Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-25

Tampa and Brooksville now have twenty
three mails week.
Too much rain is proving disastrous TO the
cotton crop In Suwaunee county.
Do is rumored that stage line will be estab-
Lshrd between HeWnansyille and Hague.
Dock smith. who shot Jack Kcefe several
weeks ago. having given his bond. was libcr-
atel 40 Jacksonville Thursday.
The Jacksonville HerEld announces that J.
A. Jackson n Co. of LOugwOOd. Orange
county. have been compelled 10 suspend bu~i-
ness.
A permanent organization. known as the
GAINESVILLE Gun Club, has been effected. with
Capt 4. p. Cater, President, and :. G.. Sadler,
secretary.
At meeting Of the Jacksonville City Coun-
cil ON Thurday Sl,50O was appropriated for "a
.ot and building for the Americas Hook and
Ladder Company.
The schooner Anna Dummitt Is now dis
charging at the WavcrOSs wharf. in jackson
viIle forty barrels OF honey brought from New
smyrna. This is the fourth cargo of honey
She has brought from that point the present
season.
There viii be an election ordered bv the
Democratic Executive Committee 20 fll the
vacancy occasiOued by the death ol AlaChua
County Treasurer F. = RouN. pr. j. u
cromwell, of Gainesville. VIII probably Dee the
candidate.
30 is learned that the steamship Alabama is
quarantined in Tampa Bay with two eases Of
yellow fever on board. The steamer plies be-
a..
West and Havana. and 10 was ON her trip
from Havana that the sickness was discovered.
Dr. W all, who L. in charge of the quarantine
department at Tampa, has the medical care
Of the patients, and It ls believed that they
VIII both recover.
The Jacksonville Hsrrd furnishes the fol-
lowing additional information tu 81 press dis
patch printed i'm Yesterday MuENING NEWS:
Nv ednesday afternoon the papers for several
suits IN admiralty were filed by District At
fOrney Cheney with the Clerk of the United
states Court IN this city. libelug the steam
ers Caddo Belle, belonging TO the Plant In
vestment Company, now running ON the SUI
Waunee river. between New Bradford and
Cedar kev. and the Lizzie Henderson. which
plies between Cedar hey and Tampa, ON the
"uu coast The suits are based upou the
statement Of one james NJ. Currie tnat these
steamers have. ON different occasions
carried passengers largely in excess
oi the number allowed by their certificates.
,urrie, IN his capacity as informer- Is allowed
NE law the privilege of claiming from the
steamer SO per head. i'm addition 10 the pass
age money, Of every passenger proved To
have been carried in excess of the regulation
number, which I'M the Caddo Belle is eighty.
1ul The Henderson forty. The claims Of the
United states Government against the two
vessels. together with that of the 'infOrmer.'
loot up Sl2.l4l, of which S4,9il falls To the
share of the latter. The extra passengers
'u the Caddo Belle were railroad labOrers,
which the company sent To work on their eN-
tension Of the south Florida Railroad"
SOUTH CAROLINA
The total shipments of cotton from Chester
since september ], lSS2, amount to 1921 bales.
Work has begun on the permanent bridge
Tor the CheraW and Chester Railroad over
the Catawba river.
south Carolina has l,5Sf factories. working
S,lil hands, with capital invested OF $780,
~ paying annually m wages Sl,5i3.7l5, and
Wedding annually IN products Sa.S5S.0Sl.
Alr. J. Aiken Keller. Of Orangeburg county.
"uile out hunting on last Saturday was acci-
9enlally shot by negro who was along with
him. The whole load entered both Thighs and
naicted very painful wound.
Ephraim samuel. colored. was buried un-
der mass of stone and dirt while clearing
out q well in Abbeville county last week He
was eNtricated from his dangerous position
after eight hours OF hard work.
John ID. Lynch, who ran OF with Miss Stach
from sumter, has been committed 10 jail IN
uellult of bail Of Sl.000 10 he tried at the Oc-
t'ttr term Of court. Lynch barely escaped
being iynched by the eNasperaied crowd.
un the 9Th instant a cOlOred man named
"ames. while riding carelessy on the carriage
az Auu y Pricster's saw mill. in Newberry.
lt 10y lis balance and fell forward on the saw.
ued MS head.
Horace HOpsOn. cOIOred. while cleaning ont
. Wen on the place Of the late Ex-Governor
yeter ia I Mon county. last week, was killed
ty o rock which had fallen out of the wall of
me well, and. striking him ON the head.
crushed his skull
John b. Bailey, Esq. editor Of the Fafer-
Prise and N0HHtaiReeF, has been an
pointed by Governor Thompson one of
the commissioners 10 represent this state
90 the Educational Convention. 90 Ie held qt
louisville. ky.. next MONTH
The recent examination of applicants for
tle Tour Peabody scholarships al the Nash
vile Normal College having failed 10y reason
OF the poor standard Of merit Of the appli-
ganis. another examination Is announced TO
log held at Columbia or the 30th inst.
Henry spires, Elm0rc Williams and eleven
others OF the ''stOck law" rioters, in jail al
tleAiugton. being unable To procure bail
through a Trial Justice. as they are charged
WIN arson. have applied to Judge kershaw,
praying for writ of haheas corpus.
The City Council of Anderson has passed "a
le7oiullOn 10 the effect that neither the ign0r.
1ute ol the existence Of the ordinance pre-
.sntlng the sale of intoxicating liquors 10
.'lAgts or persons Of known Incorporate hab-
said ordinance
~. " lillian Davenport. near Greenville. 2
-gIti9t- was thrown from "a wagon by his
Plle Pilte running away while descending the
80 80 Eiuge Mountains on Friday last, receiv- +
its injuries from which he died on saturday.
sase atsOn. who was with him in the [
;-sgh' Was also thrown out and severely in T
Trt. ne accident happened just over the I
"ne ln North Carolina.
an olhcer Of the Southern Telegraph Com
Pany now IN Columbia says that tbe lines /
5-st quilt and abOdt to be built bv his COM
Fau4 IN North and south Carolina and Geor-
~ are as follows: From Danyille to Char /
ii1tts from Charlotte TO Columbia. from Co. I
luuola 10 Charleston. from Columbia to Au- !
G-sta, from Augusta to Savannah via Millen. I
lanta. ''''' - '''' - "e0" ~ NJ
II. +. ". Butler, son of Senator NJ c. /
fe- ~, ~ met with a severe accident at Lancas
20 court House last week, from which fears !