Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-05


The state negro convention was to meet at
Gainesville yesterday.
candy mandatory has commenced
operations at Tallahassee.
Congress VIII be petItioned to make a dOna-
ti0n Of lands 90 Florida University.
To is said that the people ofMadison. Jefer-
sol and Suwannee counties have the LeCOnte
pear fever.
Miss Florence Keep, au operate soprano of
considerable celebrity, is visiting her brother
the editor of tile Quincy Her1ld.
daily paper Is to be published at Pa
latka. a stock company has been formed
and an agent sent North after material for the
office.
r. r. sheppard's residence at Pensacola has
been burned with all its contents. The house
was insured for $1,000, but the furniture was
uninsured
new FIRE engine and a 43l pound alarm
bell viii be received by the citizens of Lake
city ON the 9Th inst. The event will be made
the occasion Of parade and q half holiday.
The father Of E. l.. Clark. of Apalachicola
proves to have been among the uinety-sevcn
persons who persisted by the wrecking of the
steamship City of Columbus. on Gay Head,
about month ago.
The Apalachicola Tribune advocates a line
of steamers TO play daily between that city
and ChdttahOOChee and carry the mails. II
places the cost of the two boats at ~ l.S0O. and
the running expenses, per aunum, at 2.400.
The government, the paper thinks, would al
low Sl2,OU0 or $4,000 per annum for the mail
service.
The Central line viii shortly build a new
steamer in Columbus for the Apalachicola,
DhattahOOchec and Flint trade. The Column
uus iron works Will furnish the machinery.
The boat VIII be a little larger than was the
steamer w Nily- ana VIII have the capacity
for carrying 500 bales of cotton. She Is to
have fun passenger accommodations.
The Prevatt grove, four miles east of Orange
CITY. which has Just been purchased hv Hon
William Laughridge, eN-member OF Congress
Fsaet- for i'm -fg r frs.s..
quality of fruit Is one OF the famous groves of
tine county. The Old trees number only ll3.
but are from - to 40 feet each i'm height
whose crown Is equally as large. Many now
have from 2.500 to 5000 oranges each hanging
from their limbs. and the whole number Weld
per year from 10000 To 100000 fine 'rult. Al
lowing from the same "a net profit of only one
cent per orange and the amount shows a very
handsome interest on the cost Of the grove.
The Quincy Hsyqld says: "On the night of
the 25th ut Mary Hampton, young white
unmarried woman, of twenty summers. with
her child. aged about months. went To the
house of Doug. Wilson. "a cOlOred man. which
Is about one and a half miles from Concord,
In this county. and was given room TO sleep
iu for the night. The house caught fire and
she and ner child were burned To death. The
colOTcd man says that at very late hour Of
the night he was aroused by the heat of flames
and the dense smoke. and the fire had adj
vaucod so rapidly that he was barely able to
escape with ms wife and children. and did not
save any household goods While putting his
children out Of danger he heard the white
HumQu scream. anu ran 10 rescue her and her
Child. but they had already become victims of
the mereiless flames. The fire originated IN
The room where the woman slept. The woman
vas common laborer, and took work where
she could unu lt. she was OF comely appear
ance, very illiterate, and willing hand
The Madison Recordsr says: Ion Wednes-
day night very strange robbery occurred
Iu this county Mr.. Jacob WorthingtOn. Sr..
au independent wen l-to-do farmer and an old
af FHl low