Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-24


TarpOn needs a physician and a drug store.
\ Democratic club numbering forty mem
bers was organized at PascO last Saturday.
The nomination or primary election for
county officers of Pulaski will take place at
the various precincts on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
4 large new steamer has been brought in
sections to Waldo and will be put on the
Santa Fe canal.
Asa Richard, a cOlored farmer living near
Lake City, planted this year row Of corn 20
yards long, from which he gathered 3iO ears.
He brought two OF the stalks to town, which
contained and 3 ears respectively.
Capt. Shrine has in the Shrine House
ward, in Sanford, three punches OF pampas
grass, from eight to ten feet high, in full
bloom. Many of the blooms are over two feet
long. One OF the punches has AZ blooms,
another Al, and another small bunch, one
year old, has % blooms.
Tarpon Springs Herald: Friday afternoon
about O'Clock the good people of TarpOn
were startled by a terrific report that shook
every window in town. At first il was sup
posed by many that the boiler at the saw mill
had exploded, but we learned from those who
were outside at the time that a brilliant
stream of fire had crossed the heavens, and
almost simultaneously with the flash came the
report. The hald struck tree just in front
Of Gov. SafIOTd's residence and splintered it
from top to bottom.
Omcials along the line Of railroads are on
the lookout for a negro by the name Of Tom
Smith, who attempted to kill the Marshal and
q "a
smith is a large, muscular negro, and when
under the influence of liquor is desperate.
Capt. c. +. johnson, the Marshal. received
severe cut across the thigh, which extended
to the bone, and missed the femOral artery
only by quarter OF an inch. @. W. White
hurst, the policeman, was stabbed to the bone
between the knee and the ankle, and the
knife was broken of in the wound.
Lake City correspondence Of the MORNING
NEwS, Aug. 81: The weather is hot and
showers are frequent.-J. f. Baya ginned
and shipped his first bale sea island cotton to-
day. consigned to W. W. Gordon 4 Co. Sa-
Yannah, Ga. His first shipment last season
vas on Aug. y. He could have shipped on
the 18th this season.-The Star of this week
SAYS: at takes $1,000 to move the cotton
market in Lake City annually" Our Star
must shine a little brighter than that. The
present season it viii take over 100000 to
at Lake City. From rough estimate the
exports Of the natural productions Il this
section. from Sept. I. 1888, to Feb. 1884.
amounted to s.. .05I, ,950.-One saw mill,I- dway
between Lake City and Wilson, led and
ran by John W. Bowling & Co., has aver
aged for the past 10 months 100000
IeeL OF Jumper per month, which
is 100 car loads per month. and which
makes S525,0o0 worth of lumber shipped from
one mill IN ten months. This mill also
furnishes q heavy local demand.-Our enter
prIsing cOlOred citizen, William Harden. will
have complete by Oct. ] a large ard COM
modiOus addition 10 the BOrum House, which
is owned by him.-Lake City has two beef
markets and the beef is good, better than ever
heretOfOre.-Mr. DOugherty, candidate for
Congress, win speak at Lake City on Sept.
3. The Independents are still growing beauti-
fully thinner. Mr.. Pope melted the wax in
their ears when he was here, and now they can
hear hear 0etter;1Me expect ysaBloxham and
The Democrats are subscribi berallyto the
Perry barbecue; the day is no et announced.