Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14

FLORIDA.
Captain T. ". 1iickler has been made Deputy
sheriff Of Columbia county.
There has been shipped from Lake City,
Z this season, nearly 100000 oranges.
j. d. BrinsOn has purchased DR.. A. W.
Bakers drug business at Madison.
George W. Brown, Of Columbia, fell dead
while leaning on gate talking to nelghb0r.
The Ciy of Palatka took on board at Pa
lafka, on sunday last, $500 boxes Of oranges
I0r the North.
Mr.. Aveile, OF Orange Mills. has a tree
about y years old that had on this year 1000
oranges, which uetted HIM Sol.
The demand for Florida raised tobacco VIII
probably induce the planting Of large acre
age IN Middle Florida, where the soil is pecu-
LARRY adapted TO its growth.
A negro lunatic, being conveyed from Jack
souyiile 10 ChattahOochee, died before the
train reached Lake City, and was buried in
the c0lored cemetery Of that place.
On Monday Mr.. Shepard French, as Special
Master IN Chancery, sold the fOrty-acre farm
near Lake City known as the Hugh Brown
homestead for $500 to Prof. f. b. Noodle.
The Bailey estate, comprising several hun
dred acres, west of Crescent City, near
troYcsdale, which has been III litigation for
some time. has at length been settled and the
property viii soon be placed in the market.
Work on Jacksonville's new opera house
VIII be commenced to-day. 1t will seat LOO
spectators, and VIII stand on the site of the
ODD skating rink, at the corner of Laura and
Duval streets.
Malcolm Nicholson, q son of Anson Nichol-
son. OF Quincy. went to bed in a jacksonville
hotel Thursday night after blowing out the
gas He was dead in bed when found in the
morning. lie was of irreproachable charac-
ter and highly esteemed.
The Green Cove spring Sprinqsays: ''StraW-
berry buds were killed bv the recent frost hut
the plants viii soon be blooming again. Truck
farmers are putting in quantities of Irish po-
latocs TINS week, and with the present tempe
nature these Will soon be growing finely"
Gen. Grant viii visit Cuba as the guest of
his autObiOgraphcr, who is now Consul Gen
eral should me recover from his recent iniu-
rles before February sets in. lie viii 20 by
way OF Jacksonville. Gainesville and Tampa.
and u IS more than likely that he will linger
awhile IN Florida.
William Hughes was murdered two miles
from Tallahassee night or two ago, pre-
sumaDly by John Bush. Both are cOlOred.
Hughes was the faithful servant of Colonel
and Madame Murat, the latter of whom he
accompanied on visit to Paris during the
reign of Napoleon III. Bush has been ar
rested.
4 lire-alarm bell. weighing 40 pounds. has
been ordered by the City Council OF Lake City,
ana Is expected daily. The Council are neg0-
uating with Chalker Bros. x Price for the
building now used as q drug store. This build
ing the Council purposes to move to the va
cant lot just south of the court house, and use
it as an engine house and city hall. Challxer
Bros. X Price intend to build a large brick
ing viii be removed.
The supreme Court OF Florida has again
rendered decision favorable to Grower in
the celebrated Grower -COhee land suit, which
the people living on or near the boundary line
between the States Of Georgia and Florida
have watched with exceeding interest as il
has dragged its weary length along. The de-
cisiOn develops no new points of interest,
merely re- affirming a former decision. This
determines the case so far as it can be adiudi-
Gated 10y the state courts.
Napoleon Cason, of Lake City. while open
iur oysters. found in an empty OYSTER shell a
usn two inches long and full of life. \ man
put the Gsh into fresh water. and he was
quite lively, but thinking he would do better
I'm salt water, ne was put into jar filed
with oyster water. but 10 made the little fish
pine and die In about SIX hours. It is now
preserved IN liquor. 10 must have been taken
from the Gulf ON Friday, and kept damp by
the noisi iure. II lived about four days in the
oyster shell.
All that side Of Pine street lying between
Main and Court streets at Orlando was burned
10 the ground by q fire which broke out at
O clock Saturday morning in the Delaney
blocA. Delaney lost his bulldog and stock
of general merchandise Mrs. Bassett's mill
merry store next door was totally consumed.
the only article saved being one trunk. r.
>. Giilan's drug store is a total loss. The
Eep"rtey Office, occupying the second story OF
DeLaneys block, is also q total loss not even
the books being saved. Delaney and Gillian
were insured for about two thirds of their
valuation. There is no insurance on Mrs.
Bassett's stock or on the Reporter office. The
SANFORD Journal Office will get out an adver-
tlslng sheet for the Reporter until the latter
re-eStablishes itself
The Lake City ReDortey saws: THE pre-
ferred creditors of John x. Williams. who
made an assignment on the 26th ult., gener-
ally took merchandise in payment for their
claims. Afterwards parties made applca-
tion to the United States Court to set aside
the assignment. and Deputy United States
Marshal went to Spring Hill, in Alachua, and
Il h Hrn nNaran AZ
possession of the same. The preferred credI-
tors have been made parties to the proceed
ings, and doubtless hard struggle will be
made for division of the spoils. j. r. An
drew- held a mortgage for loaned money, and
received deed to the real property from the
assignee at q fair price, and the remainder of
his claim was taken in merchandise. OF
course, without proving fraud, no such trans
action. can be nNnLlnL or. snt aaIle -