Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-10

iour ie. years, attempted to put an end to his ex
~ fa,,I - .aAinS a dose of about three ounces
Oh tauuahum. He recovered" :"
II. Augustine's through mail non ,rra, -,
way OF the Jacksonville. 81. Augusti1e ami
iaH5aN River Railway, and the time is les
seheo 10 TWO days from New York.
4 tampa Is now the most important mail dis
tb,na ,I5s centre IN south Florida. Twenty
,uIee mails per week are received and the
same number dispatched from that point.
George X. Reynolds. of Jacksonviua hos
received the Dlsston premium Of SeO for tLe
-. - ilpie "l lute produced. Mr.. REYNOLDS
creek. "" "ui'Hs' 'oh
NJ VI. Cobb. sub-cOntractor. has discontin-
'i'l,,F, ueH service ON the mail route from Thom-
,,,,, .,,S 10 M iallahassee, 9pd the country be-
1Meen Nv the TWO places is Without mail service
lhe department has been notified.
Mayor harles Il. DuttOn and {. y. Hildretb
DN N u Il pear orchard near Live Oak embracing
"Huut fourteen acres. There are already
5T ;,s I'oO4 Ley onte pear trees and they in
'euu increasing the number to 1000
\ lew days ago, at PanasOffkee a vounn,
Wilte man. named Owen Black. received 1--WE
TU'S ps rom a knife IN the hands of Thomas
11tssS, coioreu. An insignificant debt was
the cause of the dispute Black is in a criti-
cal condition.
Inc cigar Makers Association of Jackson
vile r VIII send a delegate, in ihe person of
Iuoulae :. Sufan, TO the International Con-
VentlOn OF cigar makers for the United states
anu canada, which cOnvenes AT Toronto on
september 5th.
j. ne maehnists IN the shops of the I. C. aad w.
hdliroad al Tallahassee, contemplate the or
S%hlAatlon OF a rifle team. to be known as
depot campus the CreedmOOr of the south
dll they propose 10 practice at 3 O'Clock
every saturday afternoon.
CaterpIllars are doing considerable DAMAGE
ln Jhe Elclnlty of CentreVillc. ON the planta-
ton oi . .. Roberts they have stripped the
cotton OF leaves, and are eating M the yOuuc-
hois aud barking the stalks. The worms
sff f.ffa aEtaFlr
j. B; Conner and u. r. Grambling in large
numbers.
Albert Hill. a colored tenant on DR.. \. b.
liaWkins Lake jackson place, last Saturday
placed on exhibition in Tallahassee a stalk Of
cotton taken from a twentv-acrc field II j.
uVe leet high. has ON il fifty ull-grown bolls.
besides IormS ami squares largely in excess of
that number
The store and dwelling of J. o. Ouiglev and
lhc WcllinS and barn of G.. {. landlord two
Well-knoWn citizens of Mandarin. were burn
tu Iuesday night. The work Is supposed to
oe thaJ q am lneendlary. Mr.. Quigley had
an insurance ON his buildings of 5000 Mr.
landlord had none.
The Boarl OF County Commissioners levied
the following taxes for Gadsden county:
county, general % mills; county, special,
l'2 mills; county. school. 81 mills; road, y
mil. This. with the state tax. makes l3 mills
tax TINS year. as against l6 mills last year, a
reduction of mills.
Hon Il. II. NJ. Davidson has appointed to a
ID
Young Jackson, Of Tampa, Just graduated.
W D. Barnes. -tr.. son Of Gen. W. ID. Barnes
Of Jackson county. This Is the fourth ap-
polulment of the member of Congress from
the tlrst district-One from South Florida
two from Middle Florida, and one from West
Florlta-tWO at West Point and two at An
napOils-whlch has given each division Of his
district representation. The application Of
Mr. Barnes was the only one from West
Florida.
III Is reported that the raising Of melons this
season IN Middle Florida has not been sue
ceSSSlul. and all ON account OF the excessive
railroad frcights, There has been exhibited
a statement IN figures. which throws a light
on the subject. The gross receipts Of the
shipper were S.g6 40. He paid Sill s. for
commissions and a little extra labor in unload
ing. and the railroads received S762 10. leav-
ing him Sl22 - net, to meet the expenses OF
seed. cultivation. labor. etc. In other words.
the railroads charged 1902 10 for carrying wa
terinelons to market. which brought 1896 20.
Lavania Chandler. "a negro girl seventeen
years Old. was arrested at Palatka on Satur-
day. charged by cOlored man named VIII
liam Austin. with having concealed the death
of her illegitimate child. which was born on
the night ot July 18th, in his yard and there
buried. The remains of the child were arci-
teutally discovered and dug up on last
Wednesday The CorOner's jury. after hear
ln- the testimony. rendered a verdict 10 the
effect of attempted concealment. The pris-
oner was held for appearance at the next
term pf the Circuit Court in default of bail i'm
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