Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-20
Florida AHairs.

s The assessed va'ue Of property in Hillsbo1
rough county for this year aoproximatesI
sS 4, ,COOOOO, being s950,COO.
q A Jackson county negro on Mr.. John DIlton's
s.faTm picked over four hundred pounds of cot
: ton one day last week
Major Partridge is now conductor on theI
: Monticello branch Of the Jacksonville. Pensa
scOla and Mobile Railroad.
j The government. for the month OF August,
: spaid out SIS 500 to the troops and employees at
8 the Pensacola navy yard.
From the Economist we note that the TalIai
hassee painter, Benjamin.. Chancer. fiogged,
Jailed aud run of from Albany, Georgia, forI
trying 10 marry young lady in the latter city !
salresdy had a lawful wife in Tallahassee.
s Tampa Tribune: The young orange groves
.sin this vicinity, as well as Throughout thel
scounty, are thrifty and doing we'll"
Mariana Courier: 'It is rumored that the
Sfreights on cotton to Savannah will be rel
rduced and those 10 Columbus raised. Cause
the steamboat affair"
s. South Florida Journal: ssixtv-six more col
bred hands for work on the TOhopkaliga ex
stensiOn OF the South Florida Railroad arrived
q zby the steamer DvBsrTy on Tuesday. and were
Stsent out on the train IN the evening"
q Palatka Journal: "Palstka has large hotel
S,,apacity The number Of hotels located here,
EpeOple. Last season il was estimated that four
sOt our hotels fiOated through them fully eight
Thousand guests"
z Sunland Tribune "a considerable quantity
ssof lands. suitable for the cultivation of winter
vegetables. can be found in the vicinity of
S Tampa at different points on and near the bayl
7snd on HillsbOrough river These lands so far
shave been wholly overlooked"
81 Mariana Courier: Competent Judges s.y
we viii not make over a third OF a crop %.
7cottOn OF corn The poor mans prospect Isl
very gloomy. Merchants report collections
not so good as last year. The liabilities of the.
Farmer, We fear, will be much greater than
last year"
8 Sunland Tribune: THE engineer corps sur
sveying another line ON the route of the J., T. g.
lsfk W. Railway in charge of Mr.. j. p. Dunlapl
zsstruck tents last Wednesday and left on the,
.SDeW line OF survey, which had Osen completed
slabout ten miles from town. Without mishapsl
: his new line Of survey will be completed inl
labOut six weeks"
q Palarks Journal: quite a serious accident
&occurred at Wallace and Cashen's logging
stcamp, near Nine Nile Hammock, last week
SiWhile loading legs the skid slipped, and strik
sing Price, the foreman, threw him several feet
5sinto the air. and falling back. struck on his
and left side, brusing him quite
badly, but breaking no bones"
- Alachua Advocate: The good citizens north
sand northwest Of Gsinezville have walked upI
ssand are unanimously stirring on the railroad
seQuestion. The citizens Of Newnausvilie are
formulating thOsa Of Lacrosse in securing pri
svate donations Of land to be proffered to the
Erailway companies projecting surveys for
sSrOads through this county "
n Tallahassee Economist: I'VE regret much the
fre by which Mr.. Hollands saw and yrist mill
5stuated about ten miles west of Tallahassee
4was DESTROYED Friday morning Of last week
g To say nothing Of tine personal loss to a hard
Sworking. excellent citizen. the public of pOr-
'4tion of three counties-LeOn, Gadsden and
Wakulla-are sufferers by the calamity"
d Lake City Reporter: THE death ra in this
Stown for the year 1880 amounted to one half of
$ sOne per cent. from all causes If there is AMI
s1Other town in many miles of this which cam
fmaks a better showing. it is q healthy place
sCirizens who have lived here from thirty toi
3 forty years say this town has always been con
sidered one Of the healthiest spots in the
Estate
S Palatka Journal: "PaIatka is well situated
Fas distributing point for wholesale houses.
sand especially for groceries. which are heavy
hand usually purchased as near home as posi-
Sble in order 10 save freight There are at least
1twelve stores in this county south OF Palatka.
which are selling from $1,000 to $4,000 worth
lsof goods an ually, the owners of which should
purchase their goods here, and probably would,
<if the stock was here to select from, and thel
sprices and general facilities for wholesale trad
ling offered them"
s. Tallahassee Economist There is in this.
81 (LeOn) county. niue miles west of Tallahassee.
: n the OcklockOnee river. three Quarters OF al
fmile south Of where il is crossed by the Jack
esOnville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad verys
zsu upeFlOr ana aOunuant wafer power which tnef
5Owner OF the land. for want Of capital is I'M
Sabie 10 make available. 1t presents fine op-
EpOrtunity for lumber mills or cotton factories
s IS cotton is grown in the immediate neighbor-
8 <hOod, and the banks Of the river, for a greatt
distance above and below, abound ia cypress
and pine trees. A cotton factory, which WOULD
give employment to large number OF indus
rriOus white women and girls OF the three con-
&tiguous counties of Leon, Gadsden and Wa
zulla. near the corners Of which this power is.
zI0cated. would be. while profitable to its owns
1ers, really a meritOrious and philanthropic5
public institution"