Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-05

via 10 hehru at the ADJOURNED term OF the
court In December.
FLORIDA.
| Prof. George c. White took charge of
the Live Oak post office on Oct. 1.
| Panasoffkee will soon be without a sa-
loon, as MIR. Martin closes out this week.
| Orlando has been crowded with drum
mers this seasOn-more than ever seen
before.
Suwannee has money In her School
Treasury yet, and Will be ready for the
next term.
st. Johns river boats are enjoying the
revival In business, if increased freights
are any indication.
There are now over 500 pupils registered
and In regular attendance at Starke In
stitute and Orange College at starke.
Nathan Gazan, Of Georgia, has rented
the Central house at Orlando, Of W. II.
Bryant, and will take charge Oct. l.
! W. I'll. Sands. of England. has opened a
land agency between parties in the
| United States and England for the sale of
Florida lands.
Capt. Pyles, of Panasoffkee, reports
| work on his steamer progressing rather
slow, owing to the sickness of his foreman
and to the continued rains. He expects to
launch her this week.
| G. G. Haynes, who resides on the Oak
lawaha, says that W bile the water in the
! lakes Is now very high, it lacks eighteen
inches OF reaching the high-water mark.
He says that is reached every seven
years, and that 1t may be expected next
year.
1t is wonderful sight at Niece just
now to note the multitude of mullet
around, and watch the cavallie and red
fish taking their breakfasts and suppers.
At some of their rushes, for a few sec
onds, flakes Of snow seem TO be falling
Into the river.
The heavy wind during the past week
has caused extra high tides. On the San
Sebastian shore the tide oVercame the
| barrier made to protect the wOrkmen in
their work of building the gas house foun.
dations,a on Saturday a complete mum
| datiOn occurred.
| At Tavares the brick pillars are being
built for the Peninsular house extension,
| which will have frontage of thirty feet
and depth of forty-six feet. 1t Will be
three stories in height, with a mansard
roof, and will add eighteen to the number
| of bedrooms.
| The first few families of the forty that
are to come from Missouri and settle in
Suwannee county passed through Live
Oak last week. They come at the solicit
tatiOn OF DR.. William Simpson and D. N.
| Puterbaugh, of BranfOrd, and will settle
near that thriving little city.
In Jefferson county, when a vacancy
occurs in the Board Of County Commits
sioners, the chairman Of the Democratic
! committee orders an election held by
Democrats for the purpose of electing
commissioners to fill the vacancies. 1t is
| not that way in other counties. The plan
/ has nFOYpn Very 40 tiafa0torU In IpffnraOn
AT st. Augustine, Thursday, Andrew
Jones Cool \ was accidentally shot while
scuffiinS with one William Martin. The
ball entered the body Of Jones just below
the ribs ON the left side and passed COM
| pletely through him. DIR. Webb succeed
ed in eXtricating the ball from his back
near the spinal column. 1t is doubtful if
the wounded man will recover.
The race between the Undine, the win
ner of the club pennant of the Fernandina
Boat Club, and the Reckless Babe, the
| crack boat Of the Old Town Club, came
of, as previously arranged, on Wednes-
day last, Notwithstanding the threatening
weather. In the race TO windward the
| TIndine took the lead, but on the home
! stretch the Reckless Babe surprised her
antagonist by putting out a spinuaker,
which aided her materially, and she soon
closed up the gap and took the lead,
crossing Che line about two lengths ahead
OF the Undine.
On Saturday morning, just before the
south bound passenger train reach
ed Orlando, two ladies, Mrs. w.
Ammo and Mrs. Ida LaVasque.
were driving into town. When
near DR.. Ketcham's place, about mile
from the city, they discovered log OF
wood lying across the railroad track.
Although it was raining quite hard, the
| ladies got out OF their buggy, tied their
horse, and, by a united effort, succeeded
in lifting the log from the track. II bad
evidently been put there for the deliberate
purpose OF wrecking the train, one end
| having been stuck under the track, while
the other end rested on the opposite rail.
A drummer (always reliable) tells the
Sanford ArGuS that he attended preach
ing In Leesburg Sunday or two ago,
when, after singing and prayer, the
preacher. a stranger who had been invited
TO I'LL the pulpit that day, announced his
text: "Make your calling and election
sure,7 whereupOn little old man, one OF
the pillars OF the church, jumped 10 his
feet, and holding up his hand, said hur-
riedly, sstop, brotherl stop right there;
we don't want any politics in this here
church; we have invited the Northern
| people down here and don't want 10 OF
| fend them by preaching politics 10 them"
The preacher was equal 70 the occasion;
he changed bis text and went on with his
sermon.
The Sanford Journal In an editorial on
the lately discovered defalcation OF ex-
County and State Collector OF Revenue
liver, OF Orange county, says that the ex-
tax-collector's shortage consists OF ILL.,
507. so Lue the state and $4,000 due the
county, aggregating SS5, 597 so for taxes col
lected and not paid over. To secure TINS
he mas turned over 10 Judge Speer, as
trustee-not for the bondsmen, but Tor
the state and county-real and personal
property which, In the judgment Of men
capable OF forming proper estimates OF
I values. is ample 20 pay on the entire
Indebtedness. The States attorney, Judge
Beggs, by authority Of the Comptrolleri
Gen. Barnes. has given the trustee until
May I, 1876, In which TO sell that properly
and pay the dedcit. This arran gement IN
no wise releases the bondsmen. They are
still as much bound as though Il had not
haen entered into. So that, assuming
that the property turned over Is worth