Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30
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Many new buildings are going up in
Lake City.
Hotel and business men of Waldo are
all Furnishing.
The demand for residences at Enterprise
exceeds the supply.
Palatka's mammoth hotel is expected
TO be open for business Jan. Is next.
A stalk of sugar cane grown at Lake
Carlton. near TaVares, measures 20 feet
in length.
The annual election of officers for the
Town OF Waldo for the ensuing year will
be held on Dec. 7.
The ginning season in Gadsden section
IS ABOUT over. The yield of cotton was
larger than was first thought.
Crescent City has the beginning of a
me library, IN neat building, and a
lar papers and magazines.
Louis Cato, one of the Sara Sofa gang,
escaped from the Pine Level Jail Tuesday
morning, Nov. 7, and went home to Sara
Sofa. He was recaptured and returned
to jail the Sunday evening following.
Those who paid the dog tax at Cedar
hey, this year. are asking that the money
be refunded them, as the ordinance i'm
posing the tax has been repealed. The
council at its last meeting, refused to re-
fund.
Within the town of Waldo there are 445
acres planted in orange trees. containing
$4,000 trees. About One-half of these are
now bearing, and will yield about 10000
crates and bring in sum aggregating at
least $2O0,O
During October there were shipped from
DeFuniak Springs 1856 bales of cotton.
Three years ago there was not an acre of
land under cultivation within seven miles
Of the place. There were also 459.961
pounds of freight received.
Mrs. j. W. Jones, of Fort Valley, Ca,
has just taken charge of the telegraph
office at Live Oak. Her husband recently
failed in business at Fort Valley, is in
poor health, and Mrs. Jones, W tn COM
mendable spirit, has put her shoulders to
the wheel.
The news of the death of Vice Presi-
dent Hendricks being made known to the
congregation by the Rev. j. J. w. Place,
in the course of his Thanksgiving sermon
at the Methodist church, at Palatka,, at
the close of the services, m OtiOn pre-
vailed that the sympathy of the cOngre-
cation he extended to Mrs. Hendrix and
was telegraphed to the bereaved widow.
The capital stock of the PaIatka Ice
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Vided into shares of 500 each, which
shares are now offered for sale to the peO-
pie of Palatka. More than 100 shares
nave already been sold, and a committee
of the directors will canvass the city for
subscriptions to the remaining shares.
Part Of the plant has already been shipped
from Boston.
At Palatka in 'S4, there were SO bodies
inferred in the city cemeteries. 20 whites,
of whom were brought from other places,
and u colored, 2 of whom were from
other points, thus, making the deaths in
Palatka for one year 81. For the IL
months of 'S5. with greatly augmented
population, 26 white bodies, from other
points, have been inferred, while % col
Ored bodies. 2 having been brought to Pa
latka from other places, have been bur-
led.
At Quincy, few days ago, a colored
man named Cruise was driving two yoke
of oxen attached to a wagon loaded with
cane. and while crossing the bridge over
Mosquito creek. near the ChattahOochee
brick yard, the structure gave way and
the wagon and team wer edumped into the
creek. One OK was killed by the fall and
two others were severely injured. The
wagon was completely demolished. The
loss to the colOred man is about 500, be-
sides loss of time.
A few days ago 4. A. Root, who lived
near Pine Grove Church, in Suwanee
county, borrowed a double shot gun
from a neighbor to go duck hunting.
Not returning home during the night
search was made next morning, and his
dead body was found in boat floating in
a pond not far from his hOnse. There was
a gunshot wound in his cheek, ranging
upward, and 1t is very probable that the
shot penetrated the brain. The verdict of
the Coroner's jury was that the deceased
came to his death by the accidental dis
charge of gun while in his own hands,
one barrel OF the gun being empty and
lying by his side. The deceased leaves
wife and three little children. His family
was on a visit to relatives near Homer-
vile, Ca, when the accident occurred.