Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-16

couId IRE oEe or the men shot at him without eF
Iect. As he threw up his gun the second firns
another Of the men fired the Ioad ~ bnci-
shot taxing eject In his shoulder. and
throwing him from the fence thereby severely
sPIalmng ais MD. On the following SATURDAY.
/ the body was found and coroneT's innnasr
held, which resulted in a verdict AGAINST
Langston OF Wilitul murder This being
me tne nearssI jan, he was brought here last
wednesday morning. His wound does NOT
seem to trouble him as much as the sDrsin in
ms nip; Upon being interviewed by our re-
/ porter be says that he Is very sorry he com
mitted the deed, as he had n0thine, againsf NJ
Stephens, and as far as we could ascertain it
seemed 70 have been cold-blooded. atrocious
evidence against him. "
Fernan6ina Mirror: ssDurin, tho ,,aa,-
some changes have taken place around the
railroad office. The Superintendent now &C.
cuPies coIl. tne once vacated by the steamship
company, and the general freight agent has
taken the ONCE formerly occupied nv Mr.
Jeffreys local agent. the executive director
freight agent"
Palatka Herald: ION "wednesday nigbt tho
steamer St Johns brought nearly seventy
TONS or spikes, bolts and FISH bar plates. for
TI Lle fslatKa ana Gainesville Railroad Captain
oyer slghted coming over The st. Jehn's bar
large three -Lnasted schooner that is supposed
TO be laden with the rails for the road =
The Mirror says: ''The railroad Office at Fer
nandIna IS to be renodeled and an additional
room built for the telegraph Office mis- is
necessary so as to give room to accom- nodate
the business OF the road, which Is rapidly in
crossing"
Orlando (Orange county, ReDorter. ssTba
calaboose is completed, and the town has a
good, strong and much needed lookup. On
Friday night last the new Council effected a
permanent organ zatIon. The Marshal was
agaln placed on duty and given full authority
TO make arrests of all dsorderly people. and
also to summon to his aid all necessary assist
anee, and the machinery of the municipal
government is again in working ORDER
FQrDandina M{rraT. tsVVa arDara a. 49,
cipal items OF the appropriation made for the
support OF the state government. This ses-
sion OF the Legislature cost about S70C00: Sal
aries Executive Department, $4,000; salaries
Judicial Department., 235, 900; clerk Comptro.-
Iers office, 81, 200; private secretary to Cover
nor, $500; librarian Supreme Court, $500: iani-
prems Court, $4,000; watchman at capitol
Y4OO; general printing and advertising $1,000:
Jurors and witnesses. $4,000: expenses assess
ing and collecting revenue, $50 600; stationery
Executive Department, $500; post mortem ex-
am nations, $500; repairs and insurance on
capitol fuel. etc, g., 90; per diem and mileage
Legislature 1881, Si3,9l9,90; pay of officers
ana attaches OF Legislature IS 461: printing
for session of 1881, Sl4,5OO; expenses commit
tees and Investigations, 81, $50; printing new
digest, 5000"
The Palatka Herald reports that on Thurs
day afternoon Colonel II. l.. Hart accomps-
MED by Colonel John Baxter, Mr. d c. Blod-
ge,t ard William Otterson, went driving
All went well until they were returning about
O'Clock While coming at a spanking mace
down Lemon street, in the vicinity of Fourth
the horses were frightened by dog running
out and barking~a and they ran away. Colonel
Hart, v no was driving, held the horses in we'll
until the crossing of Third street was reached
When they made sudden lunge forward The
violent Jolt broke the cross bar letting the n Ia
ana horses free, Colonel Hart Still reta ming a
hold on the reins The pole stuck in the ground
turning the carriage over, which fell on Colo
I mel Hart and Mr.. Blodgett The latter and Dr.
Otterson were fortunate in not being Injured.
\ colonel Baxter jumped from the vehicle and
4 was Knocked senseless by the fall He
4 was carried into the store of b J. Grooms
/ Wnere Dr. 1t. e. Hawes was soon in attendance
upon him. His fall and the violent shock did
not result in serious harm to him, although he
! was much bruised. Colonel Hart remained on
i the scene OF the accident for some time not
fully realizing, perhaps, the extent of his inju-
! rles. He rode home, finally, when it became
necessary for him to retire to his bed. DR..
Booth was called in, and it was found
/ that four ribs had been broken, besides
being bruised severely about the head and
body. AT the present writing he is doing as
/ well as could be expected under the circum-
1 stances. Colonel Hart is considered one of the
finest drivers in the country, and but for the
breaking of the cross-bar the accident would
never have occurred.
Tallahassee Economist: "Alfred Hobby.
| formerly of this city, and afterwards promi-
/ nent citizen of Texas has lately died He
| became involved In some very extensive land
4 swIndleS in Texas with his brother Barney
/ Both were prosecuted, the latter, however
| alone being convicted, though, we believe
there was little doubt of the guilt of the former
as Wei. Barney, after serving some time in
/ the Texas penitentiary, has lately been par
/ doned by the Governor"
Tallahassee Economist: Tallahassee has
| what we believe no other part of the State can
boast ola colored medical student. His name
1 Is VIM. Gum, and he has been for years in the
/ employ of DR.. G. W. Betton, during which
/ time he has been a diligent and earnest stu
/ dent He has studied the Latin language. and
| is well versed in medical terms and prescrip-
! tiOns. For the past six months he has been in
! Tennessee attending medical lectures and
! has now returned and will soon begin to prac-
/ tice"
! The Journal thus hopefully speaks of the
/ present and future of Cedar Keys: Cedar
Keys has never before seemed in so prosper.
ous condition as now. Every one seems to
take great interest in it's welfare, and we
can't see why Cedar Keys, in n few years,
will not be the largest seaport city in the
State"
Cedar Keys Journal: 'The steamer Eva of
the Suwannee river, is well patronized by the
tourists and sportsmen. She only runs now
between Cedar Keys and points up the Suwan-
nee"
Tallahassee Economist: I'VE regret to learn
that the residence Of Mr.. John H. Perkins, mer-
chant at Miccosoukie, in this county was
burnt last week with nearly ell its contents
The fire is reported to have been caused from
spark falling on the roof. 1t occurred at mid
day, but as Mr.. Perkins was absent very little
or h's furniture was saved We are Informed
that there was no Insurance on the building"
MOnuc6BO CONSTITUTION: = Nara Br2cY,
old colored woman. dropped dead at her home
in this town on last Monday. She wes upwards
/ OF eighty-five years Of age, and had been suf-
fering from asthma for more than twenty
years"
The Apopka Citizen reports that little son
| of Mr. J. d. Fudge, Hunter Fudge, was quite
badly hurt the other day by being kicked by q
horse, The horse was standing quietly and
| one of several little boys, who were playing
nc ar by, shook the shaft of the buggy, soaring
the horse, which started back and, becoming
! entangled by some briers, commenced kick
| ing. Hunter being in the way, got hit, and
/ would have been seriously injured had not Rev,
\ Mr. Barnett, who owns the team, arrived in
/ time to rescue him.
/ Lake City Reporter: ''On Tuesday warrant
was issued for Dock Howell colored, accused
/ of attempting to poison his wife, who had been
/ separated from him for some time. He had
/ used some kind of acid which burned her face
! badly as he attempted to force the bottle into
/ his wi es mouth
| Says the Cedar Keys Jour7adI: I'VE under
/ stand that the whisky bill was so loaded down
1 with amendments that it failedy TO become a
/ law The State license, however on retailing
liquors was aSed from $3.50 TO $500. The
/ county can impose a license of so per cent. on
/ the State license, which would be $3.50, and in
i corporated towns can also go 80 per cent. of
/ the State, which would make the entire license
I in the whisky business amount to $500 a year.
This would have the effect of cutting OF ali
! mall dealers, for oaly few can afford to pay
| 50 high a license
/ Florida Union: Friday thel dredge passed
Pine street on her way down Hogau'S creek,
/ and the work Of putting up the permanent
/ bridge has begun. The creek has been
/ thoroughly cleaned out and the average depth
/ is now about six feet The work is being in
l spected by MIR. r. n. Ellis, The city engineer,
/ as the dTS0ge progresses A large number of
| drays are hauling sand to the bank of the creek
/ tn be used in covering the mud thrown out by
| the dredge This mud is to be covered by dry
sand to a depth of one foot q precaution
against sickness"
PsIatka Herald: "On Thursday morning
Com A. J. Root went on a 'gatoring exped. ton
he wounded large Saurian but failed to get
him Yesterday he made another trip to the
same place. ard succeeded in killing one eleven
feet long the ball entering the eye. Owing to
its large size the Commodore brought only the
head back, the balance he placed on log and
where the head should have been was covered
over with bushes. He then continued on up
the creek to spend the balance OF the day ang-
ling for the ffinBy tribe, and to await the
fusiade that was sure to open, and which
commenced soon after. 1t is estimated that
no less than one hundred and fifty shots
were fred at the defunct monster. as the re-
port of each gun would reverberate along the |
still waters and way into the silent woods. !
sombody would yell I've got MIN = there would
be few violent strokes Of the oars, few
| minutes of silence, and then somebody would
be heard swearing The alligator was evidently
an old veteran, as the body displayed innu-
merable scars received in many well fought
battles with its kind well as from rife balls "
Pensacola AdUdRce Mr. W L. Witch has
made application to the Board OF Aldermen
for the privilege of building q wharf extend
ing from the foot of jefferson street to deep