Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-29

ana nj the cracks in the house,
1t is understood that the SiIyey place.
near Atlanta ami East Point. has been
recommended TO the government by Gen.
hancock as the most eligible site for the
! military barracks to be erected near At
lanta. 1t contains lao acres, and is lust
| 1Our miles from the passenger depot. The
Central railroad runs through the land.
out leaves only a narrow strip to the
east, the main body lying westward from
the road. The place is in every way
\ ntted for the purpose for which it has
been chosen. 1t is nearly square.
1t Is finely timbered. The main
! body is level, while in parts there
Is fine undulation and excellent
natural drainage. 1t lies on the Joint
| tracks of the Central and Atlanta and
| West Point railroads, and on one of the
nnest and most Travelled country roads
leading TO Atlanta. This road is macad-
amized to within half a mile of the lot.
The land is watered by two bold streams
and has three fine springs on it. 1t has
every advantage of beauty aud healthful-
ness. 1t was selected after consideration
| along with some Ofthe finest places around
the city. The titles are now being exam
1ned, and If found perfect, the contract
| Will be closed at once. The price to be
paid is not known, but it must come with
in the $4,000 appropriated for this object.
FLORIDA.
The total number of voters in Levy
county, as per the census returns, Is ,555
-Four men, living within ten miles of
WllllstOn, can jointly assemble, if neces-
sary, thirty-four children.
The owner Of the Norris grove, in Volu-
STA county, has contracted for 1000 or
ange boxes 70 the next seasons crop.
| Work on the new public building pro-
crosses finely, and Pensacollans begin to
look with pride upon this ornament of the
city.
A teachers institute will be held at Ar
gyle, commencing Sept. 8, for the benefit
OF all who are teaching in Walton and
! Holmes counties.
The Day tona Messenger suggests that
the Volusia county editors assemble at
that place on Sept. s, tor the purpose of
| organizing county press association.
The foundation is being laid for the
new building of Bars d Downing on
! PalafoX wharf, Pensacola. The building
Is to be of wood, but is to be of good size
and elevation.
Some tramps of suspicious appear
ance are reported to be lurking around
the outskirts of Pensacola, and some Of
them have made depredations on private
premises in the northeastern part of the
city.
At Greenland the other day while some
men were driving herd of cattle through
| here, young steer got one of his feet be-
tween two roots, and as he started to walk
he broke his leg just below the knee, and
laid on the ground suffering for three or
four days.
Engineer Charles d. Rhoads, who ran
the first locomotive over the New York
and Brooklyn bridge, and who is a prac-
teal engineer of large experience, and
will take up his residence in Enterprise
and be employed on the new railroad
from that place to TitusVille. He arrived
at Enterprise last week.
A warrant was sworn out, Thursday,
charging Daniel Oliver, a well-known
character about Palatka, with grand lar
ceny, and he was arrested and locked up
| in the Jail in default of $500 bail. divers
movements nave been rather suspicious
| of late, and he has been watched by the
officers and number of citizens.
Bronson Times: DR.. Ovens, in one OF
his drunken sprees not long since, made
a local reputation over in Lafayette
county in amputating a mans leg, using
a big butcher knife and hand saw as
| surgical instruments. The man died from
the effects Of it. Ovens was graduate
of Emory College, and, when sober, was
said to be fine physician.
Palatka Herald: "Surely within the
next two weeks something will be deter
mined upon in reference to building up
| our large hotels. SO much capital now
! lying waste, in two most valuable blocks
in the city, worth not less than $125,000,
cannot possibly remain without some ac-
! ton on the part of the owners, to make
the property remunerative."
A little shooting scrape occurred Sstur-
day night just across the creek from Bag
/ dad, in what is known as ''Parch Town"
The colored folks had fair. A colored
chap belonging to the crew Of the steamer
Jumbo was there, and making things
! lively, when one Nelson BenbOw conclud-
| ed that he would put check on him, and
shot at him. The ball missed its mark
| and struck Nelson's brother, David Ben
bow, cutting a trail through the wool on
the top OF his head, which was about all
the damage done.
DeLand Echo; The growth of DeLand
during toe past three years has been phe-
nomenal, and we assert, without fear of
successful contradiction, that our town
has made more development during that
time than any other town in the State, OF
perhaps in The South. In 1882 the assessed
| value OF real estate in our town limits
was 81, 031; this year it lie 1925, 200. Dur
ing the year 1888 building to the amount
| of Sl6S, 725 was done In the corporate
! limits, and large amount was also done
on the outskirts of the town, which is not
included In this estimate.
EmpOria Gazette: "We have a young
colored man in our employ-Jesse Brown
who deserves to be put on record for
the good start he has made toward indie
pendence He has a house and tVe-acre
| lot at AltamOnte, In Orange county, on
which he has a nursery of 5000 seedlings
six months old and 800 seedlings TWO
months old, and 40 two to three-year-old
budded orange trees in grove that Will
come into bearing next year. In Empo-
/ porium he owns a quarter-acre lot, on
which he has planted eighteen one-year-
old budded trees. Jesse says that man
who cant own O house and lot in Florida
/ IL not more than half a man."
The negro man, Ebert Lee. alias JACK
| johnson, who inundated Moses Hoffman
ADJ wife, two very respectable co bred
people residing about six miles east OF
| Milton, and tied up their two daughters,
| took them 20 the woods and kept them
! there several hours, maltreating them IN
| the most horrible manner, was overtaEen
at Collins Ferry. on the Conecuh river,
and brought back TO Milton last week,
and after a preliminary trial was
/ Jailed. After midnight Saturday night A
/ crowd OF men gathered at the jail with
/ ,vhaf onuourou IN no "a drunkon man