Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-12
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feruan0lna Is naFlng Quilt Slo,OUU EpiscO-
pal church.
A young man named Altman became en-
tangled in the betting OF saw mill at Sugar
vile. on the Peninsula Railroad, one day last
week, and was whirIed round and round
crank at the rate Of one hundred revolutions
per minute. He was terribly mangled, and
died few hours afterward.
A petrifed pine saplng, which was thrown
into the water in Suwannee river at White
Springs in 1876 was taken out the other day,
and the end which had been sticking in the mud
was found to be thoroughly petrihed.
A Livingston. Esq has been elected Alder
man of Madison, vice +. W. Erwin, Esq re-
signed.
Madison county's record shows the valuation
Of the taxable property in the county to be
81 All ,I4O, upon which amount 50, ,572 GO for
taxes are to be assessed.
The Democrats Of Gadsden county have
nominated Ex-Governor A K. Allison for the
Senate. George !. Davis, W. c. gendry and
Duncan Mcmillan were nominated for the AS
sembIy.
A movement is on foot among the Democrats
of Suwannee county to nominate only candi-
dates for the Legislature who will pledge
themselves to do all in their power to put down
the liquor traffic in Florida.
The voters Of Suwannee county will decide
at the ballot box, October 3, whether they will
accept the offered compromise Of 30 per cent.
OF her bonded indebtedness. The principal
and interest OF the old debt is $69,0 900, 80 per
cent. of which will amount to $4,000.
Jackson county Democrats have nominated
for the General Assembly Messrs. W. H. Mil
ton. ]. W. POOser and J. A. Robinson.
Judge a. L. Woodward, one OF the oldest
and most respected citizens Of the State, died
in Tallahassee on the morning of the 9TH inst
He was a native OF South Carolina, and OBJ
tanned political distinction in Florida as a dele
gate from Jackson county to the St Joseph
Convention, which framed the constitution
upon which Florida was admitted into the
Union in 1899.
Gen. Finley is lrrying the people by storm
wherever he appears in his campaign. AT Fort
Mason on Thursday last a great crowd assem-
bled to hear him, and during his speech he
was interrupted by telegram from Altoona,
q point ten miles distant, asking him ito be
brief" ;" as there was another large crowd at the
latter point waiting to receive him.
An Indignation meeting has been called at
jacksonville, and met last night to denounce
the murder Of Savage and James, the negro
murderers.
There were but four deaths IN Jacksonville
during the week ending Saturday night-one
white and three negroes, one Of the parties be-
ing over ninety years OF age. A good sanitary
record.
The Democratic voters OF Alachua county
will meet at Gainesville on Wednesday to nomi
nate four candidates to represent the county
in the next Legislature.
The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad has
reached a point within five miles of Mariana.
and the whistle of the locomotive is daily heard
at that place.
The Mariana Courier says that negro wo-
man and her friends murdered her husband
last week near Vernon. No particulars Of the
tragedy are given.
There was not death from any cause of
disease at Cedar Key Tor the week ending Sep
tember 9Th.
Tavares is to have a starch and glucose
mandatory, and the farmers OF that vicinity
are urged to plant cassava as general crop,
and are assured OF a market at good prices
The Republican Convention, which met at
Gainesville Saturday last. nominated for the
Legislature Benz amin Rush. white, I Z Cass,
coiored, T. J. Forrest, white, and F. a. o'Brysn'
white.
The delegation from Escambia county to the
Republican Convention in Quincy came over
by way Of Thomasville. but were not allowed
to come in Tallahassee. Several others from
Pensacola were prohibited entering the city.
The Live Oak Bulletin says: sheriff Alt
man, OF Hamilton, was summoned before the
COrOner's jury on the Savage and James case,
in Madison, the other Gay, but on reaching the
town he was warn not to testify. for If he did
he would probably be killed before he left
town"
Jacksonville Times: 'sThe store of Mr. Goff
a bind man doing business just this side OF the
East Jacksonville bridge, was entered Satur
day morning about one O'Clock by burglars,
who broke pane of glass and entered through
t. q ouening thereby made. They then opened
the front door and took ont q tub of lard and a
harreI Of -four. Mr., Goff lives over The store
and was awakened by his wife who said she
heard some one in the store. Mr. Goh got up
and went 10 an auger hole that is bored in the
floor. Putting his esr to 1t he distinctly heard
I he robbers carrsing things out of the store,
and got his pistol and poked its muzzle
through the suger hole and fired twice. This
alarm ed the burglars, who ran away. he and
his wife went down stairs and found the front
door opeu. the window broken, and oldnt ma
a tub OF lard and a barrel or flour that ought 10
be there. They fastened up the store and re,
turned up stairs, when he fired on his pistol
fourteen times They went to sleep no more,
but sat up and listened"
The fol owing, which is destined to create a
revolution in the Florida alligator business, we
find vouched for by the Jacksonville Times
''hr. l. I Stephens has made discovery To
begin at the beginning, let US ssy that curing
the Centennial he carried about Seventy-hve
alligator eggs to Philadelphia, securely packed
in moss, intended as Orida curiosites. When
he we [ to open his box, lol seventy-hve young
alligators beamed upon him. Since then Mr..
Stephens has been buying alligstors' eggs, and
placing them In a large box over bis store.
sandwiched' between layers OF damp
straw. He says that this makes a
hot he'd, the temperature OF the at
tic being considerably over one hundred
degrees during warm day. Whenever the
straw becomes dry he sprinkIes little water
over It. The period OF incubation, he says. is
about two months. He has had a nest Of
800 eggs undergoing this treatment for the
past seven or eight weeks, and the
Young elliaatoIs are beginning to come forth
On Wednesday about twenty Of them came to
time. and eiglt more on Thursday. When
ever they are almost ripe the eggs turn dark
and he can hear the youngsters wobbIing
about trying TO effect an exit. If the incipient
saurian is unable to smash his pent up Utica
by himself, Mr.. Stephens renders him the
necessary assistance"
Gray hairs often cause ANNOYANCE. which