Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-27

An opera house Is to be built at st. Angus
tine.
The san Marco Hotel at st. Augustine is
said 10 have guest whose bill is 500 per day.
The present population OF st. Augustine,
lncluQlng the strangers, Is not far from 20, 600.
Hon. J. W. Strickland, Superintendent of
schools OF Putnam county, hasresigned. Prof.
A. j. Wood succeeds him.
Hon. sherman Conant, President Of the
Florida Southern Railroad, is being urged TO
accept the Mayoralty OF Palatka.
Through the carelessness Of woodchoppers
Doig 4 Rich, Of Gainesville, lost a valuable
mule DT having tree fall upon IL.
Many cattle are dying in the southeastern
part OF Madison county. Murrain Is said TO
ue the malady vita which they are afflicted.
Gainesville's artesian well is now a little
over 20 feet deep. The drill is working in a
very hard rock, but as yet none has been
raised 10 the surface, consequently the nature
Of it Is not known.
A few nights ago great damage was done
the vegetable crop in the neighborhOod of
Newnansville, Alachua county, by frost, il
being estimated that the loss will amount to
several thousand dollars. The orange and
pear trees were not damaged,
Goodman Bond. who several years ago COM
mitted a murder IN Manatee county, and fled
20 Texas, returnedlast summer, and delivered
himself over TO the authorities, driven there
20 hy remorse. He was tried at this term Of
court, and the evidence against him being
overwhelming, the jury brought in verdict
of murder IN the first degree with "A recon-
mcndatiOn 10 mercy. lie was sentenced TO
ninety mine years imprisonment.
The following are the lands entered at
Gainesville Land Office for the month Of Feb
uaTy, lSS5: Number Of private entriee S. area
5.5si.lf acres; number OF pre-emution cash
entries :, area 520-2l acres; number OF excess
entries Is, area 42.e6 acres; number OF home-
steals committed Is, area 3,5l6 .l6 acres; num-
Der cf homesteads purchased under act Of
June l5, lSS0, 9. area 6o2.93 acres; number Of
supplemental receipts ?. acres 225.S SO; number
OF homestead entries ia, area 4,Tg6.45 acres
number Of iinal proofs on hJmestcads 45, area
$500 = acres; number Of entries with John
Hucrtas' scrip %. area 9.S.1S acres; number
I of entries with ArredOndO scrip ., area 9.97
acres: number Of state selections under act
OF sept. >, 1850, ], area g., 500 60 acres.
some weeks ago a man named Frank Tay-
Tor, in Pensacola, spoke 10 a representative OF
I II. Plscr n Co., OF Mobile, Ala. relative To
I the sale Of cert in old metals, and on March
I l3 sent over a lot 0f copper weighing 1000
1 pounds and drew 500 therefor. On Saturday
I Mr.. Piscr received a bill of lading and draft
/ for Sll5, drawn by Taylor, for a shipment of
Va hat was described as 1900 pounds Of copper.
I Mr.. Piscr refused 10 accept the draft, and the
] Merchants Bank OF Pensacola which had adj
/ vauccd the money upon IL, requested Piser 10
/ receive the nsignmemt and dispose Of IL for
I the banks benefit. The shipment, in eight
T ucw pine boxes, was opened Wednesday and
I was found Go consist Of ballast stun and brick
bats, carefully packed m gunny sacks. The
bank has been notified and Is now looking for
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