Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24

Hon. /. T.. Ellwood viii add a $4,000 resi-
denGe TO the beauties of Palatka.
Calhoun county is doing big business in
she Nay Of logging for ApalachIcula.
Monticello has 80 voters, accortinE5,o the
vote cast IN the last MUNICIPAL election.
Mariana farmers have begun % antlng corn,
and foW have land of their cotton land.
There is a well in Monticello which, 10 dry
weather, furnishes abundance OF clear, good
water, but when II rains nearly all the water
disappears.
Near The lines OF the two railroads now in
course Of construction through NUlu-iR cOun-
tY, Hamilton DI--tOn has raised the price of
Ris lands from 81 10 s. per acre.
A banker from Paris, France, has purchased
a large proper IN tne north end OF NOlusia
eOu Is. ami Is contracting to make $4,000
worth Of improvements on the same
Polk county farmers are very busy now
planting ard CultiVating- Dry IL is there
are many large crops Of corn already up and
looking We'll. while other crops are being
planted aud groves worked out.
The north-b bound train on the TrAnsit Rail
road ON Wednesday, at a point about two
miles south Of Starke, struck negro lying
with his head resting on the rsil, supposed TO
have been in a helpless state OF intoNIcatiOn,
and threw hm from The track, killing him in
stantly.
For the past two weeks the woods in the
country surrounding Paatka have been burn
Ing, causing great damage to fences and other
property \ forest lire did 50 me damage last
had about 4.00J rails burned at his place
about "a mile from the town; hers we're also
damaged.
The public sale Of the estate Of the late j.
Fl. Roper took place at Gainesville day or
Two ago. 10 insisted in part of eight acres
Of land m the heart Of Gainesville, inCludng
the part occupied by the Old mansion built by
Tlllman Ingram I'm the early days OF shat city,
and az present occupied BY the Unitet states
Land Once. II was purchased by hr. J. >.
Turner. owner o. the Duval House, OF Jack
sonviiic for S6,40G.
The PHtuam county Journal says: " Mr.. J.
ii. Fry has purchased from Or. A. Schaf-
r3nck a very rare and most beautiful eOlleC-
ton OF prehistoric and modern Indian relics,
consisting OF many huntred pieces. among
which are some fine spe linens % idols, pipes,
drinking cups, war clubs. hammers. axes,
nesnlug stones and a great variety f very
curious tools, together with very rare col
lection of spear and arrow points OF many
hundred pieces; also. tomahaWks. beads.
Wampum and bronze implements. The alb We
has taken the Doctor many wears TO collect,
snd viii be on exhibition at Fryes store, to-
GalheF with his own collection, the two max
Ing collection second to none in the U Unjted
states"
The supreme Court OF Florida has reversed
the decision of the DUval Circuit Court in the
o.-5e Of A. y. BaSHett, John g.. LEngle and
A. NJ. Reed vs.. the City OF Jacksonville. This
case sro7o out of an alleged illegal assessment
of tsIeo ia 1873. The plaintiffs refused to pay
their taxes under said assessment, amounting
q nearly Sl2 90, and the city has been eni-
sArrassed iu finances ever since, the Circuit
Court. ON being applied 10, having sustained
their claim that the levy was Illegal. The
Legislature equalized the levy At it's next ses-
sion thereafter. but the attorneys Of Messrs.
Bassett, LEngle aud Reed set up against 1t
That the Legislature had exceeded its powers.
Inc supreme Court, however, has over
ruled them and reversed the decision of the
DHYEl Circuit.