Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-12

At the County Democratic Convention % 9i
Brevard county, on Monday OF last week, n;
s. Williams was nominated for the senate anu
W. }. Brack for the Assembly.
Henry Warren, the cOlOred man charged
with having stolen a post Office money order
from Mr.. Griffith at Tallahassee, was trleu Dy
a Jury in Justice Vests court on wednesday
last and acquitted.
Three of the United states troops located at
ST. Augustine deserted Friday night and
walked over TO TOcOi, where they were cap
tured by a sergeant as they boarded the ferry
boat to cross he river.
On Oct. I6 ex-Gov. COlquitt, Of Georgia:
Hon. Charles DOugherty, candidate for Rep
resentatIve in Congress from this district. and
other distinguished speakers will address the
Democracy OF Lake City.
On Saturday evening. Sept. %. negro at
Orlando, named Henry Andrews, was shot
and killed by another, named Andrew Sims,
for assaulting his wife. The COrOner's jury
returned verdict Of justlhable homicide.
The new cadet uniform of the East Florida
Seminary, at Gainesville, consists Of gray
pants with a wide black stripe, and a gray
sack coat with a single row of brass buttons
IN front This coat takes the place of both
the blue fatigue sack and spike-tail gray
dress coats that were formerly worn, aud
presents very neat appearance.
Key West Nesos; DIR. George Palmer Of the
Smithsonian Institute, who has been hS re for
some weeks making collections for the insti-
tute, and also fOr the New Orleans ExpOsi-
tlOn. will leave next week. He has secured
the finest collection of spOnges, shells. cOrals.
etc, ever seen for quality and variety, and
those productions will certainly give this sec
ton trst-class advertisement.
The Democrats Of Walton, Washington and
Holmes counties are to have grand barbecue,
flag raising and balloon ascension at Lake de
Funiak, Oct u, and at Chiply Oct. l6,On which
occasion Senator Charles W. Jones, and other
distinguished speakers will be preseRt Cheap
excursions are to be run from various points
on the line OF the Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad for the accommodation of those who
desire to attend.
Sanford journal: The following facts and
figures VIII appear in the forthcoming report
schools: Total number of pupils on register
2,lB4. Number in alphabet l4S, IN spelling
l,sls, in first reader AZ, in second reader 29S,
IN third reader 3lS, in fourth reader $50, in
fifth reader go, in sixth reader 10, in arith-
metlc l,SlS, In geography 745, in grammar
5l2, IN writing l.24l, in history 2j5, IN algebra
T. IN rhetoric a. in philosophy Is, in cOmpO-
sltlOn 20. In bookkeeping IA. in astronomy y,
IN Latin 10, in music l22.
Indian River Sun: The mammoth 2O-fOot
cross-cut saw made by the DisstOn saw works
and donated by Hamilton DisstOn 20 the State
for the special purpose OF enabling the Con-
missioner to have sections cut from the large
oaks in sumter and fernando counties, and
the big cypress in Putnam. has already ar
rived, and is now at Leesburg in the hands of
T. G. Lanier. 1t will be sent from there to
Fred L. Robertson, at BrOOksvi.le. and then
to Henry Hutchinson, Of Putnam county, who
VIII have trees in their respective counties
cut and sawn into blocks for the New Orleans
Exposition. The oak tree in Sumter county
is thirteen feet through.