Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03

In the South from 1865 to 1865 to the States
in which the tax was collected, for edu-
cational purposes, passes, it Will give
Florida $9lS944.
OF the total number of delegates com.
posing the Second district Congressional
Convention, 1870, Dougherty has l6l. LeaV-
ing out Duval he has al, Or more than
three-tourths of the whole. The delegates
chosen up to date in the First Congress
slonal district stand as follows: For Da-
wilson 81; for Mallory 81; unknown .;
Monroe county Is contested.
AS a consequence of the series of re-
liglous meetings which closed at sumter
vile last week, six persons-Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas kimball, Walter Wilhelm,
Sidney Larkin, John f. Shecut and little
girl-were baptized and taken into men,
Dership in the Baptist church. A mum Der
OF others, who have not yet united with
any church, protested religion.
A greater amount of rain than fell the
first of last week was never known at
SumterVille. The Branch Mill creek, hall
mile north OF town, overlooked its sub
terranean channal and became above
ground turbulent, rushing stream that
required the swimming of horse to cross
it. Much of the lower land was SUBJ
merged, but the general damage Is not
great.
At Pensacola Wednesday night some
one attempted to open the window blinds
from outside of the room in which the
little boy OF w. ii. Hutchinson was Sleep
ing at the latter's residence with view
of committing robbery. His attempt was
heard by Mr.. Hutchinson, who arose,
went to the window, suddenly forced
open the blinds, and fired at the now fast
retreating figure, but without taking
effect.
Ransom Reddy, of Wakulla, has grow
ing on his premises, a short distance from
town, a vine of genuine black pepper
(pipe negrum }, from which he has already
gathered one crop OF berries. He came in
possession of the roots of the vine from
friend of his In California, who had sent
to the island of Ceylon for it In order to
experiment as to whether it would grow
in the United States or not. 1t has a
round, smooth, woody, articulated stem,
swelling near the joints, with a dark
green color. 1t was covered with small
wbltIsh flowers, covering thtckly the cyl
indrical spadox, and succeeded by half
grown berries.
Florida merchants doing business with
Spanish ports will be much gratltied at
some concessions just made to shippers by
the Spanish government to go into effect
T Aug. II. All invoices will be certified by
| the Consul at cost of 81 30, which price
will he held good for an invoice of 500 or
! 100000. Formerly a charge of 10 per
per cent. per ton on the cargo was made.
This has been done away with. Fourteen
dollars was formerly charged for the
clearance papers. After Aug. l the
| charge will be 50 80, or possibly less. The
other charges are of a similar character,
! all designed to benefit shippers to Span
ish ports. The new administration in
spain is extremely anxious to force trade
as much as possible. The charge for
legalizing the signatures to documents
has been reduced from 81 to 81 30.
AT Plant City on Sunday night last,
about , O'Clock, while quietly sleeping by
an open window, Arnold w. Greene was
struck on the side of his face with the
sharp edge of an ak by some fendlsh
| person. On account of the window being
| low and the villain having to strike left
| handed blow his aim was not good and
the ak struck Mr.. Greene on the cheek
bone, making bad but not dangerous
wound, from which he is recovering.
| There is but little doubt as 10 the motives
| of this tend in his attack on Mr.. Greene.
| Mr.. Green's daughter slept in an
adjoining room, and about her win
dow foot prints showed that
efforts had been made to effect an en-
| scoundrel had then gone to Mr.. Greene's
window and attempted TO kill him, with
| the evident intention of getting into the
house to commit a more heinous crime
even than that OF murder. When struck,
Mr.. Greene sprang up and closed the win
dow, and the man outside made OFF. The
| matter created a sensation on the streets
the next morning, and the indignation of
| the people was added to when it was
learned that efforts mad been made to en-
ter the rooms of other ladies'. Sus-
piclon pointed to young negro
man who had been about town for
some time, but he has disappeared.
| On Wednesday night, between 10 and IL
O'Clock, party of men, lDcensed at the
attack made on MIR. Greene and attempts
! at other crimes, went to the house kept by
| Henry MOreland, a sort of refuge for dis
| reputable characters, and took him and
his brother out and gave them good
whipping, and advised Henry to skip,
| which he did.