Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-29
FLORIDA.

heuka shipped her first car of cotton on
Wednesday last.
/ There is great demand for brick in nearly
I every town in the State.
squire Timms. one Of the oldest citizens
. OF BakercOunty- died last week.
( Last week seventy-five barrels Of fish were
taken from LOchlOOsa Lake.
There were eight children born al four
births last week in fernando county
At II. Augustine green turtles are selma, st
I 10 cents per pound. and are scarce at that
The planters around Arredondo are aIresdv
preparing their lands for another CROP
new town Is about to start up half wav
between W ildwoOd and oxford. 1t will be
named JOabvIlle.
Wildwood Will De known hereafter as a
temperance town, a petition TO sell whisky
there having been abandoned.
number Of gentlemen in Palatka are
i4king steps TO secure rooms for a public
library ana readlng-rOOm this winter.
resident Of Pensacola had his Docket
picked ana his purse containing $50 stolen al
the Louisville Exposition a few DAYS ago.
John Pellicue brother TO the late Bishop
Pellicue, of san Antonio Texas. died AT his
home IN Baker>ville sept. -, aged ~ years.
Wednesday morning at Jacksonville a yaIu-
able dog belonging 10 John l.. Marvin was
bitten 10y rattlesnake and will probably die
Lake City IL still afflicted with sore ewes
Fifteen or twenty OF the pupils of the Pea
body school are absent from roll call on that
account.
Mr.. Hammond, living near Olustee Bridge
iu Columbia county, was drowned in Olustec
creek last week. His body was recovered last
Wednesday.
Several immigrant wagons from Warren
and Banks county, Georgia, passed through
Lake City last week on their way to AlachUa
and fernando counties.
\ shooting afray took place at sulphur
spring last week between a young man
named WcssOn and two brothers named Raul
er7on One of the latter was fatally wounded.
There were shipped from Lake City during
the month Of september. 1852. eighty three
bales of lOrg staple cotton. During the pres
ent IN nth up to date over 100 bales have been
shipped.
Thursday John Cox. of England. arrived at
Jacksonville and Will at once proceed to Sc
lect lands from those owned by the Reed syn
dlcate, upon which he proposes to establish "A
large English colony.
It. Augustine Is afflicted with a gang of
mlschievOus youths who 90 about the city
nights searching after plumber in the shape of
Z oranges, bananas and such other fruits as
! they can lay hands on.
/ The Times Union says Judge Baker will. in
I all probability, decide the case of Charles G..
Elliott for a writ of mandamus to compel the
collector of Revenue to grant him a license to
sell liquor under the old law this week, as
I several licenses expire on Sunday and this
case has been instituted by the Liquor Deal
erS' Association as q test case.
Charles johnson (coloredl, William Whit
lock lwhite) and Alexander Henderson icol-
oredl were arrested at Jacksonville Wednes-
uaX IOf breaking open boxes at the post Office
f last December. On Thursday morning they
were brought up before United states Com
missioner 4. K. Meek. when johnson and
10 answer at the December term Of the United
states Court. As no evidence sufficiently
connected Henderson with the transaction.
he was discharged.