Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30

Mr.. Summerlin, OF HaulOver, killed two
very large bears, in the hummOck known as
''IIappy- -gO-lucky,' last week.
The CarabeIle fishermen have not been as
successful this fall as usual, but are eX-
pecting an improvement in Their business in
the near future.
In the public schools OF jefferson county for
the SIX months term expiring Oct. the daily
average attendance OF whites was 473. and of
cO.ored children l,l2l.
One Of the cOrOred churches of Monticello
Will authorize few deacOns to attend the
circus, whose duty u will be TO report the at
tendance Of any % the members.
The old livery stable that has stood on Front
street, Palatka. for the past l9 years. Occu-
pied 10y J. NJ. Ramsaur. is cling torn down to
make room for Mr. Orvis' new hotel.
+. B. sackett, OF Heath Grove. Is expecting
to have a new post office established at his
place, on Banana creek, about half the dis
tance betweel Indian and Banana rivers.
The suit against jefferson county to recover
the value OF certain "blUe bonds VIII be
argued on Monday next. The white bond
SUIT has been deferred until the next term Of
the court.
at Monticello on Monday two negro men
father and SON. n-law-were dead at the same
time in q cabin on one of Mr.. Bailey's planta-
iiOns. One died Of a cOngestive chill and the
other Of pneumonia
The Circuit Court for Jefferson county con-
yeued Monday, Hon. ID. :. Walker on the
bench and Hon. +. e.. Love representing the
state The dOckets are of moderate length,
and no criminal cases OF general Importance.
party out hunting on Indian river recent
lY came upon deserted place and found,
among Otncf tllngS. line patch OF bananas
( IN the wild woods. OvergrOwn with various
I vines and silr abs, bat bearing 4 quantity OF
/ delicious fruit.
/ The FIRE which broke ont at Barlow at 3
I O'Clock Tuesday morning destroyed the
Gresham House, the Bazaar. BlOunJ's store
I and the Cool Drink House. By dint of hard
work the post Office, pool hall, st. Marx ;
I and Mr.. BlOunt's residence were saved.
The fish merchants Of Cedar Key report
! that they are unable 20 supply the demand
/ for fish this year. Thousands OF dollars are
I invested and hundreds OF men are eng gcd IN
! the business. At LocklOOsa quite business
I is done IN shipping fish. Panas00 kee lake
\ and the Nlthlac0Ochee river also abound in
I fish.
/ Gainesville Adc0c1te: DR.. J. ID Cromwell
/ has just bought circus in the form OF two
BERKSHIRE pigs Saturday morning. when he
/ went O1t 70 milk his COW, he found the two
| pigs sitting on their haunches, one on either
! side. sucking with energy and much satisfac-
ton. The cnw seemed 10 enjoy it. as she was
licking and expressing her complete satisfac-
tiun as best q COW can. Her calf stood by
/ bleating. and stood no show for its breakfast.
| as Its own mother turned her horns against u
IN favor Of the pigs.
ID. L. Branning. of Waldo, writes rs follows
I ] have about half acre or land. which was,
three years ago, cypress pond knee deep IN
water dItched lt, cleared and gruhoed it
aud planted rice. It made a beautiful sight
IN its green growth, and yielded well. / ap-
piled lime and some stable mature, and mad-
I 9 good crop Of sugar cane the second year.
I The cold OF last winter KILLED out my stubble,
I so J grubbcd IL out and planted irish potatoes
/ IN February, using tmpost on the seed in the
! drill. / made - barrels. the best ] ever
4 raised. These l shipped, realizing only an
! average of 81 S3 per barrel. Before the pota-
7 toes we're dug L planted melons, tomatoes.
corn. OkTa, etc, in the sides OF the ridges, and
/ the digging of the potatoes worked these. I
made a good crop Of this truck and there
I sprang up thick growth OF grass during the
/ rainy season, which have saved for hay. 1t
I was a sort of pond grass and grew as tall as
I oats and as thick. My horses eat il better
! than a good deal of the Northern hay have
/ bought. / then broke up the hay stubble with
/ Dixie and narrowed in rye with the Acme,
I and now my fowls are supplied with winter
pasturage. In the meantime this year have
/ set out 5-year-Old Ora"ge trees and Peen-TO
/ and Chinese honey peach trees, which are
/ growing finely. Here, then, since Feb. !, I
| have Irish potatoes, "truck," hay and rye
I successjvely and successfully, and my land
/ set with trees, and this once "deep tangled
I wildwood" is the best of my seven acres. 1
I have lived here nearly 10 years, have 500
I orange trees in grove, quite a number bear
ing, and never bought any fertilizer but lime
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