Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-11
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and which receives its revenues from property
owners. TO be disbursed in securing the votes
OF non-taxpayers. is not likely TO have the in
terests Of the city much at heart"
SAYS the Fernandina Express: 'Notwith-
standing the few frosts, our markets are still
supplied with fresh vegetables, and our North
ern visitors are luxuriating on green peas.
fresh tomatoes. and other delicacies not OBJ
tsinable at their Northern homes.
Mr.. J. ". Bushnell, engineer on the Peninsu-
la Railroad, was in Cedar Key few days since
and informed the Journal that the road ex-
tended some distance beyond Ocala, ard was
graded as far as Whitesville. he says the
company are using nothing but steel rails.
With the new year he Tallahassee Land Of
FIolrers began its publication as a weekly in
stead Of monthly.
According 10 the Gazette, Pensacola is en-
joying a regular building boom.
On Sunday last BIr. John W Griffin, a mem
Der Of the firm Of Macarthur s. Griffin, Of East
man, Ga, vas shot dead at Orlando, by man
named Carter. who escaped. The trouble Ori-
giuated in a land trade. A reward Of 8 600 has
been offered for the arrest Of the assassin,
Lettuce, radishes, turnips, cabbages and
strawberries are offered for sale in the market
Of Orange City.
The South FlOrida Tunes states that new
town has been started in the north END OF
NOiusia county. seven miles hack OF NOlusla.
To is called Lundgren, and town lots are offered
20 the new conner cheap.
Fernancina Mirror: We have received a re-
port on the muck question. made by profes-
s2r Of chemistry residing IN Aassachusetts,
with analysis OF various species OF muck IN
that State. The muck question has been dis
cu>sed in Florida ith some zeal The muck
deposits lying in deep beds along our streams
would be classed by the author Of this report
as peat There is little doubt OF the value OF
such deposits as fertilizers when properly com
posted aud used. The testimonials given Of
the value OF the orange fertilizers sold by Mr..
Hart as a preventive Of splitting will attract
especial attention at this time when such
-eriOus losses have been incurred from this
cause"
The ApalachicOla Tribune relates the follow
ing story about little heroine Of that place
Last Saturday evening, after the inmates OF
Mrs. Willis boarding house had retired, a son
OF Ethiopia entered the bedroom occupied by
Miss Lille Marks, aged about nine years The
WOuld-be burglar was standing by Miss Lilies
bed, whel. the latter awoke, and, reaching out
her tiny hands grabbed the intruder and
aided. Run, sister I've got a negro This
frightened the wretch. and he made good his
escape Miss Lille deserves considerable
credit for her courage displayed on the occa-
sion We know great many much older per
sons who, under the circumstances, would
have screamed with fright"
Says the St Augustine Weekly: During the
year 1881 there were ffty-six deaths in st.
Augustine, Of which thirty-twO were white and
twenty-four cOlOred. Taking its population as
reported by the census of 1850 as basis, this
Ould give trifs over twenty-five deaths 10
each one thousand Of the population. It
should be stated, however. that some OF the
deceased persons were strangers who had
come here on account Of i'll health. AS the
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general health OF the city was concerned We
may safely say that the annual death rate in
St Augustine is be ow twenty per thousand,
which is considerable lower than that of most
towns. and which goes to show what our
citizens and others have ALWAYS claimed, that
the Ancient City is remarkably healthy
place to live in"
Saws the Jacksonville Times: About five
O'Clock p m Sunday, Mr. John B. Roche was
driving along Bay street IN his carriage. when
his horse turned-aS it is so well accustomed
TO dO-to halt at his store door, and was half
way across the track before IL could be check
ed. A street car was approaching. and Mr..
Roche signalled and called 10 it to check up,
out the driver merely turned the mule to one
side, Of the track, and failed 10 touch the
brakes or IN any manner to check the car,
which ran into the carri5ge, smashing one
wheel breaking the shafts, and Knocked the
horse down, inlurlng it considerably. Ia the
collision Mr- Roche was thrown from his seat
10 the ground IN violent manner. receiving
several severe bruises but the worst was that
his right ear was very nearly severed from his
head shocking. painful wound DR.. Bettes
was a. once summoned and sewed the ear
back, but there is grave doubt OF its healing.
Says the Tampa Tribune: THE steamer
Dover, propeller, 300 tons, Capt Web0, arrived
in the lgWer bay on the evening of the 29th
from Havana, via Key West, and after pro-
erecting up the bav abb VI 10 miles she anchored
of Piney Point, where during the ni2ht while
the wind was very high she swur and struck
something, supposed 10 be a rock Ii was inn
a uEaaa nod HHa -
considerable damage by striking, as she began
10 leak badly; but was got under way as soon
as possible TO run her into shOal water. but the
water gained 20 rapidly as TO put out the fires,
and she soon went down in 10 feet of water in
the chanuel southwest from the red buoy in the
route of vessels coming up the bay No lives
lost. the officers and crew leaving the vessel in
small boats. The Dover was partially insured.
She was from Mobile, and was com NJ to Tam
pa for a load Of oranges, which her owner. Mr.
HinkIy. had secured for her at Alanatee and
this place"
Saws the Cedar KEYS Journal: The Mayor
has issued his proclamation appointing Mon
day. January 10th, an election day to dec de
whether OF not the town shall issue bonds to
the amount or 5000 for the building of a dirt
road TO the man land. The Council has passed
all the necessary ordinances in the matter
and the only thing low is for the people to de-
ci -e whether OF not bonds shall be issued. This
same question was voted upon some ears
siBce. and the vote was unanimous IN favor OF
the is-uing OF bonds. some technical defect in
the record defeating the measure. The sam.
reasons that prevailed then in favor of a dirt
road still exist. and even appear more appar-
eut than ever Without entering into a
lengthy disc ussiOn OF The question. which is
familiar TO all. we say emphauc4ily that we
wish TO see the road Quilt and for that pur-
pose we favor the issuing Of bonds. We are
perfectly W ling for our property to be taxed
a quarter of one per cent. TO accomplish an
Improvement that We believe will be so bene-
fetal 10 all our population white and cOlOred
We trust that upon this question we can all be
a unit"
We learn from the Santa Rosa Netrs OF a
murder which recently occurred in Milton IN
der the following circumstances: ION FriIay
night last the cOlOred people had fair at one
Of the churches on the outskirts OF the town
To this fair went VIM. Allen and Bob shaw
Sometime during the evening these two wor-
thies fell out. the result OF which fight.
After the fight VIM. Al en- went to the house OF
Matte ia KsOn, where a crowd Of negroes
were Sittirg around a fire iH the yard. While
there he said that if Bob Shaw darke0ed that
gate he lntfn nded 10 Kill him. Very soon Bob
Shaw came up with a friend or two, who
.endeavoTed TO keep MIN from entering the
gate. Bob persisted, ana when he advanced
alien drew his pistol and backed slowly away
from the fire. When Shaw reached the fire
Allen suddenly fired, shooting his victim
through the heart. The murderer (still keen
ing mis- pistol cooked and pOinted) backed until
he reached the yard fence, over which he sud
denly bounded and made his escape The
sheriff arrived on the scene in about twenty
minutes, but il was too late to catch the man
We have heard that both men had served
terms in the penitentiary for crimes"
The Jacksonville Union publishes an account
Of a cold blOoded murder near Baldwin as fol
lows: Conductor DOggett, of the Florida Cen
tral Railroad, brought to US yesterday the par
ticuiaFs Of the murder Of negro named Lewis
Adams, by - Carter another negro in the
woods near Baldwin, about 10 O'Clock Friday
night last Both men. according to accounts,
worked at DOwling's mills. some six miles from
Baldwin. They were somewhat under the in
controversy regarding their rations. About 10
O'Clock that night, they, In company with two
Othe- hands, started from BaldW in for the mill
When a short distance on the road they left
the track, but had not proceeded far before Car
ter suddenly seized pistol from the pocket Of
one OF his companions. and. turning shot
Adams through the heart killing him instant
~ He then fired at one OF the other men,
but fOrtunt ttely missed his mark, after which
he attempted TO escape. He was caught how
ever after running bout mile into the woods
and brought back 10 Baldwin. where he was
placed in durance vile. An inquest was being
held over che body OF the dead negro when our
informant lett Judging from the particulars
as given us and above narrated, il was a most
cOld-blGOded, unprovOs ed murder, and the per
petrat0r should have meted out to him the full
extent OF the law y
Under the caption "A Daring Robbery. - the
Live Oak Bulletin says: Last Monday night
Mr. I. +. Moore. one OF our most enterpriSing
and emerge ic young merchants, was robbed OF
six hundred and seventy-six dollars in cash.
and a watch and chain. MIR. Moore had Just
got up al the cash he cOuld, and was going to
Jacksonville that right to settle some bills that
would be due on Tuesday. About half past
nine o'clock Mr.. Moore went up stairs lover
the st rel to his room to take a nap before