Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-17
Florida Affairs.

Six hundred dollars has been set aside to pay
for repairing the road between Helena and
Leesburg.
Among the recent graduates at West Point
is Mr. Francis J. Herman, of Jacksonville. Mr..
Herman stood eighteen in a class Of fftv-two.
A committee OF the Fruit Growers Associa-
ton of Sumter county have opened cores
pondence with Mr. Jaffray. Of New York, in re-
gard to obtaining white laborers for that coun-
ty.
P. B. Reynolds. editor Of the New York For
est aud Stream, has purchased an orange
grove near San Mateo.
The track on the F. S. r. W. is now laid eigh-
teen miles out from Palatka, i've and half
miles having been laid the past week.
The Palatka Journal states that in Capt. R.
R. Reid's grounds there is handsome ''sago
palm in full bloom. 1t is a very pretty bun.
and resembles strips Of fringed buckskin quilt
The incorporators OF the new hotel and
beach road near Fernandina are Messrs. G. w.
Yulee, j. H. McGinnis, William Rawson, w. B.
C. Duryee, Thomas Kydd. Calvin B. Dibble,
Henry E. Dotterer, and G. Stark. The capital
stock of the company is to be ten thousand
dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dol
lars each.
The Methodist Church in Pensacola was
sold last week. and purchased by Mr.. c. c.
Yonge It was too small to accommodate the
congregation comfortably. and located too near
the depot. Another one, to cost fifteen thou
sand dollars, will soon be erected.
Palatkans are in the depths of woe. The
Sunday law puts ice under the ban and the
average citizen is disposed to kick strong.
Key West Key: I'VE have seen a specimen
OF stone manufactured from sand by Mr. Nor
rison OF Tampa IL is the color of granite.
and very hard in substance. The sand is
made to adhere together by means of some
Datent cement which makes 1t far superior 10
FIorica made brick We have been informed
that Mr.. Morrison has built one Of the finest
houses in South Florida out of this material" "
Tampa IT. ibune: "Jhe work already done
on the channel has increased the depth Of
water so as t. enable the Lizzie Henderson and
Cochran 10 come up TO the Wharves at much
! lower tides than formerly. 1t will take good
deal more work, however, to put the channel
| in the proper condition"
Gulf Coast Progress: "As an evidence Of the
| extreme healthfulneSs of Tampa, it was
/ marked by Rev.J. o. Branch during his recent
| visit, that he had not visited Tampa before in
! tWentY-three years. ana yet very nearly all the
/ citizens he was acquainted with at that time,
/ though some of them were then getting old,
/ were still living and enjoying good health. We
/ do not know Of any place of the same size
where the proportion Of old people to the
/ general populations 50 large"
/ RrooksvilIe Crescent: Last fall when the
/ water rose on Lake Buddy, it cut on portion
/ of the land on which Mr.. Wright Williamson
/ had planted cane. The water was still up
when he commenced grinding and the work
j of getting il to the mill was so unpleasant that
/ he concluded to postpone further operations
| until more favorable season and time This
| did not come around until two weeks ago. An
| investigation showed that the cane had grown
all winter without interruption, and was in
splendid condition. He Immediately COM
menced preparations for grinding, and is now
deep in the sugar business"
Tampa Tribune: killing alligators for their
hides has become established business,
which is being carried on q lite extensively in
some Of these South Florida counties. At the
head of this new busint IS in this section stands
Mr.. Philip Dzialynski, brother OF the Mayor of
Jacksonville with his headquarters at Fort
Meade, in Polk county. Mr.. Dzialynski has the
contract, we learn, TO supply 5000 gator hides,
to supply some leather firm in Paris, and ex
poets to deliver that number in august next.
Some Of the ssurians already killed measured
as much as fifteen feet in length. In the Mi
aka lakes these monsters abound"