Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-20

Of Blackshcar. Ca. was badly cut by George
Franklin. of IIillsboro county.
\. VI. Wilson. Of Miakka. Manatee county.
recently gathered fifty barrels Of corn of two
acres.
ID Is claimed that Florida lies south of the
cyclone belt.
Lake DeFuniak II 2OG feet and the highest
point above the sea level in Florida.
The recent death of General Tom Thumb
leaves General Abe Sawyer. of Key West the
smallest dwarf In the world; being 32 inches
high. weighing 81 pounds, and 10 years Of
age.
\ post Office has been established and is now
in running order at Holt station. on the r.
and 4. Railroad. Henry BOWS has received
the appointment of Postmaster.
The first lot Of long cotton this season was
brought 20 Jasper ON saturday last by Josiah
DeaS. of the FIRST district.
The caterpillar Is at work on the cotton
crop near the W hite sulphur Spring. That
and uuprOpitious weather will very mate
rally injured the cotton crop of Hamilton
county.
\ rattlesnake's rattle, it Is said. Is on exhi-
bltion AT a JeWelry store at Lake City. haY-
ing thirty y-tWO rattlcs and a button. and the
snake Is sand 10 have been killed at Ocean
Pond the famous Florida battle field, hstOri-
caIlN known as Oiustce.
The largest tree in Florida is located on the
land Of John Z. Mcdonald. between Long
wood and soldier Greek in Orange county
IL is "a cypress. which. by actual measure
the ground. and of solid wood
Ata recent meeting Of the Georgia state
Dental society. recently held In Atlanta Dr.
II. NJ. Granuiss, Of Orlando. was made a cor
responding member of that body. The So
ciety Is composed of the leading dentists in
the state.
Thursday afternoon Peter Gardner of
jacksonville. while fishing FOR bass near Nav
port. caught tarpon weighing $50 pounds.
lt measures twenty inches from the mouth to
The gills. Fine scales, which resembled rolled
silver, are about four inches in diameter.
The steamship Amite, which used to run
between New Orleans and 81. Marks. is soon
To run up the ApalachlcOla dshlgh "a Bristol
Pueapples are coming INTO market in the
lower counties, and selling at - cents each.
4 series Of excursions from Pensacola to
Mariana. and other points in Middle Flori-
da has been naugurated. The first one took
place ON the 10th inst.
Messrs. Hunt & Co.. of Baltimore. have
made arrangements for the erection of an eN-
teusivc canning establishment at Apalach-
icola. =
Lucy Mobley, a colored pauper, Said to be
aged ia years died at Quincy, on Wednesday
last.
Last sunday morning }. II. Walpert, living
nine miles west of Sanford, was found by one
of his neighbors lying on his bed, dead. The
cause Of his death Is attributed TO be the re
suit of drink.
~ jacksonville the schooner Trackless.
fruit laden from the West Indies was quaran-
tined and not allowed to disembark any of
her cargo in compliance with a city ordinance
forhiddiug she importation of foreign fruits
in the summer time.
Al sanford last Friday night the drug store
Of a. +. Philips X Co. and the Bazar, II. J..
Iilienthal. agent were burglariOuslV entered
and robbed. though the damage was slight.
only % box of cigars being missed from either
store. There Is no clue as TO who the burglars
were
The local option law has closed up all the
liquor saloons I'm Polk county.
There were 60O.OO0 cigars and 800 barrels
Biucaples shipped from Key West to New
! ork on last saturday.
Monroe county Is represented in the East
Florida seminary ty j. Nining Harris. James
\. lIendry, and Misses Y. Lee and G.. Belle
Iendry.
Pineapples are selling at , cents piece at
the auctions in Key West. sweet potatoes 2l
cAirkens 90 cents, and butter 26 cents.
The Eotice of incorporation of the town of
New SMYRNA is being published, and on the
18th instant the citizens of that village assem-
hled for the purpose Of selecting Ofliscrs and
organizing a municipal form Of government.
The business done by the United States Land
Onice IN Gainesville for the year ending June
s0lh is as follows: The amount Of money re-
rei,.tl was S3tai. 100 Is: the homestead entries
uumbcTri i,63s. embracing 2l2,S9j acres:
number Of cash entries >. Isl. comprising 2l5.-
~ acres. number of ilnal proofs, Sl3; area Of
prescriptions perfected. 0.C9J-l4; area Of
hnmesteads commuted. 53,627-s9.
Cotton Is doing better since the rains ceased,
and the sield now promises To be a good aver
age. Very httie damage 10y worms Is reported
thus Tar iu the nssddle and northern part of
Columbia county. Tie southern portion sUf-
fers. however
There are 552,960 acres of land Ia Columbia
county.
Catcrpillars are devastating the cotton crop
of Leon county. not only eating bOlls and
leaves. but the bark from the stalks.
u is said that the farmers residing in the
best corn producing districts Of Bradford
county. have made corn sufficient this season
10 10 Them for two years.
sanford has a curiosity in the way Of corn.
Ir Is cluster of twenty-one ears covered with
one -huck.
On Monday morning last. while Mr.. p. \.
McRae. Of Sanford. Was assisting IN moving
house. the roof 0f ihe piazza gave way ana fell,
crushing him beneath Il. lie survived his in
iurics about seven hours tfG leaves a young
wife 10 mourn his loss.
Nes-rs. +. ". Agnew X CO.. of Oeata, Nill
soon erect large brick gin house at the june
tion of the Florida southern and Peninsula
Railroad,
novel case a. tried before Justice Cor
der0 last Monday at 0caia. Two friends
went ON camp hunt together. One brought
suit against the other 10 recover share OF
the expenses. \ verdict Tor twelve dollars
and costs was rendered against the defendant
iu the suit.
= club will be organized in Ocala for the
purpose ri making a trip 10 the West Indies
and other places agreed upon. The cruise
VIII begin the RTst geek i'm February, and be
limited to one month. Each member will be
required TO deposit with the 'ffeaSurer of the
club $40 month for five months, beginning
september !.
The Pennsylvania Florida Orange COmpa-
nv I5eates - Starke. Bradford county. are
enclosing thelF sad acres with handsome
galvanized wire fence ~ new pattern.
Complaints are being heafS trom all parts
of the state OF the ravages Of The csterplllar.
DIR. Sol. News8Bi. 0{ Lake Butler, viii gather
from eighty 10 Que hRRGFSd thousand oranges
from his yard iree4thls seSS0p.
The FYorida STAT journal 0f August
18th contains the following: The spirit OF
pugilism seems to be prevailing our country
IRON one end TO the other. \ recent issue OF
the PGiiee Gazette contained apicture OF q >,
a. smith. . cOlOred pugilst. whom Richard
IA. Fox. tHe Sa-.c~ Of that paper, desired 10
enter against SullIs ~ The latter, however,
declined 10 tiglt>mith Oh arcCgrt of his color.
Ike simmons. of our town. seeing SH.ith's pic
tuEe AZ The Gd-ette, and suppOsing thai the
cOiOrCd gentleman was spelling for a fight
has sent the fell0wlG- challenge through Mr.
:. v. turnas, Who wHl enter him if fight
can te arranged
! CHALLENGE
&. \. G. smith Is hereby challenged to meet
me at any appointed time sad place he may
choose. either with or without gloves
CAPT. IKE SIMMONS,
ColOred Champion of Fla.
Cs5as Feg. aug. Isth, 1855.
AccompanysCg the challenge Mr.. Furnas
sent a pifture 81 Cafl. simmons in his fight
ing altitude
sac Doctors IndOrsement.
nr w ID "a rigLE Cincinnati o sends