Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-17

The death warrant for John Lee, the mur.
derer OF Crockett, has arrived, and he will be
hanged on Friday, the 4th day of Nav next
unless the PardOning Board sooner commit
his sentence To Imprisonment for life.
The case OF Geo. III. PackwOOd ct al. ". the
Florida southern Railway Companv wa.
heard in chambers by Judge Thomas r. King
last week. On Friday the ease was submit
ted and after due consideration His Honor
refused 10 issue an injunction or appoint 2
receiver FOR the railway company.
GAINESVILLE complains that Cedar Key es-
tabllshed quarantine against her without ask
lng whether smallpox has appeared. and
claims that there was not a case in the town
When quarantine was established.
collisions on the st. Johns river are becom-
ing common. As yet no very serious damage
has been done, except the breaking Of a few
umbers.
Naecinate, emigrate, or be fined s.. is the
latest act of Tallahassee's City Council.
The Windsor and st. James Hotels at Jack
sonyille and Putnam House a Palatka were
f closed yesterday and to-day.
Quarantine will he established al the bar al
jacksonville on the lst of November
Arrangements are being perfected for rum
ming through cars between jacksonville and
Pensacola.
Will Wallace Harvey is going to start a
newspaper at Kissimmee City.
4 The free carrier system will be inaugurated
+ AT Jacksonville in about two weeks.
Fred. L. Meyer proposes to build a telegraph
/ line from Mariana 10 ApalachcOla provided
I the people Of the latter place will subscribe
/ $500.
/ Professional burglars made an effort Thurs
day night to enter the Sanford post office
/ Ihey broke chisel or drill in the effort, and
/ went away without enecting their purpose.
The Leesburg NelrS says: 1T is rumOred on
The streets that the civil engineers are at
. Wildwood, and have commenced driving the
pms on the road bed of the Leesburg and In
dian River Railroad"
Up TO q O'Clock yesterday afternoon not a
single new case of smallpox had been found
/ at Jacksonville. Two of the patients in the
: pest house were reported dead yesterday
morning, both cOlOred. This makes II deaths
IN ali, all cOlOred.
The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad have
Issued circular which announces that, Ow-
ing to the pre-eXlstence IN Leon county of a
post office called BloNham, the name of RlON-
ham station on the Pensacola and Atlantic
Road has been changed TO Caryville.
The building of a ship canal across the pen
ln-uid Oi Florida Is almost fixed fact. The
commencement Of this gigantic enterprise
viii take place IN the very near future. The
project at the present time is claiming con-
siderable attention from Western producers.
Alderman r. +. Sanders, of ST. Augustine.
one OF It's most promising young citizens and
business men, died lately, after an illness of a
few weeks. The City Council, in special
session. passed appropriate resolutions, and
the Council Chamber was draped in mourn
ing.
The sanford .IoprA0l. says: alexander
Yates. one of the walters at the Sanford
House, Is quite proud of the fact that he was
detailed To wait on the President while he
was guest there. Some century or more
hence Elick Will, with great gustO detail 10
his hearers how that, IN the early days of the
Republic. he waited on President Arthur"
The boring of the artesian we'll in Gaines
Vile was brought to Il very sudden halt ON
Tuesday, 10y the breaking OF the bit after a
depth Of lSu feet had been attained. The rock
Is indeed the very hardest, and il may he that
Mr.. Holden, finding II impossible To regain
his instrument. will he forced to sink a well
in another place. Men are busily engaged
trying to retrieve the bit.
Two schooners per month will leave New
York for Palatka laden with iron for the
Florida Southern Railroad. They have l,6OO
tons in New York awaiting shipment The
J0nTHGi (Palatka) says: Work will be
pushed on both cXtensiOns-tOWardsI Lake CITY
and Lake Weir-and our friends in those sec
tlOnS viii soon hear the welcome 'tOOt. toot, >
of the Florida Southern"
The Hawthorn Graphic saws: Mai. Vogel-
bach informed us Saturday that the first ship
day. and that track laying would be com
menced at the spring this week. This means
the third railroad for Hawthorn. and a more
direct and shorter route in the near future
from hawthorn and the surrounding country
10 .lack kSOnYllle DV WaV of the spring.