Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-06

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FLORIDA.
A post Office has been established at Board
man, on the Florida Southern Railway, with
| Mr.. Pettengill as Postmaster.
/ Eldorado is the name OF a new post Office at
| Mosquito Lagoon, Breyard county.
The residence and kitchen of Mr.. Thos. F..
johnson, about one mile from Monticello, was
burned on Saturday night last. The inmates
had barely time to escape unclad from the
burning building The family lost everything
in the house.
The organization of the Jacksonville Library
Association was effected on Thursday last
by the election Of Colonel J. G. Burbridge,
President; ID. Greenleaf, Vice President; II.
II. Buckman, Secretary, and c. II. Ashmead,
Treasurer. The board of directors elected
were DIR. H. r. Stout, VIM. b. Barnett, d. G.
Amber, A. B. Campbell, A. DOggett, Rev.
Marx Moses, j. NJ. Faulee, A. Z. Mcclure and
John Il. Graves. The officers of the library are
ex-oflicio members of the board of directors.
The teachers of Palatka have organized a
Teachers Institute for the benefit of the teach
'ers of Putnam county by the election of the
following officers: Mr.. Barker, President; J..
W. Strickland, Vice President, and Ed. L.
Patterson, Secretary.
The Monticello municipal election takes
place on Monday next.
One hundred and ninety passengers came
into Jacksonville on the Northern trains
Thursday.
The total collections at the Pensacola Gus
tom house for the month of December amount
ed to s. ,S4S 20.
Mr.. Henry Jones, late of the Baltimore Day,
and formerly of the Washington Post. will
join the editorial staff Of the Jacksonville
Union in a few days.
The Boardof County Commissioners of Leon
county have ordered the Justices of the Peace
to deliver all cOnvicts to the Sheriff. and they
put them to work on the public roads.
Bids for the new issue of Leon county bonds
are coming in pretty lively, and proposals for
One-haf of the whole amount were filed
Thursday. Holders OF old bonds who desire
to make an exchange for the new issue should
promptly put in an appearance. County
Commissioners are disposed to give them the
preference. These bonds are hrst-class in
vestment and the time for receiving bids ex
pires on the 18th inst.
Palatka Journal. 'sThe extension of the
Florida Southern Railway in both directions
will be pushed with vigOr the coming year.
Well, the people along the line between
Gainesville and Lake City are impatiently
waiting for the resumption of work which
was suspended when the track had reached
JOhnsOn's mill, five miles north of Gainesville
and the impression that it will be carried no
further Is prevalent in that section We hope
all doubts upon this point will soon be cleared
away by the commencement OF work on the
extension. There is no better farming cOun-
try, and none need railroad worse than the
section traversed by this road between Gaines
vile and Lake City"
lThe Monticello Constitutions Waukeenah
correspondent gives the following account of a
homicide near that village on the 9th ult. {:
sour usually quiet village and The surround
ing neighbOrhOOd weresthrOwn into a state of
great excitement on the morning of the 9th
ult., by q report that hIessrs. r. L. Fitzpatrick
and W. FL. Lang had just engaged in a most
terrible conflict, and that the latter was prob
ably dying from the effects of a pistol shot in
the head. Everybody was hurrying to
and fro, trying to ascertain the
facts in the case. The suspense,
however was of short duration,
for very soon we were not only in pOss ession
of information that confirmed the first report,
but also of the sad intelligence that Mr..
Lang was indeed dead, and Mr.. Fitzpatrick
severely wounded: badly beaten and bruised
about the head and body. the bone of the left
arm broken between the wrist Spd the elbow,
and shot in the left foot. MIR. Lang was killed
on Tuesday of last week; on the evening of
the same day telegram was sent to his
mother in Texas, and she reached Monticello
at break ON Saturday. This was quick
| trip and very sad errand."