Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12

stroyed the dwelling house. There were
also wheel tracks in the hard clay made
by wagon wheels at that time.
FLORIDA.
The First National Bank of Ocala threw
its doors open Wednesday.
The Sumter County Medical Associa-
ton Is being organized at Sumterville.
+. E. Saxon, of Ocala, has given a lot
on Saxon's avenue to the Presbyterian
church.
The Gem City Guards, of Palatka, held
fair two evenings last week, and $429
was taken in.
The Central Park Hotel is the name by
which MadisOn's new hotel Is to be known
in the future.
The bills Of the First National Bank OF
Orlando have been received, and are being
issued by the bank.
The first anniversary ball OF the Ocala
nre department came off in Marion hall
last Tuesday night. 1t was a successful
affair.
At Ocala the jury in the case of Davis
Tor killing Taylor rendered verdict of
guilty, without recommendation for
mercy.
The Leon County Clerk issued a dozen
marriage licenses during the month of
April-two to white and ten to cOlOred
persons.
Eleven gentlemen in Jefferson county
are SAID to contemplate announcing them
selves as candidates for the County Su-
perlntendency.
G. t. Smith & Co., of Eustis, recently
sold lot owned by them IN Tavares, for
which they paid $3.50 four years ago, for
$1,000, to n. g. Motley, of Orlando.
Tho ro11hIin Of ToI
close on Friday, May IA. The time inter-
vening will be occupied in reviews of the
several studies except the last three days,
which will be devoted to written exami-
nations.
Albertus Vogt, of Ocala, sold Thursday
!, 400 acres of land near Stokes Ferry to
Capt. Edward Root, of Ansonia, Conn,
and John Diefen bach, of Birmingham,
Ala. They will utilize their purchase by
planting colony on it next fall.
The crew of the life saving station near
Pensacola was discharged Friday, April
80. from further duty. Capt. John Sutn-
erland will remain in charge of the sta.
ton, which Is officially closed from now
until Sept. l, when regular crew will
again be put on duty.
L. Hardenburg, the broom manufacturer
at Bradfcrdviile, has been making Florida
pine straw into whisk brooms as an eX-
pertinent. They apparently answer the
purpose very well, but the matter Of dura-
bility will determine whether it will pay
to work the material into brOoms.
The citizens of LAGRANGE and Titusville
during the past few days have contributed
S29 % for the sufferers at Key West who
were rendered homeless and destitute by
the late fire which destroyed the heart of
that city. The Masonic members living
snvs1 Fv.Sh vtA
making a total of 500.
The average temperature for Sanford
for the month of April was 66.1, which
was SO deg. cooler than it was the same
month for the last five years. In 1888 the
mean temperature was Ills; in 1884, &c. 7 {;
in 1885, II. The mean barometer for
April was 10000. There were nine rainy
days, and $50 inches of rain fell-mOre
than four times as much as fell in April,
1885.
Rose Gibson and Lizzie Calhoun, two
young and daring females of the dusky
persuasion, living on the premises of Jonn
Milton, about six miles from Mariana, in
order to settle a small difficulty between
themselves, procured a razor apiece and
mounted each other IN mortal com bat one
day last week. The result was, one had
her right side cut open for the space Of
six inches and her arm from the shoulder
to the elbow cut open to the bone. The
other one had her wrist and breast badly
carved.
W. II. Ashmead, of Jacksonville, has
been appointed special field entOmOlOgist
in Florida to the United States Agricul-
tural Department. He is instructed to
specially investigate insects injurious to
garden crops in Florida. Those of our
truckers whose crops are seriously in
tested with these pests should commune
cate with Mr.. Ashmead. Mr.. Ashmead
is now recognized as one OF the leading
! eutOmOlOgists in this country. 1t is said
| that he is preparing book upon this de-
partment of science.
Phil. Williams. while in the discharge
! of his duty as policeman at Tallahassee,
| got into row with one Steve Maynard,
| last week, Saturday night. Other per-
sons gathered about them. Soon some of
these interfered, and a general fight en-
sued, in which Maynard was cut twice
| in the back, and one or two others more
or less bruised aud scratched. All the
parties were cOlored. Maynard is doing
quite well. Williams was charged with
! the cutting, taken before a magistrate,
and waived examination, preferring to
| have a hearing before the Circuit Court.
| Mayor Walker suspended Williams for
the present.
Fort Myers Press: The Indians who
came in the past week to trade met with
a misfortune on Wednesday that came
near depriving them Of all their posses
sions. They left their camp in charge of
one OF their number who was blind, and
! the fire which they had made TO cook their
meal ignited the grass thereabOut and
commenced TO spread rapidly. The blind
man set to work as ROOn as
| he discovered this to be the case
and carried everything he could
| find out into the roadway, which mad
been recently gruDbed. With wonderful
sagacity for one in his condition he sue
| ceeded in saving most everything and
/ putting il all in a pile out OF reach Of the
! flames. The cartridge boxes seemed to
! be about all that were ruined, and though
/ the pasteboard was burned away the
! larger portion OF the cartridges remained
! intact, there not being heat enough To
cause them to explode. 1t is wonderful
/ that with only the blind Indian about
anything was saved.
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