Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28

| glars tools, two or three watches. con-
siderable iewelry, about $40 worth of pos
tai stamps and over $500 in money. A
! dispatch was subsequently received from
! ID. ID. Paxton, who is a merchant, and
| also Postmaster at White Springs. Fla.
asking the authorities to hold Hodges.
| Mr.. Paxton charges him with breaking
into his store and rObbing the post Office
at White Springs. A requisitiOn will be
made upon Gov. Mcdaniel for Hodges de-
livery to the proper authorities of Florida.
FLORIDA.
SanfOrd's new organized Board of Trade
is on a substantial footing.
There are twenty two committees in
the constitutional convention.
Wild cats are more destructive to fowls
than hawks in Brevard county.
A colOred boy shot a cOlOred girl at
Lloyds' last week, inficting a dangerous
wound.
A postal card mailed at Mariana Jan.
10 for Apalachicola reached its destiny
about May 20.
The census takers have ascertained that
South Jacksonville and Oklahoma contain
LOCO inhabitants.
The water pipes for conveying the
water from the court house to the cisterns
are being lald at Orlando.
Sanford's Fourth of July celebration
will be the biggest thing Of the kind ever
witnessed in South Florida.
In dry weather about One.twelfth of
Florida is covered with water. At the
present time, however, it is slightly more.
A contract has been signed by Mrs.
Field, of Boston, to build hotel at Bay
ard, to be ready for occupancy by October.
NJ. J. Doyle, Of Sanford, has decided to
close out his retail grocery department and
embark exclusively in the wholesale bust
ness.
The third quarterly conference of the
Nassau mission will be held at Callahan
on July 4 and 3, which embraces the first
Sunday OF the month.
ChattahOochee Is $50 feet above the level
of the sea, the second highest point in
Florida. Mount Pleasant, eight miles from
that point, being the highest.
A resident Of Tallahassee keeps two
bears as pets. Last Sunday they got
loose and wandered about the streets to
the terror of hundreds Of pedestrians.
Mai. A. J. Russell, State Superlntend-
ent Of Public Instruction, will deliver
lecture in Callahan, for the benefit Of the
Nj. i. Church, on Friday evening, Aug. 7.
&C. Pearce, Collector of Revenue for
Leon county, has made final settlement
with Comptroller Barnes and the county
authorities tor the state and county taxes
OF the past year. The tax sales were the
smallest for several years past, being only
about $fl.
Two weeks ago Robert l.. Caruthers. Of
Wildwood received from a Boston COM
mission house a check for vegetables
which he had not shipped. The check
avid hnl A in
vicinity, whom Mr.. Caruthers has been
hunting in vain.
Messrs. Stribling g. Young, Of Jackson
vile, have purchased a tract Of 900 acres
of land seven miles west Of Jacksonville,
on the Florida Central and Western Bail
road, 1866 acres of which they have had
laid of into streets aud lots. The new
town will be called Marietta.
On Saturday night last the store Of
Dyal n Boothe, at Callahan, was entered
by burglars who succeeded in getting
away with $50 in cash and about $40 worth
of goods A search warrant was obtained
Sunday morning, and the premises Of
some suspicious characters were
searched. but none of the missing goods
were found.
G. G. Wilson, County Treasurer Of Du-
val, has forwarded TO Comptroller Barnes
u receipt for 1,l8l 80 on account Of the
one mill State school tax assessed for the
years 1879 10 1884, Inclusive, against the
Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany. This tax was recently paid in TO
the State by the company, aud DuyaPs
share Is the above amount.
As regards an artesian well at Talla-
hassee, Counsellor Long argues thus: AT
Carrabelle, sixty miles distant, ON the
Gulf coast, water Is obtained In abund-
ance nc a depth Of thirty 20 forty feet, ana
Tallahassee being about 295 feet above the
Gulf level, flowing well ought % be Sc
cured here before reaching a depth Of 500
feet-pOssibly at about 400 feet"
The aggregate assessed valuation on
the property ia aud around SANFORD Is
100000. 10 raise the sum Of 100000, the
amount necessary 70 secure the cOnstruc-
tion OF the Contemplated roads into sam
ford, an assessment OF per cent. upon
the property Of individual owners was
required. Five per cent, therefore, upon
their property ~ the basis upon which
individuals are expected 20 contribute.
Three negroes working ON the Florida
Southern Railway succneded la burglariz-
ing the store Of ]. y Barwiok, at Penn
hertOn's ferry. They robbed the cash
drawer Of some So Ia money and got
away with clothing aud other articles. all
amounting % about $40. W. W. Ham
mack. who ie ga charge of the store, was
at supper when the burglary was cob.
mitied. ne is % track of the thieves, AID
VIII either catch thom or recover the