Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-08

ming establishment of DR.. Gaskins Is pro.
crossing rapidly. -.ssrsia ,ars
Mr.. Wilson, telegraph operator at the
River junction, has fallen heir to snug
bequest Of Sal 900. san
The Board of County Commissioners of
Nassau are equalizing the assessment
rolls for the year 1885. t-s 9f
The store Of John Sunday, at Pensacola,
was entered might or two ago and robbed
OF 500 worth Of goods. rluI4
Fl. A. Work, of Mishawaka, Ind, has
leased the Leesburg hotel, and will open
1t up tor business Oct. l. ar
Work has been resumed on the Cath
Ole church at Pensacola, and 1t is rapidly
approaching completion.
The new Masonic temple at Pensacola
ia nearing completion, the workmen being
busy putting on the roof
Orange county is increasing in popu-
lati0n at the rate OF 1000 per year,
according to the recent census report.
The Palatkaites contemplate having an
old-fashioned house warming when the
Higley & Smith fruit-packing house is
finished.
John Mckinney has sold his stable and
outfit at Barlow to L. Lyle for land and
money amounting to in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
H. T. Mathews & Co., OF Milton, have a
telephone in successful operation between
their upper and lower mills, distance of
eight miles.
The small sail boats which were dam
aged by the late storm at Fernandina are
being repaired rapidly, and the feet bids
fair to be as large as ever,
Irving Hiscock has purchased from
Capt. Hogg, of Indian river, the little
schooner Mystery, and will run her be-
tween Jacksonville and Titusville.
The Fernandina and Amelia Beach rail.
road has proved a complete success, the
patronage having reached the expectation
OF the proprietors of this enterprise.
1t is reported that the Suwanee hotel
at Cedar Key is to be opened on Oct. 5,
and already every room is engaged. Also
that more room is needed to supply the
demand.
The people OF Jefferson county are much
agitated over the appearance in that
county of several little shops where stolen
cotton, corn, etc, are purchased. They
will be suppressed.
Gov. Perry has appointed T. j. higgin-
bOtham, of Kings Ferry, and John Up
church. of Callahan, County Commission
ers for Nassau county. MIR. Higginbotham
has already served one term.
The Orlando Reporter received a ''nice,
fresh orange" from Weisterfort, Me-, last
week, which was shipped from Orlando
to Maine last winter. The fruit was
simply kept in a cool, well ventilated
cellar.
Mail contractors on the different routes
around TitusYille grumble quite a good
deal of the delinquent payments from the
department. One contractor has been
carrying the mail over six months with
out any pay.
The mail carrier from st Lucie to Eau
Gallie is in dread of being disabled or
killed and the mail bags rifled by three
desperate negroes who have already made
threats against him, one of whom is
named John Sawyer.
The Leesburg ice factory will in future
use coal instead of wood for fuel. The
manager says that they can Law down
coal from Alabama at their factory at
rates sufficiently less than wood to give
them saving of 81 per day.
The pastor Of the cOlored Baptist church
in Ocala has drawn the line distinctly on
the temperance question. The names of
all members of his church appearing
upon the published petitions in that city
have been expelled from the church with
out ceremony.
j. G. Knapp, of Limona, has been re-
appointed by Commissioner Norman Cole
man, as the State statistical agent, and
he proposes preparing a special report
upon the capabilities and products of
Florida for publication by the department
at the beginning of next year.
A report of the warrants issued by Clay
county during the fiscal year ending Sept.
1, has been made out by the clerk. Seven
thousand three hundred and tOrty-three
dollars and fifty cents were paid out, and
of this smount some 1000 were expended
for building purposes.
Starke's new school building, when
completed, will be an ornament to the
town, and will cost about $4,000. This
good work is being accomplished by pri-
vate subscriptions alone. Starke Insti-
tute school opened last week with an at
tendance of 30 to 100 pupils.
Milton has eight stores that deal in
general merchandise. four saloons, three
cOnfectioneries, foundry and machine
shop, a shingle machine and shipyard,
two shoe shops, six churches, three
schools, three or four groceries, post office,
two hotels, several boarding houses, a
livery stable, two grist mills, and another
under way.
Two negro men employed by Eppinger
e. Russell, at Olustee, had a difficulty
Wednesday last, when one cut the other
in eight different places. Two OF the cuts
penetrated to the hollow Of the chest,
making ugly and dangerous wounds. The
case is serious and may prove fatal. The
one doing the cutting has been held TO
await the results of the injuries.