Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-15

minister.
PanasOffkee wants a blacksmith and
wagon shop.
The health of Ocala has been unusually
good this summer.
The Presbyterians and Congregational
lists have organized In Apopka.
Arrangements are being made to es-
tablish wire fence factory at Sumter
Vile.
Three brick buildings are now in course
of construction in Ocala, to say nothing
of the many residences.
The Blue Spring section OF Marion
county is on big boom, and lands are
changing hands every day.
A colored boy preacher and a colored
woman preacher are ali the rage with the
colored folks of Milton just now.
T. Stephenson, of Orlando, has ordered
the material for a 35-roOm hotel at Clay
Springs, to be completed by Dec. l.
The residents of Clay Springs and vi
cinity are petitioning the department to
establish post office at that place.
Ten acres of land living near Sumterville
have been offered to company of Phila-
delphia physicians as site for a sani-
tarium.
A c0Iored ex-policeman at Pensacola
is making pretty fair wages now by
catching sharks and selling the Jaws aud
backbone.
1t is reported that Mr.. Baker, of the Du-
val house, Jacksonville, will have the
management Of the EgmOnt hotel the COM
ing season.
Ocala's ice factory is doing large bus
mess, and the manager finds it difficult to
keep up with the many orders coming
from a distance.
A new fence has been erected around
the county jail building at Fernandina,
the late storm having completely demol-
ished the old one.
William Shuford, quite a young man,
was sent to Jail from Lakeland, on Tues
day, for keeping disorderly house. He
is the son Of minister in South Carolina.
Assessor Mathews was allowed $500 for
extra services on the tax books. and
County Judge Williams $50 by the board
of commissioners of Marion county last
week.
On account OF the late storm tonnage is
now very scarce at Fernandina. Several
inquiries were made the past week for
vessels to load at that port cOastwise, but
as yet none are offering.
On Monday last Detective Ogden, of
Pinkerton's force, placed in Jail at Or
lando man who is believed to be LOwrey,
who killed Vandermark at Seneca, in
Orange county, in April last.
At Tavares, during the absence of the
Florida Railway and Navigation agent,
negro, who was temporarily employed
about the warehouse, entered the office
and took some $27 from the drawer.
The following rate of county taxes was
decided upon by the commissioners of
Marion county at their meeting this week:
County proper 80 county school 2,cOunty
roads q, county building l total Z.
E. c.. Crosby, the ChuluOta sawmill
man, has orders ahead for 81, 200 worth of
orange boxes. This Is not bad showing
for sawmill located in the unbrOken
pine woods, where there was not house
IN sight less than year and half ago.
The Florida Southern Railway Company
has purchased from +. II. Orvis the en-
tire city lot upon which stood, before the
great fire, the Putnam house. 1t is the
purpose OF the company to build upon it
hotel that shall be larger than anV other
In Florida.
All the prisoners confined in the jail at
Madison escaped Saturday night. One
was in for murder, one for rape, and three
or four others for petty Otfenses. Two
gave themselves up. One of them. as
soon as he got out, went TO the Sheriff to
notify him Of the escape.
The Florida Railway and Navigation
Company will issue, next month, 10000
copies OF a very large and descriptive
pamphlet of their entire system of roads.
Ten thousand of these pamphlets will be
distributed in Europe, while their agents
will distribute the remainder over this
country.
Reese Fowler has taken the contract TO
plaster the new hotel, of 200 rooms, that
has been erected at Rockledge, which re-
places the one destroyed by fire last sea-
son. There are between $1,000 and $4,000
square yards of surface to be plastered,
and the work will require two months or
more for it's completion.
W. S. Blaisdell, OF Tavares. has been
commissioned by New York gentlemen To
clear a hummOck OF over 100 acres, at
Helena, on Lake Harris, few miles from
Leesburg. He has large force Of men at
work there, taking up quite number
from Tavares. He expects 10 have the
entire tract in orange trees next spring.
An attempt was made Wednesday night
to burn dwelling on East Government
street, at Pensacola, owned by Ferdinand
Barrios and occupied by Henry Crawford,
but the flames were discovered and eX-
tinguished before getting under fun head
way or doing much damage. There Is no
doubt the fire was set Intentionally, and
from the outside.
The County Commissioners Of Polk
were in session three days last week, and
did important work. IL appeared that
Polk county had never been districted as
provided by law, there being no record OF
the first, or any subsequent division Of
the county. They divided the county into
fifteen election districts, and located the
voting precincts OF each one, endeaYoring
to 80 divide the county as TO give the
greatest convenience to the inhabitants.
The commissioners also made n per
emptOry order on all financial officers OF
the county TO appear on the first Monday
in October, and make final settlement and
exhibit of all county funds on their
hands or that have heretofore been re-
ceived by them.
Milton Jones, a negro vagabond and
gambler, of Barlow, had been employed
in Wright 81 Bakers tie camp, below Bar
tow. He had been losing money, and
was supposed 70 be angered thereby, and,
seeing John II. johnson cutting wood
near the camp, he went out, and for no
assignable cause except natural depraV-
ity, stepped up and shot johnson In the
head, killing him almost IN
stantly, and then made his escape.
The killing was done early
sunday night. Another murder was
committed at the same place about the
same time by A. &. Spriggs upon Ben
Crawford with an AK. They had Oeen