Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-11

dred and twenty-five feet. The Louisville
Bridge Company is engaged in putting it up.
A two dollar counterfeit note on the Ninth
National Bank Of New York was rejected at
the First National Bank Of Jacksonville on
Friday. Look out for them.
In her present extremity the authorities Of
Pensacola appeal for assistance. Let not the
appeal be in vain. He gives twice who gives
promptly.
An election will be held on Tuesday, OctO-
Der 10th, for the purpose Of electing town on
GERS and organizing a municipal government
for Callahan. Callahan is the intersection Of
the Transit aud Waycross Railroads. and has
grown rapidly within the past few years.
The new steamer Fanny Dugan, destined to
ply the st. Johns river. arrived at Sanford last
Friday, aud the event was duly celebrated.
The steamer is a fine side wheel Mississippi
boat and has been purchased by Messrs. Tyson
& Smith. Of Jacksonville. to ply the waters Of
the st. Johns.
Instructions have been given not to allow
any passenger or baggage to come on the
trains OF the Transit Railroad from Pensacola.
mail routehas been established between
Iitusyllle and Cape Canaveral. The mails
leave Titusville for Canaveral Tuesdays and
Thursdays. This arrangement goes into effect
| the lst Of October.
About twenty-five men under charge Of J. Q.
| Anderson went across Lake Dora Tuesday to
complete the tramway to Lake Milton Several
| thousand logs for the Tavares mill are awaiting
/ transportation from the country through
which the tramway passes.
The taxable property Of Orange county this
/ year, as shown by the books of the County
assessor, amounts to upwards of s., 100000,
which is gain over last year of little more
than SoOOOOO The per cent of taxation is
fourteen mills-seven on State and seven on
| county.
Mrs. J. J. Tucker, OF Titusville, met with the
/ terrible misfortune of receiving a discharge of
buckshot from shotgun, last Monday morn
| ing. Jesse Tucker had taken down the gun,
] when Mrs. Tucker asked him to hand her a
cloth, when the gun fell on the floor, and the
whole charge entered her right lex Just above
the ankle
Tavares Herald: 1.-THE extension Of the St
Johns and Lake Eustis Railroad from its pres
ent terminus at Fort Mason to TravRres is no
| longer talked Of, and to be completed, enter
| prise, but is now one Of the certainties Of the
near future The survey Of the line has been
trusted to Major W p. Couper, and the pre-
liminary line has already been run, and the
levels are now being taken and the dnal lOca-
ton of the route fixed The work of grading
viii be begun in few days, and the track laid
as fast as the rOad-bed can be prepared The
additional length Of the road, from Fort
Mason TO this place, Is only six aud half
miles, which is considerably less than it was
thought it would be necessary TO build "
shocking murder occurred at Racy Point
at II O'Clock Thursday morning. Two Young
colored men, J. B. Grant and - Brown were
on the wharf at that place when one of the
steamers from this city arrived. They went
aboard and purchased bottle Of whisk T.
After drinking a pOi ton of the poison they
became noisy, and one suggested to the
other that they 20 to Palatka and get on
a spree. After dis ussing this suggestion for
some time the men got into difficulty, and
Grant, as we are Informed, drew a long knife
and cut his antagonist, Brown, to pieces As
soon as he found that he had been badly cut
Brown turned and attempted to walk of but
did not go but short distance when he fell
and taken to St. Augustine, where he will
probably be committed to Jail to await the
action OF the Circuit Court.
Quincy Herald; Last Monday number Of
people from Pensacola arrived in town and as
they were from an infected port the Mayor
called a meeting of the CITY Council who after
due consideration, decided to quarantine
against Pensacola. and the Mayor iss led his
proclamation to that effecr. The Marshal
hunted up the parties and had them before His
Honor. Among them was the Mayor of Pen
sacola who declared that no yellow fever
existed in his city, which statement
seemed to satisfy the Mayor, and they were al
lowed to remain; but yellow fever was the
topic Of the day and Mrs. Zeigler, proprietress
Of the Gadsden House. becoming alarmed
told the delegates from Pensacola. who were
stopping ar her house, they must hnd other
quarters Such action w=s purely precau-
tionary measure, and not infiueuced by
the Official views Of the parties, as some as
sert, as other Republican delegates from other
counties who were stopping there were IN
moested-"