Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-26

There were 12,214 dozen eggs shipped
from Crawfordville last year.
A new wharf will shortly be built Just
north of Fort Marion, at st. Augustine.
Cedar Keys artesian well is $50 feet
deep and water has not been reached vet.
Capt. F. Foster, OF the city police of st.
Augustine, has resigned his police cap
tainship.
Marshal Balloon, of Eustis, has re-
signed, and an election was held Saturday
to fill the vacancy.
Maitland has a rooster which gets
drunk and fights his wives in the pre-
scribed human fashion.
The NewnansviIle WeekLys first issue
has just been printed. 1t is creditable
editoHallY and geographically.
A she'll recently dug up on the battle
field of Olustee was rolled into fire, when
il exploded. No one was injured, however
The Green CoUe Spring is afraid that
the driving OF an artesian well at that
place will injuriously affect the sulphur
spring.
White Springs, Hamilton county, has a
neat little paper called the Echo, the first
number of which has just made its aD-
pearance.
The bill to pay the heirs of Arvah Hop
kins for the use of property in Tallahas-
see by the army, was reported favorably
in the Senate Wednesday.
Sam johnson, a notorious negro thief at
Micanopy, was fatally shot there last
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Knox, while
trying to escape from the officer.
Through some mistake the Post Office
Department has ordered the Postmas ter
at Eustls to date his communications to
the department "Eaustis," that being the
H.. snk IL col
Steps are being taken to have the matter
Strengthened.
The management of the Putnam House
at Palatka has contracted for twenty We
Palmetto palms, to plant around the new
hotel, portion being already In position.
They are from eighteen to twenty feet in
height. They will be alternated with
orange trees in the rows.
A writ from the Supreme Court was
served on the County Commissioners of
Baker county Friday ordering them to re-
cOgnize Macclenny as the county seat Of
Baker county, or else appear at Tallanas-
see on Feb. % and show cause why they
should fail TO obey said order.
Representative Davidson and Capt. j.
T.. Lesley, Of Tampa Bay, appeared be-
fore the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors Wednesday IN the interest Of
Tampa Bay harbor improvements. Sena-
tor Call expects that Florida harbors will
receive liberal appropriations this year.
Thirty hands and one pair Of mules are
engaged in the work Of laying down the
mains for the Pensacola Water Works
Company. About 1000 lineal feet are
laid daily, the work being finished up as
IL progresses. with nothing to do hereaf-
ter except set the fire plugs IN their prop
or places.
W. b. Selph, recently convicted at Live
Oak Of murder, was, by order OF Judge
Vann, removed from Lake City Wednes-
day 10 Tallahassee. Fears we're enter
tanned that he would make his escape II
allowed TO remain in jail at Lake City.
His friends, however, deny the assertion
and are indignant at his removal.
Two new q. A. X. posts we're organized
in Florida during the month OF January
the Budd Mather Post No. 5 at New
smyrna and Joe Hooker Post No. . at
Daytona, the former with p charter men,
bers, the latter with 20 charter members.
Volusia county now has two posts, Duval
county two, and Orange county three.
Pensacola AdUdncs- Gazette: We had
the pleasure a day or two since OF smOk-
ing some cigars manufactured from
Florida grown tobacco that we're equal 10
favor TO the average Havana cigar and
superior 10 most cigars made Of imported
Havana tobacco. The tobacco in ques-
ton was raised by william Bruce, near
Quincy. in Gadsden county, and demon
strates beyond doubt that Cuba tobacco