Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-11

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AlachUa county has more newspapers than
any other county in Florida, the number
being SIN.
., Mastodon bones have been found near
Tampa.
Lake City shipped up to June Ist 3, 800 crates
"i vegetables, agGregating 10000 pounds.
br. /. Montgomery announces that he will
"o banking and exchange business at Mic
anopy.
\ great many Of the citizens of Manatee are
ullliaihlhS OF midnight raids upon their
watermelon patches.
\ Young son of Roam Grover. of Lake Citv
aged about fifteen. had his brains dashed out
10y the limb Of a falling bee tree. cut down bv
IN cousin Tor the purpose of obtaining the
honey.
The Hamilton Couuty Times saws It Is not
generally known there that there is a large
Mormon Church I'M Santa Rosa county. in this
STATE, which was established years ago. They
do not practice polygamy however.
The liz crop promises to be a large one this
Framing lumber is only $40 per thousand at
Barlow.
Manatee county j. out of debt, and after
the taxes pi lNS2 have been collected will have
balance Of Sl,S09 q IN the treasury
The aggregated domain of the Florida
Land ami colonization Company, in the sew
eral counties Of south Florida embraces about
$4,000 acres.
The Plant Investment Company have made
Tor the purpose Of taking rolling stock and
other material to Tampa.
II. Lucie, ON the Indian river, has been set
Tied for thirty wears. During that time there
have been from ten To- thirty children in il
constantly, and not a single death among the
youngsters. There have been three or four
natural aud two or three violent deaths among
the adult citizens.
Twenty thousand pineapple slips are to be
brought from Key Largo 10 Titusville in one
lot.
Only two deaths from smallpox have oe-
currcd at Jacksonville within the past five
days.
The District Conference of the Live Oak
District n. +. Church, south, cOnvenes in
Welborn next THURSDAY.
\ freight train bound west on the Florida
central and Western Railway ran OF the
pletely wrecked some five or six cars
\ partnership has been formed with some
citizens OF Live OAK for the purpose of build
ing AN immense warehouse for the Coats
Thread Company al that place.
The Sanford J0uFadt SAYS: THE court is en-
gagged IN the effort 10 get a jury in the case of
\. v. Newton. charged with the murder of
Mcmillan, last fall. The circumstances Of
this killing. IL will be remembered were ne
culIarly atrOcious. and the object robbery
The body was dismembered. eViscerated. and
submerged IN a lake some distance from the
home Of the deceased. The party charged
Win the killing Is a Young EngliShman who
, lived m the ucighbOrhOOd of the deceased
and. mp to the time of the killing, had
borne good character. The evidence is cir
cumstantIal, but up to this time. so far as is
known To the outside world, il points strongly
To Newton. The trial will. doubtless. be one
of the most interesting that has ever occurred
IN this section of the State. The array of
counsel engaged for and against, both as to
ability and number. Is unusual Four jury
men have been obtained up to this time, and
"a special vcnirc of one hundred is to report
to-day.
The second trial at Sanford of ;. b. Carter
charged with the murder of j. W. Griffin
ended in verdict of murder in the first de-
gree. \ motion for a new trial has been made
bv the counsel for the prisoner The verdict
was received with some surprise, the addition
. OF "a recommendation to mercy having been
expected. should new trial be granted it is
not believed II can occur in that county, As in
the trial just closed the jury material of
Orange was pretty much exhausted.
\ large shark got caught in the log boom at
Reads mill, at Old Town, last week, and was
killed by the employees of the mill. 1t was of
the ''hammerhead' variety. and was Is feet
inches long. The head between the eyes
measured feet inches