Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-27

ultnl. sdlneu MS reason. ana related his Won
derful adventure. search was then made
for the bear. but nothing could be found of
him, although the mouth of the cave was
trainpled hard where he had paced back and
forth doing sentinel duty waiting for his vic
.im."
FLORIDA.
The Marshal Of Ocala is raiding The gamb-
ling deI-s.
Officer Lewis, of the Jacksonville police
force. has resigned.
Jacksonville's cotton shipments are said to
be on the increase.
Five hundred boxes of oranges left Jackson
willie for the North Thursday.
Nassau county's balance in hand October ],
loS2 was S1S5 IS; this year il is S2,979 %.
The provision crop in Hamilton county il
abundant, but cotton is not to exceed half
crop.
Large crops of sugar cane have been plant
ed in Alachua county this year, and the yield
viii DE good.
There is an effort on foot to establish a daily
mail service by steam between ApalachicOla
and Carabelle.
Apalaehic0la merchants are now receiving
Northern frelghts via Fernandina, marked
Care Amos Hays
The six Ostriches intended for the ostrich
farm 10 be started near sanford, arrived in
jacksonville Thursday.
.. u. Rocks, Of Fruitland Park, lost seventy
eight bearing orange trees bv fire He had
q
through it,,
EN-Police Officer c. H. Stella. of Jackson
VILE. has passed the examination emitting
him 10 entrance into the United states signal
service preparatory corps.
Advices have been received IN ApalachicO-
Ia 10 the effect that the Central Florida Mill
and Lumber Company viii commence the
building of their mill in that city at an early
day.
Warren b. spearing is in Jail at Jackson
willie charged with enticing young girl from
her home in that city for improper purposes.
charge Of perjury has also been preferred
against him.
Chandler Sharpe, white and IA wears of age
had his foot 50 terribly lacerated in a cotton
ginning establishment at Madison. Wednes-
day, that the necessity of amputatiOn was
narrowly avoided.
The Catholic Church at Apalachicola stands
ahead of fourteen churches in the diocese Of
which Rev. 4. II. O'Callahan is administrator
in contributions to the yellow fever sufferers
at the naval reservation near Pensacola.
G. II. Martin went to Fort Myers some time
since To deliver a temperance lecture. some
thing he said offended a rumseller named
LangfOrd, who, with crowd of ruflians. as
saiMlted the lecturer and beat him unmerci-
and the Pine Level Times calls on Governor
BloNham to remove him.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr.. Edward Noble tells the Winnsboro
Herald that he has 300 acres of oats 6 inches
high.
\ bachelors mutual aid association has
been organized at Gaffney City, Spartanburg
county.
An election will he held in Sumter on De-
cember to decide the question of license or
no license.
The Town Council of sumter have appro-
pEiatcd 500 for the benefit of the Sumter Park
and Agricultural Association.
The survivors of the Twenty second South
ar will har 80
sumter on the eth of November next
The drought around Sanders Depot. sum
ter county. still continues. and the cattle
have difficulty IN obtaining water even in the
swamp pastures.
The Bamberg Chronicle saws: 'sBIackviIIe
Aleudale, Williston, Barnwell and EIko will
give rousing majOrities for no liquor on the
9TH of November.
The total value of all personal property in
Aiken county by the recent assessment is
$LgOS,55g. and the total value of all real
property S2,39j,5l4. The number of persons
in the county liable to poll tax is $3.50.
The following gentlemen will have stock on
the turf al the coming races in Barnwell: :
Capt. g. .. Riley. Messrs. Minis Il Moore
Capt. ). Bates. Messrs. Jasper Furman. F. a
W. Brunson and General johnson Hagood.
The students at the South Carolina College
nave determined to revive an old custom i'm
having this year a commencement Rail"
The ball VIII be held on the night of Com
mencement Day. December 10TH and will be
GafIney Cdroljaidn: General James Long
street was on the train that was DELAYED here
on last sunday. number OF his old Confed-
crate soldiers went in his ear to see him. and
gave him that hearty shake of the hand that
goes out from one soldier to another. intensi-
fled when given TO their honOrcd and loved
Old chief"
Camden Journal. ''On the Sth inst. while
scott Benjamin, cOlOred, living few miles
north of Camden, was attending at his steam
engine. the boiler suddenly burst. and he was
SO badly scalded by the hot steam that he died
from the effects Of il on the following Thurs
day scott was right well To do in life hav-
ing accumulated several thousand dollars
since his emancipation"
sumter Spirit of tie Times ''Is there no
law IN this state for prevention Of cruelty to
dnimalse Almost every day one can see on
the streets of sumter wagons containing two
or three negroes drawn by horses so poor and
weak that they can scarcely walk. These
horses are worked hard every dav and turned
out TO Craze at night. This matter ought to
he looked after, and if there is no law on this
subject let us have one"
The Columbia Register announces that Col.
l.. NJ. Terrell. Superntendcut of the Railway
Mail Service in the Third division, has issued
orders for the extension of the railway mail
service So that the route agents ON the Will
mington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
who have hitherto run only to Columbia, will
run through to Augusta by the early train
which leaves Columbia ut 6:l5 in the morning.
This extension Of mail facilities Will be quite
" N'hN - uANh't ~ tic lcoptc hNlIS ON tile itne
of road.
Newberry Obsercer. Last December or
January Mr.. j. \. Cr0twell put forty young
carp, an inch or two long, in the pond at his
brickyard. He paid no attention to them.
Indeed, he had almost forgotten about them,
when few days ago his little son noticed
some fishes swimming about in the shallow
water. the pond having nearly dried up ON
examining closely Monday, he found three or
four hundred carps. varying in size from very
small ones to some weighing or , pounds.
He at once determined to haul water to re-
plenish the pond, but the rain came and saved
him this trouble. Mr.. CrotWell Is cnthusias-
tic now on the carp question. and saws he
would not take $1,000 for his pond and fish.
lie intends to go To considerable expense in
improving the pond"
Pickens correspondence Charleston Ne,os
0Nd Courier: ~ difficulty occurred last
W Wednesday afternoon about Is miles below
between Mr. w IL. Martin. white. and a
negro named Berry Holland, which resulted
IN the death of Holland The circumstances
OF the difficulty are substantially as follows:
Holland was a tenant on Martins farm.
Martin, who was at the time in delicate
health. went to the cotton field TO direct the
negro To stop picking cotton and perform some
other work on the farm. This he stoutlV re-
fused To do and abused young Martin severely
after which he assaulted him by knocking
him down with his fist. The negro was of bad
character, and was generally known TO carry
young Martin, he reached around him as il
drawing his razor, whereupOn Martin drew
his knife and stabbed the negro in the neck
The negro died Instantly. Martin surrender
to bail. He is young man Of excellent char
acter and high standing, and the general
opinion Is that he acted in self-defense."