Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-04
FLORIDA.

ro.t. m FLORIDA.
San Antonio has the only Catholic
church In fernando county.
The Gem City Guards, of Palatka, are
to be presented with a new flag.
The Magnolia Hotel, at Orlando, is to
be moved "a feet west of its present posi-
ton. 'a'r .o0
A large number of green turtles are be-
ing shipped from near Bay Port to North
ern markets.
Gainesville already has fifteen brick
store rooms, with fine prospects for
several more.
j. K. Webster, clerk in the United
States Land Office at Gainesville, has re-
signed his position.
The artesian we'll at Live Oak is more
than 900 feet deep. and the work is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
The oyster packing house at Apalachi-
cola pays out $1,000 per week for material
and labor. 1t employs 100 hands.
The DeLand Presbyterians have pur-
chased another lot and will build another
church, as the present one is too small for
the congregation.
Several conductors on the South Florida
Railroad were discharged last week. 1t
is said that they were discharged for dead
heading passengers.
Ocala is to have two-story building
erected, the lower part of which will be
used for market aud the upper for a
town council chamber.
A ring was stolen from the iewelry
store of II. B. Lord, at Sanford, last week,
and, after some search, was found to have
been taken by pet squirrel.
DR.. G. l.. Mitchell, Commissioner of
I Tn, ,f,,ra I, =
family to Tallahassee, and they occupy
the residence vacated by ex-State Treas
urer II. A. L'Engle.
A Jasper gentleman lost a mule last
week in an unusual way. Its mate in the
lead made quick turn, throwing this
animal over on a sharp snag, which
literally disemboweled it.
A man by the name of Taylor, of
Gainesville, was bitten by a mOccasin
which he. in his fOolhardiness, tried to
catch with his hand. He had terrible
commissions from the bite, but it is thought
he may recover.
The subscriptions for the artesian well
at Orlando amount to $780, and the
delay in boring it is caused by inability to
secure a man to undertake the work. 1t
is the purpose of those having the matter
in charge to sink the we'll to a depth of
The other day Sanford physician, who
suspected that some one was peeping
through the keyhOle of his office door, in
vestigated with a syringe full of pepper
sauce. He found his wife half an hour
afterwards with a bandage over her left
optic. She told him that she bad been
cutting wood and chip had hit her in
the eye.
Two vessels, respectively named Freeda
A. Wiley aud Mary Mcfarland, left New
York loaded with coal for a race. Both
reached New Orleans together, were
tOwed in by the same tug, left New Or
leans together. arrived at Pensacola at
the same time and left Pensacola for New
York, which, if they reach together, will
be most remarkable trip.
While out sailing in a small boat Sum
day afternoon the chief engineer Of the
Palatka Ice Factory was Just off Harris
point when a heavy sQuall struck the
boat and upset it, throwing the engineer
and his little son in the water. G.. f. Ea-
ton saw the accident, and Immediately
set sail in his Yacht to go to the rescue of
the parties. The engineer had placed his
little boy on the boat, and was cOOlly
swimming around with his knife in his
teeth, diving under the boat and cutting
the ropes in hopes of righting the boat.
Tuesdays Jacksonville Times Union
gives the following version of an occur
renee which was mentioned in a special
dispatch to the MORNING NEWS of Satur-
day: Another attempt was made on
Friday to burn a trestle and destroy many
lives and large amount of property on
the Waycross Railroad, near st. Mary's
river, by a white scoundrel, who. it is
said, wanted to get revenge out OF the
road for killing some of his cattle. The
man was seen in the act of applying the
torch and afterwards arrested, but on
Saturday a number Of his friends got to-
gether and, by superior force, succeeded
In releasing h m from custody. The fast
mail train from this city was approaching
the trestle when the fire was discovered
by Waterman, who succeeded in attract
ing the engineers attention in time to
stop the train before any damage was
done, and after some very hard work the
train hands succeeded in putting the fire
out.
The assassination of the LaVilla police
man early Saturday morning is still a
mystery. The Coroner's jury is inyesti-
eating the case. AT Tuesdays session Of
the jury, two cOlored women who lived
WITHIN few feet Of where the shooting
occurred and were awake at the time,
swore that they heard the report Of the
IlhLJis fAtii nlAfl W e. w SUNNI
one exclaimed, "D-Ln you, I've got
YOU" They ran 20 the door and saw
low, heavy set man, dressed in dark
clothes, either white or a bright mulatt0,
running az full speed IN the direc-
ton Of Mr.. Arpen's store, but they
could not sec his face. Mr.. winger,
the Waterman at the Waycross depot,
testified that shortly after ] o'clock Sat
urdav morning he and Patterson arrested
mulatto who was asleep IN stock car
loaded with brick and standing on one OF
the WaycrOss side tracks; that he accom-
panied Patterson with the prisoner as far
as the boundary line OF LaVilla, when
he turned the man over entirely into Pat
terson's care, who proceeded on in the d.
rectiou OF the town JAIL with him. He did
not know whether Patterson had ever got
ten the man 30 Jail or not. bat he left the
twomen together shortly before the shoot
ing occurred. As soon as he heard OF the
murder be sent for Marshal Huggins 70
tell him Of the circumstances, but that
official did not respond 10 the summons
until Sunday night. The Marshal not ap-
pnaring before the jury, no Information
could be gathered from him on the SUD.
iect. Two or three testified that they had
been told that some man in LaNiia haa
sworn 20 kill Patterson before morning
for arrestlng him on Friday, but none OF
these could tell who overheard THESE
threats or who gave them the Information
Facts from the Farm.