Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-17

The new Baptist church at PENAL was
dedicated Sunday.
b. +. A. Bowers, of Key West, is men
toned for City Clerk.
j A. Fortner s. Co. have sold CT forties
! OF land in Polk and Manatee.
t. j. Albritton has removed his mercan-
tile business from Pine Level to Fort
Winder.
A few days ago thief broke into the
otiice OF John Cross at Liverpool, and stole
about 5000.
The taxable property ofManatee county
for 1885 is nearly $1,000,O0O more than it
was last year.
At Tampa, few days ago, lightning
knocked the stopper out Of a jug without
hurting the holder.
A man who will build $4,000 hotel at
Glendale will get an acre of land and
10000 feet of lumber.
Postmaster A. NJ. 9. Russell has Just
received 90 new lock boxes and drawers
for the Brooksville post office.
james Hand was shot and killed year
ago by Jack Downing in Manatee county.
Last week Hands son met Downing and
killed him.
The population OF Manatee county is
$500, among which are ,229 men over the
OF taxable property in the county for 1885,
according to the assessment rolls Just COM
pleted, is $2,500,000, which is an average
OF $3.50 for each inhabitant of the county.
Col. Walter Gwynn, ex-State Treasurer,
has been at Pine Level, representing
before the Board of County Commissioners
that the land belonging to the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West Railroad Com
pany is not worth 35 cents per acre, the
amount that it is now valued at for taxa
ton.
Pine Level Times: Tax Assessor A. N.
Wilson has evinced a great deal of energy
ana perseverance in making the ASSESS
ment this year, and as a result he has
gathered $2,500,000 worth of property.
which render it unnecessary for the COM
missioners to fix a higher per cent. of
taxation this year than last.
The contractors have Just finished the
brick work on the new brick block OF l..
.. Gold, of Leesburg, building OF So feet
'front.' and two stories high. They have
now begun work on John 7. Dunn's new
business house on Front street, at PaIatka,
and they will have it finished and ready
for Mr.. Dunn's grocery stock in a short
while.
Col. Il. C. Culbreath, who died at Old
Tampa Bay Sept. 4, as requested, was
one he wore in the army. One of the most
touching incidents at the grave was the
grief manifested by Col. w. G.. BartholO-
new, who served in the Union army; the
shedding OF tears by the blue over the
gray.
Loula Smith, white, and Emma Nc
Nulty, cOlOred, were brought down to Pa
latka Saturday from Crescent City and
lodged in Jail in default of payment of
a fine of 500 and costs imposed by Squire
j. IL. Harp, for assaulting Eliza Booth,
white woman. Besides striking her, she
was held and whipped with switches
until her back was cut into jelly.
Bronson Times: A negro convict was
put up by the Board or County COmmis-
sioners Tuesday, and knocked off to the
highest bidder to work out his fine. His
fine and costs amounted to $2j, and he
will get it paid for him by putting In
three months work. He had only stolen
a ring, which was the cause of the trouble,
and the county is getting tired Of board
ing such scamps, and proposes to make
some Of them pay for 1t themselves.
The South: Among the principal needs
Of Florida for the development of the re-
sources Of the State are: Canning estab-
lishments, to consume all the surplus
vegetables and fruits; factories for pre-
pairing the fertilizers found in deposits
within the State; tanneries for preparing
hides now shipped or allowed to 20 TO
waste; industrious and enterprising
settlers, who are not mere spectators;
experienced farmers and truck gardeners;
dairy farms for the supply of milk, but
ter, beef, etc.; experimental farms and
nurseries, and apiaries. To these needs
may be added cheaper and more direct
transit for the bringing of the crop to
Northern markets, and lastly, the Oblitera-
ton Of good deal of needless and puerile
rivalry as between different sections of
the peninsula.