Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-25

ing in Florida there are now eight clerks re-
quired in the State Lan1 Office at Tallahassee
to keep up with the work required. Three
clerks did the work three years ago
The sponge business at Key West promises
to be good this season. Five thousand dollars
we're paid out one day last week for this com
modify.
Brevard county's new court house is nearing
completion.
wise looking white owl is one of the orni.
biological curiosities Of Gainesville.
Madison county planters are happy over the
license tax on the sale of seed cotton by the
Commissioners Of the county.
Hon. W. W. Walker. W. c. Tulley and others
have formed joint stock company for the
purpose Of publishing newspaper at Craw.
fordVille, Wakula county. 1t will be Demo-
cratic in utterance, but will be devoted mainly
TO the interests Of the county.
Grading has commenced on the Florida,
Midland and Georgia, about two miles south
Of Madison, and force of hands are at wor K.
The Sanford and Indian River Railroad is
graded as far as Mr.. Telford's place at Fort
Reed, and cars VIII be rdnning to Fort Reed in
a very short time
| Tallahassee is beginning to receive new cot
ton, number Of bales having been received
during The past week. The first bale, from
Wakuila county, was received on saturday
last. 1t was raised by colored farmer named
Joe Patterson, and sold for i034 cents pound
Mr.. George W. Wilson, editor and proprietor
Of the LdcOR, has purchased the Ocala Banner,
and the two papers wilt be consolidated under
one management. with Mr. Wilson as editor.
| A gentleman who has Just returned from
| jackson county, Fla, to Columbus, Ga, re-
| ports an immense crop OF corn made there this
year He says that he was told by reliable
| gentlemen that corn can De bought in the fields
| Tor as little as twenty five cents per bushel
Judge Bernard IS making a thOrOu h canvass
| OF Leon county in the interest Of the next
Middle Florida fair, He visits the people at
| their homes. ia Ks to the lad es as we'll as he
| gentlemen, gives them copy Of the premium
list. and generally gels a promise that they
will have something at the fair.
The Orlando Reporter says: ''The MethOdists
| have decided to establish school Of high
grade, or rather a college, at some point in this
| district Local aid is required, and the pro-
pOsal has been made TO locate the institution
| at that place which would offer the greatest
| pecuniary inducements. Orlando has tsken
| hold OF the matter in earnest. a will come
| in at the competition with a good showing
! just what amount she will offer will be stated
after the bids are all in and the different points
| heard from"
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caused in Palatka by the shooting of a coloIed
man named Roberts BY Policeman Waters It
| appears that while Waters was attending to
| to some police duty near the Narnum House
the man Roberts commenced swearing In a
| loud and bOisterOus manner, and as he was on
public street and in the presence OF ladies
who were near by. It VS. clearly and undOubt-
ediy the duty of Waters to arrest him for the
offense; but Roberts had a new in his
hand and raised it in a threatening manner,
telling Waters he would undoubtedly use it un-
ha taf 1r~fna hn ilsaf
Waters to release him. and at last threw the
axe at him and ran. Thereupon Waters drew
his revolver and fired, striking him just below
the shoulder blade. making an ugly wound 3D.,
not, however, necessarily fatal
| General Spinner, the hero that used to sign
the Treasury notes sends TO the Florida DfS
patch the following descriptive letter Of a fight
among sea monsters on the coast OF FLORIDA,
on south beach, below MaypOrt: early yester-
day morning. as l went for my usual surf bath,
| accompanied by my daughter, Mrs Schu-
macheT, we witnessed what has probably sell
dom been seen. The ocean was unusually
| Dlacid hut q strange cOmmOtion in the surf
was noticed. On nearing the shore, it was
| seen that a fierce battle was raging between
two schools of fishes, one OF sharks and the
! other OF saW-tiSh. it was high tide, and the
! water was quite shallow, so that the caudal
| and dorsal fins OF both these kinds of sea mon
sters were constantly seen above the water. The
/ onslaught OF each of the cOmbatants, of which
! from sixteen to twenty were IN view. was
! fierce and terrific. A disabled saw-fish was
| stranded j Wa0eu INTO MIN, ana WIN the eug6
| Of a piece of floor board gave him the coup de
| qrace. He measured nearly fifteen feet, and
I c8rried a sword saw three and a half feet long,
with over fifty teeth on its margin. 1t was
found that one Of the sharks had bitten piece
out of his side equal to foot square. through
which his bowels prOtruded At one time it
/ looked as il another pair OF the cOmbatants
would be stranded, for in their struggle they
came so near the shore that they touched bot
tom all the time, but they finally managed to
Join their companions in deep water, and after
fifteen minutes all the belligerents disappeared,
to the great relief of thOse who cared more for
sea bathing than for seeing the terrific fights Of
| sea monsters. MY daughter will carry the saw
| OF the captured fish to her home as memento
and trophy OF the great conflict, and for an
addition to her cabinet of ocean curiosities."