Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-20

Rev. Z. d. Beggs has sold the Madison
Recorder to L. ". stevens.
The reports are that the crops in the Cherry
Lake neighbOrhOod are growing nicely.
The st. Marys Episcopal Church at Green
Cove Springs, closed its doors for the season
last sunday
The frame work of the Methodist parsonage
at Madison has been raised, and work is pro-
crossing rapidly.
The festival under the auspices OF the ladies
of the Madison Baptist Church, Monday night,
netted the sum of $50.
The Sanford journal has secured SS5 for
the Confederate Home fund, the Madison
Aelo Era S2j, and the Fernandina Mirror
Sl32 So
The prospects are cool for a splendid water
melon crop in Madison county. The recent
cold spell. aside from retarding the growth Of
the vines, has done no material injury.
The ladiesof the Madison Methodist Church
VIII give festival IN the Grange Hall, Thurs
day evening, May S, for the purpose of rails
ing money to assist IN building their parson-
age.
Orlando Reporter: "Will Barton Smith. who
has for the past wear presided over the lob
department of the Reporter office, leaves to-
day for Rock Ledge, on Indian river. where
he goes to establish the Indian Ricer Sun.
The first appearance of the new paper VIII
illuminate Rock Ledge about May l."
Madison Nel0 Era: I'VE are informed that
Madison is to have, through the thoughtful
ness of Capt. John /. Inglis, another and a
new industry-the production of castor beans
ana their conversion into castor oil by the
Madison oil mill. We understand quite a
number of acres have been planted in the
beans
The storage house OF Z. J. Morgan, lust
back of his store in West Orlando was do
s,royed by fire last Thursday afternoon.
About thirty bales of hay, some grain, and a
number of miscellaneous articles were con-
sumed. The fire is supposed to have origin e
ated through the carelessness of some one
throwing lighted match down the
hay.
"A day or two ago two small school girls,
while walking on the outskirts Of Madison.
were stopped by a negro, who detained them
10 minutes and then allowed them to proceed.
first warning them on peril of their lives never
to say anything about what they had seen.
The older one Of the girls says she is posi-
tive there was a cOlOred infant about six feet
from the man, and that it was dead, and that
the man had murdered it. The infant was
lying with ITS face and arms uncovered but
besmeared with q gore of blood. The little
girl further says the man made efforts to con-
ceal the child and blood from their gaze. This
statement, 50 far as the presence Of the man
near the point alluded to is concerned, is cor
robOrated by other children, one of them a
boy eleven years Old, q son of Mr.. Rhodes
w. negro was shabbily dressed and had a
large beard.
The special committee of the FernandIna
Council, to whom was referred the matter of
salary for city officers, recommended the fol-
lowing amounts for the various officials:
Mayor, S400 per annun, without fees: City
Clerk, $500 per annum; City Marshal $500 per
nm, without fee; City Treasurer, $3.50 Der
annum: 'itv Tax Collector, the same rate of
nercenta,re on ca Elections made as now estab-
lished by State law IL" the county, viz; On
the first $1,000 collected, 10 PEI cent; on the
next $4,000, per cent; on the LeNt $1,000,
per cent; on the balance per cent? CITY
Assessor $50; police officers, S35 per monfH
Inc Collector and Treasurer to furn'' t,,ji
M IN the sum o. $4,000 eaeE q civ CierE IUri
.r ~
CONF -'larshai. T%' The majority of the
90 -,ittee was so IN favor of abolishiug the
I'D Town police. The report of the commit
tee was adopted. with the exception of the
salary of the police force, the consideration of
which was postponed until the next meeting.
Orlando ReDOrter: "Bn Willingham. the
Polk county murderer, whose capture was
noticed IN a recent issue, left Orlando for Bar
tow on Tuesday last in charge of a Deputy
sheriff and posse from Polk. He Will be con-
fined at Barlow. WIllingham was accused of
the murder of j. c. ROckener, four or five
years ago. but on trial was acquitted for lack
of positive evidence against him. The crime
Tor which he IS now under arrest Is the kill
ing of his brOther-ln-law, - Mclaughlin.
in 1850. The men were crossing the fer
ry at Fort Meade together. Willingham
lost his balance and fell into the water. Me
Laughlin assisted him out Of the water, when
he suddenly became enraged and opened fire
on him. Mclaughlin made an ante mOrtem
statement setting forth the facts as above.
lie also fired at couple of negroes who were
water and escaped. 1t is thought that it will
he difficult to convict him now, owing to the
fact that important witnesses have removed
from the state"
The Sanford Journal has received report
with regard TO the area of country within six
miles of Lake Jesup and not tributary to the
South Florida Railroad, from Col. w. Gwynn.
who took down the figures at a meeting of the
citizens committee ON statistics at OviedO re-
Gently. The following is the Journals state
ment: Trees in bearing, 25.600; trees between
and years old, 33, 600; trees under 3 years in
grove form. Il, 400; aggregate in groves. 10000;
population, 500; owners of groves, l45; num-
Der acres of unimprOved orange lands within
above area. Is. 200; number acres of sugar and
vegetable lands within above area, 5000.
These estimates, while not absolutely eX-
act, are known by every one familiar
with the Lake JesUp section to be below
the real facts 10000 trees are divided
among l45 owners. The shipments of oranges
from this section last season footed up about
10000 boxes And when it is remembered
that all the groves there are young and just
beginning to bear, the expectation of the an =
nual shipment of 100000 boxes and upward.
within very few years, is entirely reason
able.