Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
made q criminal assault upon her, and
LETT the child in a fearful condition.

left the child in fearful condition.
A colored section hand has been sick for
some time at Callahan, and last Wednes-
day, while lying helpless, he was assailed
by black fiend, who beat him mercilessly
and left him to die. The inhuman as
sailant is not known, and as the man is
both insensible and speechless, 1t is feared
the flend will never be brought to justice.
From last accounts the man was barely
alive and 1t is thought will not recover.
At meeting of the directors of the Or
lando Street Railway Company, held at
the First National Bank in that city Mon.
day, 1t was decided to Immediately COM
mence operations, and an order was sent
out for enough steel rails to lay one and
half miles of track; also tor one passen-
ger and two freight cars, which are eX-
pected to arrive about Oct. 1, when the
construction of the road will be immedi-
ately commenced.
Louis W. Buckley, for several mon tbs
past the city editor of the Jacksonville
Morning News, has resigned mis- position
with that paper to take place in the es-
Establishment of Charles W. DaCosta and
to organize at the same time an independ-
ent business in which he and MIR .DaCosta,
it is understood, will have an equal pro-
prietary interest. Mr.. Buckley is sue
ceeded by Ed. c. Campbell, one OF the best
and most enterprising newspaper men in
the Floridian metropolis.
The work of laying the rails on the Ia
wares, Atlantic and Gulf railroad is pro-
crossing rapidly, the construction train
being now south of Astatula. Nearly
three-quarters OF mile OF track is being
laid daily. The right OF way gangs are
moving toward Mfnneola and Clermont,
and will be there I'm a week. Meantime
the graders at the western end are nearly
at Hardin's, on West Apopka. At the
other end they are about one mile and
half from Oakland. The force at both
ends increases daily.
Among the curiosIties in West Perry is
spotted negro girl, about IA years of
age, who, few years ago, was as black
as the ordinary descendant of Ham, but
whose color is now changing. The girl,
1t is said, began turning white about two
years ago, and her face and body are now
covered with large spots. She has turned
about half white, and the spots are grow
ing larger. Around her head is white
ring, and the hair has also turned to the
color very unbecoming to negro-white.
The mother OF the girl thinks she pos
sesses ''sumthin' wonderful In dat GAL"
and says she don't "know what de Mig
gers is gwine to turn to-"
The Callahan Record, speaking of the
recent disappearance of Mr.. 81. V. Wide
man, the agent of the Savannah, Florida
| and Western railway at that place, says:
Mr.. Wideman went to Savannah on Aug.
! IA, giving his many friends here to I'M
derstand that he would be back in a day
! or two and he has not returned yet,
neither is his whereabouts known. Mrs.
| Wideman was very much worried at his
| heightened silence and went to Way
cross last week with Mr.. Wideman's
father. For two years Mr.. Wideman has
| been the popular agent at the Savannah,
| Florida and Western depot, and himself
and family made many friends who do
not know what 10 make Of his strange ST.
| lence. Neither Mrs. Wideman or the
railroad officials know where he is. and
| some suspect foul play. His position
was held open for him over week, but
as he gave no reason for his absence it
has been filed.
The Florida census statistics for 1885,
were recently published in the Floridian,
of Tallahassee. The total population of
the State is given as 338, 406. OF this num-
| Der 1911, 1855 are whites and LAT, psi are COL
ored. Orange county is given IA 400, OF
| which IL 1863 are white and 3 GOT are COL
| ored. The counties with population in
| excess of that of Orange in their order are !:
Alachua, with 25,94T; Duval %. 865; Leon,
17,444; Marion. 1923; Escambia, 1000;
JeHerSOn. l0,Oi0s monroe, I0,U4U; M adj
| son, 14,555; Jackson, 14,425. A COM
parison between Orange and the two
| largest counties of Alachua and
| Duval shows that while the former
| has nearly four times as many whites as
| colored, Alachua has only 10,494 whites
to 10, 453 colered, and Duval 10,172 whites
TO 1858 colored. Jefferson has II, 476
colored to 1906 whites, and Leon 14,584
| colored to 2,S60 whites. jefferson has a
| person 100 years OF age, and Manatee has
a man 100 years of age, whose wife's age
is 80 years. Monroe has 20 Chinese in
habitants. There are ~ colored persons
| in the State whose ages range from 100 to
| 129 years. These facts speak we'll for the
State. Sumter has 9,462 population, Of
whom 1894 are whites and 1884 colored