The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-22

RESPONSIBLE wants to buy old used stan1ps.
especially those issued during the war. FIR
instance, Madison, Fla, issued one stamp
5 cents, gilt, ON blue paper. They offer $50
apiece for them.
Application has been made by the citi-
zens OF Muscogee aud examinations made
by DR.. McLerdon, for organizing body #
Knights OF Honor. The grand organizer
viii be there in few days to organize the
body which will have between sixteen and
twenty charter members.
Fire at Pensacola Tuesday night DESTROYED
the four room house Of Tom Grice The
building was located on West jackson, and
was a total loss Insured in Knowles Bros
agency for $3.50. Nearly all the furniture
was burned. The fire is supposed to have
originated from lamp which was left
burning when the family left the house for
the evening.
Mahlon Gore and other gentlemen of
Ora ge county, desparing of obtaining
general law for the protection of game,
have taken advantage Of that cons itutiohal
provision, and given notice by publication
that they will apply at the next session of
general assembly for a local law for
Orange county. Al a number of prom
inent gentlemen throughout the state
have organized an association to promote
the protection of game.
A syndicate OF New York capitalists has
purchased IA 600 acres of land from the
South Florida Railroad Company, lying
between Eagle Lake and Auburndale and
are going into the tobacco business on big
scale They propose buying all the tobacco
raised In Polk county in its green state, and
curing it by the new steam process. 1t is
claimed by the patentees of this invention
that they can cure tobacco better in twenty
four hours than can be done in three months
| by the old methods.
aeAC e.
| OF Quincy was walking with a young lady,
he espied darky beating his wife and
creating a disturbance Going up to the
darby, his honor ordered him to desist, Tut
instead of so doing he seized che mavor and
proceeded to wipe the ground" with him,
and being powerful man, it wouli have
gone hard with Mr.. Ray had not help ar
rived. After much trouble the negro was
taken to Jail and on Monday morning was
fined s25 and costs for his spree.
Panasoffkee correspondence Jacksonville
| lines Union: In your issue of March 10
L notice communication from Plant City
stating that w. II. Ballard is the only
survivor Of the Custer massacre. The only
| troops engaged at that unfortunate affair
were as follows: Troops A, C, D, l., NJ
and F of the Seventh cavalry. No in
| fantry companies were there whatever
| The only survivor of the massacre was an
old horse that is now at Fort Buford d. r.,
If not dead As Mr.. Ballard states that he
was member of the Fifth regulars, he
may have been there the day after the
massacre, as the Fifth regulars were on the
ground and had a ba tie with the Indians
| on that day | am an eX-U nited States
regular, and was there myself the day after.
Lakeland Cracker: Within five miles of
Lakeland there are 961 acres in orange
groves, of which seventy-nine acres are in
| bear1ng-37S acres set the last three and
4
years, and 220 acres the last one to twelve
months. Within four years the number of
acres In bearing will have been augmented
to 457; in six years to 741; in eight years
to 96l, to say nothing of many acres that
will be set in grove in the next sixty days.
These groves, averaging about sixty trees
per acre, contain 81, 600 trees. Discount the
average yield so per cent, and estimate
only 1000 oranges 10 the tree, and we find
that the yield in eight years from now viii
be $500 900 oranges, worth, at IS per
1000, equals $2S8, 300. If the 107 groves,
aggregating 96l acres were to contribute
equally in making up the aggregate crop.
the owners would each have an annual in
come of 1895 IA.
Sanford MaScotte: DR.. Rushford of
Newport KY, says that he has Just re-
turned from the Bahamas, that he sailed
from New York in the steamer Cielfuegos
bound for Nassau. Among the passengers
were C. F. Smith, wife, child al maid,
bound on pleasure trip. Soon after leay-
ing port, Smiths daughter Aunie was
stricken with malignant diphtheria At
New Providence Island the quarantine off
GERS forcibly put the Smiths and their
maid on the island of Athol, the pest
house of the large island. 1t is uninhabited.
Smith found two partially demolished
cabins, in which they lived and in one of
which the child died on the fourth day.
Suffering for food and shelter, the Smiths
were in despair until the sixth day, when a
miserable sail boat was secured for an ex-
brilliant price and the party left the isl md
Mrs. Smiths health Is said to be completely
shattered. The body of the dead child was
carried away, wrapped in cactus leaves.
Leesburger: A. s. Hardman is we'll
| known republican. About ten days ago he
was found in the postoffice acting to all in
tents and purposes as postmaster. Every
body thought he had been appointed post
master in place of the present democratic
| incumbent, and mountainous admiration
was expressed for President Harrison for
| the wonderful CELEBRITY he had DISPLAYED in
making the change. The other aspirants,
| however, of whom there are several were
| both grieved and astonished at discovering
| what they thought was horrible hasty pre-
| vlousness on the part of the President. 1t
| was awfuuy comical to the few knowing
| ones to observe the shocked look on the
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mans competitors, as he poked his face into
the delivery window to ask for his mail.
But it soon leaked out, however, that
| Brother Hardman had simply been called
in for few days to give the deputy, who
was in feeble health, much needed rest
| Palatka Herald: The following safe
ment of the board of trustees, show
what disposition has BEEN made of the
money voted to pay Off the indebtedness Of
the city, build two school houses, and buy a
new cemetery lot. Most of the indebted
ness has been paid, thS, cemetery lot has
been bought, but the &bst important of
them all has not been done--and that is the
erection of two school houses. The state
ment shows that there is a balance
on hand Of s2,S93 65. The amount
OF bonds voted for was $45 900,
of which $4,000 was to be
used for the erection of two school houses
and the purchase of cemetery lot. The
people of Palatka voted for the bonds on
the school house question. Had they known
that things would have turned out as they
have the bonds would have been over
whelmingly defeated. The motive OF that
election is now plainly seen. The game
was well played to the advantage of inter
ested parties but at the expense of the tax
payers Of the city of Palatka A statement
was made by the city clerk before the cleo