Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-16
/ FLUkIHA.
/ Gainesville, Florida, is TO have a street rail

FLORIDA.
Gainesville, Florida is TO have a street rail
way.
W. W. Pillon has shipped North, from Jack
sonville, Fla, this season $4,000 quarts of
strawberries.
Peter Earnest, charged with the murder of
Jack Perry last January, in Leon county, has
been tried and sentenced to bc hanged.
Cholera is epidemic among the hogs in the
vicinity of Jacksonville. Mrs. Henry Bohlcn,
of that city, was Frustrated by eating some of
the affected pork, but was restored by ply
scians.
Mayor pancy. Of jacksonville. has annOunc-
cd his intention TO compel strict observance
Of the sunday law.
G. B. McNair, Of Cherry Lake. has a three
legged chicken.
Ex-Governor George r. Drew is to erect a
new residence IN Riverside.
There were 6.j3S arrivals at the Carleton
House in jacksonville for the season COM
mcnciuc November 23d. 1882, and ending
April 18th, lSS,;. The hotel is now closed.
The murderer Of the negro woman and child
ON ChairC-' plantation, in Leon county, Is
charged ON white man named J. +. Scruggs.
The complaining witness Is turman 1OunG,
the murdered wOman's husband.
The FEoriIian SAYS that little Selim Myers,
son of Mr.. Fred L. Myers, of Tallahassee,
swallowed a dime belonging to his mother one
,lav last week. He had ten cents Of his own,
"
belonged la his mother he jubilantly cN-
claimed, lin glad it wasn't mine"
Henry Jones, a well known cOlOrcd man of
Tallahassee. who accompanied John =. APP
thnrp ON his surveying expeditions in South
Florida, was accidentally killed about three
weeks ago at Mr.. ApthOrp's camp in Monroe
county It is stated that two men were en-
gagged in difficulty, and Jones was near by,
when shot aimed at one of the belligerents
hit and killed him.
The Starkc Telegraph says the peach crop of
Bradford county promises to be a great deal
better than last season, but not a third of the
usual crop will be made. While the peach
crop may be comparatively failure, the
prospect for an unusually large orange crop
was never better. II Is estimated by many of
the orange men that the orange yield this
year will more than double the crop OF last
year. The trees, though heavily laden
with fruit, appear to making vigorous
growth
The storm of a week ago last Sunday made
a widespread record. The Altoona ArgUS
saws: MIR. Hinckle ShOckley, of the Bellevue
neighbOrhood, was struck senseless by the
lightning. but fortunately was not seriously
injured. The lightning struck him IN the side
and ran down his leg to the knee where IL
fOrked, making two distinct marks from the
knee to the foot. His invalid son, Pearlle,
was Knocked down by the shock, but received
no other injuries. 4 five-pOund can OF pow
der that was in the room exploded, doing con-
siderable damage to the house ana furniture
Paul du Chaillu could hardly rake up bet
ter panther story than the following from the
f HfFNtu-
orcd men were out deer hunting near Whites
log CAMP back of Rolstown. One of them
WAS at his stand. The dogs were heard COM
ing in that direction. soon there as terrl-
lie commOtiOn in the bushes, the sound COM
ing toward him. The darkey, thinking 1t was
n deer stopped 50 as to get a fair shot, when
suddenly a tremendous panther confronted
him. fearing noise behind, he looked
round. and, to his surprise and horror saw
another IN a tree. which he fired at and killed
/ iust as il was in the act of springing upon
him. The other Immediately escaped, much,
As the tlarkey SAYS, to his delight. The one
I they killed measured seven feet, and the ne
I gro estimates the male to have been twice as
I large"
senator Beck, of Kentucky, inspected the
I lefty system on the st. Johns river Thursday
I al the mouth of the st. Johns river are very
l important, and that they possess sufficient
I merit 10 commend them to the Endorsement of
I CONGRESS-. He thought he thoroughly under
Stood the situation there now and can act more
! infellicibIv when the debate resumes in the
! senate uDon the appropriation for improving
I the It. Johns bar. He thought 1t better to
4 aDDrOpriate the amount of money needed at
( once and not have it divided, as Is often done
I in Congressional appropriations Tor such I'M
Z prOvements He advised that the committee
I having this matter in hand, or the citizens OF
I this section. prepare bill setting torth 1ully
the merits of the case, making an approprla-
I tiOn for the amount needed, TO watch IL In the
| committee rooms and in Congress, ana ne
would approve of such bill. He said that ne
] saw a bright future for this section when the
I bar was deepened as il ought to be.