Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-26
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Oranges are cracEing- badly in the
vicinity OF Mayport.
United States Senator Wilkinson Call
was in Gainesville Monday.
Mrs. John R. Hogan, late postmistress,
ha~ removed from aa4poFt.
Water and marsh fowl are abundant in
the marshes sreahd Msgport.
Thirteen feet at high tide is the report
from the 81. Augu-tiHe bar pilots.
An offer of'S2 500 for vacant lot in
Eustis VAS declined few days since.
A coOred man employed in Clarke's
shnXle mil at Bayard sawed the fingers
from one hand last Monday.
One OF MaypOrt's sportsmen recently
Killed large bear in the hammock a short
distance back of the village.
At Orange City day or two ago a small
child of Laura Ransom's was faiall,
burned from its clothing catching fire.
Gen. JOhn B. Gordon. Of Georgia, with
his vie. spent SUNDAY in Palatka. They
lett by steamer Monday morning for South
Florida.
1t costs Levy county 500 month to
keep its prisoners VINO are confined at
GAINESVILLE, the Bronson Jail not being
completed.
Young Sanders, of Orange City. whose
eye was injured by Connolly, Is improv
ing. nut the sight is wholly gone. Con-
nelly is at large.
GA the 18th inst. a camp of Coufederate
veterans WAS formed at Lptshurg. 1t
will he called Sidney Johnson Camp No.
2. There are 40 members.
snydicate Of Eastern capitalists have
purchased | 900 lot. Of the Badger home
sead near Eustis, and will Immediately
be- IN nrGcfiOy hnildinOa fharaOn
One hundred and eighty ItalIans-men,
women and children-arrived in Pa atka
Monday night via the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway, en- route to Ocala,
near which place they will locate.
The residence Of Bascom Lowman, OF
Levy county, which ha just been COM
pleted, was burned last Thursday night
ny the dropping of a match into some
shavings near the house. 1t was due 10
tn c4re'ess"ess - snme negroes, who
were out possum hunting.
Though less tn one year old. Bayard
now has TWO saw mills, two stores, a post
office, and good school house, which is
occupied by school numbering over %
scholars, taught by Miss Robin son, q,
Jacksonville. An effort is being made t.
organze social club the residents hop
ing thereby to relieve the monotony OF
Bayard society by afordlng its citizens
evenings of amusement and instruction.
A summary of the exports from Pensa-
cola for the wear ending Oct. 81, 1885,
shows that there WAS shipped from thai
port a total nf ST ,629.676 BIC feet of hewn
timber, "a AT. 900 superficial feet OF sAwn
timber, 81. 1873, 900 superficial ct of lum-
Der and 1851 bales of cotton, besides
1904 cube feet of cedar, 9l2 cubic feet OF
cypress. 200 barr Is Of rOAin, 800 tons of
coal, 776 900 shingles, 912 tons of pig
dron and 400 tons OF guam. The shipping
as done 10 All vessels, aggregating 1884,
595 t,sns.
At Gainesville, Monday, as Contractor
F.,W. Hahn was unloading lumber from
afat car standing on the switch running
into the court yard. brace in the side of
the car broke, and Mr.. Hahn was crushed
! down beneath q lot oil lumber which rolled
down from the top OF the load. The um-
Der vas removed as quickly as possible.
but Mr.. Hahn was unconscious when
carried to his home. He rallied. however,
nd 10 still living. DR.. N. ID. Philips, his
I attending physician, says that no bones
aafe.broken, but it is feared that internal
injuries are su- tained. HIS whole body.
face aRd head is badly bruised, and blood
has been OOzing from mis- ears. making his
recovery very doubtful. Mr.. Hahn moved
10 Gainesville with his family from New
York about two months ago. He had
lately been awarded the contract for
building a public school building at
GainasVilla.