Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-21

a Tree rearing room. under the auspices
OF the Woman's Christian Temperance
| latka Tuesday.
Two negroes who have been stealing
goods from the depot at Drifton, near
Monticello, for several months past, have
just been captured.
Capt. L. Q. Parkhill, the new Clerk of
Jefferson Circuit Court, will be commits
stoned this week and enter upon the dis
charge of his official duties.
The protracted meeting at Pine Level.
under the direction of the Methodist de-
nomination, has been continued for near.
~ two weeks; four souls have been con-
verted.
The census which has just been taken
gives CarTabelle 334 inhabitants, so of
Wnom are colored. According to the ca
mate OF five to one, Carrabelle has 60
voters. Apalachlcola has about 500.
Alachua now has the largest population
OF any county in the State, the number OF
inhabitants having, since 1880. increased
from $4,000 to $4,000. This is the best
showing of any county yet heard from.
A small colored boy, son of James Par
lsh, of Monticello, while engaged in shoot
ing bats Thursday, in company with sew
eral youngsters, received a charge of shot
In his neck and breast and had one eve
destroyed.
John Curran, who has for some time
Deen General Foreman of the shops and
roadmen of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad at Pensacola, has been presented
by Division No. 27j Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers with a cameo ring, as a
token or their respect and esteem.
Friday night, between II and y O'Clock,
some deYll-pOssessed person entered the
yard OF Louis Apley, at Pensacola, and
! nred his house. The incendiary applied
the torch to the kitchen portion Of the
building, but fortunately Tor all con-
cerned, colOred man and his wife were
sleeping therein, and becoming stified
TO some extent by the smoke, aroused in
time to give an alarm and save the build
ing.
Robinson q Co.'s towboat, City of
Manistee, while en- route for MilIview
from Pensacola, last Saturday, was found
to be in sinking condition and her pilot
ran her on to Fort Pickens point and
| beached her. The fire engine Clara c.
was taken down to the sunken vessel on
lighter for the purpose of pumping her
out and raising her, but after working
two or three hours without effect was
taken back to Pensacola.
Judge Maxwell has decided that the
present board of commissioners of Pensa-
cola has not the right to enforce the col
lection of the taxes of 1884, or of any levy
except such as made by them
selves for this and subsequent years.
II this be the case, there Is certainly
some defect in the law, as Judge Maxwell
! nolds that the commissioners are liable
for all the just debts and obligations of
the previous city government, yet are de-
prlVed of any benefit Of moneys due them,
The case will be taken to the Supreme
Court by appeal; but in the meantime the
board of commissioners will be somewhat
embarrassed.
1t will cost $4,000 to supply Pensacola
with water works, but as the city cannot
issue bonds, or make any contract of in
debtedness to exceed one year in extent,
this leaves no alternative but to form a
Citizens' Stock Company, and the citi-
zens committee recommend that such a
company be formed at once. and the
shares be made not less than $500 each,
and that all citizens that are in
terested in insurance subscribe for
as many shares as they can guarantee
the interest upon; that each share
holder be liable for only the amount of
his subscription; that bonds equal to the
amount of shares subscribed for, be
issued, secured by mortgage on the
water works; that the city shall lease
every year not less than so hydrsnts at
$50 per year each, and levy a tax each
year to pay for the same, and that the
coupons of the bonds be receivable for
that tax. Further investigation Of the
project will be made.
A white man by the name of Edward
Otis, and who lives at Bay Point made
proposition to George Peterson to pay him
$500 if he would help burn Ollinger's
store at Milton. Peterson agreed to the
proposition, but notified Waterman Td%e
of the intended burning, and Todd was on
hand at the appointed time. About y
O'Clock Monday night OILS and his sup
posed accomplish were on hand, and Todd,
having secreted himself at a convenient
place, overheard their conversation and
witnessed the preparations Of Otis for
doing the work, even to saturating the
building with coal oil. At this point Pc
terson failed to do his part-set the fire.
and Todd captured Otis aud landed him
in jail. Otis is said to be bad character,
and to have been shot at once or twice for
his depredatiOus in that locality He is
also said TO have been in the habit Of Wis
lting Pensacola, and was in Rlvarro's
store on Palafox wharf only day or two
before that building was burned.
The story of Enoch Arden has been du-
plicated in this country more than Ouce.
The latest instance comes from Santa
Rosa county. IL seems that about
quarter Of a century ago Mr.. Rutherford
sh0uldered his musket and marched on TO
fight the battles IF the Contederacy. He
left wife who waited and struggled hard
to keep the wolf away from the door. she
counted the days hoping 10 see her hus-
band return. The years rolled on but no
tidings came from the soldier. The war
was ended and still nothing was heard
concerning Rutherford. The heart broken
wife waited five years and finally was
forced to believe that her husband was
dead. She yielded to the suit Of another
aud was married. Three years ago the
second husband was killed By Ealing
tree. The donbly bereayed woman made
up her miRd 70 20 through life alone, but
the other day Rutherford appeared upon
the scene. He found mary changes. His
baby children were grown and married,
and his young and blooming wife was an
old woman. But those who love are
always young, and there is now happy
family reunited around the Rutherfords'
hearthstOne.