Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-31

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table growing. Mr.. Entenza, the cigar manu-
facturer, has demonstrated the practicabiIty
of raising a fine quality of tobacco from Cuba
seed"
Pensacola Advance: "a few days ago Mr..
Samuel Glass closed with Captain and Mrs.
kryger, the proprietors Of the popular Mer-
chants Exchange, the sale of his lot on Gov
ernment, near the corner Of Palafox street, on
which formerly stood the Merchants Hotel
The lot is eighty feet front by one hundred and
seventy-hye feet in depth, and the price of the
same was 5000. That lot of that size not
on our principal thoreughfare, should COM
mand such price is significant OF confidence
in the future prosperity Of our city that is en-
couraging."
Pensacola Gazette: 'sThe Hon Secretary Of
the Treasury has authorized Collector Hum
phreys to remove the custom house to some
more central and eligible site and Messrs.
Merritt & Son, kindly consenting to annul the
present lease, which extends to January !,
1852, we are informed that the records, ETC.,
will be removed on or about the 1st Of 0cto-
Der. The exact place has not yet been de-
clded upon. Now is q good opportunity for
competition by the several landlords who have
suitable quarters in the heart of the city"
Madison Recorder: eve were sorry to learn
Of the FIRE which occurred Thursday afternoon
on Mr.. SINNERS plantation. about five miles
from Madison. The large two-story dwelling
house occupied by him and his large family
was burned TO the ground. Il seemed to have
caught In the afternoon from the chimney in
the dining room while most Of the family we're
away. When Mr.. s. reached home the flames
had made such PROCESS that it was impossible
for anything to be saved. Almost all Of the
furniture was destroyed, besides about five
hundred pounds of long cotton. The house
and the plantation is the property of Mr.. Pc
lot"
Ocala Banner: "a fight at a colored church
in the Long Swamp neighborhood broke up a
revival last Sunday. One Of the pugilists lost
an ear in the ARRAY, and his antagonist was
badly bruised and battered The preacher ex-
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was impossible TO disengege the combatants,
and general melee seemed inevitable, when q
precociOus and doughty knight hit upon a
salutary and effective plan Of dispensing the
crowd He drew pistol from a secret pock-
ct and began firing pel neil over the heads of
the contending factions and general STAN
pede ensued. Men, women and children in
cOntinenuy fled. The man with the pistol was
the only one left on the field to tell the tale
Interfering with the domestic affairs of an
other fellow originated the difficulty"
Sanford Journal: 1--WE are just informed of
| a biz enterprise that is worthy of note Mr.
| +. b Fisher, who has been engaged in fishing
| for shad at the head of Lake Monroe for sew
eral winters past, and who has just put up a
neat two-story residence in Sanford, is engaged
! in fitting up a fish guanO mandatory on Bird
Island, Lake Jessup, some seven miles little
| southeast of Sanford. New York capitalists
| are connected with him, and the firm name
will be Fisher, Wattles & Co. They viii imme-
diately put up spacious platforms or wharves
| and erect three buildings 2Jx40 feet each
| Their engines will be here in September, and
they will be ready for operation by the list of
October Mr.. Fisher informs us that when in
| full operation they will run about fifteen
hands. He says a leading New York fertil-
| iZing firm have already engaged 10000 tons OF
| fish guano from their factory, so it will be
seen that for the present our people are not to
be supplied from their manufactory."
Lake City Reporter: "a strange negro
named Cuff alias Henry Brooks, being charged
with a serious Offense, Deputy Sheriff Bethea,
| Naffn day of m CITT n rr0,
named Henry Waite to assist him, and pro-
! ceeded to the house where Brooks was staying,
| in the eastern part OF town The Deputy Sher-
iff went to one door and Waite to another, and
called for him. Brooks appeared frightened,
and jumped out at one Of the doors near
Waite who called to him to halt, but as Brooks
c )ntinued running, both officers opened fire
upon him. One pistol ball struck him in the
back of the head, but did no damage Gold
Champion, another negro, came TO the assist
ance of the officers, and pursued the fugitive
into the edge Of Lake DeSoto and captured
him. He is now in custody, under a warrant
issued by Justice A. J. Henry. RumOr has it
that he committed some crime at CrawfordS
vile, Florida, and had left there on that ac-
count"
Lake City Reporter: ION Wednesday night,
soon after dark, party of men went to the
house of Mr.. W. A. Hardy, one mile east Of
town, for the purpose of aiding Miss Hansome
Keen 10 escape from custody. as Mr. Hardy
had taken charge of Miss Keen to
guard her until court on Tuesday. at which
time she was TO undergo investigation on the
charge of numbering her infant. Mr.. Hardy
heard the party at the gate, and he looked cut
the door at them and ordered them to halt
there were about six or seven of theml. when
they replied, Shoot, Cd d-n YOU believing
that he would be shot instantly, he raised his
gun, when a man standing by the side of the
house (at the door of the room occupied by
Miss Keen) fired at him. and the ball struck
him in the left breast. DR.. Bacon has
since cut it out near the point OF the right
shoulder Mr.. Hardy then fired both barre Is
of his gun into the party and probably
wounded one or two They instantly fired into
the house. aud nearly hundred buckshot
marks are visible in the walls. One buckShot
struck Mr. II s little son, Bunyan, aged about
five years, in the right side OF the mead, crush
ing his skull. Another shot struck and wounded
a negro man named Alfred -. who was in
the house Mrs Hardy, although knowing her
danger to be imminent, seeing Miss Keen vi h
her goods packed and trying to get out at the
! door, seized her and held her until the attack
ing party left. Although Mr.. II was
| wounded severely, he reloaded his gun and the
| party fled. A runner was sent to town, aud
| deputy Sheriff Bethea Immediately summoned
a part Of the Light Infantry and some young
men. also armed themselves at the ar
mory, and hastened to the scene and
remained until everything appeared
quiet. when the Deputy sheriff left a
| guard at the house and returned to town
| and sent for the Sheriff. who lives fourteen
miles distant. The Sheriff arrived early Thurs
| day morning, aud a warrant for the
/ suspect ed parties was obtained, and he pro-
! ceeded to summon a posse and started in pur-
| suit of the criminals, and il the afternoon re-
! turned to town with Henry Harrington in Gus
| tody. and at the mill yard of Thompson e
! Hart arrested John Mccall, a brother in-law
! of Harrington. The prisoners are now con-
| fined in the court house under guard. The
! people are shocked at the crime, and are glad
! to see that the officers intend TO execute the
! law Drs Bacon and Chalker, who attended
/ the wounded, probed the wound upon the
child's head aud took out quite number Of
| pieces Of bone"