Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-24


\ laundry has been started at Sanford
There are about 200 children going to school
In DeLand. 49 " 70iiOOi
Inc Leesburg Rifles are 5O. strong. and are
becoming very well drilled.
,,Al A Whlte man Is to run laundry at Lees
Durg with Chinese Washermen.
Visitors are pouring into DeLand. and the
s'[eets are looking quite lively.
Capt: MinOt VIII take charge of the boteI at
Lake Helen when tits finished.
Z. 4. Pollard has given a lot next 10 the
tist Church. 'Oi d Dap
ID. ID. Robertson has purchased three lots in
New GAINESVILLE, with the UNDERSTANDING tba I
he Is to build at once
work has begun on the new skating rink.
House Hotel at DE Land.
Duval county has 81 public schools in ses-
SION, with an attendance of about , 500 ont of
about 5000 children of the school age.
Applications are Innumerable at DeLand
n1,, 10. no houses 70 rent. From Is to 20 per cent
can De made on the outlay by erecting houses.
Mrs. MahOney opened school on last Monday
In the court house at Green Cove Spring. and
some ~ pupils have enrolled their names dur
ing the week.
DR.. H. III. Carey. United States Fish Com
missioner Tor Georgia, registered at the Mag
nOila Hotel, Sanford. on Sa aturday and left
lof the lndlan river country Monday morning.
The western bound freight train was
NAA-hNn AuUuA TWO miles east OF Madison
Tuesday night. Ten cars rolled down the
embankment, scattering the freight in every
direction.
Owing to the long drought, the wells
throughout jackson county are very low. and
some OF the people are having trouble to get
water Tor household purposes and stock fare
as best they can.
An attempt was made last Wednesday night
70 nre the stable ana barn of the Ely home
stead, near Mariana. The fends were dis
covered just as the match was struck and
beat hasty retreat.
The contract for another brick building was
placed IN the hands OF +. A. Penn by Dr. r.
ID. Fuller at Ocala last week IL will he
erected on the north side of the square. and
VIII be 20 feet deep by Is feet wide and two
stories high.
A little child of r. F. Streiper. of Gaines
vile, met with rather a serious accident Fri
day. Nmle eating an orange a seed entered
the larynX and nearly caused the child to lose
Its life. BY an operation relief was obtained
and at this time the child is said to be out Of
danger.
An incendiary fire destroyed a house and a
number OF large orange trees on place of r.
Il. CanOva. near TOcOi, a few DAYS ago. The
largest orange trees Immediately surrounded
ne mousse, ana contained some $4,000 oranges,
lhe loss OF oranges and trees both being quite
heaVy. Mr.. CanOva suspects certain parties.
Attorney Arthur q. Hamlin is 1t Titusville,
the county seat Of Brevard county, trying a
murder case. Mr.. Hamlin appears Tor the
state. and attorneys Jones of Titusville
Ihrasher Of Sanford, and King of Orlando for
the prisoner. The case was begun last Thurs
day and Is yet on trial. It is a case arising
from the late election, and the defendant,
Rlce, Is a prominent citizen ef TitusyIIle
They are having hard fight.
Mariana Courier: Last Friday night one
Of the bOldest rObberies occurred in this county
OF which we have known for years. 1t seems
that Mr.. James Whitaker, who lives ten miles
west from CampbelltOn, had gone to town.
and his son-in-law, Mr.. McCreary, and two
or three ladies. Mr.. Whitaker's wife and
daughters, were seated around the fire at Mr.
Whitaker'5 home, when two masked men
ordered Mr. McCreary to keep his seat under
penalty of death, and one of the villains pro
ceeded to break open Mr.. Whitaker's trilnk
and obtained therefrOm about $1,000. They
then bid the inmates of the house good night
At last accounts no clue had been obtained
as TO who these daring men were. They were
well dressed, and evidently knew where Mr..
Whitaker kept his money and that he was
away frnnn hnnln