Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-10

Thomas J. HinsOn. Of Altoona. has lust
DousHt lhe solomon Holland place of 20 acres,
with 100 orange trees nearly bearing
The total assessed valuation of the PROPERTY
OF NOlusla county as returned by the 4 A.sessOr
FOR 1852 was about 81 10000 the books OF lSS3
return Sl-slOUJo. an Increase over last year of
Ss4O,OJ0.
{. 4. Brown has sold his entire place at
RayeusWOod. including 40 acres at Niger
town Greek. 10 WIN. r. Pitzer. Of Mcpherson.
~, "a brother Of j. l.. and y. NJ. Pitzcr. Of
RavensWOOd.
sufficient money was subscribed al Ravens
Wool at the afternoon religious services last
sunday 10 finish the school building in which
services are now held without regard TO de-
nomluatlOnal differences.
Mr.. W. o. Oldham. OF Altoona has lust put
mp Noodmanse windmill for the railroad
company. az Fort Mason. Another mill will
be erected at sellers Lake. and at two other
places along the line of the road.
The City Council. at the meeting on Monday
last. awarded the contract for the erection Of
the building for the Orange City High school
To Mes>r@. Parker X Co. for g, $40. that being
the lowest bid.
Work ON the canal from the II. Johns to
Dead River. back Of Spring Garden. has re-
sumed, and II Is expected to be completed in
time Tor steamers 10 enter for the heavy crOp
of oranges Ina that section.
The keel for new steamer was laid last
Thursday at the IaYares ship yard. Ii l. to
he stern wheel boat. and the keel is 20 feet
IN length. She will be about so feet long over
all, and about l6 feet wide.
Judge Knapp, Of HilsbOrough county.
reached Tallahassee last sunday morning af-
ter an absence of over two months in the
Northwest and al Louisville as one of the
Assistant Commissioners of Florida at the
Exposition.
adjourned until the 22nd inst. when they will
finish the work before them. II is reported
that the total tax for lSS3 Will be nineteen
mills three mills higher than last. The in
Drs. j. Il. WiggrntOn and Noah Webster.
TWO physicians Of jacksonville, were brought
before the Mayor and fined for violating Il
clause OF the health ordinance. This clause
requires physicians To report 10 the proper
authorities any case OF conta giOus or infect
lou- disease they may be called upon TO attend.
4 temperance meeting was held Tuesday
night at the Bapti-t Church at Tallahassee
IWenty-one applicants for membership were
enrolled and meeting appointed at the same
place next week To organize society on such
basis as majority Of the applicants may lie
eide.
\ public school at IIiglcy has been granted
by the Orange County Board of Public In
strUction ON the same conditions as other
schools, numbered 80, and G.. W Wells, James
Ford and j. VI. Thomas. appointed trustees.
Hereafter the address of the County Superin-
teudent viii bee Orlando. The board viii
meet again ON the first Monday i'm November.
At "a negro festival saturday night on Can't
Madison. two brothers, negroes named Johns,
had "a dispute. in the course of which one Of
them caught the other around the neck. put
his pistol 10 his head and fired. killing him
instantly. The murderer then escaped. The
Coruucr'S jury brought IN "a verdict of Willful
murder. Omcerslare IN search Of the culprit.
~. Augustine parties are corresponding
with certain parties 40 Orange City in reia-
tion 10 a drill well in the city. The parties
proposed to guarantee "a flowing well of sui
phur water for 500, and that the volume of
~ ir
flow of the 81. Augustine we'll. or the $500
500 have been subscribed by "a few persons of
the place. and there Is no doubt that the re-
manning $500 viii be subscribed.
DeLaud is working for telegraphic COM
municatiOn with Astor. SIX hundred dollars
l~ the amount of business asked for the first
year hy the Western Union Company. which.
10 iS probable, viii DE guaranteed by DeLand.
One of the parties Interested i'm the movement
was ia Orange City last week, and the opinion
was expressed that for a business of $500
guaranteed at that point the line would be
extended that 1ar. The amount Will probably
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