Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-19

sunday night while a lady was stand,ng
on her piazza At Palatka, bullet missed her
only lew inches, lodging in the wall from
the pistol OF some one shooting s.iust for nm
The Green Cove Spring Council have order
eu an additional tax on prODertv Of ono mill
" DC collected for the year 1884, for the pur1
school house. III"
Inc nrst burglary in Wildwood was perpe-
Ldteu MONDAY night. At an hour known
8oi. Armstrong; store was entered. the cash
tobacco stolen. -
p, Rev. W. {. Dunlap, Of Georgia. agent for
Iaihe institute, with one or two other visit
~. ~ MINISTERS conducted the services at the
Methodlst Church at Ocaia, yesterday. bv in
VItation Of the pastor.
At the surgical clinics at Florida UNIVERSITY,
on saturday. a tumOr weighing over five
pounds was taken from the back of A cJIored
10y years Old. The removal Of the tumor
I5e4uCeu Ihe boys weight One-1fth. He is
Inc town Of McKinnon, on the South Flori-
ga haliroad, between Pinecastle and Kissim
new houses have been nut up lately and =
large area OF ground is being cleared and
brought under cultivation =
A glass ball shooting match between W
-. l-atiiheI, OF Iayares, and G.. A. Loud. OF
SANFORD, Tor 800 a side al 500 glass balls each
Lsoih a rotary trap Will, take place on the
afternoon OF Jan. y and IS One dsv
sanford VIII be the scene and the next Ia
Rev. c. W. Ward, Of st. Luke's Church at
Orlando, has accepted call from a church at
EuglcWOOd. \. j. He was offered the uulDit
az ~, Thomas Church, New York. one Of the
most arlstOcratic In the city. desire TO be
win his motherless children prompts the
change.
Palatka Esrs: Butler Moragne showed us
a queer freak of nature yesterday in the
shape o. an orange The skin of the orange
was rlch yellow, except one quarter. which
was OF rich nut thrown color, with the lines
separating It from the rest OF the orange as
straight and distinct as If done by hand.
Further Investigation into the charges
against City Marshal George Turner Of Pa
latka, by the City Council has been stopped
by that officer rendering his resignation. The
resignation Will. no doubt, be accepted by the
council at IT. next meeting, when a Marshal
70 MI the uneXpired term will also probably
be elected.
The workmen grading on Henck's Railroad,
When about three-fOurths of the way from
LongWoOd To ApOpka, struck a bed of grav
sandstone about seven feet from the surface.
experiments viii be made to test its qualities
as a building stone. It certainly could be
crushed and lind ready sale to poultry rails
ers. as this country is very deficient IN gravel.
Bronson Tunes: The citizens of Bronson and
the western portion Of Levy county should
petition the department at Washington 10
establish tri-weekly mail from this place
VIA Levyylle 10 Trenton. A large area of
thlckA settled country in the north west part
Of Levy ana the southern part of Alachua
counties get their mail at Trenton, and they
are now only supplied with "a one horse
pouch line from Gainesville weekly. end this
winds around by JOnesville before il gets to
ITS destination.
4 day or two ago the NEWS mentioned that
Alexander Hamilton, cOlOred, had been shot
and killed near Baldwin. Additional par
uculars show that Flannage and Hamilton
were IN the country, about , miles from
Baldwin, setting the woods on fire, when an
other man named Counts, with whom Hamil-
ton had had a difficulty. came up with gun
ln hls hand, and, addressing Hamilton. said
lnat he was ready 10 shoot with him." and
inU ediately fired. and the negro fell Counts
then leyeled his gun on Elaunage and asked
ham what he had TO DO with it. The latter
replied that he had nothing to do with il. and
then male tracks. Next morning the body OF
the negro was found where 1t fell on being
shot. The body was filed with buckshOt holes
Mr. coleman summoned jury, who, on hear
lh- the evidence ma the case. returned "A YER
dict u the effect that Hamilton came to his
death 10y sunSEot wounds at the hands of -
counts. and that the murder was Unjust-
fable. IL d. said that both men were looked
upon as despcradOes and villains. Up to last
accounts Counts had not been arrested.