Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-31

arrested Jesse Paran, better known as Long
taste, upon requisitiOn from the Cover
nor OF Georgia.
The Leon county grand jury, at the last
circuit Court, stirred up the County Com
Inissfoners on account of the bad condition Of
the public roads.
The Santa Fe Canal Company has decided,
at present, TO grant a temporary privilege to
responsible parties who are to put on light
steam launcn TO supply the place OF the boat
recently DESTROYED by fire. This VIII keep up
connection until a larger and more suitable
boat can be arranged for. 1t is probable that
q new boat viii be on the canal within thirty
days, ii one OF suitable dimensions for trans
pOrtatlOn on fiat cars can be secured.
Saturdays Jacksonville Herald says: Yes
terdav morning at the meeting OF the cover
nOrs Of the Board Of Trade and Executive
Committee Of the Bar improvement Commits
sion. Mr.. James NJ. Schumacher stated that
Mr.. Jay Gould had said in an interview since
his return from his Southern trip that in the
distant future Georgia would be the largest
manufacturing State in the Union, and Flor
ida would have one Of the largest and most
iourishing cities-that city, Jacksonville
The Quincy Herald saws: Last Thursday
afternoon the prisoners in the county fail
nearly succeeded in making their escape. a
bar OF iron had been Wrenched from its fasten-
lng and another was lOOsened so that il WOuld
nave been the work of but few moments to
make an opening sufficiently large for man
to pass through. and had the work been un-
discovered few moments longer the whole
batch Of prisoners would now h ave been at
large Constable Isaiah Gunn,7 hearing IA
strange noise at the jail, fastened to ascer-
tain the cause. and arrived Just in time to
prevent general delivery
The Iitusville STIR SAYS: 'slir. James X
Gamer, engineer and general superinten-
dent OF the drainage operations in Florida of
the DisstOns and other Philadelphia caDital-
lists, reports that the work OF rec aiming the
lands within the drainage district is progress
ing nnely. As an evidence of the work al
T. 1ftlf altf1fAf a
he mentions that the Indians who visited Kew
" est this winter said that owning to the low
stage OF water in the Everglades thev were
enabled TO 20 on foot from the Miami river To
cape sable, which has never been accomplish
eQ heretofore. \ large area of land has
already been adjudged permanently re-
claimed and fit for cultivation. \ special
agent appointed by the State to report on
the lands improved, has certified to the state
authorities that in the northern portion of the
drainage district alone about $4,000 acres
nave been permanently reclaimed. In add-
llOu 10 lis portion Of this. the company is en-
TITLED to about 100000 acres for work pre-
vlously performed. Lake Okeechobee is
twenty eight inches lower than when first
tapped by the canal. The opening of canals
connecting Lake OkeechObee with the Gulf
mas ahOrded means for navigation into the
central portion of the state. In addition to
the Two dredge boats already owned by the
company. third one is being constructed at
hls,lmmee City, which VIII be equivalent to
the work OF l.5oO men when in operation"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rev. John Patrick Tuigg. pastor of St. Pa
tricks Church, Charleston, died Tuesday.
Mayor Rhett. of Columbia. has been renom-
mated by the Democrats and WILL of course
be reelected.
The appointment of Maj. I. \. Huguenin
to the command of the Fourth Brigade. $. &.
Volunteers. Is announced.
Dr. T. c. Brown, State Senator of Newber-
fy. has had stroke of apOpleNy. in conse-
quence OF which the whole of his left side is
paralyzed.
Virgil Lawson, dangerous negro Of sum
Ter, was convicted for an assault on Mrs 5. {.
Wells and her family but escaped from the
sheriff. Wells threatened TO eNterminote
Mrs. Wells and her family.
The introduction of a similar uniform in all
the companies of the State volunteer troone
Will be made gradually, the military board
considering ii inadvisable for companies to he
put to expense who have recently purchased
new uniforms.
The state Superintendent of Education has
appointed Prof. E. :. .JOvnes President of tie
state Normal Institute which will he held
next summer, the time and place for which
VIII pc hereafter determined by the state
Board Of Examiners.
In the trial at Greenvile. Saturday. of Al
fred. James and Sandy Mccullough. an col
Ored. for the murder of Eph saxon colored
m February last, the jury after being out
about two hours returned n verdict Of eruilt,
as TO Alfred and James and not guilty ms 10
sandy. Sandy was at once released. while
Sheriff Gllreath took charge of Alfred and
james, who are father and son. and sentence
VIII DE pronounced on them by Judge Hudson
to-day. James did the fatal shOofinor in the
most deliberate manner, and it was clear that
Alfred. his father. being present was aiding
and abettlng, and was, therefore, an acces-
sorry.
Wednesday night, at quarter past 10
O'Clock, fire broke out in the acid chambers
of Hume, Bro. n Co.'S chemical works. two
and half miles down the bay from Beaufort,
destroying the acid chambers. The furnaces
were left standing The mill was saved.
owing to the favorable direction of the wind
The total insurance, which is in various home
and foreign companies.ss about Sl20.OOO: the
loss Is about half that amount. The works
are running as usual, and the large force of
hands employed about the works will not be
diminished TO a great extent al present The
value of the lead molten by this conflagration
is estimated TO have been worth about fifteen
or eighteen thousand dollars