Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-04
FLORIDA


FLORIDA.
simon Cameron and party have gone TO Pa
latka.
Tallahassee has been feasting on fresh water
Dream.
Eggs are plentiful at from II to Is cents a
dozen at Tallahassee
The Leon Hotel, at Tallahassee. will prob
ably be kept open all summer
several Leon county planters are going eN-
tenslvely into tobacco culture.
TalIahassee's new City Council have organ
lied. with Maj. L. ID. Ball as Chairman.
At Tallahassee empty flour barrels are now
selling TO potato planters at p cents each.
Truck farmers in Leon county are planting
as largely, If not more largely, this year than
last.
The street committee of the Tallahassee
Council have had number of shade trees set
out IN the principal streets.
Very few OF the fruit trees were hurt in
Leon county by the late cold. Peach and
plum trees are in bloom. and orange trees are
putting ON bright green.
Rev. j y Allison. pastor of the Presbv-
terian Church Of Tallahassee for the past
two years. has given up mis- church there, and
goes to Baton Rouge. La. To take charge OF a
congregation there.
Asharper has been going the rounds of Tai
lahaSsee swiudling people by pretending 70
gold rings. He pockets the gold and gives
back rings made of brass.
A strong pressure has been brought to bear
on the Governor 20 get HIM to call an extra
session of the Legislature i'm order to make app
preparations Tor having the state properly
represented at New orleans next winter.
Several Northern men who own large
tracts of land in Columbia and Alachua coun-
ties have been prospecting his winter, and
rUmOr has it that cotton factory Will prOba
bly be very soon built on the santa Fe river.
Tie steamer r. =. Lewis, which runs be
tween Waldo and Melrose, on the santa Fe
Lake, was burned early Friday morning in
the Santa he Canal. The fire originated Ia
the boiler. The loss is $4,000 There was 10
insurance.
The steamboat Little Anna has been secur-
cd and has left for CarysvIlle TO run between
that point lWhcre the =. and 4. Railroad
crosses the ChOctaWh hatchee river and &c
neva. \ line of barges Will run for the pres
ent between Newton and Geneva.
Henry Brash. OF ApalachicOIa. has disposed
OF his schooner the III. Brash." to parties in
kev West. We also learn that Capt. james
Pickett has purchased the dOubie-end pilot
boat formerly owned 10y Capt. James Silvey
and that he VIII put her in use as pilot boat.
The ''shOrt road" from Tallahassee to Lake
tins road. which strikes the extreme southern
arm of the lake about three miles from the
city. il requires only thirty minutes drive 10
reach the finest fishing and duck shooting in
that vicinity.
ApalachicoIa is excited over rumor that
Hunt X smith, prOprietors of the Apalachi-
cola Canning Company. had received a lot Ol
dredgCs TO be usedIn dredging the oyster bars
in the bay. The laws of the state forbid TIN,
method OF collecting the blvalves. The citi-
zens of the town are determined that dredges
shall NOT lee used The rumor that the COM
Fiu3 intends using them lacks confirmation.
Saturday night a collision occurred at Citra
on the Florida Peninsula Road. The freight
train took the side track. but was longer than
the switch and tine passenger train ran into
the ireighJ cars, throwing two of the track
and damaging the engine. No one was hurt
it has not been decided vet whether the blame
is 10 be laid TO the freight train for not putting
out danger signal, or to the passenger train
in coming into meeting station without
stopping.
Miss Clarence Roberts, of Nashville, Tenn
who was shot last December in that citv by
John Blilingsly, died at Pensacola a day OF
two ago from the enectS of the wound re-
ccived. She had been lying III i'm the city fol
several weeks. She stated that the shooting
was done by Billngsly in a fit of jealousy
The case will be remembered as having at.
tracted widespread attention at the time
The following from the Pensacola Ga
zefte Of March ] Will therefore b,
read with more than ordinary inter
est. THE facts in the ease, as she told then
here, are as follows: The woman Clarence
Roberts lived IN Nashville. Tenn. and had fol
her friend young man OF that city name'
John &, Bllllngsly; TINS young man was very
Jealous, and on several occasions had threat
ened TO XIII her, IN fact tried once before &
do 80 and was only prevented by the lnterier
eMCe OF OLnGrs. some Iille IN iaoE November
Bnlingsly went to this girls room and. beins
under the influence of liquor, had his jealous
rage aroused, and drawing a pistol told hel
that he intended to kill her then; he was
however, quoted, apparently, when calling
her ont on the gallery he took her in his arm;
and, again drawing the pistol, shot her
the bullet entering about an inch ant
half above the left nipple and pass
ng through the lung lodged in the back
portion Of the body. Biliingslv was ARRESTED
n the time, but gave bail. claiming thar i
was an accident. The woman Roberts lin
gered on until about the first Of last January
when the proposition was made to her to CONF
10 Florida, Biliingsly proposing To pay he
expenses and agreeing to send her SO a weel
Wnle here. She reached this city on the l2tl
day Of last January, and, although having tn,
constant care of DR.. Renshaw. has continue,
10 grow worse until last sunday evening
when she died. just before her death Judg
EsnOnde was sent for, she wished to max
an ante mOrtem statement; but she was too
weak to do so when he arrived, ant
oled without making it. DR.. Renshay
made post mOrten examination, and though
NASHVILLE physician. according 10 the 4 zaert
ean says she had the consumption, DR.. Rem
shaW found no such symptoms, and there :