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

.s eullt at E9stls. costing some $500. was sold
the other day for 5000
Inc saw mills at Lane Park and Tayares
are pushed to their utmost capacity to supply
stun. - '''>
The Magnolia Hotel at Ocala has been pur-
chased by @. W. Marshall. One hundred
more rooms VIII be added to the house during
the summer.
Eight tholsand two hundred and eighty
olS % more visitors have registered at Jackson
fiic uuflng the season Just closing than dur
ing the one previous. This season the total
number Of visitors at the hotels was $1,000.
John c. Grover. living three miles west Of
oanderson. attempted TO jump from "A train
while il was i'm motion. SUNDAY. and was
thrown into a pile Of ties and sills at his farm,
and sustained such injuries in his head and
abdomen as to cause death Tuesday.
4 Gainesville correspondent attributes the
recent demise among the cattle Of Mr.. Hend-
ry. of that place, 10 anthrax. English veteri-
nary surgeons have noted the disease for the
past fifty years. 1t is peculiar to old pasture
grounds, and affects sheep as well as cattle.
jacksonville HerHId: Mrs. Jennie Belrhpr
aged - years from Marassa. H.. but who has
been resident OF TINS city for the past SIX
months, died this morning, the attending
physician scertlhcate certifying from chronic
poisoning. III ls understood that the deceased
lady. who has long been in feeble state of
health, had been accustomed to taking large
doses Of choral"
Lake City correspondence NEWS. April 30:
According to custom Decoration Day was
properly observed and the biyOuac of the dead
strewn with flowers. Appropriate addresses
We're delivered by Dr. W. Il. Bacon. Mr..
Graves, editor of the Jacksonville Herald.
ana Mr. W m. McW llliams, of Italia, Fla.
The Sunday school children mingled the
sweetness of their songs with the fragrance
Of the hOWCrs. The attendance was unusual
ly large.-Cool nights are making vegetation
put on rather sicHy appearance. but /
think that cold snaps are a benefit to both
cotton and corn. just so we have
no east wind.-Last evening had
an opportunity of cOnversing with Mr..
Tracy, the right-a-way man Of the new
railroad. He informed me that the right of
way was about complete and that work would
be commenced early in May-cOuld not tell to
day. but dld not think it would be later than
the 10th. Many Of your readers are anxious
about this project and never miss an OppOr-
tunty to inform them.-A bout 400 crates of
beans were shipped from this point yesterday.
NeloOrn Is shipping heavily in beans The
savannah, Florida and Western Railway has
put on some splendid cars for shipping Vege-
tables-Just what our truckers want. Our
truck organizations ought to commence in
time and have as large an area planted i'm
vegetables as possible, and inform the trans
portation companies of the fact. so that they
could prepare to move the vegetables Come
square down to business. For instance we
have a thousand acres in beans, and So on.-
The fire department at Lake City is working
hard to become an efficient institution. It's
foreman, Mr. Ray, is an invcterate worker
Beans have been going freely at 81 per bushel.
lt Is likely they viii bring so cents tomorrow,
and slow az that.-PlCknlcs are in order.