Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-24

DR.. Robert Scott, OF Monticello, was the
first member of Floral City Division No.
90, Soas of Temperance, who died entitled
to the benefits of the insUral se feature Of
| the order, and his family will receive
S., 900.
Wednesday morning at Bakers mill,
near Jasper, George Welsh, cCiored
freight train hand, jumped from the train
while 1t was backing, fell and was run
over before he could get up. He had a leg
broken, foot crushed and received other
injuries.
A successful jail delivery was leade at
Sumterville Tuesday evening by prison
ers, all escaping except one man and wo.
man. Gauldin, the oxford would-be ra-
pist, made his escape with the others.
The Sheriff and posse are in hot pursuit
OF the iugtives,
A. j. Dalton has lust begun tie erection
Of new brick building on the corner Of
Lemon ana Third streets, PslatkA. The
size of the structure will be As by = feet,
and below will be three stOreroOms, while
the second floor will be made up of offices
and sleeping apartments.
A fire broke out in the picker room OF
McDougall Bros. cotton factory at Talla-
hassee Thursday. There was lively times
among the employees, about thirty IN
number. The fire was eXtinguished and
Why oboAl -JO ROuuNs lAAb bOlbbh W az US-
stroyed. The fire originated in the beaten
ana is supposed to have come from
match in the cotton,
Gen. ". L. Z. Prince, of Cheraw, S. c.,
one of the most distinguished criminal
lawyers of the Palmetto state, is now at
Patatka, on his return from trip TO South
| Florida and the Gulf coast He was
called to Florida 30 defend young Lowry,
who was to have been tried at Orlando
! ma il a
of Gen. Robert Lowry, Senator for many
years from Chesterfield county, 5. c., and
no effort will be spared to convince the
jury Of his innocence. His thoughtful
advocate, however, found public feeling
considerably inhamed. and succeeded in
getting the trial postponed.
The Hillsboro Abstract Company was
organized at Tampa on Jan. Is with the
following officers: Hon. John L. Lesley,
President; W. n. ConOley, Secretary and
Treasurer and w. A. Givens and W. A.
Honaker, directors. The company is in
/ cOrpOrated and has g capital stock of
$1,000. Its object is implied by its name
that OF making and furnishing abstracts
Of titles to all the lands in HilIsboro cOun.
ty. The company has twelve large books,
each about 24X36 aud weighing 20 pounds,
and Mr.. COuoley has been at work max
ing abstracts ever since June last, and
Tuten's store, at Jasper, has been
burned. Nothing could be done TO save
anything in it. Mr.. Robertson, a clerk
ana bOok-keeper, occupying a room in the
! building, narrowly escaped through a side
window. The trunks of the clerks were
all that was saved. A light breeze was
blowing from the southeast, which, with
hard work, saved Col. Ancrum's store
and the Courier office. The post office
was threatened and Mr.. Mckee moved out
his things, but it was saved by throwing
water on it. Strickland Bros, OF Naldos-
ia, owned the burned building. 1t was
insured for 500. Tuten's loss is about
$4,000 and not more than three-fourths
covered by insurance. Col. AncTum lost,
perhaps, 5000 or $500 by removal and wa
ter and by negroes carrying off goods.
Key West Democrat: The schooner
Addie Doan, Capt. Ackerly, master, ar
rived Jan. with 100, 600 cOcOanuts for
Messrs. Osborn and Field, to be planted
on the coast above Cape Florida. The CO.
cOanut industry is becoming quite the
rage in Florida, and bids fair to become
one of our chief industries. is a Gro ,
that has no enemies, and is bound IN the
long run to pay. The usual production
of a c0cOanut tree is one tree for every
day in the year. We have had some ex-
perience IN Florida in raising cOcOanuts.
bay, at Miami. and, Notwithstanding the
damage done by hurricanes, we used to
get 200 good nuts from each tree, besides
what we ate and gave away. COcOanuts
sometimes commence bearing in Jour
years, and are always in full bearing in
seven years, if they are ever gong to do
anything. We have seen one cOcoanut
tree with over 300 goOd-sized nuts on it at
one time, besides the blossoms and small
nuts; one bunch had eighty-iVe and
another had ninety five full-grown nuts
on 1t.
The Board Of Trustees of the Florida
Baptist College, founded under the au-
spices of the Florida Baptist State Con-
yentiOn about year since, finally located
in the city of DeLand, and to be known
as .'DeLand College," met in that place
present. 1t was found upon inquiry that
there were some 90 applications for ad-
mission from abroad, while there were no
accommodations TO meet this demand /;
aud the first and most portant feature
of business transacted was the resolution
to provide adOrmitory building. in further
ance of which it was decided to raise
$4,000 or $4,000 without delay, about one
halt of which was secured before the
board adjourned, Hon. Ii. A. DeLand
starting the subscription with 81 600, in
addition TO which he has hitherto made
various liberal donations to the jnstitu-
ton, amounting in the aggregate to about
$50, 600. The board, after finishing its
other business, adjourned to meet again
in March, previously deciding that the
needed dormit0ries should be completed
| by October next.