Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-12

morrow.
Estimates nave been ordered for a large
brick building the first ln Green Cove.
The construction Of the school house at
Green Cove Spring has been commenced.
sumterville's third frost OF the season was
seen Thursday morning, but no damage was
done.
\ "Dirds-eye" pepper bush at Green Cove
Spring has been IN bearing through the pre-
sent winter.
Parties are investigating FOR the purpose of
establishing brick yard IN the vicinity of
Green Cove spring.
Paymaster Jordan. T.. 8. A., VINO has been
ON duty 40 Key West for the last four years,
viii De relieved next week,
y strawberry patch at >umteryille is per
lectly white with blooms. Tomato and egg
plants are also ln fun bloom.
on Jan. ~ Tavarcs VIII celebrate the com
pletiOu Ol the Florida Railroad and Naviga-
ton Company S road TO THAT place.
Ozias BudmgtOD. of Green Cove Spring. has
sent TO the New Orleans Exposition . oranges
OF remarkable size, and the product OF tree
only eiEht years old.
one Of the largest orange trees in Florida is
"a handsome specimen located on Lake Han
cock four miles from Barlow. 1t is IS feet
across the bough7, p years old, and last year
had lZOOJ oranges on No..
a revival is in progress at Gainesville. The
congregation at the Methodist Church being
TOO large to get inside the bull ing. there has
been preaching at the Presbyterian Church
also since Thursday night.
There Is "a gang OF scoundrels in the vicinity
of Gainesville, composed Of bO n white and
c1iorcd men. who 20 around on the edges of
tuEn at night terrifying cOlOred people with
threats OF murder lf they don't ''shelI out ="
Last "Wednesday afternoon. while the steam-
or Amos Hays was 40 MoccI.in Sluiee. near
Apalacuicol3.the passengers observed "a young
ul 4u iE p utlcdG. apparently Supefluteuu nE
some hauis rafting M The river. lie also had
d shotgun Iu his hand. Suddenly. while the
gaze of au was turned away. the report of
n# .I ffFr how
hIm tumble back into the stream and sink to
The bottom. Whether Dc was "a case of suicide
or not, i7 uot known. lie was, rs far as is
know %. on comfortable circumstances, and
newly married man. having welded q Miss
Horton, OF Macon, last June. He was engaged
lu the cultivation IL cage, ana also owned an
been recovered.
Miss Laura Havgood. of Georgia, who re-
Gently went To China as q missionary. has a
sister. Mrs Charles T.. Bovnton living AT
Maitland. who h-s recently received a letter
from her. lt was written ON board the
Hiroshima Nam. at uuchOrIu the River Wam-
pep- within four miles of shanghai. ON Mon
uay. Nov. u, l>>4. Miss HayEoOd Is a worthy
sister of the eminent divine and scholar. DR..
A. G,. Haygo0d, of oxford, ga. Il have come
t0 feel that, like Tcunyson's brook. we are
leit Atlanta II time Is measured by heart
tnroi-. Do was years and years ago. Yet our
Journey has been pr0spered all the way. Ten
thousand mercies have come tous. Our stops
at san Francisco, Yokohama, etc, have
amounted to lO days, so we have
in fact been journeying only 81
Journey is ever made in. Our voyage from
Yokohama to Shanghai has been exceedingly
pleasant. The poor sailors have scarcely
been sick 90 all. From Cobb 90 Nagas4ki, our
way urouEh us through the Inland sea.
There Is uu wafer ON the globe, perhaps.
more beautiful. 10 Is like broad, beautiful
river, whose shores present every cOmbina-
tlon Of valley and mountain that could charm
tine eve, please the fancy or excite the imagi-
nation. WeStoVpcd for q lew hours AT Cobb
and N3Elsaki, where we went ashore and
had % very pleasant little rest. our ship Is
moving. Tile freight Is OF and i'm half an
hour we Will probably be at the wharf and
my new life VIII have begun. God help me!
{ would shrink from 10 appalled, by its per-
picking uncertainties. If God had not prom
isei % teach me His promises TO me are in
deed and in truth better than thousands
of gold and silver" On NOV. IS she wrote
from Shaughal as follows; Wv reached the
wharf about %. m. YESTERDAY. and found DR..
Allen aud Miss Allen. Miss Muse, DR.. Lam
hulh. Mr. and Mrs. ROYAL, and Measr9. An
lerSou. Parker and Lochr waiting with a
cordial greeting. 10 was good TO see so many
familiar faces and 10 have so real welcome.
Mr. BunWeu and family. Misses AtEisOn
and Hamilton and are Or. Aliens guests.
when We reached The house we
f1uad DO holiday attire. The
frour door was wreathed in flowers, and
af,9ve it. iu beautiful letters. the word. ''Wel-
ronc.' In our rooms, ~ the parlor, in the
diniug-TO0m, everywhere were uoWers-
chiefly chrysauthemums. IL Is quite lmpOs-
S5bIa 10 describe 80 that one can tully under
stand the size shat chrysanthemums attain
here Nothing was lett unIonc 10y any mem
f,sr If the household to make Us feel that we
y,-ra at home This morning at - We went to
rhc Angi0- Chinese College, TO the opening
chanel exercises. then to see the house just
III Eaud, tnat had been erected for Mr.. Bon
well. then one and half miles across town
20 the house that is to be my home. DR.. Allen
had done an that was possible 10 have NJ ready
for u.s. We viii be very comfortable i am
sf1ra" The remainder of the letter Is IN re-
.-strd to her housekeeping. presents sent 10
9ha children. and tender messages OF love 10
dear ones here. DR. Allen referred 10 IN the
letter Is DR.. Young j. Allen, the very dis
tinruished and able missionary 10 China
from Georgia. lie has been IN China Tor
unite a number of ycars-abOut twenty live
Church south. ami has accomplished more
perhaps than any other man in chrIstianlzlnS
fhat ancient Celestial Empire. lie IS at the
head Of the Anglo Chneese College, an IN
stitufiou founded by hlm Tor the lnhtruc-
tion of fhe Chinese youth. lie Is a man
darin and occupies a high position IN the con-
fdcuce Of the rulcrs OF that emplfe, ana
has been the means Of awakening wide
spread and deep interest IN me STUDY OF arte,
rha seiencps and other branches that have SO
-iruaIIv distinguished the English speaking
reOple above their Celestial brethren Of China.
During the war between the states, being
unable To receive assistance from MS chUFchs
he was compelled to resort To his own eNer-
ti0us for a living. Accordingly ne was eiii-
riIoved as n translator for the officials OF the
Chinese Government. Thus under the prOvl-
dences OF Cod he was brought into friendly
and social relations with those highest in au-
thority and himself made an ohclal To-day
Mandarin Allen, the Chrlstlan seholar ana
divine. mas an influence in China greater than
was ever before exercised by foreigner over
that ueOule.ff