Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15

The value of the real aud personal pron-
erty in Marion county for the year 1852 IS yerv
nearly S2,5OO,OOO, against about 81 $50. 900 for
1876. The amount assessed for State taxes for
the year 1882 Is SlT, Az 2S, for county taxes
Sl5,Oo5 a, and for the county school fax
S5,9o5 10. There are 859,S9s acres of privsfe
lands IN the county, of which s4.979 scres are
provements s., ,S30, ,740.
The County Board OF Education Of Marion
county have established for the present scho-
lastlc year forty white and twentv-fOur col
ored schools; in all sixty-four against forty
seven the last scholastic year; that the board
paid out for the last year for teachers salaries
the sum OF s., l55 p, and for contingent eX-
penses so %, which left balance in the
treasury Of Sl,Sos - at the beginning Of the
present scholastic year.
The Pensacola Commercial saws: 1--WE are
Informed reliably that tonnage cannot be fur
nished TO supply the demand in Pensacola.
One merchant that we know of would TODAY
If an opportunity offered, charter twenty-five
or thirty ships 1t would seem that the mer-
chant service is fast becoming extinct, and
indeed statistics strongly point that way.
Within the last two years 500 or more sailing
vessels have been lost and never replaced.
OF all the old Pensacola traders but seven or
eight are In this port now, when in former
years among the number Of vessels we now
have trading but very few were strangers.
What's going TO happens"
Monday evening thieves broke into the Gu
riOsity store Of Mr.. J. f. Fry. of Palatka, and
$4,000. Mr., Fry, 1t seems in closing his store.
neglected 10 lock his safe. Soon after he left
thieves entered through the back door, opened
the safe and committed the theft. The prin-
Sipal loss was a collection of ancient and for
eign coiEs. which Mr.. Fry had been accumu-
lating for about ten years, and for which. il is
SAID, he had been offered $4,000 in cash. Be
sides the coins, quantity OF jewelry was
stolen. Mr.. Fry occupies a handsome new
store near the Putnam House, and the rob-
berry, which IS supposed to have been COM
IN Il fhaaa -
mystery, as the front of the store is of glass
and lights were burning inside.
The interesting report of Adjutant Genera
1Onge, As to the condition of the Florida peni-
tentlary, gives the following statistics con-
cerning that State institution: 'sThe number
OF cOnvicts sentenced in 1881 was lO7, of whom
93 were cOlOred and II white: in 1892 the num-
ber was 81, of whom 81 were cOlored and Z
white. During the two years the whole num-
Der OF cOnyicts serving was 2S9, of whom
III We're sentenced in previous years.
For the hire of these cOnvicts there
was paid into the state Treasury for the year
1881, S2,74j, and in 1882, $3,960. As showing
the successful operation of the acts of the
Legislature Of 1871, authorizing the hiring Of
cOnylcts sentenced TO the penitentiary. the
following comparative figures are highly
satisfactory: In 1876 the maintenance of the
penitentiary cost the state x20,646; in 1882 the
hire of eOnvicts paid into the treasury $1,000:
clear gain 10 the state under the present
system, S24,606."
Jacksonville Times Union: "a terrible muir
der was committed at Palatka on Monday
night, one negro completely beheading anOth-
er with an axe. 1t seems that quite an inti-
macy had sprung up between a negro named
Watt and the wife Of another named Neil
Berry. Monday evening when Berry returned
home he found Watt at the house and ordered
him away, calling, at the same time, upon an
officer to take him away. Watt promised the
officer to leave, but after he left Watt returned
and borrowed pillow from Berrys wife and
left again. Berry, becoming enraged at this,
picked up an axe and went in search of Watt.
He soon found him asleep in an out house. He
dealt Watt two hard blows, one upon the
head and one in the neck, completely sever
ing the head from the body. Berry returned
TO the house and attempted to murder his
wife, but before he had time to accomplish
his purpose was arrested and is now in Jail.
a jury was summoned and an Inquest held
ver'Watt's body, but we were unable to as
certain the verdict
TaYares Herald: 'sThe engineer corps of the
Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad ar
rived in Tavares Monday night. Tuesday
morning commenced the survey from the de-
pot site on Irma street to connect with the
line run, and which is completed to Lake Ida
mere, about two and half miles distant.
Mr.. j. o. Fries, Chief Engineer. called on us
this morning and informed us that he should
proceed TO Orlando tonight and commence
work on the map and estimates of the road.
He will be assisted as soon as the survey is
completed by the Assistant Engineer, and
thinks two weeks time will be ample for them
TO complete the work. The grading will then
commence at both ends Of the line. The
length of the road, as surveyed from Tavares
to Orlando, is thirty and One-half miles. Easy
grades have been found the entire distance.
and but few cuts or fills VIII have to be made.
Preparations for pushing the work rapidly are
being made by the President Of the road. Col.
w X. Ammo, and we are assured of the COM
pletion OF the work as soon as men and money
can do it