Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-29

Foiusia county farmers are making arrange
ments for fair in December.
The potato vines are dying in st. Augustine
for want Of rain.
Shingie roofs are prohibited by ordinance in
the business portion Of Palatka.
Crosstie laying on the Leesburg and Indian
River Railroad has commenced at wildwood.
Ihe mail carrier between Enterprise and
New Smyrna has struck because he has faiIad
to receive his pay.
Fire wood in Key West costs 50 per cord and
next winter it will probably be advanced to SIS.
None can be had less than seventy five miles
from the city.
Padgett, who is charged with the murder Of
Mr.. Lang, on Indian river some six or eight
years ago, was lodged in Orange county jail
last week for safe keeping, the Brevard county
authorities having no safe place to keep him.
Some miscreant attempted to wreck a train
by placing obstructiors on the track Just above
Maitland one day last week. A hand car was
ditched by the obstruction, and one OF the men
seriously injured.
Moonlight excursions on the beach at Fer
nandina are now all the rage.
The boiler of the mill and gin OF Mr..
Isaac Sinclair, at NewnansviIle, burst on Tues
day last. Several persons were wounded, but
none fatally.
Governor Bloxham has offered a reward of
five thousand dollars for the apprehension of
the Madison murderers of Savage and James,
and has telegraphed to the Madison county
officials to use all possible vigilance to effect
their capture
The Democratic Convention of Levy county
will meet at Brunson on the 18th OF September
to nominate a candidate for the Senate and
two candidates for the Assembly to represent
Levy county in the next session Of the Legisla-
ture.
There is an ice famine at Cedar Key right in
the middle of the hot season
Peach trees are again in bloom in Sumter
county.
In the case Of William Bryan. who was to
have been hung in Madison Friday, Associate
Justice J. D. Westcott, Of the State Supreme
Court upon an application of J. n. Stripping,
Esq, attorney for the defendant, granted
writof error returnable to the January term of
the court, and also a supersedeas to the excel
ton of the sentence.
The Democrats of Alachua county will as
semble at Gainesville on the 18th of September
to put in nomination four candidates TO repre-
sent the county in the Assembly of the State
of Florida.
Burglars gutted the store OF Mr.. William
Allen, at Milton, one night last week, carrying
off a heavy haul Of goods and the contents of
the money drawer.
T. c. Austin is announced as associate editor
Of the South Florida Times
The Sanford and Indian River Railroad is
graded and finished within one mile of Lake
Jesup; one hundred and twenty hands are at
work, and more arriving by every boat.
The huge rattlesnake recently killed near
wildwood, Sumter county. has been forwarded
to the Smithsonian Institute. The snake meas
ured eight feet and two inches 10 length.
Monroe county makes splendid showing in
taxable property The total assessment of
real estate and personal property for 1882 is
sl4S6 l9i. an increase over last years assess
ment of SiO9,07l.
The new passenger coach on the South
Florida road. which has just been finished at
the car shops in Sanford, is built entirely of
native woods grown in Orange county. The
workmanship is very good.
In making a general overhauling Of papers
in the State Department at Washington recent
", there was found in a pile OF rubbish among
other things the original certificate Of transfer
OF the Territory Of Florida from Spain to the
United States.
On Wednesday afternoon. between and 4
O'Clock, couple Of unknown white men were
drowned in Lake Orange, near the Volusia
bar They were out sailing, when a squaI
struck them and capszed the boat. At last
accounts their bodies had not been recovered.
Quite a serious accident happened about one
mile south Of Baldwin, on the Florida Central
and Western Railroad, Wednesday, when the
freight rain, which arrived at that place at z
D. m, ran over a little four-year-old col
ored tirl the daughter of Peter Bell. She was
struck in the head and the entire train ran
over one Of fer arms, mutilating it terribly
above the elbow.
Gen E A. erry is spoken Of as the next
Democratic Governor of Florida. The ST.
Johns Weekly indorses the nomination AMI
SAYS: There could be no mud flung by Doliti
cal opponents. Gen. Perry is as pure and true
a patriot and statesman as ever could be
brought before the people, and one in whom
the people throughout the length and breadth
OF the State could place implicit trust"
The forthcoming State Fair promises to be
the most successful ever held in Jacksonville.
and the amusements more diversified. Several
new and important features are to be intro
duced which will attract hundreds of visitors;
among them base ball tournament. Three
hundred dollars have already been subscribed
for premiums to be awarded the winning clubs,
Of which amount we are informed Mr.. FanSler
donates 500 and Mr.. Samuel NJ. Hall, of the
st. Marks, S5O.
In rebuilding the toll bridge over the Suwan-
nee river at White Spring, in 1876, T. j Sum-
neral threw a long pine sapling he had used
to steady the bridge over into the river. It
fell with one end into the muddy bottom and
has since remained there. An examination
the other day OF this saplng by Mr..
John V. Brown. displayed the part under
water perfectly petritied, while the part re-
naming above was in a good state OF preser-
vatiOn.
From the experimental acre at Belair Grove,
Orange county, there were sold during the
month Of July S46l worth of pineapples and
plants aud thus far in August 100 boxes of
lemons at 81 so per box, making a total of S711,
and vet there is to be gathered a great many
more lemons. few more pineapples and the
entire orange crop. These are authenticated
facts, with the dollars and cents to prove it.
Who else in the county can show an acre OF
land which will give bstter returng
On Friday the Methodist Publishing Com
pany was organized in Jacksonville, and the
following directors were elected: A W. Nc
Lean A J. Russell. W. b. Clarkson, Rev. H. b.
Avery, Rev. 9. A. Fulwood, Rev. W. 5 Turner,
J. w Tucker. Rev. o A Meyers and r. A.
Russell. The following officers were elected at
a meeting Of the directors: President, W. A.
Mclean; Secretary, w. B. Clarkson; Treasurer,
Rev II B Avery. The object of the company
is TO continue the publication of the Florida
Methodist.
The latest accounts from Madison, the scene
of the lynching of the negroes Savage and
James, Is a special to the Union dated $3.50
O'Clock August 25, which says: 1T is now 9:sO,
and oil quiet. No arrests have been made. The
Sheriff is awaiting the verdict or the COrOner'S
Jury. IL will be several Gays before verdict
can be obtained, as there are a great many wit
neSSes to examine ana very searching lnVeS-
tigation is being made. None of the lynchers
we're masked The principal movers are not
known The bodies Of Savage and James were
turned over to their families at o'clock. A
large indignation meeting was held to-day in
the court house. attended by both whites and
coIored Judge Vann presiding Speeches were
made bv several, and the lynching cor
d-mned in the strongest terms by all. and
suitable resolutions adopted. Leading colOred
men assure us that no violence Will be at
tempted by the colored people, and we antici-
pate none"
Jacksonville Times: "a dispatch was re-
ceived ia this city yesterday, from Captain F.
A Hsndry, dated Hickpochee, August sd, ana
Fort Myers, August 25th, announcing that the
dredge had Just entered Lake Hickpochee, ana
that a tremendous body OF water was moving
out of the lake and down the CAloosahatchee
river. Lake Hickpochee is navigaole body
Of water, three miles long by two wide. and
its eastern end is within three miles OF Okee-
chObee thus leaving only sixty to ninety DAYS
cutting TO be done by dredge No. l, in order 70
enter Okeechobee. The outflow from Hlck-
pochee (thrOugh the canal already CUT INTO
the CaioOSahatGhee river wall probably RECLAIM
at once large body OF magnificent sugar
= md and the powerful torrent will deepen ana
widen canal to the great
benefit Of the drainage operations,
Tse inhabitants of the CO CatH'tlsAnaecnsee
gali6y sFS enthusiastic and rejoicing over Tue
success already achieved by the steady pa
tient work by the OkeechobSS Company. FOr
III alma ~ This entarnrfSa the sugar -nter-