Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-01

failing in this, he took laudanum. These
IdlIeI nlm IN ms purpose, although he lost
much blood and was found by his family in an
ihsehslble condition. Medical aid was sum-
m0ned and after his wounds were sewed up
ehOrts were made To relieve his stomach OF
+ ihe iauGanum. His WIudpipc was partly sew
cred. But little hopes are entertained for his
, lille. sickness and trouble are given a. the
causes which led 10 the act.
The Conyers Sofjd .South says: capt Bill
ituSon tells rather singular story. which
embraces this: Last sabbath Rev. Righam
preached a missionary sermon. and in ms con-
cluting remarks SAID. as a matter of con-
venlence 10 his members, he would call on
them privately during the week and receive
their donations. Mr.. Nal Richardson wh ose
sense OF duty was too emotional for the Occa-
sion. walked to the altar with a grave dignity
and presented To the preacher some nice
peaches. saying sOlemnly: silver and gold
nave none; but such as ! have. give / unto
Thee The bOldness Of the action was equal
10 the crowds surprise
Mrs. Bush. a white woman go wears Of age.
whose reputation is far from good, was order
et placed at work upon the streets
pl 6riihn II she failed to pay a fine
oI SO imposed for drunkenness.
The police 0beyed these instructions and
turned t"c manacled woman over to the
street supervisor. who accordingly set her To
work with the cOiOred street hands on one OF
the alleys running into Broad street. She re-
fused 10 work and the negroes seized her and
dumped her into the cart and carried her
back to the guard house. On hearing of this,
Judge Daniel ordered that she be chained to
the rear end Of the dump cart and that
Do be then driven back TO the place
where work was being done. In this
manner. the procession proceeded down
Broad street. and was witnessed by hundreds
Of people. \ number of ladies at the Curtis
House saw the spectacle and were so moved
by u that they urged a gentleman to endeaVOT
10 have the woman released. A writ of habeas
corpus was sued out. and the execution OF
any further orders Of the Police Judge re-
strained until further action. Judge Daniel
claiming Two days time TO answer the writ.
FLORIDA.
Apalachcola is soon 10 have an oyster can
ming house in operation.
The project of draining Mud Prairie. near
kUstI>, Is progressing slowly.
~Dr. Appel. Of Lake CITY, has sold his hotel
to Mr.. Wilson. of Boston, Mass.
Alaehua was the first county to send a car
load of exhibits 10 the Louisville Exposition.
The present orange crop Of the Santa Fe
and Lake Navarro region Is estimated to be
T over 100000.
Mr. L. Rockwell. a well known resident of
Jacksonville, died Friday morning from ty-
phoid fever.
The Postmaster al Manatee is not willing to
hold his position unless the money order Office
Is discontinued.
several families from Elzabethtown, KY,
will arrive i'm Florida this fall with a view of
permanent location.
over a thousand acres of land have been
surveyed ON the Keys, and there are over 100
acres under cultivation.
The Governor and stan and state Press As
sociation have been invited to attend the En-
position on the 18th of October.
4 new town has lately sprung up on Lake
Dora. one mile west of the town Of Mount
Dora. Il has moi been named vet.
The Ti>ou Pharmacy at jacksonville has
lately been purchased bv Or. IL. Berry, Of
Boston. who intends making Jacksonville his
home.
The annual District Convention OF the
Methodist sunday school viii be held in the
Methodist Church in Ocala ON the 10th of
october.
Fully One-third Of the gentlemen drawn to
serve on thejury AZ the next term Of the Cir
cult Curt are either disqualified out of
Madison county.
john Rogers. a carpenter, living at Pensa-
cola. was seriously injured last Wednesday by
a FAN from the roof of a building on which he
was al work,
A.. &. Cooksey, late Of Princeton. Ky. is
preparing to erect ON hi, farm. seven miles
west Of >tarke, a saw and grist mill and GIN
ming establishment.
The town of Lane Park l. to he laid of soon
ou the east Of Lake Harris. This is named in
honor of Colonel Lane, of the st. Johns and
Lake EuStis Railroad.
The session Of the West Florida Seminary.
at Tallahassee, opens to-day ut the Academy
building- The Tallahassee common school
viii open at the same time.
"Aunt Sarah Williams, the aged wife of
Rcv. Ben Williams, one Of the oldest colored
ministers in the state. died at her home i'm
Tallaha s~ce ON sept. II.
Mr. and Mrs. !. Israel celebrated the tven-
ty-tfth anniversary of their wedding last Snn-
day cN cuing. which was witnessed by quite
number Of their intimate friends.
Eight hundred thousand cigars. SIXTY bales
sponge. thirty-seyen bales leaf tobacco and Il
lut of hides and turtles were shipped to New
ork last saturday from Key West.
The Orlando Opera House has been sold by
air. Whlldrin to Charles ID. Sweet and Charles
- Winner. of the same place, who propose to
properly repair and make II absolutely safe
at once.
Allen Summery. Frank Archer. Penny Law
son and Annie Holmes. all cOlorcd. were ar
rested and placed in the Escambia county
Jail Tor burElarZnS The store of John Mooney.
uf Pensacola, last Wednesday night.
\ day or two ago DR.. f. q. Renshaw. of
Pensacola. Saliantly stopped "a runaway horse
and rescued from an unknown fate two little
girls who were seated in the buggy which the
aurighted sliced was dragging behind him.
+ John frankie Mills, eldest son of y. J.. aAC
II. X. Mills. of Orlando. WIS accidentally
killed ON last Tuesday by the caVing in of a
well which he ami some companions were
digging near his fathers house. lie was y
wears of age
Two Newfoundland dogs were received
from New y ork by express for W. X. Ammo.
I of Orlando, few days ago. The case con
tanning them bore the following inscription:
- lease give uS some water along the route.
Don't forget the grub.' and WAS signed NIP
ami Tuck.
The man that was found nearly dead in a
swamp about week ago. and who afterwards
died az the Duval county hospital. was +. ;.
Burnham. an NJ. D.. and a graduate of
Charleston. He left Greenville. =. c., for
Crescent City, Fla. some time ago, where he
leaves Il little son years old and two sisters.
Oliver Randall, a cOlored tenant on the Hay
wood place, SIN miles from Tallahassee, start
ed "a farm this year with one OK, one hired boy
and himself. He has gathered $50 bushels of
corn. siN heavy bales of good cotton and
plenty of potatoes. He went to the city last
week. paid up his store account and had three
bales of cotton left as surplus.
Last Tuesday the residence of B. +. Rich
mond, author Of ''The italy Of America" and
several other articles on Florida. was entirely
destroyed by fire. II was situated ON the
Leesburg road. about four miles from Bloom
field. The fire was the work Of an incendiary.
Among the valuable things destroyed was a
very fine hbrary-said To have been the largest
and best selected in the state.
The Ocala BdaHeF contains the following
saturday morning, about O'Clock, Mack
Jones. colored, railroad hand from Edge
field, =. C.. while making disturbance and
threatening the life of another colOred broth
er was arrested by Night Marshal WassOn
and Policeman Whitfield. He offered re
~istance. and in the melee drew his gun and
/ fired, the ball grazing the Marshals face and
entering Whitefeld's right shoulder, making
an ugly wound. Mr. Whitfield fired at Jones
as he turned TO escape, the ball en-
terine the prisoners back above the waist.
He fell and Eroaned some time. He was
then taken to the lookup aud Or. Maxwell
called. Policeman Whitfield was waited upon
by Dr. Gary. Both wounds are not consid-
cred necessarily fatal. sunday City Physi-
clan Gary refused 10 see the prisoner, Jones,
in iail, and he was taken out by Marshal
Shefiin to better quarters. During the re-
mOval lie made his escape. and he has not
been captured. Whitheld's wounds are fast
improving mp 10 last accounts
Florentine Funerals.
"A Foreigner in Florence" says, i'm the
October Century: The dead are carried