Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-27

mouse at Baldwin, few days since, by
climbing down the chimney, and stole all
the parsons best clothes.
X. W. Brooks and NJ. A. Woman, of
Wildwood, captured, in two hunts, last
week, IN Sumter county, 10 opossums,
sajamander, and 8 skunks.
Charles Johnson, of Monticello, had one
OF his legs broken between the knee and
ankle dav or two ago. The fracture
was caused by kicking mule.
Jefferson county, with a population of
1900. has but two licensed bar-rooms.
both of which are located at Monticello
Inc people are orderly and thrifty in every
way.
Guess, the murderer of Jake Daughtery,
has arrived at Key West from Punta
hassa, and is now incarcerated in the
county jail, to await the action of the
grand jury.
). 5. Harvey, President OF Pensacola
has received the certified check of $1,000
from Bullock & Co., the grantees of the
water works charter, which he had only a
lew minutes prior deposited with the
Treasurer.
The customs authorities at Key West,
In accordance with orders from the Treas
ury Department at Washington, manned
the custom house boat Tuesday, took
from the seizure room 35,170 cigarettes,
which had been seized for violation of the
United States revenue laws, rowed out
into the harbor and destroyed them all.
Key West Democrat. An unsuccessful
attempt has recently been made by one Of
the Sherlf's deputies and posse of three
men to capture negro named Hamilton,
who has long been wanted here for living
IN adultery with white woman, the wife
OF man named Christian. The negro
drew his gun on the crowd, and backed
them out. They were all armed.
A large party from Centralia, ILL.,,
travelling by private conveyance, passed
through Monticello a few DAYS ago en-
route TO Tampa, where they contemplat
locating. An effort was made TO prevail
on them to locate at Monticello, bat they
had shipped all their goods to Tampa and
| deemed it best to continue their journey,
although delighted with the Monticello
country.
Among the many matters disposed of
| by The late term of the superior Court of
Putnam county was the much talked-of
/ case of Shearer VS.. Falk, involving the
! possession OF the Graham house, which
came up on appeal on last Saturday, and
after full hearing by Judge King, he
| ruled that the decision OF the county court
was right in giving writ Of possession,
and dismissed the case.
A students lamp, which is kept burn
! ing through the night In the private Office
| OF the First National Bank at Pensacola,
| exploded early Wednesday morning. John
| Brown CHANGED to be passing the building
at the time, and discovering the blaze
! sounded an alarm. Several parties at
! once rushed to the bank, and smashing
three large panes of glass; entered the
office and extinguished the fire.
!
| their homes in Alabama last week by the
| proprietress of an infamous brOthel in
| Pensacola under promise of procuring for
| them good situations. Shocked and
mortified when they discovered the de.
| ceptiOn practiced upon them, they i'm
| medlately sought and obtained means
| from the gOodpeople of Pensacola, and
| returned to their homes sadder but wiser
| women.
The Pensacola Board of Pilot Commits
| sioners held meeting Wednesday, to de-
| termlne a question in dispute between
two licensed packets, as to which was
entitled to tire pilOtage on the Italian
| bark Simpson, brought into port some
| days ago. The evidence adduced showed
| that the race between the rival parties
! was 50 close that each boat had a man on
! the ships deck about the same time. II
was further shown, however, that the
pilot boat Haze spoke the stranger, and
on this ground the commissioners
awarded the prize to the Haze crew.
A negro named Footman, who formerly
lived in Jefferson county, but for some
time past has been a State convict in the
camp near Live Oak, rode into Live Oak
a day or two ago astride a very good
horse, and Immediately offered the ami
NAL, bride and ddle for sale at $40. The
property was offered at such a low price
that the inference at once arrived at was
that the fellow had stolen the horse. This
suggestion reaching he ears of the negro,
! he discovered that he had immediate busi-
ness elsewhere, and left town, neglecting
! to carry the property with him. The
! Sheriff took charge of the property. Foot
man, IN all probability. escaped from the
! convict camp and stole the horse.