Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-09

swamp, was OF sufficient size to do him
up'' in short order. Mr.. Bell, calculating
the unequal contest there would be win
nothing but a pocketknife against an s.
foot alligator with his shack up" took
tree andcalled for his companions, Messrs.
Highsmith and Spivey, who put an end to
the gator in short order.
The following civil appointments were
made by the Governor during the past
week: John G.. Ruge, j. ID. Rush, to be
members of the Board of Health in and
for Franklin county. b. f. Moses. to be
Justice OF the Peace in and for Orange
county. 6. ). Hardee, to be County Com
missioner in and for Brevard county.
James G. Craven, to be Notary Public in
and for the Staie-at-large. David W.
George, to be Justice OF the Peace in and
for Bradford county. +. NJ. Douglass, 80
be County Treasurer in and for Baker
county. James G, Craver, to be Notary
Public in and for the State-at-large.
Font Meade Pioneer: There may now
be seen at Sunnyside Nursery one Of the
handsomest floral sights to be witnessed
in this land of flowers. An evergreen
h0neysuckle of the white Chinese variety
is now in full bloom, and is well worth
the trip to see. The massive vine is of
fiattened cone shape, feet high and %
in circumference, and the entire surface
is one solid mass of white and yellow
blooms. There cannot be less than 10000
full blown flowers around which a score
of tiny humming birds fit from morning
Till night, ana the whole atmosphere for
a quarter of a mile is literally filled with
a rich perfume.
Prot. Graham, Of Key West, who was
chosen President of the State Teachers
Association of Florida, recently organized
at Lake DeFuniak. says there are about
LOO teachers of public school in Florida,
and that out OF a school population OF
900 children, so, 600 are whiles 1890, 900
were expended on the schools system of
Florida during last year. In the ranks
of the teachers the males are largely out
numbered by the females. About one half
the teachers are from theNOrth and West,
and the schools In the newly settled sec
tiOns seem to be thriving the best, so
many OF the settlers have come from
communities where the public school
systems are well developed. 81.
c. A. Sanders, q. Fl. Call and L.
Bishop, the committee appointed at the
last annual conference of the III. e.
Church South, held in Orlando, to receive
bids for the location of the church's col
lege, have just made public the follow
ing: This is to certify that the COM
mittee of location for the Florida Confer
eace College of the Methods Episcopal
Church South have, and do hereby award
the location of said college to Leesburg,
Fla, in consideration of the bid Of said
town for the same, as rendered by the
citizens of said town; and your COM
mittee now have the specified time of
thirty days in which to collect and de-
pOsit the funds subscribed to secure
same"
Tallahassee FlOridian: During a friend
ly interview with Mr.. ThOs. j. Perki MS a
few days ago, we obtained the following
remarkable record: she has been agent
for one railroad 10 years; partner with
one man 81 years; followed one line of
business Cotton commission "a years;
written at one desk. used one chair and
occupied one office "a years; worn one
gold watch 81 years; has been Superin-
tendent of one Sabbath school 40 years;
subscribed to one paper AZ years; sub
scribed to another paper ~ years; has
been member, trustee and steward OF one
church A years; the official records of
one church are in his handwriting for Al
years; resided in one house 45 years;
lived happily with one wife more than 46
| years; been a citizen OF one town 40
| years; owns his grand-father's eight-day
clock, which has gone Observation-Disclosures
in the family for 100 years."
DR.. Manaway. general manager, who
has been in Palatka for several days in
| the interest of an industrial school for
colored youths, mention of which has sew
eral times been made in the NEWS, has
succeeded in getting a location for the
school. The tract purchased for a site
consists of 500 acres OF splendid rolling
pine lands, situated II miles west of the
city on the Florida Southern railway. and
was purchased from the Florida Live
Stock Company, who own at this point
10000 acres, the company being COM
posed of Messrs. j. Il. Bald
win, W. j. Webb, G. G.. Nichols, A.
Van HoughtOn, Of Pslatka; and j. b. II.
Burr, of New Jersey. The company
learning for what the land was wanted,
made a donation of 81, 800 to the inslilu-
ton. The land purchased has frontage
of one mile ON the Florida Southern rail-
way. and Is admirably situated for the
purposes intended. The work of clearing
it will be begun at once, and about
twenty acres of choice upland will be put
in readiness for the buildings, the erection
OF which will be begun in September.