Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-20

The Mariana Times has resumed pubhca-
tion.
Wild Wood is to have two schools, one pub
lie and one private.
Gadsden county, viii send 300 red-shirted
Aorsemen to Tallahassee ON Perry day.
With the exception of one light shower
Tallahassee has been without rain for five
weeks.
School, for the five months term, COM
menced at Chu-lu-ota last Monday with a fpll
attendance.
Lawrence W. Wall, jacksonville con-
tractor, died few days ago. He has rels-
tIves in Georgia.
A fugitive forger from City Point, on Indian
river, was captured IN Kentucky, and has
been taken back to the scene OF his crime.
Up to Thursday there had been 9Is bales of
cotton shipped from Mariana this season
over the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad.
John Koon, near Fort White, stepped out Of
MS house Wednesday night to look after his
horse, when he was shot in the head and
killed.
1t is rumored at Apalachicola that the
steamer Alabama Is under contract TO tran
sport $4,000 bales Of cotton from that port
this season.
The Sumter County Commissioners exam
med the Treasurer's books last week and
found on hand balance of S3.372 so. They
PAID out on last quarter Sl.32l So.
Thursday evening, while the family were
at church, a burglar entered the house of
streets, Palatka, and secured about $50.
During the past eighteen months W. Whill-
din, OF Camden. y. J., has built some twenty
fine cottages in Orlando. He is now finishing
a group of pretty residences and a handsome
hotel on lovely Lake Lucerne. almost in the
heart Of town. Orlando is having a great
boom.
A prominent Northern capitalist has gone
to Marion county for the purpose of examin-
ing one or two Of the large groves OF that
county. If the gentleman Is pleased with the
groves he viii purchase them; IL not, he will
invest ln other property. He has come to
Florida to invest, and will dispose of from
100000 10 $4,000 Of his capital during the
winter.
As Bisbce and company were to have a grand
hippodrume at Waldo FRIDAY, ). j. Kennard
placed Cleveland and Perry banner out of
the window OF the AdUOcGt6 office. A Mr..
Campbell told the Marshal, II. NJ. Tillis (bOth
Blsbee mem, TO tear it down at any cOuse-
qucnce. hennard protested and forbade their
doing so unlawful an act. and told them that
he would enforce the law. Mr.. Tlllis then
tore it down.
some time ago the pressure of their Texas
business and only moderate demands of their
Florida trade induced Messrs. e. II. Mallory
\ Co. 10 transfer the steamship state of Texas
20 their Galveston line and advertise the
steamship CarOndelet in her stead, but the
pressure both OF freight and passenger traffic
ON the Florida has become greater than they
could manage with the smaller CdrOndelet,
and the state OF Texas comes back 10 the FlOri-
da line She viii leave New IorE Tor Fer
nandina on Oct. 81, and thereafter will alter
nate with the steamship City of San Antonio,
leaving New Y ork Fridays and Fernandina
Thursdays.
A few days ago Col. A. W. Monroe, of New
Albany, Ind, was assaulted by two ruflians
between sundOwn and dark near G. f. Powers
store, at jacksonville, and robbed of his
pOcketboOk, which contained something over
S20O and a number Of valuable papers. On
Monday Col. Monroe received his pOcketboOk
10y mail, with the following letter, which was
pOstmarked from st. Mary's, Ga. The letter
bears no date, and reads as follows: "DEAR
SIR:-We respectfully return you your book
and papers With much regard, we remain
as ever. your friend. SQUEKEY." Col. Mon
roe found the papers TO be all right, but every
cent Of the money was gone.
Lake City correspondence NEWS, Oct. is: a
very large audience gathered to-day at this
place to hear the speeches Of senator COlquitt,
Hon. ID. y. Cone and others. The leading pO-
litical issues were ably handled, and Hon.
Charles DOugherty, candidate for Congress,
was iudOrsed in a very hearty mauner. The
speeches VIII do a great good at this stage
Of the campaign. The candidates for
representatives and the different coun-
~ offices are working the cam
paign mp to the greatest interest among the
people. II other counties are as live as CO.
lumbia, which / hope is the case, we will
have nothing to fear, but work must be done;
there must be no letting up.-In the vicinity
OF Wilson the orange trees are suffering for
rain. Weather is generally dry.-Mrs. Dun
ner, OF st. Louis, died at her sisters, Mrs. DR..
BacOn's, this morning, Her remains will be
forwarded 10 St. Louis O-mOrFOw.-HOw. E.
Brown. of Benton. in this county.
lost his fine brick residence by
fire on yesterday. Loss about
Sc, 600; insured for S3,300.-COttOn is ~ cents
il seed. Farmers are expecting still higher
prices.--Lglle City is remarkably healthy.
It's pure fresh " ster lakes surface is so great
that severe drOugths 10 LOt affect the health.