Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-20

finest court house in the State. Fifteen or
twenty citizens have been indicted in each of
the counties OF Madison and jefferson, who
are to be tried before the United States District
Court at Jacksonville.
The following pest Offices in Florida have
been discontinued: Cornersville, Nassau coun-
~ Fla, mail goes to Fernandina; Bakers
Hill, Barbour county. Fla, mail goes to White
Pond. Posimasters commissioned: W. R. c.
Barclif5, Moss Bluff; Morgan W. Lee. Lake
Side Clay county: c. A. Cowgirl, Pen, Putnam
county; }. W. Jones, Bay Point.
Jacksonville Times: "a movement is being
perfected 70 organize post of the G. A in
TINS TINS city. Il will very likely be a success. for
there are plenty Of ex-Union soldiers in this
CITY ana vicinity TO form a strong, frst-class
post. Move it along"
Brookesville Crescent: Mr. c. c. KeathIy
brought US in the other day a good sized water
melon which grew on the Taylor and Inglis
pace. at the Tucker prairie. It came from a
volunteer vine that had not been cultivated
Ihere are one hundred or more now in
the field ripening."
Leesburg AdUdnce: while in OcaIa. Marion
county, last Sunday, we learned that a white
man had committed, several days previous to
that date. he'll sh outrage on the person Of
his little step daughter, an innocent child be-
tween y and u years of age. The fiend Wss
arrested, placed in Jail, and is now awaiting
action OF the court. No mention having been
made in the Ocala papers of this heinous
crime and falling 10 get full information, we
are unable TO give the name Of the perpetrator.
May the courts be quick in melting out Justice
& this most foul brute"
Palatka Herald: 1T is hardly possible to es-
tlmate the orange crop until the season closes
ana the returns received, and even then, it
would prove to be a task of much labor and
inconvenies ce to get at the truth, and vet news
papers will make an array OF figures based
upon Imagination which often misiead the
mind OF he public on this subject. 1t is to be
supposed that the crop of Ths present season
may possibly be an average Of the crop Of
last year. This idea is based upon the fact
that the new groves commencing to bear fruit
will make up for the loss sustained by the long
dry summer and other unfavorable circum-
stances during the past summer end fall. Even
the orange crop WILL in the very nature of
things, be subject 70 such mutations as may be
found TO exist in the various productions Of
earth"
The Apaiachicola correspondent of the Co
lumbus (Ga-l EHquiTer-Sua says: "The steam
dredge, tug anu scows for the purpose of
dredging the ApalachicOla bay ch annel, so as
TO allow large vessels 10 load at our wharves,
are now IN the bay and work fully commenced.
This sight has been hoped and prayed for by
Us all for years past, and we now have the sat
isfaction of knowing that in a very few months
vessels Of 800 to SEQ tons buTthen will receive
and discharge cargOes at our wharves. There
IS now IN the hay nine large vessels of Eng
llsh, Russian, German and AM rican natiOnali-
ties. end some of them nearly one thousand
tons burtheu. One OF them has a cargo OF Liv-
erpOOl salt, and more expected daily. We
have two films here ia the square timber busi-
ness, and they expect 10 ship to Europe seven
ty-nve cargOeS OF newn timber This, with the
lumber and heWn timber, will take almost
three hundred large vessels for this season. 8
business The largeSl vessel here, the bark
Bundalein, Of London, wilt take nearly one
million feet. Our timber merchants guarantee
the vesse.s eighteen and q half to ninCte-n n feet
of water at East Pass, and, BESIDES the finest
! pOOr
demand at fair price, One firm here, A. j.
Murat, employs one hundred and twenty-five
men in the fishing and oyster trade, which is
rapidly il creasing."
jacksonville Union: Colonel A. B. Linder-
man, President Of the Florida Jute and Indigo
| Company. returned from q tour of inspection
| through South Florida. We understand that
| he succeeded without difficulty Ia finding lands
suitable to MS purposes and that he has made
/ his selections IN the DiSstOn put chase. He
leaves to day for Philadelphia. with view of
/ perfecting his srrangem ents and expects to re-
turn next month with large force Of work
men 10 commence operations. Among the
| Improvements contemplated will be the erec-
ton OF large saw mltl 10 furnish lumber for
/ the bui dings required for the works and
houses OF the operatives"
| Florida -Agriciittrtst HAS any one in
/ Florida cultivated and brought to maturity
| jute- such as is used in commerce. and known
| 20 bOtanists cOrchOTtts cGDsitldriS and C.
OlitdriusF Indian jute as fibre is quoted at
! prices according 10 market. and the sample
/ given to brokers represent bulk IN every case.
/ In Florida samples are easily produced. and
/ there are no representative in bulk. Weeds
| and wild hJWeIs are plentiful in a cultivated
/ and ulcultivated State in Florida. but dissent
| mated as they are in nature. their utility does
| not come wiUnin the commercial term of their
| various products unless manipulated for the
| requirements OF manufactures. We believe
iuIe will grow in florida, and suppOsing it
| comes to matu iy, give a fair sample Of what
| the land can produce Eut any one conversant
| with the iute culture in Inola m st say big
thing has to be done in order 10 eclipse British
| sacks for American graid."
Palatka Herald: "On Saturday evening Mr..
Albertus VOgt. United States Deputy Marshal,
| arr sted sam Harris. cOlOred, an escaped con-
| vict, in LOeb's store who had been sent to the
| State Prison for two years for receiving stolen
| goods. Harris. with other convicts, had been
working at WIse's camp. near Live Oak. Har-
| ris escaped from the camp one year ago last
| May. The same officer on Friday evening went
to Crescent City after another convict Who had
| escaped On arriving st the wharf IN that
place he arrested Middleton Hoard alias Louis
| Ward who was sentenced from Marion county
| for the theft Of $50 10 the State Prison for
I three years, and escaped after six months. The
/ officer placed handouts on the prisoner, rivet-
! ing them through the keyhOle With copper riv-
| cts. then taking him TO the hotel. After giving
| him supper the prisoner wanted to go out into
| the yard aud was accompanied by the cfficer.
1 When in the yard Middleton jumped the fence
| and broke 10 run, the officer giving chase,
| catching him as he was in the act of bounding
| the officer a stunning blow on the right hand
| with his handouts cutting an ugly cash. The
| officer then shot Middleton, WHO feii to the
ground; then jumping up, cried out shoot me
! again, running at the same til3e. The officer
fred three mUrs shots after him; by that time
i he had made his way into q swamp, and the
/ night being dark the officer had to give up the
chase. Middleton, alias Hoard, is still at large
/ with handouts on. He is six feet high, copper
| cO.Ored, brownish gray eyes, gray suit on and
| top boots The officer thinks he shot the pris-
/ Oner in the right arm or right side. liberal
| reward will be paid for his arrest"
| Sanford Journal: lowing to feeble health,
/ Major j. =. Whitner, Jr., has resigned as
| Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
| Orange County Fair Association. major G. w.
| Wylly, President, has accepted the reSigna-
ton and appointed Judge J. A. Hayden as a
member pro tenn. of the Executive Committee
/ to fill the vacancy. The appointment is a
most proper Oae. as Judge Hayden has had
much experience, and IS convenient to the
/ glOund'."
Florida Crescent: while the crops in Her
/ nandO have been this year unusually short.
i they have exceeded considerably the expecta-
/ tiOns Of our people in the spring. Good prices
/ for country produce have made up part Of
/ the shortage Corn is the poorest of the crops.
/ Gotten, peas, potatoes and sugar cane have
/ done moderately well, though cane has been
| shortened considerably by the drought.
Oranges on the older trees are short, but new
| groves just come into bearing will
/ probably make up the deficiency.
/ shipped from the county this year as
/ last. There was a steady demand for cattle
/ curing the shipping season, so that farmers
| have been enabled TO sell what surplus cattle
/ they wished. Our people appear cheerful and
/ hopeful not Inclined to complain or become
/ despOndent This augurs well far the future
and we may safely expect the next TO be
/ prosperous year Moreover, there has been
/ and will continue to be good demand for la
/ bor enabling our smaller farmers to make up
their deficiencies by hiring out We cannot
| see any good ground for complaint"
or the Live Oak and Rowland Bluff Railroad
project the Bulletin says: Captain j. G.
Reynolds, with his staff OF civil engineers start
| ed out from this point last Monday evening
so we learn, to make the final survey and
| locate the line to be taken Of the above named
road. We have il from good authority that
work will be commenced between this and the
first day Of January and the road pushed
rapidly 10 completion"
Fernandina Mirror; THE Times says there
are now eighteen steamboats, plying upon the
St Johns river from Jacksonville. A great
when one steamboat per week from Savannah
made its appearance at the then small village
OF Jacksonville"
Pensacola AdUance: "a shocking affray took
place at the Naval Reserve on Thursday be
tseen Solomon Campbell and Philip Lewis. in
which the latter was numerically cut with
knife the blade entering the body between the
eventh and eighth rib. The wounded man is
said 70 be In a very critical situation. Horace
Stibbs was held to answer as accessory 10 the
crime he being charged with having handed
the weapon TO Campbell. The parties 20 the
cult arc all colored-
Shot By His StepsOns.
GREENCAsTLE, IND, December 19-Ben-