Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-09

Attle paper and retires from neWsdOm the
city and the profession will have good cause
forregret.
1t is reported that work on the mammoth
Motel at st. Augustine has been suspended
This, II Is said is caused BY a squabble be-
tween the architect and master builder. which
dlsgusted the owner Of the building, who
ordered the work stopped until the war is
over.
$. J. Simmons is getting signatures to
petition asking the removal Of the postmaster
AZ ; ounmIt. A DAY or two ago be went to the
once Tor his mail and was assaulted by
Deputy Postmaster Frank Baker. Pistols
and guns were resOrted to and shots fred but
no wounds inflicted.
The Indian RiCer sun, printed at Rock
Ledge, BreYard county, by William Barton
smith, has made its appearance, and is in
every respect model local weekly. The first
number shows that the paper will rank as one
Of the best in the State. 1t is the only paper
published on the Atlantic coast between
TltusvIlle and Key West.
In the case Of A. @. Chappell vs.. the Jack
sonvllle Street Railway Company for dam
ages, verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$1,000 was rendered. Last November Mr.
Chappel, whOis cripple, entered one Of the
cars OF the company on his crutches, and be-
lore ne had time to take his seat the driver
started, throwing him down, for which he
entered suit for damages.
MicanOpy Gazette: The tomato crops gen
orally are looking Wel.-The cucumbers are
showing the effects of the dry weather.-Early
y
forth their boiling ears.-The watermelOns
are looking fine and soon will be giving forth
their ripe tempting fruit.-Cabb7 ges are get
ting scarce, but general garden crops are
yielding forth their garden prOducts.-The
early bean patches have about given uD their
yield, which ran from IS to 100 crates to the
acre--The blackberries by the road sides
promise bountlful crops, but the blue and
huckleberries are short, owing mainly to the
wood fires, which destroyed the bushes.
The work of rebuilding the steamer Fred de
Barry at Wilmington, Del.s is progressing sat
lstactOrlly; the hull. which has been length
ened sixteen and a half feet and remOdeled,
has been launched, and now a large force of
men are at work on the machinery and upper
works. The De Barry is to be converted into
a day boat, with clear open saloon ninety
feet long by twenty four feet WIDE The
saloons Will be finished in hard woods, highly
polished, beautifully upholstered and elegant
" carpeted and furnished. The De Barry will
also be supplied with powerful engines, and
1t Is expected that she will be as fast as any
boat on the St. Johns river. She Will be com
pleted by the middle Of july when she will
be brought direct to jacksonville.
The Barlow City Council is charged by the
Informant Of that place with not holding
meetings, and in other ways with neglectng
their Official duties. The paper says further:
I'VE do not like to make complaints, because
we think that excess of government IS worse
than laXity, because it is a usurpatiOn of
powers; but we do not like injustice and IN
equality in government, and we find that at
present an unjust, unfair and unequal system
OF taxation prevails here. A few citizens.
who, by the most absurd of all State systems
OF taxation, are made subject to the payment
OF that worst of all kinds of taxes. the priVi-
lege or Occupational tax, are made to pay
every cent of taxes that are levied bv this
corporation. We are confident that this was
not the original intent, but it is a fact. and it
Is a shame that 1t Is so, and we call on the
Council, and town authorities, to correct this
wrong, and either to provide for a legitimate
levy of taxes, and the putting in order of the
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Of the corporation, or else to take steps to
dissolve the corporation, and let the people
take care Of themselves"
Gainesville Bee: Saturday morning, just
after the burning of the Arlington House, a
lOng-faced merchant, with a Woe -beg0ne
countenance. sufferer from the fire, stood
looking at the ruins. y sympathetic friend
sufferer; "lOO6 at that hole in the bottom
That's fire safe. Over 81 900 worth of mort
cages lost, books and ALL and with a long
draw Sign he turned away. Surely there was
hole IN the bottom of that safe-that was
certain. \ large, round. black spot loomed
up, and the safe companies were handled in
pretty rough style by the bystanders. Bets
were offered that it was not hole. 1t was
impossible, owing to the hot ruins, to closely
investigate. stones were thrown. and one
struck the black disc plumb centre with
thud, causing the SCOT to fl in all directions
Gladness was in the heart of the owner when
informed that ii was not a hole. After the
ruins had become cooler the Endel brothers
opened the sale. Everything was in good con-
dltlon, and even a gold watch was found run
ming, the heat not having penetrated the inte-
rior to any great extent.
Jacksonville Times Union: Asls well known
there Is Soon TO be erected at St. Augustine an
institution for the deaf and dumb of this
state. The site selected for this institution
Is very desirable one, and commands a mag
nlticent view. There are to be in all four
wooden buildings, three of them two. and one
One-stOry high, one for the residence of the
regent, one for white and one for cOl0red in
mates, and the Otner for a general dining
room, kitchen, store rooms, etc. All of
the buildings will face north and SOUTH
The middle one, or regents residence
Is to be two stories high, 3SX24
feet, and Will contain on the ground floor two
communicating parlOrs, each lSVl5 feet, with
open fire places, hall and store room. with pi-
azzas in the front and rear. The second story
VIII contain three bed rooms and hall with
closets, small stairway leading to an Orna-
mental cupOla, and a front piazza. The build
lngs to be occupied by the unfortunate in
mates are to be each 30X60 feet, two stories high
On the ground floor will be the assembly
rooms, and on the upper floors are to be in
each twelve bed rooms, and the buildings are
to be divided through the centre by a corridor.
one end to be occupied by the males and The
other by the females. Spacious piazzas are to
be run round on three sides of each of these
buildings, with wide stairways running from
the ground to the second floor. In the rear of
the regents residence will be situated the
ger eral dining room, which Will be 20x30 feet,
with kitchen 2Ox20 feet, and the necessary
closets, pantry, stOre-rOom, etc, attached.