Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-07


seven IN number, were at home. The screams
OF the ladies caused the brute to nv. however
hundred citizens met at Bay Greek meet
ing house Monday night and decided if tn,
jury didn't find him guilty they would or.
ganlZe and proceed at once to Monroe to ge
MN Tor purposes manifest. The Solicitor
General. y. l.. Mitchell saved them the trOu.
Die by doing the state great service in con.
yicting the fiend. \ day or so after this Iast
rape was committed, negro boy. William
Jones, raped girl of his own color and about
MS age He was captured by the negroes anC
carried to Monroe and placed in Jail. Tn,
negroes are very indignant. and declare that
he shall receive his dues.
FLORIDA.
Orange county is getting out a new pamph-
Lands are changing hands at a lively rat,
IN HIllsbOrOugh county.
Eighteen Of the Florida state papers fand
perhaps more are published on Saturday.
The several cotton gins in and around Lake
CITY began work this week and are in full
blast.
Mobile received two bales of cotton from
Florida last week, which sold for Is cents pei
pound.
The telegraph wires are being put up on
the new line between Mariana and Ap-
alachicOla.
Many persons in the vicinity Of Tallahassee
are preparing TO engage in the cultivation OF
figs for commercial purposes.
The Southern Oil Company will build a
depot for the distribution Of Its product,
throughout the state at Palatka.
George. r. Reynolds. Of Duval county. ha,
received the Disston premium of $50 for the
best sample OF Jute raised in the State.
The Titus House. at Titusville, has been
leased To Mr.. NOsS, Of Enterprise, who will
open 1t on the lst Of November, for one year.
small shipments Of half-rIpe oranges are
now being made daily at Jacksonville. Large
quantities of lemons are also being shipped.
G.. {. Gresham has been appointed aad quail
iiied as Postmaster At Barlow on the petition
of the majority of the beneficiares of the Of
flee.
capt. T. W. Lund will be at salt Lake with
the steamer Fox next Saturday or sunday.
having repaired and put her in first-class
order.
The value of property in Columbia county
returned for assessment 10 date i 81 I6I. .OO6
The Assessor thinks the sum total may swell
10 Il. 100000.
\ map of Florida. with description of the
several counties of the state, all under one
binding; Is in contemplation by C.. c. William
son, of Jacksonville.
The steamer Anita recently made the trim
from Sanford to Jacksonville in thirteen and
half hours, making all mail landings the
fastest time ON record.
George W. Bassett for many wears a con-
ductor ON the Florida Central and Western
Railroad. has resigned. and will locate with
his family in Lake City.
The Green Cove Springs post Office has done
more than double the business during the
past four or five months than il ever did with
i'm the same months previously.
!. /. Oliver. living at WakuIIa station. has
discovered what he supposes to be deposit of
copper ore. on the east side of St. Mark river
near Newport sulphur Springs.
Recent information from Sheriff W. F.
Richards, of Brevard county, who is at pres
eut very low at Fort Drum. leads to the be-
lief that he viii not again resume his Office.
The Starke Telegraph hears that Bradford
county possesses two orange trees larger.
although younger. than the celebrated tree at
Fort Harley, and proposes To Investigate the
matter.
Owing to the low stage of water at salt
Lake. the Astatula cannot come within a mile
or two OF the warehouse at Titusville. and if
there Is no rain soon. she will have TO drop
back 10 Deep creek.
The contract for building the Miccosukie
bridge has been awarded TO Mr.. Henry. whose
hid was $3.50. There were several other bids
made for the work, but Mr.. Henry's was the
lowest 10y 500.
\ man who had been befriendcd and given
employment by the Catholic Church in Jack
-onville. showed his ingratitudc bv stealing
the gold lace ON the altOr. He has gone To
jail for so days.
4 few evenings ago st. stephens Episcopal
Church. in LaNilla. was entered by thieves
and robbed, but the thieves are unknown.
This makes the third time that this church has
been robbed within TIE last two years.
The assessment of Orange county for the
current year lacks only forty thousand Of foot =
ing up three millions of taxable property. and
10 l. asserted that the property not returned
viii far exceed the forty thousand in value.
Live Oak Is teeming with improvements.
Besides the new brick hotel and the remodel
ell state HOuse-nOw called the SuWance-
there is a new cotton warehouse, Il new livery
stable, and number Of dwellings in course
of construction
Although the season is far advanced, the
rush To st. Augustine continues. 4 party
from Minnesota arrived early in the week,
and ON Wednesday one Of the leading hotels
was obliged to refuse accommodations to
twenty persons.
The fish business at Cedar Keys promises
this season to assume larger proportions than
heretofore. Extensive preparations have been
made bv the fishermen. Two steamers will
bring fish from the Clearwater fisheries, be-
sides several sail vessels.
W. W. Woodward, Of Tallahassee. has pur-
chased 80 acres of land from J. +. Roberts
and I4l acres from Col. \. 4. Fisher. making
a tract of Isl acres of splendid land Mr..
Woodward i going largely in the fine stock
and dairy business.
Hon E X. Foster. state Superintendent of
Public Instruction. has already arranged for
a number Of teachers Institutes to be held at
different points in the state, and is endeavOr-
ing To arrange for two to be held IN West
Florida at an early day.
Al batksOuNIllc W tttUtstldN. the employees
on the city pay roll were paid of in war; ants,
but as there was no money in the treasury,
the warrants could not be cashed as usual,
and II becomes necessary for the employees. in
order 10 get the money necessary to pay their
current expenses, to sell their warrants to one
of the banks at a discount of per cent.
JAS Harvey, on the OcklOckOnee river. in
Leon county. has found an extensive MARI bed
on his plantation. He intends to bring in
box Of the deposit. and Mr.. Geo. W. Saxon
will shin il TO the Louisville Exposition. Mr.
Richard Fletcher. four miles west of Talla-
hassee. has on his plantation an immense de-
posit similar to that found by Mr.. Harvey.
Tie taxes levied for all county purposes in
jefferson aggregate only IL mills, to which
must be added mills for State purposes, and
the total tax the present year will aggregate
only lb mills, or $40 on every Sl,OOO worth OF
property. Last year the aggregate taxes
were x23 - on $1,000 worth of property, or
s. - in excess of the levy for the present
year.
On Tuesday morning, in Brooklyn, between
II and = o'clock. Mrs. W. l.. Payne closed and
left Her house for the purpose Of visiting some
neighbors. During her absence a thief en-
tered the premises, and finding the upper
sash of one of the windows down, turned the
Stats IN the blinds, and by the skiliful use of
"a mop handle. succeeded in eXtrieating Mrs.
Pavne's pOcketbOOk, which he found in the
omen wardrobe, which stood near the win
dow. The pOcketboOk contained about $50
in cash. besides some valuable papers. There
is no clue TO the thlef.
The PaIatka Heraid says; ''The business of
Florida is not in advance of the lines of trans
portation as a whole, but there are portions
of the state where IL Is difficult TO get pro
dure to market. The Peninsula, for instance,
is rapidlv developing her resources, and Is
awaiting the coming of the iron horse. The
Indian RIVER country, as far down as Miami,
r. stretching gut her arms and calling Tor
help Certain sections of East Florida are
waiting. and all that Is necessary To MI up
the entire country with good settlers i the
surety OF getting their produce to market"
The Il. Augustine Press says: ''The new
twin-screW steamer City Of Palatka, now
being built at John ROachs ship yard, at Ches-
ter, Pa. Is owned by the Florida steamship
Company with the following directors: John
W. Qulntard. James W. QuinIard. New York; I;
John Roach. Chester, Pa: John W. Chandler
Boston, Mass; James Adger. Charleston, :.
{. Ihis steamship was built expressly for the
carrying OF FLORIDA fruits. and is of the fol-
lowing dimension. Length, 225 feet: 3 feet
JeaHl draws =, to feel Of water when load
ed Il * said that 1t VIII be ti.e finest steamer
that has ever entered the st. Johns river: is
Ia make close competitions with Charleston
steamers. aud will sail from New York for
Palatka direct ON November l."
A Big Day for saltellO.
SALfE44.0. MEXICO, Sept. 6.-The first
train on the Mexicsn National Railway
arrived last evening. fhe whole town