Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-23

pn fludE hAght last W lille GaQdis died
I from gunshot wound which he received on
l Wednesday night before, from the hands Of
/ an aSsassln- saturday Coroner Sater1eld
held an inquest on the body, and from the
| evidence before the jury guilt Of the crime
/ rested on one Stringer, brother-in-laU ~
| Gaddls- A difficulty had existed between
them growing out Of violation OF the revenue
I laws The party accused is under arrest
\ and VIII be taken before the Justice for trial
/ 0addls was a young man. and leaves a young
/ we ana one child, and lived on the EtOwah
river, SIX miles west Of DahlOnega.
The statement recently made IN this column
/ relating 10. the Western Railroad has been
l confirmed. The purchasers Of that road held
] meeting on the 18th inst, and organized
/ company 70 be known as the Western Rail-
! way Of Alabama. with a capital stock Of
| S5,OoO.OJ0. The following gentlemen were
| chosen as directors; W. G.. RaOul, Savannah;
I Chas- II. PhiniZy, Augusta; DIR. j. III. Hamil-
/ ton, Atlanta: n. II. Smith. Vice President,
| etc, of the Louisville and Nashville Road;
Ihomas q. Jones and IL. c. Semple, Of Mont
I gOmery. At a meeting Of the directors Col
! l.. L. Grant was elected President.
/ The town of Palmetto is thriving CONNER
[ clalty- as VIII be seen by the following: There
/ were 2,sl5 bales Of cotton shipped during the
year ending June. lSS2; also 68. 800 feet of lum-
Der. $50 pounds Of corn. 1921 pounds of wheat,
| 1855 pounds Of oats, 2,710 pounds of peas $50
/ pounds OF meal. 2,15O pounds of flour. 66s
/ pounds OF lard. 100 pounds of bacon. 220, 600
l pounds Of wood, besides 9S 425 pounds of mis-
cellaneous freight. The following items show
! something Of the freights received during the
poaAdsOf Hsesl ss rs rt,siiftfs on r6r 3, lis
pounds OF lard. S6l .337 pounds of bacon, Ss6 OO6
/ laneOus freight.
The Talbotton Nelc Era has been looking
! over the records to learn something Of the
| fathers, and saws: "Of those in the county
passed ninety years of age we have: Rev.
Lachariah Stearns, aged 81 years; Mr.. Isaac
Lucas aged %; Mr.. John Green. aged 80. The
/ latter Is the only male pensioner of the war of
ISl2 IN the county. Those passed so years and
"a Ta f1N fol
] Col Joseph POu. s.; Mr.. Ben Smith. 81; Mr.. /.
| splnks. 81; Mr.. VIM. Cosby. Sc; Mr. B. r.
johnson, s.; Mr.. NJ. Pearce, 81; Mr.. Jake Mil
Ter -; Major NJ. 4. George, So; Mr.. Nathan
Bussy, 81; Mr.. VIM. Hall, 81. There are
[ eleven in this class and three in the 80 class,
making fourteen over so years old"
FLORIDA.
The rush to Jacksonville. it seems by
I special dispatch received at this Office from
Jacksonville yesterday, has abated. The dis
/ patch says: There is plenty of room in the
! Florida hotels, and there is no crowd now in
/ Jacksonville
/ The Times Union gives its editorial en-
/ dorsement in the approaching municipal cleo
/ tiOn tO-the candidate of the Republican party
/ for Mayor of the city of jacksonville, who
was nominated recently by Republican Con-
/ ventiOn composed of three white men and
/ thirty-seven negroes. Its course IN opposi-
I tion to the views of the conservative Demo-
/ cratic Convention, who nominated a ticket
! composed OF the best men in the city, has
/ caused much Indignation, the object evil
I IDENTIFY being to Africanize the metropolis of
/ the Land of Flowers.
! Through coaches are now being run from
/ the Florida Central and Western depot in
I Jacksonville to Ocala.
The fire protection Of Tallahassee is alarm
| ingly small and almost amounts to nothing.
i wHaHwn ...F..
/ fire in that city during the past five months
| aggregates a sum sufficient to build water
/ works of adequate capacity to supply an
abundance of water for all purposes, to pur-
/ chase a first-class steam fire engine, hook and
| ladder paraphernalia. and to organize and
/ equip the men to use them.
] The Spanish Consul at Key West exacts a
| per capita tax Of &c. South Florida cattle
/ shipped to Cuba. senator Cali is investigat-
/ ing the matter.
/ The twenty eighth annual session of the r.
/ ". Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F., of Florida, will
/ be held at Pensacola, commencing on the 10th
Of April. Grand Master B. A. Meginniss has
/ been notified that all railroads will pass OIL
GERS and members TO and from Pensacola for
one fare.
/ state Treasurer LEngle gives notice that
/ he is prepared to pay all coupons of first mort
/ gage Tallahassee Railroad bonds maturing
| subsequent to March 20, 1869.
! FLORIDA oranges are now quoted in the New
/ orb market at nearly double the prices of
I imported fruit.
/ Florida has built 235 miles Of railroad dur
/ ing the past year.
/ LeesbUrg 4drdnce: There will he a town
/ election ON Monday, the 10th of April. to as
certain whether or not the Council shall bond
I the town for $685. 50. with which to buy the
| court house property for town uses"
| The sponge fleet, numbering seventy sails
aud about COO men. have nearly all left Kew
I West for the different sponge grounds. 1t Is
hoped that their cruise viii be more success
/ ful than the last two they made, when eX-
penses were hardly met. large catch OF
| sponge means some $500. 600 for Key West.
Madison Recorder: 'Five hundred and fifty
I barrels of Irish potatoes have been planted in
and around Madison for market this season on
about one hundred acres of land. One hum
dred and twenty-five acres have been planted
I IN the county, from which il Is estimated 5000
/ barrels will be shipped
Kew West EeV Of the tfuIf. "The steamship
/ Hutchinson. from New Orleans via Cedar
kevs. arrived on Monday last with 500 barrels
of freight for this port, sailed for Havana the
same day. and returned on Thursday, having
on board ll6 passengers. She brought for this
/ port some 500 bales of tobacco and 40 barrels
| of fruit"
At the next regular meeting of the Council
| al LaNilla. the rival of Jacksonville, a resO-
| luton viii be submitted providing for a sub
mission TO the voters of the town of the ques-
tiOn as to whether or not bonds to the amount
OF $4,000 be issued by the town Tor the pur-
/ nose OF building a new Council room, Jail, re-
/ pairing streets and sidewalks, and making
other Improvements.
Tallahassee FToyidign: Mrs. J. G. Boat
WRIGHT living four miles south of Tallahassee,
was in the city on Saturday with four pounds
/ OF silk cOcOons. Those who arc familiar with
the industry say they were as fine as they
ever saw. Three years ago a friend in Ger
MANY sent Mrs. BOatwright a number Of eggs,
from which she raised three hundred worms
Now she has lot of cocOOns and large num-
Der of eggs for sale. She Is well pleased with
her experiment. and SAYS the work of caring
for the worms is quite light and pleasant, re-
/ auiIing very little time and attention"
Some OF the liquor dealers, and especially
those in LaNilla. who failed to take out
State and county license before the recent 10
| cal option law passed the Legislature, are IN a
bad GN The Tax Collector refuses to issue Ii
| censes dated back, and the LaNilla authOri-
| ties will not issue town licenses until State
| and county licenses are first procured. One
/ or two of the dealers OF that town are now ar
/ ranging to get up petition, put the chances
| are against them, as we understand that the
I colored churches and societies are using their
| influence to prevent cOiOred voters from sign
/ ing the petitions. and majority OF the white
! citizens OF the place will decline to do so.
( grand ball will be given in Tayares on
Monday evening in honor OF the visit to that
/ thriving place OF Governor and Mrs. BloN
| ham, The citizens propose to greet His EX-
/ celencv and his wife in demonstratlye way.
| 4 Grand regatta will take place in the after
i noon. when the crack DOtilS OF the lslhc region
will contend for the prizes offered. The
/ steamer Lady Dolly will make trips to accom-
| modate the people from all around the lakes,
| leaving the landings in Lake Harris saturday
| evening to give persons an opportunity to
I come here and 20 TO Fort Mason early Sunday
| morning to meet the Governor and his party
| there and escort them to Tavares. \ full pro-
I srramme of The festivities of the occasion Of
/ the Governors visit viii be given IN the Iaya-
res Herald.
The Tavares Herald says: 1.-The line of the
| - John's and Lake Eustis Railway into
| Tavares has been changed from the survey
| made two weeks ago. and the track VIII De
| laid through the entire length of the F1ule-
/ ward The width OF the BOuleyard-from one
hundred and fifty TO two hundred ieet-per-
/ mits this TO De done, and leave splendid drives
/ ON either side Of the track The track Will be
/ fenced in on both sides the entire length, and
/ an either side rows of shade trees planted out
I and broad walks constructed for prOmenad-
ing Running parallel 10 and overlooking
! Lake Dora the Boulevard viii be one OF the
/ finest streets in the town, and the natural
/ beauties together with the adOrnment which
will he made will make Of it worthy rival
/ OF the world renowned 'Unter den Linden OF
/ Berlin"
/ ADonka citizen: 1.-The first burglary in the
| history of ApOpka occurred on Wednesday
night Our citizens have at last been rudely
awakened TO a sense Of insecurity that Is IN
unpleasant contrast with the peaceful expert
ence Of the past. The perpetrators OF tnis
| outrage were evidently familiar with the sur
/ roundings, and had little tr0qble IN accom-
/ nlishing their nefarious object, On Thursday
morning. at an early hour. before Mr.. Combs
I MrT cod had mt An aUuearauce at