Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-26

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ing well. 'VOA
at Wildwood
\ lodge Of Knights Of Pythias is TO be insti-
Iuted al sanford this week.
one firm in Bronson sold tyeDtv-eigbt liar
reis Of flour at retail last Satur,iav
new school house Is being bnflt at Wild
"o'' on the site Of the one recently burned.
NE bulldlng Committee Of the Baptist
@ o..H ~ Altoona have secured funds sufii-
cIeht To complete their church building.
a wildwood puppy steals eggs from hem.
-.,-5.7 49, LSAeNer the opportunity offers, but
instead OF eating them carries them 20 hi.
master. ~ ''
MI Donuely. on the road between Eustfs
anu u e Dora has grove Of less than two
acres with buds from one to three y-ears oI3
rom these he has this year taken 10000
oranges. o''0V'
>. 4. Wodord, Of Eustis. has ten or fifteep
a.iti -. oil T2matoes planted in the open pine
Nv2is- lhey are looking line. full of fruit
no danger Of frIst and he realizes thar he
hit- bonanza In them.
Ihere was meeting Of citizens in Mt.
~ %Do4e 'Hta week To take steps towards build
,H6 congregational Church. Rev Mr.
Iiuntress, the Congregational minister In Mt
Dora. mas built himself beautiful residence.
/ tractive.
Lake City correspondence NEWS. Jan.
%; Orange trees are commencing To
D.pom ln and around Lake Citv.-The
heaviest ram Of the season fell at
AaAe tlty from 10 4 "a. m. on Jan. 23.-An
extra freight train ran of the track near
Madison on the Florida Railway and Naviga-
tion company IS Road on Jan p and ditched
eight cars and the engine. No one was hurt
scrluusly.-Iherc are now more visitors and
before.
4 double burglary was committed near Or
ialoO last Friday night. The residence of
h9ueFl howe was entered, and a watch ana
other articles Of value taken. and a house at
wilcox occupied by Judge ShurtleT. who
mas but recently arrived from New Hamp-
aulre, was robbed OF "a couple Of watches con
siderable money and some other effects The
work was evidently done by experienced uar-
Ties, as professional nipp RS were used to turn
the key in Mr. Howc's door. Suspicion rested
upon some strangers.
Four well dressed men. hailing from st.
Augustine, arrived at Paatka several davs
ago and took up lodgings al the boarding
house kept by Dr Daniel WaldrOn. They ap-
Pcarct to be well-behaved and quiet fellows.
and nu -UspIci0ns were aroused us to their
th'cNIuG nrOpcnslties until after they took
their departure Friday morning. when il was
discovered that they had broken open the
trunk oI Nr. Forrest, from which they Sc
cured 80 ln money, and they secured several
articles oi wearing apparel from other board
er- nm the house They took the early morn
lEu tralu for jacksonville.
Last Friday night. while returning home
from Eustls, y a. ParkeT's German garden
er came near being Waylaid bv q foOtu7d
just as he reached the scrub south Of town "a
large negro armed with an az stepped in front
ul him. He crossed to the other side the
negro dld the same. and each time as he went
| 81 proceed ms passage was disputed. Luckily
for the German he had revolver i'm his
| pocket. This he drew, and levelng il at the
negro. told him TO let him pass or he wouli
| sho9t- Inc slght Of the weapon had a very
/ wholesome effect. The negro began TO apoIa-
/ SiL'- sdlu ne had been at Iavares and was
/ drunk. and did not know what he was doing.
| The German denies this and saws the negro
/ was entirely sober and would no doubt have
| robbed and perhaps murdered him had not
/ he been prevented by the OppOrtune appear
/ ance Of hIs revolver.
| Fernsudua Njrr0F: The Eastern C0uvo-
| cation OF the Episcopal Church was i'm session
Wednesday and Thursday at st. Peters F. F.
'-hIteH- Inc clergy present were the Rev.
| e.. Williams. Rev. 4. VI. ~turges Rev. J r.
Gray Rev. W. Wilson, iev. 1Ir Durham.
Rev. John Cats Rev. y T. Harris Rev %
=. Tharkara, Rev. Mr.. Arnold Rev. DR.. Bar
Der, and also as a visitor, Rev. DR.. MaisOu of
fmlddclphla. several lay delegates were
present. Services, with an address from Rev
Mr. Thackara. We re held on Wednesday morn
ing In the evening at o'clock "a service
with missionary addresses from Rev. &. VIII
udms, Rev. Mr.. Wilson and others On
Thursday morning tine Conyocation was sew
efal houfs IN session. Essays were read bv
Rev. q. NJ. Sturges and Mr.. q. r. Fairbanks
on the work OF the preacher. and a general
discussion of the subject followed. The duty
OF the church IN sustaining the Theological
Department of the University of the south
az >ewanee, was also discussed. and Major
Fairbanks was requested TO communicate
with the clergy OF the cOnvOcatiOn lon the
subject Services Were held on THURSDAY
evening, and addresses made by the clergy on
the missionary work. The next meeting will
De held at Gainesville, on Wednesday and
thursday OF the week succeeding Easter
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Fred Nix, lr.. intends to resign the Office Of
Postmaster at BlackvillC.
The new church at Due West cost over
$4,000, and has been paid for in full.
The Rev. 4. VI. Galphin has accented a
coll 90 the pastOrdte of the Baptist Church i'm
OranEeburg.
Abuic Singleton. a colored woman about leo
wears oi age. died in Williamsburg county
several DAYS ago.
The Gordon Light Infantry. Of WinusbOr1'
talk of going to Washington TO attend Presi-
dent tleyciand's inauguration.
The Rev. J. S Meynardie. OF EdgefeId
county. has received call 10 the pastorate Of
the Berean Baptist Church I'm Augusta.
The total shipments of cotton from Rock
If5I from sept. ] last to Dec. 81 We're 1865
bales. against 9, lS5 forth same period in 1883
MerrIman DeveauX. the Charleston murder
cr. escapes the gallOws 10 20 10 the peniten-
tIarv for ljfe, the Governor having cOmmuted
his sentence.
Hiram LItes. colored. who has been at large
Tor year or more under a sentence Of three
wears in the penItentiary, was captured in
Abbeyile county last week and returned to
the uenItentIary.
Dr. W. W. Dunie. a native OF Edgefeld
county. who removed about fifteen years ago
tO Emanuel county, Georgia. has returned
with his family. wife and two children. and
has settled at Denny Crossroads, IN Edge
field county.
There are quite a number of NOrtherners
visiting DuucannOn section. six miles from
Barnwell Court House. Through the efforts of
Col. Duncan. that locality bids fair TO become
q popular resort for visitors IN search of
mild climate.
Keowee Courier: We have been reliably in
formed that between 500 and LOCO negro emf
grants. ON their way to Arkansas and other
states OF the West. have passed over the Blue
Ridge division of the Columbia and Green
Vile Railroad since Dec. last. These emf
Grants were mostly from the counties below
Columbia.
4 chld of Lea Ballard, years old. was
burned to death on the night Of Jan -. Sew
eral days ago a child Of Sallie Proctor. color
ed, living a few miles below Camden. was
burned 10 death IN the absence Of its mother. q.
Its clothing caught fire, and no one being near
20 eNtinguish the flames, the little thing was
literally roasted alive. Several days ago a
child OF Sallie Green, cOlOred, of kershaw
county. was burned to death.
When the State government changed hands
i'm 1876 nearly every county in the state was
loaded with a debt for the support of the
public schools. In Orangeburg county this
debt was very heavy. Under wise and
economical Democratic administration this
debt is being hquidated- Six of the town
ships in the county are now free from debt.
and it will not be long before the county is
entirely free from Its school debt.
Judge Wallace has decided that the City
Council Of Spartanburg had no authority Of
law TO investigate and pass upon the returns
Of the managers Of the election held there on
Nov -. lSS4 The managers returned that
majority of the votes vas in favor OF no
license. No appeal has been taken from the
decision Of Judge Wallace, and no Circuit
Judge can Overrule his decree. The city can
l,rant no license to sell spIrltuOus or malt
liquors for two years from the date OF the
Yorkv lie Enquirer: II is not every day that
a millionaire visits IOrkville, and when one
does come the event Is worth mentioning. On
saturday evening last Robert herr, OF Pals-
lev Scofland registered at Withers' Hotel.
He is the extensive manufacturer of the sew
ing cotton well known by all the ladies OF the
land and Is quiet, unaffected gentleman Of
middle age His wealth Is reputed at Sl3,
000 007 He is making "A tour of the Southern
states and male II convenient u reach
YnrkviIle on Saturday evening that he might
be i'm q pleasant town to stop over sunday.
Peedee Inder: just as we go to press we
have received information OF tOul ana
damning crime which was committed upon
the person OF Mr.. E. NJ. Fore near ms nome,
about fourteen miles nOrth Ol MARION, on
Monday morning. 1t seems that Mr: Fore
left his home alone about O'Clock IN the
morning. with a load Of lumber and his wagon
to carry it down to the river. About II
o'clock he was found IN the road near Gum
swamp. about two miles from his house, lean
ing up against his wagon. The man VINO
found him called him and then shook hlm'
when he discovered that he could not speak.
He also discovered that he had received fear
fuI blow on the right back portion Of the head,
a a fanW f4b Ia q