Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-02

criminals. Four escaped from there laFt
week, and its continued had management
is Il disgrace to the county.
Business at the Seville post office is rap
idly increasing. The cancellation Of
stamps Tor the last quarter amounted to
over 500. One hundred and tifty-etGht
registered letters were mailed.
Thirty fishing smacks ranging from 20
to 70 tons burden, aud 20 seining boats
are engaged in the fishing industry at
Pensacola, and 1t is estimated that up
wards OF 1000 people draw their support
from thissOurce.
Lancaster & Austin, OF Orange City, lost
a tne horse Sunday. During the thunder
storm in the afternoon of that day light
ming struck the roof of their stables, the
current passing down the Tafters and into
the stall IN which the horse was kept.
A case of robbery is said to have oc-
CURED in the rear of BaldWin's bar at
Lakeland Thursday evening just before
dark. An old man, it is alleged, was
robbed OF SIS, he being thrown down and
the money taken by two men from his
boot.
I. Albert Jennings, Of Jasper, has been
nothed by j. w. COlcOrd. Secretary of the
National Retail Druggists Association,
that the Executive Committee had APP
pointed him a member of the State Com
mittee for Florida for the ensuing year,
and requests that he attend their annual
meeting in september next.
Pensacola Commercial: The Port In
spectOr requires even solid rock ballast
brought from ports liable to infection with
yellow fever to be placed under water.
We presume there is danger that the 80
mites" might be hiding in the crevices OF
the rock. This is nearly as bad as DR..
NNTaka aaaa
iron.
The body of MIR. Cross, who with Mr..
Peacock was drowned near Palatka
twenty three days ago, while they were
engaged in lighting the river beacOns.
was found Sunday near where the acct
dent occL rred and taken to Jacksonville
during the afternoon. 1t was turned over
to Undertaken Oak, who prepared it for
burial.
Will L. Church, of New York, has ar
rived at AltamOnte with the boat he is
going to run on the Clay Springs Run and
the Wekiva. Both streams we're navI-
gated success ully, and the little steamer
6nally reached Clay Springs after the va
rious mishaps consequent on the first
navigation OF a narrow, tOrtuous and
shallow stream.
Orange City Times: A. L. Moorer, the
young man who mas been painting signs,
etc.. at this place for the last month or
two, took French leave after having
been paid Wednesday by the railroad
compan for signs he had painted for that
company. leaving large board bill un-
paid at HudnelPs board ng-house, and
number of other bills be owed around
town, aggregating some $40. Some of the
young men taken in by him here followed
nlm over to DeLand Wednesday night.
collected their money from him, and one
OF the party, we learn, administered a
sound thrashing. Hudnell is out about
$50, and will hereafter collect board bills
In advance.
Madison Recorder: H.V. Morrow, who
probably handles as many chickens as
any other country merchant in the State.
has a pair OF fowls now in his coop which
puzzle him to classify. They are larger
than an average-size chicken. have feet.
heads and other characteristIcs OF the
guinea, and the noise they make is like
that produced by that bird. In color they
resemble a chicken most. They were
raised on the farm of f. NJ. TOoke, and
are magnificent pair Of birds to look
upon. They are very wild, and before
captivity always roasted in very tall trees
around the yard. They are sad by some
tn be cross between the guinea and the
mmon variety of chickens.
At meeting of the trustees Of the Or
ange City Library Association, held last
Saturday evening" it was decided TO begin
t once the erection of the library build
ng. 1t is to be 2-stOry building, 24X50
feet. The upper story will be used for a
Masonic hall and the rear OF the lower
story will be used by the City Council.
while the front halt. 24X24. will be quite
large enou "a at present. for the library
and reading room. The trustees also de-
cided 10 give a course OF lectures this
winter. but as the season is far advanced
there will be but six in this cOurse-fouT
lectures and two musical entertainments
The committee Is now in CORES pOndence
with several lecturers. and Wednesday.
Feb. 10, the first one ~ II he given.