coming here from
| abroad.
The officers and directors of the South
| eastern Fair Association held an enthusi-
| astic meeting this morning and took ac-
| tive steps toward pushing the fair for
| ward. Owing to a pressure of personal
| business and other reasons, Mr.: w. S.
Irvine, who has proven such an efficient
| and active secretary, resigned, and Mr..
/ II. II. Harvey, city treasurer, was elected
| in his stead. The directors Immediately
elected Mr.. Irvine 10 a place on their
board which was vacant.
Burglars broke into the Southern Rail-
IObQ SAdNtOil at 1 tiltChs ltdi Htlts Il lew
nights ago and destroyed all the books
belonging to the railroad. There are some
suspicious circumstances connected with
this robbery, and the railroad agents are
working on what they think will develop
| something sensational
Reports received to-day from the rice
plantations in Glynn are that they did
not suffer from the storm, and the crop
is being harvested very rapidly. On the
j. T. Dent plantation at Hofwyll over
200 men are at work. and on every plan
tation every effort is being made to get
the crops all in before the September
gales begin to blow.
! Brunswick is soon to be connected with
Sterling station and all the country sur
rounding by telephone direct TO the South
ern Bells local Office, and from there tc
all the local and out-of-town subscribers
at jacksonville, Savannah and elsewhere
on the line. A deal was consummated TO-
day between the Southern Bell people
and Mr. Charlton Wright. the owner oil
1 a private line from Brunswick TO Ster-
! ling, by which the private wire is to be
run into the Southern Bells local of.
| fee.