Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-30

Jack Mccormick, Of Barlow, who was
shot a week and half ago, has entirely
recovered.
Peach trees, in the neighborhood of Le-
vyvlile, now in bearing 81 years, are as
thrifty as fOur-year-Old trees.
All the officers of the Gainesville
Guards have resigned, and new officers
have been elected to ill their places.
Several new houses are being built at
hudson, and one is going up at Bartram.
mat section is on a substantial beem,
-Four towns-Judson, Bartram, Tren-
ton and Joppa are within a radius of
four miles, in the northwestern part of
Levy and southwestern Alachua.
Welshton is to supply large quantity
OF brick for building purposes in Palatka,
a contract having been made with a
builder there for 100000, with the refusal
of 100000.
Gainesville is agitating the question of
sinking an artesian well, which the News
says is absolutely required for the sani-
tary good of the city. Several OF the citi-
zens nave agreed to subscribe towards a
fund for this purpose.
1t is stated by the Palatka News that
M. f. Plant, son of Mr.. II. b. Plant, the
head of the "Plant system" has bought a
large lot at Fort Gates, % miles south of
Palatka, on which be expects to erect
one of the finest winter residences in the
State.
Gen. W. D. Barnes, State Comptroller,
left for North Carolina last Tuesday. pro-
posing to be absent about two weeks, He
has been uuwell for some time and relief
from the confning duties of his Office was
quite necessary to the restoration of his
health.
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be hung at Orlando Saturday. The gal
lows will be erected in the Jail yard and
surrounded by wall fourteen feet high,
so that the execution cannot be witnessed
from the outside. Only the witnesses re-
quired by law Will be admitted within the
enclosure.
Windsor is still progressing. Another
large 2-story building is being erected on
Lake avenue, and another building, still
larger, is to be erected before long on the
opposite side Of the street. Messrs.
Montgomery & Mckinney have just COM
pleted fine carpenter shop ON Windsor
avenue.
1t is said that the negro murderer,
Brown, is hidden near Live Oak by some
negroes who are awaiting the promise OF
a reward for his capture, when they will
bring him in. They are certainly not
aware Of the fact that the harbOring of a
murderer is compromising felony, and
that they are laying themselves amenable
to the law for so doing.
The peach industry is receiving consId-
cradle attention in Levy county, especial
ly in the eastern and western parts. The
vegetable crop, in the eastern part of the
county, has panned out much better than
was expected few weeks ago. The oat
crop will be the largest ever harvested in
the county. The crop is now about ma
tured, and the yield will be immense.
The following civil appointments were
made during the past week: Nj. v.
Clayton, to be Justice of the Peace
in and for Suwannee county; Geo.
II. HollOwell, to be Justice OF
the Peace in and for Walton county
j. Lewis Horsey, to be member
of Board Of Health in and for Nassau
county; W. K. Boyd and l.. NJ. Hughes
to be Notaries Public in and for the State
at large; F. FL. Reynolds, to he INSPECTOR
of Timber and Lumber in and for Frank
lin county; F. B. Taylor, to be County
Commissioner in and for Jefferson county !;
George Pasteur, to be County Commits
sioneT in and for Marion county; G. B.
Clachen, to be Notary Public IN and for
the State at large.