Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-29
FLORIDA.


Circuit Court convenes i'm Suwannee county
ON Monday the 18th of May.
There were As deaths at Pensacola in the
three months ending March3l
Apalachicola Tribune: Last Friday there
were 100000 feet of timber brought 10 this
market for Munro, Clary X Co."
II is reported that a white man has been
telling the negroes of Suwannee county that
Lincoln VIII be the Republican Presidential
nominee, and that they must see thar he is
elected even f they have 90 fight for 10.
An injunction has been granted BY Judge
Maxwell. upon the application of the Peusa-
cola W hart Company, restraining Mai. Car
field, superintendent of the custom house
building, from digging ditch on Palaf0X
wharf for the purpose OF laying the sewer
pipe from the new custom house TO the bay.
Apalachicola Tribune: Tuesday the bark
Louisa b. stuck on "a bar while endeayOrng TO
make her way ont at East Pass. She was
loaded with timber, and was drawing ighteen
feet OF water. The westerly winds have
caused her TO fall on one side, and fears are
entertained that she will experience conSid-
cradle trouble before She can get on"
Pensacola AdrgRce Gazette: 1--WE learn of
the most brutal occurrence on record. which
took place at MillvieW on Friday night last
lnwhich negro 10y the name of Charles Day-
enport showed that his heart was made Of
stone. From what we can learn, il seems
that Davenport was driving a Young mustang
ln wagon and because the animal became
stubborn and would not move. he deliberate
ly took "a stave and beat il TO death. He was
arrested ON the charge of cruelty TO animals
and VIII DE tried before Justice Bagby.
Lake City correspondence NEWS, April
u "A subscriber and reader Of the
near his farm were perfectly dry
eighteen months up 10 January. last,
when the rains filed them with water 10
the depth of about thirty inches. Two Of the
ponds abound with cat, trout and perch fish
ol all sizes up 20 foot I'M length. The third
pond has no sign of fish in it. Neither pond
.HsaH HneaH
there Is the mystery.-The thermometer
mas dropped to j9-gOOd weather for
hanging up pork. The farmers are
they never had better weather for farming
a gentleman connected with our road south
says he is notified 10 appear for business lst
0l MAY, and that 1t Is expected work VIII be
pushed vigorously tlll completed. Our people
are getting more anxious daily to see this =
". * f. C0nncctiOn.-Beans are being shipped
and quotations good, but the slow and poor
transportation causes much loss. The farmers
IN some portions of our section have an abun-
dance of cOFu-wlth others there is q scarcity.
The political cauldron is yet weak EX-Gov.
Drew has many supporters for the Guberna-
foral chair at the ensuing election
Live Oak Bulletin: AT the last term of the
Bradford Circuit Court a negro woman. un-
der the name of Mary Williams, was arraigned
and convicted of larceny. She was sentenced
10 the state prison for eight months-the SEN
tence being light on account of her sex. On
last Thursday was a week she arrived ut the
convict camps under charge of Mr.. Wilder.
whose duty 1t Is TO go for and receive the
prisoners sentenced 90 the State prison
She was placed in the yard of the camps
with the other female cOnvicts, and put
10 such light work as Is generally done
by the women OF the institution. ON Satur-
day strange rumOrs in regard TO the sex of
the new convict reached Capt. POwelrs ears,
aud he caused an investigation to ie made,
when 10. Mary Williams turned out to be a
man. He then made "a fun confession. giving
hIs true name as Ben Turner. and SAYS he
W3s raised on plantation near Monticello,
HH jefferson county. He had often PLAYED the
. role Of a female In J Jacksonville, where he
saws there was gang engaged IN stealing
and pilfering. They would 90 out al night
dressed in meas clothes and steal what they
could. and next day as females would prone
made the streets and spy out the grounds for
another nights work.
The following is from the Escambia county
grand jury presentmeuts regarding crime at
Pensacola: ''With regard to bawdy houses.
Tho existence of many of which upon our
principal thOrOughfares Is notorious we de-
sire TO state that. although we have had before
ais and examined many persons from among
al shades and classes of society. we have
failed To eNtOrt from any person. whatever.
sufficient evidence upon which we might
frame any information Tor investigation by
your court. We have labOred earnestly to
ferret ont and bring 10 punishment the keep
pr- of these places, but we have not been sus-
tanned or aided by those from whom we had a
right to expect assistance, and We feel and
fear that grand juries are p0WerieSs TO ac-
complish any reform i'm this direction, and
uhat unless public sentiment can restrain the
great wrong, the evil viii continue check to
our growth and prosperity and
q burning disgrace TO our city
crime i'm the county is reported dimin-
ished. ID Is recommended that the County
Commissioners build new Jail. I'VE find
that there have, during the last year. been
MANY undr- valuations of personal estate in
making returns TO the Tax Assessor, and TO
prevent i'm the future fraudulent assessments,
or to provide a way of bringing to punish
ment those making false returns OF personality.
we recommend that the Tax Assessor shall
hereafter require every person, when render
5ng his statement of personal estate. to make
oath before him TO the value of the estate as
rendered While upon the city's inVestlga-
mad been negligent in its supervision of the
officers of the city government; that the Au-
diting Committee of the board has not for
many months examined or attempted 10 audit
the accounts Of the disbursing officers of the