Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-12


The Orange Grove Hotel at Tampa has been
closed.
The County Fair at Tampa last week was a
failure.
A quarantine station is to be established on
Egmont Key in Tampa Bay.
Tampa has a hen that lays two eggs day
one IN the daytime and one at night.
There were over 300 immigrants from Cuba
and the Bahamas at Key West last month.
There were over 1900 gallons of claret wine
imported at Key West from Havana last
month,
The United States grand jury at Key West
was discharged last Tuesday. True bills were
found against Clinton Shavers and Pat Berry.
A novel sight is now to be witnessed in the
yard of the Academy of the Sacred Heart at
Palatka. Some of the orange trees there are
in bloom, Notwithstanding they have full
crop of young oranges already hanging on
their limbs.
Sunday morning as Thomas Holiday was
passing the store of William PettWay, on the
road leading from Greenwood to Campbell
ton, some one opened the front door of the
store and shot him, several shots taking effect
in his back, making very painful though not
dangerous wounds.
An immense hail, wind and rain storm
visited Hawthorn and vicinity last Friday
The wind was so strong the train was held
there for fear of being blown from the track.
and orders were sent from Palatka to use ex-
ira caution for fear of washouts. Halfstones
fell over an inch in diameter.
During the thunder storm Monday at Pa
latka, about noon. the flag-pole of the schOOn-
er Red Wing, now discharging cargo of steel
rails at the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railroad wharf, was struck by light
ming. The pole was shattered into fragments,
but, Notwithstanding the schooner is built of
iron and loaded with steel, no other damage
was done.
A new boat, named the Manatee, has been
built for service in Tampa Bay. Her dmen-
Ianpfb 100 fpqf. beam of hulI. 20
feet: over all. IS feet; depth Of hold. feet.
Her draft loaded will be only feet inches,
and her speed will be IA knots. She has an
iron hull, and Is fitted with the latest I'M
proved beam engine. She was built at New
burgh, n. I.
Tampa Tribune: Enoch johnson has sent
to us a great curiosity In the shape Of an ear
of corn or rather a cluster of ears. In the
centre is a well developed ear of white corn
about eight inches in length, and surrounding
it and attached to the same stem, are six more
smaller ears, making seven ears on one stem.
This curiosity was produced on MIR. Johnson
place in the eastern part of this county.
Canton correspondence NEWS, July 10: The
enterprising citizens of Canton have raised
money enough to build large, fine brick
academy. The contract was let out yester-
day. and the work will commence without
delay.-We are still having plenty OF ram
and much sickness, especially among the
children.-The Sunday school interest is pro-
crossing rapidly among these mountains.
There are but few localities where a church
is organized that have no Sunday schools
Corn crops are excellent and cotton poor.
Wheat good. and not so badly injured as the
farmers expected till threshing commenced.
Mariana Times; On Saturday, near Green
wood, Columbus Lynn shot and killed Martin
Bales. The causes that led to the difficulty are
said to have been some reports on Lynn that
Bales was circulating in the neighborhood.
They had some words several weeks ago, and
since that time they have been going around
looking out for each other, as they termed it.
laid n
Lynn on two or three occasions, but failed to
get him. Lynn took his gun last Saturday and
went 70 the field where Bales was working
arms. breast. side and throat. He lived long
enough to tell who committed the deed, dy-
ing in about an hour and a half after the
shooting. The last heard from Lynn he was
on his way to Texas.