Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-30
j. 81. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR


furnishing produce all the year round.
The Tampa Tribune is gratiaed at knowing
that while all the northern, southern and east
ern sections OF fernando county are looking for
ward to railroad advantages in the near future,
the western portion of the county, known as
the Clear Water section, is also not without
similar prospects
An extra bulletin recently issued by the Gen.
sus Bureau gives the entire cereal production
OF the United States for 1880 by counties. From
this report it appears that Florida produced,
Of corn, on S6O,2 acres, S,174,254 bushels. an
average Of s 81 bushels per acre. This is the
lowest average production per acre. Iowa
standing a. the head with an average Of Al Sc
bushels Fer acre.
A correspondent of the jacksonville Times
complains of the number OF reughs now infest-
ing that city. Inthe same connection, the Times
warns its readers to "be careful. Lock and
bolt your doors and windows. Sneak thieves
are about On Monday night a thief entered a
room Of one OF our hotels and stole valuable
watch and chain, and was in the act Of taking
the guests pants from under his pillow, when
he fortunately swoke, and the burglar sprang
for the open window. thr ,ugh which he had
made his entrance, and escaped with only the
watch and chain. Be careful"
The ApOpka Citizen remarks: ITO the pros
pecting settler we would say. IL you wish "a
/ cast your lot in town where law and order is
| reverenced. where men are not seen drunk,
| where there is no fighting or killing and where
/ moth and rust doth not corrupt nor thieves
i break through and steal don't fail to visit
ApOpka City. We have a little paradise Of ouI
own; and don't you forget il"
The Jacksonville Union makes the following
/ gratifying announcement. "HOney-MooD Har
| dee Is a gran daddy The thing happer ed al
| $50 o'clock on Chris mas morning in st. mary's
/ Camden county, GeoTgis. It's a boy and q
1 vannah MSRNING NEWS New York Herald and
/ L0udOn Times please copy and draw at sighi
on old Santa Claus, Bank OF st. Nicholas"
Hamilton County Times: 1--WE have seer
| well packed warehouses, but the one at Jasper
| takes the lead this week. There is positively
no room 10 put anything. and on Monday
| goods were piled outside, and there remained
| until midday Tuesday. The cotton platform
| cannot hold another bale, and in his despair
and to be able to receipt for that which came
| IN on Tuesday, the agent had large fiat cal
rolled up TO the platform. and had that filled
| up with cotton when we last saw il. The Saw
annah, Florida and Western Railway is brin
/ full OF business"
SAYS the Pensacola Advance: ''The Hon
Geo. W. Witherspoon telegraphed from Wash
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| speech in the public square this evening. The
| Hon George will. on this occasion, inform hi
| constituents, no doubt. of the headway made
in c0ntesting the seat Of Hon. R H NJ. David
| son, our Representative in Congress, an theT
| pass round the hat for another collection. i
| " uld be interesting to know how much money
has been spent by this descendant Of Ham il
| travelling through the country on kind o.
| fools errand; yet, we think. the voluntary
| contributions Of constituents will not pour IL
| so freely as heretofore; they are growing tired
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| then will George cast 'one long. one lingering
look behind return to the plow share anC
finish out the unfinished furrOw" "
| PensacolG Advance: "a negro man named
John Jackson was run over by gravel train
yesterday morning and crushed in such man
ner that life was extinct before iir Renshaw
| who was sent for, could reach him. It appears
| that the man was sitting on the edge of a fla
| CT Will the train was IN motion. The road
bed in the neiShbOrhOod OF the new depot
running in close proximity TO a fence, the de
ceased was given warning by a Mr. McKutchen
but the unfortunate man did not atteu pit tC
change his position until the space between
him and the fence grew alaFmi glY narrow
Then lifting his feet with view of removing
his pants by some means became entangled il
the upper portion of the paling. This dragged
him from the train, and, falling across th
1 track, the fore trucks Of the following car RAJ
diagonally across the breast and arms, ant
almOsr killed him iRs iantly. The locomotive
was at once stopped, but TO no avail, as thi
| vital SQark naQ Detu eXElnEutsntu
the time he was first struck. This death is at
tributed to the careiessness of the deceased
alDne and therefore blame can be attached L
no one. The BODY remained where death oc
Cured for a long time before a Coroner's jurl
could be summoned, which is fresh evideDc
that another Justice of the Peace is sadll
needed in Escambia county"
AUuding to the change in the Management
| of the Florida Transit and the Peninsuiar Rail
| road. the Jacksonville Union says: 'Yester
day at Fernandina quite an important railroad
| change was made. The Transit Railroad ant
its branches. including the Peninsular Railroad
and its branches, passed under control of th'
| party OF capi alists represented by Sir Edward
Reed. DR. Wertheim and g. D. Willard Hon
T. l. DickersOn, Of New York, forwarded Il
the meeting his resignation as President of th'
| road and a quorum of the directors being
| present the same was accepted, and Sir Ed
ward Reesi was elected President of the road
Mr. c d Willard was reelected Vice Presiden
of the road. Gen. p. d. ROddy. Sir Edward
Reed and Mr. Lawson. a New York banker
were elected directors vice Hon e. Nj Stnugh
ton. OF New York J. B. @. Drew. of New York
and Adolph Engler, OF New York, resigned
There are several TumOrs OF other change
| which the Union forbears to give just now. a
we prefer, in matters connected with this i'm
portant railroad combination, to give only au
thentic information. Our readers may regaT1
as reliable all statements made by us con
| cernine the same. BY this transaction Sir Ed
ward needs party compile es railroad com
0ination OF large proportions even Tor Ines
| Ga Central, the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
| b le, the Transit and Peninsular, four road
wi;h numerous branches, under one manage
ment, backed by abundant capital for develop
ment This combination includes Ash miles o
completed railroad and IA miles of proposes
extension, making total future scope of 62
miles"
Mr.. Jackson, of Liberty county, Ga the sue
cessful pioneer of tea culture in the South. ha
been interviewed on the subject, in ~hich he i
so much interested. and says: DO you thinl
tea can be grown prontaoly IN the Dnlte'
States anywheref i certainly do. nav
had tea farm of my own in Liberty county
Ca. about thirty-five miles from Savannah
and have cultivated it for two years. l find
little too cold there, the frosts being too Sc
we're. As in South Carolina the plants are no
| iajured but the leaf is. believe the best loca
| ton 70 experiment in tea culture is in Florida
below the fro sc line or latitude .. Shaw lookes
| over the country and I am satisfied that tel
can be raised proftably in that State" "Wha
do you think the yield of tea woplt
be in FlOridaf" From five to six hnnoreC
pounds per acre, which ought to be worth on,
dOllsr per pound in the South. The cost o
production would be about thirty cents pc
pound, including every expense DO yoI
think there would be a market for bom'
grown teas. if it is found that the plant can b
| raised in any QUANTITY - Il don't think ther,
is any doubt OF It People would know hom'
teas to be genuine, and they e just as gOOC
been the effect Of Dr. Loring's &C iong'' 1
has been quite disas rOus-like wet blanke
on tea culture. 1 would have gone K
| the Atlanta Exposition with samples OF tea
plants. etc. had it not been for the action o.
the Commissioner of Agriculture. Ipropose
| however to 90 into the business myself
| and my visit North at this time is TO interest
| capital in the project 1 have seen representa-
lions of the Florida Land Company, which
| cffers TO furnish the land for the farm free ant
| take pay for it in stock OF the company. Aftel
| consulting with some gentlemen here and IL
New York. will at once 60 to England anc
present the project TO my friends there have
| understood that the government will furnish
! plants two years old to any persons, free, who
| desire 10 embark in tea culture, so this is a ia
vOrable time to begin the work as at least two
/ years time can he saved by taking advantage
| Of this liberal offer expect to have the farm
| uncer way next spring. and TO produce excel
| lent tea IN paying quantities within two oi
three years"
The Mouths of the Lena.
EetC York Herald, 2sth.
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