Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-15


The sweet potato crop about Quincy is very
lEumising.
Delivery of grange boxes for the coming
crop has begun
homemade sJrup sells at Marianna for 21I5
cents per gallon
Orange City has a municipal election on
saturday of neNtWeek.
Guavas are pltnty at Tavares. this crop
being unusually heavy
The Leon House, at Tallahassee, Is 10 open
on October J, for the season.
The Enterprise Her-ld says: Jacksonville
must De the State capital within five years.
Rufus REYNOLDS. one of Jacksonville's old
ami highly esteemed cit. .zens, died Tuesday.
The mail boats are CONSTANTLY delayed on
account OF the low water at the Nolusia bar.
The store Of Peck Bros, IN Daytona- has
.een robbed Of Sl60. No onI mas Deeh ar
One thousand dollars has been subscribed
qHarls building a tirst-class hotel al Apala-
chcoa.
The Enterprise Herald reports the orange
crop lnereabOuts as looking well. There is as
YET no splitting or dropping.
James Roberts, one of the prisoners who
.IpAe oul of the county Jail several mentls
4so' has been recaptured at Jacksonville.
me farmers of jefferson county are adver-
.sed lo meet IN mass meeting on the 18th inst.
Y taAe some action IN reference 10 the sale OF
'eel cotton
T. I. AlsbroOk has purchased 1000 acres Of
ishl sl between Umatillah and Fort Mason, half
y which Die viii put down in Bermuda grass
iof srazing purposes.
me Hawthorne GrdDhic saws the people
--p'r Melrose are feeling jubilant over the
tte7ptci- Of the speedy completion of the
'lten Cove Spring and Melr0se Railroad.
!le first bale Of cotton delivered this year
~ tlllahassee came in ON the 9Th. and was
-Ai-4 at K. a. Shines warehouse. Mock
,i-t.9nsr. colored man, grew 1t on Mrs. Cot
l'l plantation.
TIE first bale Of new cotton brought into
Sl.uey this season was brought by Mr.. Z.
smith Tor Mr.. II. Traub. 1t was sold by Mr..
:, r. Hargrove, weighed 400 pounds and
-l'asli only cents.
Alexander Willis. OF Bradford county.
si,rt-a- died last Wednesday AT the ripe age
y Lia- Ills first Presidential vote was for
General Washington. his last for General
-els9ck. HIS disease was cancer In the
The Marianne Times says: The first bale
4 leW cotton was brought i'm on Wednesday.
i e-l, by MI W. z. Watley from the \.
66eNealy plantation IL was bought by :.
Hlia,i X son at 10 cents. and -hipped Thurs
'-l 90 savannah. Ga.
Is Is SAID by the South Florida papers that
We Rsld grapes that are now ripenipt. I'M large
l-4nuttes, although small and rather acid
a make an excellent wine. Ii is said that
.-e lnest varieties Of cultivated grapes can be
si-iled into the Wild vine with success.
A day or two ago p. Tischler and "a man
--liei kitzeWaller had an encounter at Jack
--filie. ln which the latter was wOrsted.
--esiaY q msu named Hunt entered Tisch-
. store, and after few words. gave the
+ fIleior merciless pounding on the ground
.-5lt Eitzewaller had been taken an unfair
49tase 0f. Hunt paid fine Of S25, and
-ealef Is healing mis- wounds.
tle schooner Northern Light brought to
fbse257s5l vile l3i-0G0 pounds Of machinery for
b.7-ll4 vas Company, including three large
fr,- The boilers were thrown overheard
10 lne vessels deck. and Will be tOwed
rriif ,' me foot Of Pine street. where they
~ .aken out OF the water and hauled to
i-ii.sa savlAs During the summer two brick
WI-el = have been erected at the works, in
n -" .ht new machinery will be put.
/ N1,--g5 happiest set of men in the vicinity of
4 eTfrsl- ma are apiarists, Olaf OlesOn has
ar5 49, ,.4 over forty barrels of choice honey
r-ls - - compelled ia st0p for want of bar
ro1rI ~ L y how gathering Ii ID neat one
. WhTs sections. =. :. sheldon comes next.
1 5r., I,-sl, -.s nelghb0r. DR.. Goodwin. has been
sesss,- -~''teg,ng up his aPIary for the coming
. ana az 'ie7srs. Rowly, Hart. Brown. Lewis
4 sars ~ H. nave no reason to complain. So
'-1 enterprise Herald.