Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-14
Florida Affairs.


Florida now has forty eight newspapers.
Palatka is infected with bunko men.
The recent rains have swollen the. Chatta-
hoOchee river considerably.
The gardeners of St. Augustine are shipping
cabbage to Charleston. One farmer shipped
500 last week
Forest fires continue to destroy fencing and
other property in st. Johns and Putnam coun-
ties
The st. Johns river opposite Palatka is lined
with fish nets.
Game of all kinds is abundant in Alachua
county.
Our Green Cove Spring correspondent writes
that as Mr. John Drew and his sister-in-law
were going to her house in Clay county in a
cart pine tree fell across the horse, killing
the animal and bresking Mr.. Drew's arm.
limb broke the bottom out Of the cart. The
lady, however. was not injured
W. J. Glisson and VIM. Brown ENGAGED in a
tusseling match in Clay county on Wednesday
evening. which ended in a quarrel, in which
the former received a possibly fatal knife
wound very similar to the one he Inflicted upon
John Sullivan few years ago. Glsson lives
about five miles from Green Cove.
The Titusville Star says spring has come in
that secgion ard orange trees are putting on
new growth and will soon be in bloom. The
grass and flowers are springiDg up fresh and
green.
General Loring Iectured on the 7th instant
on Egypt and the Holy Land, - in Gainesville.
TO an appTeciative audience. The proceeds
arising from the lecture were for the benefit
Of the Gainesville Guards.
A little daughter Of J. A. Gibson, fruit dealer
in Jacksonville. in playing with a velocipede
on the piazza Of her fathers residence in
| Brooklyn, fell a considerable distance to the
ground. and broke her arm.
The Florida Southern Railway is now run
ming cheap excursion rates on their regular
| trains On Tuesday and Friday OF each week
| tickets are sold et Palatka tO Gainesville and
return for only SO for the round trip.
Mr. Ingraham has had large number
of laborers for month or more opening up
new streets in Sanford and digging bitches for
the purpose Of draining. The value OF real
estate in the town is increasing constantly.
The demand this year for oranges has ex-
celled any previous year Several parties in
Putnam county have sold their oranges and
shipped them by orders fEOm distance. the
purchaser not seeing the fruit before shipping.
Fri4ay morning a sail boat containing two
men. capsized in the st. Johns opposite the
residence Of Mr.. j. W. Whitney. jacksonville
"ne of the men succeeded in clinsing to the
bottom OF the boat until assistance arrived,
while the other became exhausted and was
drowned.
A Young Iady's clothing took fire Thursday
from a stove in Pensacola, and. as usual, she
ran out of the house wild with fright, but for
tuDately a gentleman passing at the time
seized her. and himself and two other men
oartialy disrObed her instantly and saved her
from being burned, except small place on
her head.
Jacksonville Times: ''Messrs. Gibson & Rock
/ well loaded a refrigerator car with oranges
| for Chicago. which left this city on Monday
/ evening the 9th. and arrived in Chicago Fri
i day morning, only three and halr days 70
l~ursalN lra n
| ing arrangements to run a line Of refrigerator
| cars to all the principal markets during the
vegetable season"
Monticello Constitution 9th inst: "The train
on the Monticello Branch was thrown from the
track on Tuesday mOrT ing by broken rail
about a mile and half from town. and cOnsid-
cradle damage was done to the coach and road
bed. The mail. express and passengers were
brought to town in wagons. Conductor Part
ridge and Engineer Palmer had the road clear
for the evening train"
Mariana Court r 9Th instant: Captain An
derson informs US of rather a strange death,
which occurred upon his plantation last Thurs
dsv. An old negro woman. living all alone in a
house. was found on this day upon her hearth
in front of the fire in a kneeling posture dead,
with her clothes burned of and the flesh in
parched nditiOn. u is not known whether
she was burned to death or whether she ought
on fire after death From the position in which
she YVES found the latter is more probable"
Monticello Constitution: The floating or
scriD indebtedness of Jefferson county, on the
tst inst. was 81 773 "a Twelve Thousand three
hundred dOilsTs in county bonds have been
retired during the past two years. There is
dne on these bonds, however one years in
terest which amounts to S6.516 and by the
time the tax revenue for 1852 are due and col
l-Cted, the interest accrulng VII amount 10
double said sum, which will make the actual
bonded Indebtedness on the 1st Of January,
1888 SS5S52."
Bartow Informant: "a few days ago two
youths were tried in Barlow for disturbing a
lawful assembly on the sabbath cav, and
were acquitted, as was generally supposed. on
the ground that what they did was not indeli-
cate or VrOfaue. or. perhaps. upon the techni-
cal ground that the charge was not literally
proven and that other misconduct was not to
he regarded. On last Sabbath far more dis
graceful scene occurred at the same place at a
meeting OF the same character, when general
melee, ending in fight, was INDUCED IN.
Jacksonville Union. 18th inst: Yesterday
morning. while the steamer John sylvester
was on her way from this city to Palatka, and
when Uff Hibernia. the pilot discovered four
men clinging to the bottom or a cspsized sail
boat. The steamer headed for the boat, and
after delay OF forty minutes the unfortunate
men were taken on board and kindly cared for
until the steamer landed at Magnolia. They
were very much exhausted, having struggled
for about one hour in the water. Thev proved
rO be visitors and guests OF the Magnolia Hotel.
In consequence of this delay the steamer was
somewhat behind on her return trip"
Jacksonville Union. 11th inst: About two
one silver satch. a number OF watch chains
and lot of other jawelrY, consigned to parties
in La e City. was taken from the express wag-
on while being transported from the office to
the de OF in this city. There was no clue to the
thief. but officers we're notified OF the theft and
on yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Kelly
and Capt Tyler recovered all OF the jawelry ex-
cept OF or two artlcl s. and arrested the thler,
who proved to he white man b the name Of
Allen Powell, who had been employed in the
EXPIRE Office as a driver A portion OF the
ieWeiry was found in POwells house. while the
balance was found at the express stable and in
East Jacksonville. Powell Is now IN Jail"
Worth Star: "For several weeks past ". H.
McPhaul & Bro. have been missing money
from their drawer. but up to Saturday night
last could obtain no clue as to tn thief or his
mode # lifting the mOUey. Saturday even
iDg these gentlemen put their heads together
and set a trap for the thief. lt was rightly
supposed that the robbiGg was done while the
clerk was at supper. At the usual hour the
store was closed and the clerk went to supper.
Mr. Priest had taken position where he had a
gOcd view of the store. In a few inutes
negro approached the stOr4; walked beyond it
and then returned STOPPING down, he picked
up piece of hoop iron and inserted it in a
crack in the window and raised the bolt on the
inside pefiug the window, he Sprang in
and as he did so, Mr.. Priest ran TO
the window and called for help. The
negro ran to the back OF the store,
unnolted door and rushed out Dir. Priest
ran around the store and could almost touch
the negro with his pistol as ne ran cut Of the
store, but the pistol snapped, and the negro
was some distance before Mr.. P. began firing
on him. He was finally captured in one of the
shanties and. we presume. is now in jail The
negro had robbed the firm Of about $50 IN mon
ey On the same night the grocery Of Mr.. l.
A Kelley, at Isabella station, IVES broken into
and robbed of about so in money. a box Of
tobacco, a lot OF canned goods, about hve gal
Ions Of WHISKY, besides ether articles. The
thief escaped. and there is no clue as to who
did the rObblng About three weeks ago Mr..
H W. Vines store was broken into and robbed
of good to the amount OF SIS. The thief has
not been apprehended."
Americas Recorder: AN extraordinary
marriage lately took place in the lover part
of this county. Dick Hamilton, familiarly
known as Cripple Dick negro paralytic
who has rot walked step for twenty years
and who Is as helpless SIS infant. took unto
himself a dusky damsel of an avOirdupOis OF
about two hundred pounds. More than this,
Dick has rented a farm and expects to culti-
vate forty Rcres-his wife doing the work"
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