Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-23

lAnuo' The applications for a charter
nun ~ per about twenty-five persons, and
Ut. smith is the medical examiner.
The rise in the waters of the EkonIok-
hotchee creek, due TO the late heavy rains,
han swollen the stream until the water
covered the floor of the bridge to depth
OF SIX or eight inches on Monday last.
A child in Levy county picked up a
peanut while walking along the road a
Few days since, carried it home, and it
was found to be coated with strychnine.
supposed to have been dropped there TO
poison wild animal.
At Tallahassee the negro man charged
with the murder of the young son of Prof.
Il. Dubois, after several days spent In
preliminary examination, has been bound
over to appear before the grand jury at
the next term of the Circuit Court.
j. ". Cooper sold on Monday last to
Mr.. Patterson, recently of Eustis, his
home place, one mile south of Sumter
vile, containing So acres of land, with
good improvements, for $3.50 in cash, a
secondhand blackboard, and horse.
G. E. Lartigue, of Orlando, announces
that he is not candidate for the Mayor
atty, or for any other office whatever. This
announcement is made because some of
the Captains friends had been using his
man.
At Tallahassee, in the case of Henry
Mann, colored, charged with hanging
young Edmund Dubois, Justice West,
after hearing the testimony, considered il
sufficient to commit him for a hearing at
the next term Of the Circuit Court, and he
was remanded to Jail.
DIR. r. B. S. Hargis has been commits
stoned by Gov. Perry as the representa-
tive from Florida to attend a conference
OF the health authorities of the Gulf States
and Tennessee, to meet at New Orleans,
and examine into the new system of quar-
antine lately inaugurated in louisiana.
At Lloyds Friday night flames origin
ated in the residence of Z. A. Willie and
consumed the kitchen, together with some
valuable gin machinery. BY heroic eff
forts the main building was saved. The
loss is about 81 900. The fire is supposed
to have been the work of some malicious
person.
The TdJlGbGSSedn and FJOridtdn bid
for the convention printing Tuesday.
The contract Of 1881 was used as a basis.
The IdUdbdSSedn proposed the same
figures, With discount of q cents on the
dollar. The FLOrididn proposed 80 cents
discount, and the printing was awarded
to the F5orSdiGn.
Mrs. Mag. Evans, while in pursuit of
her truant liege lord on Wednesday eve
ming last, entered house of questionable
repute on Tarragona street, at Pens acola,
and finding little comfort from the in
mates, became regardless of conse-
quences, and, drawing pistol, fired three
shots into the establishment. She was
fined 500.
Fort Ogden is shortly to be connected
by canal, via Lettuce lake and Peace
river, with the outside world. The canal
is to be large and deep enough to admit
steamers and boats of large tonnage to
the centre of business. Already contract
ors for the work are preparing careful es-
Inmates. They say that the cost of the
undertaking will be trifling compared to
the benefit to trade in general and the
community in particular.
Sam. COlville, colored man, started to
walk from Fort passenger to Kissimmee,
distance, of 1870 miles. He left the fort
without money or food, intending to for
age on the road, but, as he had never been
over the road before, he lost his way and
Travelled through the swamp for eight
days, during which time he met no one but
two Indians, who supplied him with food
enough to last him for two days. He
states that he walked through the water
up to his armpits for miles at time.
The approaching city election at Or
lando is exciting considerable interest.
There Is growing sentiment in the city
that feels that some interests have been
ignored, while others have been given
undue Importance. It's centre of business
and population is charging to such an
extent every year that new interests have
just claim for recognition. There is an
intention on the part of many citizens to
present some new names for the office of
Alderman, that the various sections of
the city may be represented on the board.
A 9-year-old colored step-son of Junius
Reed, Of Tallahassee, was bitten by
snake not long ago on Lake Jackson.
Junius did not send for a physician at
once, but took the case in hand himself.
Saturday the boy grew so ill that JuHius
became alarmed, and sent for Drs. BettOn
and Gum. On arriving the doctors found
that the boys leg had been bandaged or
corded until the blood ceased to flow alto
gether, and the limb had begun to decay.
1t is thought by the physicians that am
putation will be necessary 10 save the
boy.
For the past few months some parties
near Lake City have been throwing mis-
siles at passing trains. i. Harrison, at
torRey for the company, has had parties
on the lookout for the rascals. Saturday,
upon Tue dTIlNhl VI Tue cars TWO QIJCk-
bats were thrown at the train, breaking
two panes of glass and striking a passen-
ger. The train coming to halt the per-
petrators were caught. They consisted
of four little negro boys, meme of whom
were over 10 years old. They will be
punished.
w. Ii. Barlow and G. G. Davis, of Long,
wood, are to establish q factory near Gee
creek, at the west end OF Lake Jesup, for
the manufacture OF moss mattresses,
They are having a steamer 80 feet in
length constructed to convey the moss
from any part of the lake to their factory,
and they will give 70 cents for each 100
pounds of cured moss delivered at any
point on the lake. The moss is cured as
follows A pit is dug four feet wide and
two feet deep, in which the moss is placed
ana covered with earth, and allowed TO
remain one month, at the end Of which
time it will be perfectly cured.
At their meeting at Orlando Tuesday,
the stockholders of the Florida Orange
Hedge Fence Company elected the follow
ing directors Tor the next year, viz: G. y.
Smith. W. NJ. Daniel, sam, Johnson. G. q.
SmallhOuse, Coils Ormsby, Jas. A. Knox,
j. II. Livingston, ID. W. Holden, and y.
G.. Holden. The board of directors met
the same day and elected &. G.. Smith
President, n. G.. Holden Vice President,
Coils Ormsby Secretary, Jas. A. Knox
Treasurer, Il. Il. Gunby attorney, and sam.
johnson superintendent. We under
stand. too. that the stockholders increased