Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The town hall at Maitland Is offered for
sale or rent.
The law firm of Jones & Murphy, OF
Orlando, has been dissolved.
Polk county is agitating the question OF
erecting fire and burglar proof jail.
The Orlando Guards will formally dedi-
cate their new armory on Christmas eve.
Rev. J. G. Sail, of Quincy, is now prin.
cipal OF the Quincy Male and Female
Academy.
Henry Mallory, OF the Mallory line of
steamships is in Florida looking after the
interests OF mis- line.
W. A. White has already shipped over
| 600 boxes of oranges from his Lake Jesup
| grove, and be expects that his entire crop
will amount to about 1900 boxes, The
fruit is bringing him from So to So 20 per
box.
T. c. Taliaferro has been appointed by
| the Collector of Customs, at Key West,
| Deputy Collector for the port Of Tampa.
He will have charge of the bonded
| warehouse as soon as it is definitely To-
Gated.
At a meeting of the North Tampa Couu-
Gil, held last Monday night, the proDo-
! siii0n was discussed OF coming into lam
pa as another ward. Ybor City would
come in as still another and in this way
taxes would be very materially reduced,
as only one city government would have
to be supported instead of three.
Tuesday evening Robert Mcpherson
| (cOiOred) came into Pensacola to have q
! bullet extracted from his lett jaw. The
! fact is, II was disagreeable aud uncom-
! Portable, and he wanted IL taken out. The
! girl VINO handled the gun which put the
/ hall fbarn GtpiL "
Tor home run, although Robert claims
! the wound was the result of an accident,
and the careless handling of pistol. DR..
! MOffat extracted the bullet from under
meath the left Jaw. which had entered
about the ear, and striking the skull de-
| hected down ward.
The Hillsborough Brick Company OF
Tampa has been formed for the purpose
OF manufacturing a brick IRON
B. r. Cole. G. Il. Chamberlain took
samples of this clay to Savannah a short
| time ago and had them burned at large
| brick yard at that place. They were re-
| turned showing that the experiment is a
| complete success. The company will i'm
medlately commence the erection OF suit
able buildings and hope to be turning out
brick OF good quail W and comparatively
| low price ia very snort time.
NOW bHdb the IOT-
ida Railway and Navigation has con-
cluded to transfer TO Fernandina "all ma
| chlnists, black5miths and carpenters"
| formerly employed at Jacksonville, we
hope 10 hear very soon that Receiver Du-
val has issued orders to Engineer Bush
nell and Mr.. Randolph to commence the
! construction of large and well furnished
shops upon the grounds selected for that
! purpose at this place. Who will under
| ia ka now tho hlildinU nf the fffU
! Portable cottages required for the families
> of these employees? The character of
houses needed should not cost more than
| $500 to 81 600 each-say an average of $500
and will readily rent, the year round,
at $15 per month, thus paying about %
per cent. annual income on first cost.
| A meeting of the Sumter County Vege-
table Growers Association was held at
| SumterVille on Monday last. c. White
field, IL. Z. Martin aud A. 5. Harvey were
! appointed a committee to ask Judge &. X.
Cessna to call meeting of the state Elk.
| ecutive Committee. Advices from all
! parts OF the couaty agree in saying that
! not more than one-tenth the acreage
would be planted in truck this year than
was planted last, unless reduction in rail-
road rates on vegetables could be effected.
Another committee was appointed to
write the State Fruit Exchange, the OBJ
! ject being to bring about consolidation
! Of the two organizations. An advisory
! resolution was drawn 10 the effect that
! each and every member of the county as
! ISOLATION 20 to work and secure co-opera-
! tion and make the association a harmo-
| NOUS body by Jan. 10, 1887, when the 1850
! citation meets again.
/ The crack OF pistol and the smell of
| powder brought all the women folks on
| Romano street, Pensacola on their front
I ,,aIl D,.in LODI
! 4:30 O'clock. One negro reeled, catching
| at The fence, and fell Immediately in front
of the residence OF Ed Gale Quina. His
! name was George Payne, an escaped con-
Wet from A ALBANIA. A negro by the name
of John Henry WAS deputized to
make the arrest, and approached Payne
on the corner OF Railroad and Romano
| streets, and told him that he was wanted,
whereupon Payne took to mis- heels. pur-
sued by the other legro. Being overtaken
| Payne pulled out knife. and to protect
| himself, so stated by the man doing the
shooting, be pulled out his pistol and
| fired. The ball entered the back about
middle way and passed almost entirely
through the body, Lodging in the prox-
unity of the navel. DIR. Hargis attended
the wounded man and reported the case
| as doubtful OF recovery.
The tax books or Hillsborou ugh county
for the year 1886 have been compiled by
Assessor A. M. Sanford, and turned over
TO the Collector OF Revenue w. j. Martin.
| The total number of acres taxed is 49,
946; tota number OF acres in cultivation,
! 12,0l6; total valuation of real estate
! $2,324,67l; personal property, $1,920,277 /;
city and town property, $404,394; number
/ OF horses and mules in county, l.4S2 /;
| number OF cattle. 10. 800; number OF sheep
! and goats, 107; number of hogs, 3,645.
| Total valuation OF animals OF Hills.
| borough county. S205,640; valuation Of
| other personal property, $500 $50. The
total taxes tor State purposes amounts 10
! $l2, 99l 80, and for county purposes, S22,-
! 0S7 0S. max n total for state and
county purposes Of $35,079 OF. Consider
ing the fact that all property was as
sessed al not more than 40 per cent OF lls
| real value, the county OF Marlborough
can congratulate itself upon the great ad-
vance in the value OF all property.
Henry Jacobs, who was a section hand
| on the Pensacola and Atlantic, with
shanties at Messy Head, attempted TO
board tue moving accommodation train
| Tuesday evening abOut7 o'clock, and was
| successful In getting on, but In leaving
! the train no was badly hurt. The mail
post, found at all stations not generally
a stopping point. caught him az ne was
swinging OF from the steps Of the car,
and threw him under the wheels. The
car passed over his LETT leg obliquely,
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