Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12

and express office at Eustis at the time Of
us ROBBERY, has been arrested upon
charge OF this crime. He was required to
give $4,000 bond for his appearance at
the preliminary trial to be held next Mon
day.
A negro by the name of Ben Shears has
confessed that the burning of President
lngraham's house was the result of his
act. lie denies that the burning was in
territorial, but the result of an accident
Whlle be was in the house for robbery.
He is in Jail at Orlando, and will probably
''go up' for twenty years.
AT Tallahassee Friday, in the case of the
state &c rel. Donnelly versus the City
| council of Palatka, the Supreme Court
oVerruled the motion to quash. and
granted the respondents until Friday
next to answer the alternative writ. Don
nelly was ousted from the office of Mayor
and sues 10 regain his seat.
The Baptist church committee of Como,
Putnam county, has received subscrip-
tlOns amounting to $500 to be applied to-
ward repairing and rebuilding the church.
A bell has been bought and paid for, and
VIII be placed in the belfry. New seats
are also to be purchased, and the church
Is to be painted and generally beautiied.
Pensacola gets away with Jacksonville
as lumber and timber port. Last month
IA vessels entered and 80 cleared that port.
The shipments of timber and lumber
amounted to 49,, SG6 cubic feet hewn tim
Der, 5,l6l 900 superficial feet sawn timber,
and 4,3SS,000 superficial feet lumber.
Jacksonville shipped only 100000 feet
for the same month.
While the horse of s. A. Stevens. of
Wildwood, was running away day or
two ago the wagon was dashed against a
pine tree and smashed to pieces, and MIR.
Stevens was thrown out and against a
tree and nearly killed. He received ter
rible cash on top of his head, bis right
leg was broken Immediately above the
knee, and he was otherwise painfully in
Jured.
Bronson Times: AS an evidence of the
growth of Levy county, a gentleman at
the picnic Saturday said that when he
moved into that part of the county six
years ago, his nearest neighbOr was six
miles away, and he only mad about four
that were nearer than ten miles; now
the country there within a radius of few
miles can get together crowd of 500 to
600.
Judge Gardeners court at Gainesville
has been occupied for the past three days
with will contest case. The late Mrs.
ii. j. LaVey, of Archer, having made two
separate wills, objection was made by the
representative OF her Oldest child to the
last one being admitted to probate, on the
ground that when she made her last will
Mrs. LaVey was not in her right mind
and was unduly influenced by interested
parties.
Quite a novel pet in the shape of a
blackbird Is in the possession of Miss
Olive WaldrOn, of Welaka. She found
it when young In the woods, and fed it
] a F5n frtsi oh m Hu -bnv, aha
released it, but it will not remain away.
1t flies of in the wood and comes at her
call Of Dick. 1t goes TO roost with the
hens in the hen-cOOp. When the bell
rings for meals it flies on the table and
makes fuss until fed, lighting on ones
shoulders and feeding from the hand.
The house cat knows it belongs to the
family, and pays no attention to it.
The arrangements for the encamp-
ment of the Jacksonville Light
Infantry and Metropolitan Light
Infantry companies are still pro-
crossing. Owing to some of the mem
bers' inability to leave before July 20, the
date OF going into camp has been changed
from Jolly 13 to that date. The want of
tents will somewhat reduce the number
of attendants. 1t was the intention of the
projectors of the encampment to invite
all the military companies In the State,
but the lack of tents and other equipments
Will contine it to only those commands
which can furnish such needed articles.
jasper County Times Jinks SILVER, a
worthy cOlOred man, died here this week.
He was an exceptionally good young man
of his race. He had the respect and esteem
or all who knew him. AS an evidence ofthe
kindly feeling between the white Democ-
racy of this State and the colOred people,
we ciCe an instance. This young man APP
pearing sick on one occasion while off
from home, and a rain coming up, his en-
plOyer, sO-called "bOurbon," immedi-
a'ely took off his rubber coat, made the
young coloredman put it on, and thus kept
him dry, while he, this fearful bourbon
negro halter y walked home (three-quar-
ters of a mile) drenched.