Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
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The Presbyterians have been doing
some quiet but sure work looking to-
wards the building of their new church
at ArredOndO.
The EpiscOpaliaus are arOusing their
friends and the community generally to
| the necessity of building a church at
| Taylor's mills, near ArredOndO.
L. W. Hamlin has started factory for
the manufacture of superior fence on
the railroad grounds near Fairchild's mill,
at Cedar Keys. The fence is composed of
ten steel wires, each strand tested to bear
the weight OF $50 pounds, two strands
together make a fence OF five pairs of
wires, with heart-pine laths woven in
such manner that human strength cannot
pull them out, the laths or palings being
four feet high.
Friday the rector of Ohrist's church, at
Cedar Keys, Rev. William Wilson, and his
wife celebrated the thirtieth anniversary
of their marriage.
The directors Of the Columbia county
fair will soon locate the grounds, and they
| are determined that the race course shall
excel any in the State.
The colored boy Andrew, of Leesburg,
was much more seriously Injured by the
accidental shooting last week than was
at first understood. An artery in his neck
was injured and threatened to bleed or
choke him TO death. The surgeons finally
cut into IL and tied it up. aud he has been
hanging between life and death ever since.
Mrs. Dillon is putting up an extensive
hennery at her residence on Lake Griffin
A sawmill has been located at Sigh
vile, at the north end of Lake Griffin.
The steamer Dispatch has taken the
place Of the Lane ON Lake Harris while
the latter lays,up at Fort Mason for re-
PAIRS 81 saiGHs
The ,Kinzel, addition to Leesburg is
selling on rapidly. Four lots We're sold
last week. on three OF which houses Will
beimmcdiately erected.
The third quarterly conference for
\ leesburg viii be held at Montclair Aug.
! and 2. ati
Two are three weeks ago a woman with
eight children arrived at Milton IN search
OF her husband. who had previously pre-
coded her to Florida, and the citizens
generously relieved her wapts. Shortly
after this the husband suddenly appeared,
and after remaining few days the whole
family as suddenly disappeared. The
mans name was Ayers.
Rev. j. Lee writes from Concord that a
revival had been in progress there during
last week, and that number OF persons
had been converted. He says the interest
il that much good will result from MS
preaching.
A deadbeat calling himself Macmillan
st. Francis, claiming 10 be an elocution-
list, arrived at Quincy last week. accom-
panied by another man who claimed to be
bis agent. They stayed az the hotel few
days, and suddenly left, leaving behind
them an old gripsack filed with empty
bottles.
The census takers have about com
pleted their lab0rs, and are now busily
engaged in making out their reports.
For the first time in the history Of
Starke there Is not single vacant house
in the city TO be bad for love or money.
Al soluble, Wednesday night, while the
people were attending prayer meeting nc
the schOOlhOuse burglars entered u.
Shepord's house. went through all tue
rooms, opened the bureau drawers and
scattered their contents on the floor. Not
finding tbe object of their search they
went 10 the kitchen and seized all they
could find IN the eating line and made
their escape.
Sheriff Holland, Of Duval county
learned Friday that negro murderer
was In Jacksonville from Georgia. lie
found him in East Jacksonville. The
murderer gave HIS name as Gus Ehige,
anu stttu thht nc poohPtN hNtiA tD| if'fN' f-
OF Washington county, Ca, appuL a
week ago, while being conveyed bsfve
court house 70 have "a preliminary iivs,i-
ing ior etabbing 70 death Crawf,T1f smith,
another cOlorcd man, on July IS, 40 -iu-
ton 1915 Central railroad. Tue
murderer quietly submitted 20 arrest, and
said be cut smith until he hegEtd bin
IN the name Of God 10 stop. at appeared
90 mo 40 very narrow chance for my
life anyway, and concluded 20 take The
risk and attempt 20 escape from the
officer IN Georgia, which 4 succeeded M
doing" He reached Jacksonville about