Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-07

Peter Reddlck and Dick Howard. two
escaped Eeniteniary cOnEicts, have been
recaptured at Gainesville.
Plans for a new school house will be
submitted TO the School Board at its next
meeting at st. Augustine.
The OIL mill of the NJ. G. G. Company, at
MADISON, has shut down owing TO their
COTTON seed having run ont.
One trucker in Alachua county got %
cents from New DIRK last week as the to-
tai returns tor six crates of heans.
a carriage factory is TO be started in
Ocala by Palmer & Svster. New ma
emery, etc, has been ordered tor it.
j. l.. Demilly has served fo- 46 years as
lreasurero OF Leon county, and Friday was
reapp0lnted to the Office for two years.
The second quarterly conference for
clear W alter c'rcuit, for this year, was
held at Anona Saturday and yesterday.
The Teachers Association Of Hills
borough county will hold it's next meet
ing at Clear Water HarbOr, beginning
Aug. 10.
The watermelon crop of Madison coun-
ty bids fair to yield heavily. Some of the
planters expect to he ready TO ship by
June 20.
County Surveyor Fries states that IN
his Judgment the amount of property in
Orange county that escapes taxation eX-
ceeds 81, 100000.
A movement is on foot among the Epis-
!. copalans at Quincy to erect "A chapel,
and donation Of $500 from one lady mas
been given them.
S. H. kilgOre's cuke patch, near Clear
Water, OF about twO-seyenths of an acre,
panned Outeighty- crates, and panned
in little over $500.
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the work on the Episcopal church at I'll
tusville with dispatch. The finishing
touches will soon beput on.
A Tallahassee merchant, who began
business over three years ago, has not
been absent from his store a single day,
often having his midday meal sent to him.
The Ocala House, Oeala, is said to be
a failure from financial point of view.
1t cost s. 10000, and 1t is said by those who
should know that it does not pay its owner
4 per cent. on that amount.
A fiat plate of gold weighing six ounces
was found by Mr. Jameson in an Indian
mound near McDonald's, on the TaYarese,
/ Orlando and Atlantic railroad, a short
time since. The value of the plate Is
about $40.
In Tampa, on Thursday, young man
by the name OF Charley Thomas at
tempted to take his own life by cutting
| his throat with pocket knife Thomas
had been drinking very hard fer several
days previous.
Mr.. Stokes, formerly section master on
the Florida Southern railway at keesburg,
now conductor of the rOadwa train, has
received the first prize awarded to the
section boss keeping his section In the
best condition, the prize being $25
r. f. C0wan, of st. Louis, Supreme
l. e. ~ a 4
was present at the Orlando meeting, and
instituted State Grand Lodge OF Knights
of Pythias. About fifty Knights from the
nine lodges of the State were present.
The artesian well at Green Cove Spring
has reached depth OF 476 feet, with
slight but regular increase of the flow of
water. The last eight feet have been
through soft rock, beneath which a large
flow was expected, but another hard
stratum of rock has been struck.
The Strathmore Hotel, on Amelia
Beach, will be opened about June 10. The
hotel viii this season be under the man
agement of MRS. L. W. TOmkies, of Gaines
Vile. Mrs. TOmkies is the wife of the
Rev. Mr.. Tom kies, at one time pastor Of
the Methodist church at Fernandina.
Mr.. Russell. who lives a short distance
west OF Fort Mead, mas sold up to date
$50 worth et strawberries from patch
20Xl00 feet, aud will probably realize
enough more to increase the amount to
500. This is at the rate of 81, 200 per acre,
and yet some people say that strawberries
won't pay in Florida.
About a dozen of the Swiss-Italian COL
Onists arrived at Green Cove Spring on
Tuesday. and after a delay of a day or
two proceeded to the location selected
for them, where they will make the neces-
sary preparations for the reception of the
others of the colony. These are athletic
men, and are plainly no strangers TO ag-
ricultural work.
A good many of the Italians that re-
Gently settled at WeishtOn are leaving.
| They have no means OF support, and, as
there is no work to be done at WelshtOn
by which they can make a living, they
are forced to leave. The colony have
cleared and fenced about so acres of land,
which they have set out in vineyard,
and which is said to be looking line. No
doubt this vineyard would prove OF great
profit had thew the means upon which TO
subsist until 1t comes into bearing.
The following civil appointments were
made during the past week: Richard II.
Marks, -. G. PeeleT and George Howell TO
be NOtaries Public IN and 70: the state at
large; w. Nj. &. Neal. to be Justice of
the Peace in and for the county Of Jack
son; En- gene Marcile, to be Justice OF the
Peace in and for the county of N0iusia;
A. b. Dixon, TO be Justice Of the Peace
in and for the county of Santa Rosa; Ben
iamin Coachman, to be Inspector OF Tim
Der and Lumber in and Tor the county OF
Levy: Hugh Black, to be County Com
missioner in and for the county OF Leon:
NJ. T. A lexapder, to be member Board of
Health in and for the county of Franklin;
r. ). Ferren, to he County Commissioner
in and tor the county Of Marion.
About one and a half mil es from
Jacksonville. on piece OF ordinary pine
land, three.quarters Of an acre in all,
lives q. w Barber, an industrious native
of the county. born near Baldwin. I'm
dismayed by his small possessions, Mr..
Barber has gone vigorously to work to
utilize them. From that three-quarters
of an acre he has pocketed m year from
watel melons. 500; from green corn, S3S:
from canta eupes, S34; from sugar cane.
SD: from beans and sqmshes, 81, and
after all there were harvested from crop
Of sweet potatoes $50, making in all $45i
from three-quai ters Of an acre Of poor
Florida land. He has bad no horse, hir-
ing an animal for occasional work and
bringing his produce to town in his arms.
During leisure hours he works in a shoe
shop nc McGlnnis' stable, and has used
no fertilizer save that obtained from the
stable.