Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-19

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! Dur the young man was persistent,
and had such a winning way about him
| that he rinally consented 10 exchange
/ $40 with him. When Mr.. stevens took
his money out the young man said as ne
/ had a lot OF lives Nj. stevens would not
| object TO let him have $40 and he would
| return $ST in small bills and So in silver.
| Mr.. Stevens took the $37 in paper
and So in silver. $40 in all as he thong ut,
! and put il in his pocket, aud then gave
! the four $40 bills. BY this time the train
reached Gordon, when he got of. After
/ the departure of the train Mr.. Stevens
/ counted mis- money and found ii tour So
! bills snort. He had been looking for the
sharper all the way from Atlanta and
! found MIN when within five miles from
] home. Mr.. Stevens says he is unable to
! explain how he was so charmed as to
allow the sharper TO get bis money. Ia
future be VIII change no money on the
train, not even Tor mis- nearest relative.
FLORIDA.
1t is said that Coles circus wall visit
Florida this winter.
The Beulah Baptist Association held lis
seventh annual session at Elan church
on Oct. 8, and s.
The Quincy Male and Female Academy
opened last Monday with a goOdy num-
Der of scholars, and more will enter In
few days.
The tax payers of Clay county will be
required to contribute, in all, the sum OF
$50 43I p, of which the State takes
So Il. The total valuation is 81 ,54S,-
4U7.
The fishermen of Pensacola held N eet-
ing " ednesday night In the hall ON cor
ner of PalafOX and Zaragossa streets
/ aud formed themselves into a FisneTm ans
Protective Association.
| While out hunting one day last week a
cOlOred boy OF Pensacola was accident
! ally shot in the head and face by com
peniOn. DIR. Renshaw ate nded the wound
ed boy and found 1t necessary to remove
| the LETT eye, which was struck by a shot.
Last Friday evening the nominees of the
| Prohibition party OF Bradford county and
| State, Hons. HOratio ). Brewster, Richard
j. Morgan. r. b. Norment, William
| Hand and George W. Crawford, ct al,
argued the claims of their party befor e
the Apopka city public.
The schooner L. X. Hart, of RAYS
| Florida packet line, LETT Baltimore yester-
day with the last Of the brick for the
| Mosquito Inlet lighthouse. The original
contract for this work called for 500, 900
brick. u is hoped the work will be COM
| pleted by tue close Of the present season.
The Orlando and Winter Park street
railway seems 10 be fully assured. The
right Of way has been secured over nearly
the entire distance, and the subscriptions
to the stock are being taken at a rate
which indicates that the people want the
| line and have faith in ii as a business en-
| terprlse.
Sumterville has been entirely free this
term Of court from the drunkenness that
has usually characterized suoh gather
ings. 1t has been a subject of remar k
that many persons who have seldomif
ever before attended a term of court with.
out becoming Intoxicated, have on this
occasion remained sober.
There will be camp meeting OF the A.
M. +. church, at Houston, Florida, upon
the old camp meeting ground OF Middle
Florida, six miles from Live Oak, com
mencing Oct. y and continuing to Nov.
D. Many of the ablest ministers of the
church in the State will be present and
participate In the meeting.
The orange groves about San Mateo are
reported in the best possible condition.
B. f. Crosby Saturday shipped twenty
boxes of the early variety. G. W. Lyle
has increased his order for boxes
to more than 5000, and Fl. r. LYLE
will have 1000 boxes this year, an in
crease of 800 boxes over the crop of last
year.
Information from few grove owners
around Orlando is to the effect that scale
is appearing on q lew trees, probably
from eggs which We're not dest rOyed last
winter. Most of the groves are entirely
free OF scale, and il is probable that if
vigorous measures were resorted to at
once the State might be entirely rid of this
insect.
A petition is being circulated In Pensa-
la b N 4 1iau alaxa nd
Joseph Hernandez, who was convicted
some time since Of taking money from
registered letters while acting as route
agent OF the railway mail service. The
petition is receiving the signatures OF
many influential citizens, and Herman.
dezs friends hope it will secure his re.
lease.
The County Commissj oners OF Bradford
have directed their Br dZe Committee to
select a site tor bridge across Alligator
creek at or near Pickles ford and furnish
the board With length and speciica lions
of such bridge by first Monday in Noyem.
Der next. The contract for building the
bridge is TO be let TO the lowest bidder at
Lake Butler on the first Monday in next
month.
Jim Thomas, a colored man of undeyel.
oped capabilities, has been quite success
full OF late in dlsposiug OF forged checks.
Several OF The Orlando business men
have been confronted with checks bearing
their names. TO whica the signatures We're
forgeries. George Younx was victimized
10 the tune Of $40 or $50 by check pur
porting TO have been signed by Capt. j, b.
Parramore.
A Young man calling himself Samuel
Sinclair was before Judge Rerdell, at Or
landO, on Tuesday, charged with stealing
money from Il. b. Campbell. He is also
accused OF passing number OF bogus
drafts, and the circumstances indi- |
cate that he is a crook. Evidence is ac
cumulating against him, and the chances
are that he Will pass over tho road To the
turpentine farm.
Tom Langley, young man OF 90 years,
while engaged in taking a raft of logo
south in the Withlacoochee river last |
Sunday week, was very suddenly missed
by his fellow wOrkmeH, the supp0sitiOn
being that he was caught by either n |
shark or an alligator and carried under.
He was sitting down at the time with lis
feet hanging into the water. HIS remains
had not been found up to Sunday last.
John ID. Easterlin, Division Superin.
tendent OF the Southern Bell TELEPHONE
Company, Is at Orlando for the purpose OF
establishing telephone line between Or |
lando and Sanford. with stations at Winter
Park, Maitland, LongwoOd and other in
terVening points. He hopes TO have the |
line In operation within the neyt EiX |