The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-19


An appeal TO the state court was taken by
his attorneys, Messrs. Malone q Owens.
The state court affirmed the decision Of the
lower court.
The assessed taxable value Of the prop
erty in HillsbOrough county, by the asses
sor's return. is s4O55, 600 This is an in
crease of nearly $4,000 over the
The county board of edu-
cation made levy OF four mills for the
schools this year. This is a reduction OF one
half a mill
1t is rumored that the caterpillars, the
/ great enemy Of the cotton crop, have put IN
| an appearance at several places 10 Levy
| county. aud the continued wet weather for
the past month has been very favorable for
| their propagation. Cotton, corn, potatoes
and peas have all been injured by the heavy
rains. Sugar cane is the only crop that has
not been damaged.
| Tampa Tribune: One Gail Borden,
| Of condensed mix fame, last winter an
nOuuced in the lOudest kind OF style that he
/ would give 81 900 to the Florida town that.
on certain date, was pronounced 10 be the
| cleanest by inspectors appointed 70 make
the examination. The date of the award
has passed by AMI we would like to know
what has become Of Mr.. Borden and his
! $1,000.
! John T. Harden, formerly known at Lees
burg as joan I. Bates, who was arrest d a
| his home in Sumter county last October
/ and carried to South Carolina on charge Of
| killing u man in that state fifteen ears
| ago, has returned, having bsen tried
there and acquitted. The jury brought in
verdict Of "Justifiable homicide" He
will return TO his home in Sumter a free
man, after over one years absence.
| In a few days Messr-. Araout 81 Brengle
- m mi Of ha
| Port Tampa inn. 1t is proposed t. lift
the building up the hight Of one story and
| finish off thu rooms below. The inu rests
/ on foundation Of piles. AMI the water
where they are driven is six feet Deep It
| viii be difficult to obtain a foundation to
lift the building until 1t is sufficiently high
to allow the jack screws to rest on the caps
Of the piles
Orlando has colore1 citizen who carries
the top of his head feet 81 inches above
terra firma, and as ne is OF slender build he
| appears much taller His name is Bob
Washington Bob's pedal extremities have
| paced along in growth evenly with the rest
| of his anatomical development, and he is Of
little use as a hoe hand, his feet covering up
all the grass in reach but for gathering
oranges without the aid Of a step-ladder
Bob is a success.
An enthusiastic Meeting of Arcadians
| night, and company TO build and operate
a canning factory was formed. Capt. j.
| w. W hidden was elected chairman and
DR.. l.. $. Smith, secretary. The capital
stock agreed upon was 81 900 in share, of
| $40 each. The 100 shares were goDbled up
IN few minutes and parties arriving late
were much disappointed at not having a
chance to purchase.
Joseph H. c. and Pierre dA Pratt of the
T,,,., ~ a.
| Capt. A. j. Phares the property on Corlev
| island, known as the Lanier place. The
| place consists of fifty-two acres of fac ham
| mock land twelve acres of which is in
| orange trees, many of which are bearing
and is situated two miles south of Leesburg,
and is on the line Of the Florida Southern
road, the grove being wi thin 300lgyards of
| the raj lroad station. This property is 10
/ Gated also in the midst of orange groves
owned by excellent people, who reside on
them.
The Quincy State Bank was organized on
Tuesday last by the election of Hon. E. P.
| Dlsmukes as president, NJ. Munroe vice
president and George d. Munroe cashier
The board Of directors consists of E. 2.
! Dismukes, NJ. w. Munroe, John w. Malone,
II. l.. Ray, William NJ. Cory, H. l.. Will
son and John Shaw. The capital stock Of
the bank is 100000, and the shareholders
son, ST. Augustine and New York. They
are twenty-five in number 1t was the
| intention of the organizers of this bank to
| make the capital stock $4,000, but there
was such demand for the stock that the
| amount was increased. One-half of this is
to be paid in at once; the other half in 10
per cent monthly installments. Tue bank
| has privilege of extension to 500. 900 cap
itaL Business will he opened in few days
in the DlSmukeS brick block
The st. Johns county commissioners
held an adjourned meeting on Tues
day. A certified copy of an act of legisla-
ture legalizing county quarantine indebted
ness was read, and settled all doubt in the
minds of one Or two of the board. When
the subject of liquor licenses was brought
up the commissioners were surprised when
Sheriff Perry served papers of injunction
upon them, sworn out by Supervisor G. s..
Hopkins, as they had not his certificate that
the names on the petitions were legal
The petitions were laid on the table until
legal advice could be obtained. Mr.. Hop
kins required fee of S25 for each petition
to certify the signers are all legal voters,
and as there is no law saying that suca fee
is lawful, the county commissioners decided
to employ the best legal aid obtainable.
Mr.. Hopkins has engaged B. c. Rude and
it is likely that there will be music i'll the
air. By unanimous vote an order was
passed that the tax assessor be ordered to
make a levy on all real and personal est ate
in the county for county expenses and that
the collector be ordered to collect the same.
on the following basis: County proper, 81
mills; school purposes, 4 mills roads and
bridges, l mill; sanitary purposes, / mill;
quarantine Indebtedness 3 mills; making
a total of 1879 mills