Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-28

a new hotel is to be erected at Maitland.
Arle corps Is TO be organized in Key West.
Ihe gas works at Key West are nearly
duished.
The street railway in Key West Will soon
Doe In operation
The manufacture of orange wine has been
started iu sanford.
a large hotel Is 90 be built at Lake City in
time for next winters travel.
Cotton has been found growing wild on
BilIy'- creek. near Fort Myers.
The Guava Growing Company at Fort Ny
ers has completed its organization.
Alex DeLyous. Of Jacksonville, has In his
yard an orange tree that is IN bloom for the
first time. and has not a leaf upon lt.
Mrs. DeIaunoy. of BOckledge. has a Sicily
hemp plant that has nut on the remarkable
growth of tairty feet IN less than three
months.
Albert Hart. who was shot in Ocala 10y
Pink Graham last Thursday while engaged in
a game of cards, died Monday night from his
wounds.
Five prisoners i'm the Green Cove Jail assault
ed the sheriff and oyerpOwered him last
Thursday. and would have escaped had not
two cOlored men come TO the Sherirs assist
ance.
The saw mill located near Freeport, on
ChOctawhatchie bay. belonging to Green.
Lqae X Co.. was burned sunday morning,
Feb. -. about / O'Clock Loss $4,000. There
was about 100000 feet Of lumber burned IN the
mill yard.
The BAPTIST College Is t. be located at De
Land Lake Wen made a gallant fight 10
cure the College. but Mr.. De Land promised
90 eudOw the college with S5OO,O0o. which
made favorable impression on the commit
tee. who awarded tine location.
T.. \. King, Of Ocala. was seriously injured
by rifle exploding while shooting at tar
get. An extra heavy charge caused the breecn
of the rife to give W&y. dischargng the cor
tents Of the gun in Mr.. Kings face FOTtu-
uately ne viii not lose his ey yesight.
Pensacola Commercial: The books. papers,
e.c.. that were reported as stolen from the
Office uf the defunct City Clerk on Monday
night are, we learn, IN the possession OF one
Wells who SAYS he viii deliver them To the
Board of commissioners as soon as the courts
decide iu their favor.
Al the present time Orange Park is build
ing a new school house, with town hau, 10
cot. when completed and furnished, some
&. 100 Also, on the ridge part OF Orange
Park. some two miles back from the river,
that settlement has Just built new school
house. costing about 5000.
I'm Mr. Meguiu MOralese's yard, at Fort
Myers. there stands pawpaw tree that elicits
the wonder OF all who see At The tree has
been planted there hardly one year, ana Is
rot more than y feet high. From about
feet from tre ground its trunk Is completely
loaded with fruit. There are not less than 50
or go Of the pawpaws, some OF winch Wou'd
probably weigh to pounds, and at the top
still more blooms are coming out.
Mr.. 3. l.. Jernlgans OF Santa l'osa county:
was wounded some time ago uy lne accldenJtl
H ~ =
hi5leg and foot. He was out IN the woods
hunting at the time Of the accident. lie sue
-eetlcd i'm getting home and the ball was cut
ont ~ his foot Immediately. IL was supposed
mat thp wound was doing well. but at the
end of two weeks II was found that g2ngrene
had set in and physician was called IN, bat
it was too late to arrest the disease. MI. Jer-
nigan died on Friday last
Particulars are just 10 hand OF a terrlDle
tragedy which occurred in MlcanOpy on last
Tuesday. \ Mr. Cheeyes Carne, it Is alleged,
owed a cOlored boy the sum Of five cents. ON
me dav named Carne was attending TO his
bnsiupss when the cOlOred boy twhO was
only Il wears of age1 came along and Uunneu
bini far the nickel. using abusive language,and
~ fhe same time pulling ont a knife. at
rtafI TO use 10 on Mr.. Carne- Carne tried
~ t4ke the knife awgy from the boy, when
.-Cfbor cOIOred boy rushed In amt dealt Mr..
Ga1.re a murdcrous blow on the back. which
reslIfed in his death that evening The eN-
citcmeut ran very high, and there was some
reIk Of lvuching the negroes. but man by
the name Of ANDY ShufOFd tried TO quiet the
ueot,lp and had about succeeded Ia DONG so,
vab5n inc Town Marshal, who IS coi9red
rugn becoming greatly Incensed az MT snu-
r,rd steuped up 10 him. and told MIN 10 con-
-ider himself under arrest and at Inc same
/ time commenced TO pull his revolver. anu
WouId it is claimed, have shOt SnuioTu naU
NOT fbe letter been too quick for him. Shu-
fort pulled hss revolver and shOt the u N n
shal. the ball entering ms toreheau anu anu nc t
expired instantly. Mr.. chulorq went "
Gainesville and gave himself up 10 '"e
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