The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-08

! on Feb. 3. has returned TO Jacksonville. He
went as lar as New York, but failed OF success.
| Detective Cooper does not believe that Mr. I'd
wards is dead and thinks he viii yet be found
Notification Of his absence and a description OF
him has been sent out all over the United
States
! asst Saturday an election for municipal Off
GERS was held at Maitland, and the issue upon
which the candidates based their claims was
the stock ordinance. The two candidates for
mayor were MIR. NanderpOol and Z. Turner, the
first being in favor Of impOunding and the lat
ter opposed to it There were twenty votes
cast, ten for NanderpOol and the same number
for Turner and the same result attended the
race for the two aldermanic tickets. W.
Erowner WAS elected marshal and collector,
while James K. O'Neal was chosen as clerk and
assessor. The race for the other candidates
will have TO be run over.
Tarpon Springs Truth: Mr.. AMI Mrs Carroll
OF Washington. ID. c.. who are at Ozona, a few
miles south of this place, met with q thrilling
adventure on Tuesday of last week while out
alone in a small sa,lbOat on the gulf and would
have TeTlshed baQ they not been rescued by
Capt. +. f. SWEET in the Florida Crackss. As
the captain and his party were nearing the
north coast Of Hog Island they noticed in the
distance what they at first took to be a party in
a small boat fishing, but getting nearer they OBJ
served the constant waving Of a flag, which
seemed to be a signal of distress. By keeping a
sharp lookout and counter signaling. they soon
we're convinced that their COnjectures were cor
rect. and the captain immediately headed his
boat toward the wreck, which was soon
reached, and Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll we're found
in a rather dilapidated condition. clinging to a
small capsized sailboat, which they could not
right after repeated ami heroic efforts. They
had almost given themselves up for lost when
picked up and put aboard the Cracker
Arcadia AFcddidn: John TradweIl returned
from Barlow few days ago where he went on
business connected with a peculiar case. Last
June o. I. Stanford, Esq, attorney for Irwin
LocElar. paid to Marion A. Goodwin of Polk
county the sum Of 81, OBS, upon his giving his
three notes payable in six months and Endorsed
by his grandfather. Ben iamin Guy. Goodwin
had an order from Mr. Locklair instructing Mr.
Stanford to pay him the money. About Jan. /
of this year it was discovered that the signature
of Benjamin Guy on the notes were forReries
and warrant was sworn out of the county
judges Office for Godwin's arrest He was ar
r. sted in Kissimmee last month and is now in
Barlow awaiting either settlement or q trial.
Goodwin is scarcely 81 years old and is not con
sidered bright. His father, Lige Goodwin Of
Midland, says tnat he is not responsible for his
actions and that he has been the tool of other
parties who received the benefit OF the money
obtained by the forgery Of the signature of
Benjamin Guy to the three notes. The boys
father is worth between 875, 900 aud 800 900 and
can easily pay LOcklair The money. and will DO
so if his son will confess all and disclose the
names Of his conspirators.
Monroe county is one Of the oddities" of
Florida. To look at 1t on the map one would
judge it to be larger than the state Of Rhode
Island, yet IL has only 1854 acres of land, but
other peculiar feature OF the county is that 1t
has but one acre OF land returned for taxation
as improved and cultivated. De Soto is the
largest countyin the state, having ,110 SO acres
of land, but only 1890 are in cultivation. Lee
and Polk are also large counties, having ,312,-
931 and 1902, S49 acres respectively. Duval is
richest In real estate, having an assessed valua-
ton Of SO, $4,000, Hillsboro coming second
with 81, 1900 Marion Is third being assessed
at S405i, 300. OF course these values
do not represent anything like half
Of what the property is really worth. For
Instance, all the realty In st Johns county
ia placed at 24s3 600 while in reality twice that
sum would not purchase the hoLel property
alone in st. Augustine. In the same county
only $3.50, 1870 Of personal property Is returned
for taxation. Dede county had last year s
hogs, while Monroe bobbed up serenely with 10
head OF stock cattle. In the matter of stock
cattle DelSoto leads by long ODDS, having 6l.-
712; Polk being next in the list with 24,752
Marion coming third with 1890 and being
closely followed by Alachua, which has 10 49,
In personal property valuations also Duval leads
the counties, having SI,5y7150, Hillsboro
being good second with 81, 12l, 400 and Escam-
bla has the next largest, S9l3,050, In this
respect Dade is the lowest with S45, $50 In
improved and cultivated acreage Leon county
stands first, having 1916 acres Jefferson fol
lowing with $50, 261 acres. The total assessed
valuation of the state Is $50, 452. $50, of which
only ST, 06l,479 is for personal property.