Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

y. 1.COOrhiicA VIII preacn the opening sermon.
BUSINESS meetings will be held every day. be-
ginning at 9:30 a. m. Religious services every
evening at 7:31. All of these services and seS-
sions are open to the public. and cordial invi-
tatlon Is extended to all We bespeak for the
church large and attentive congregatiOns This
Will be the first meeting Of this body. and the
hrst time that similar one has met in this city
since the war"
The Lake City Reporter calls attention to the
Iact that under late regulations cotton packed
IN round bags will be charged a larger freight
than that packed In square bales. It saws:
Packed IN square bales will, therefore. sell it
more readily and at a finer price 1t is well to
observe this and govern yourself with an eve
TO your interest in the premises" 3"
Ihe Pensacola Gazette states that "the grad
ers on the PENSACOLA and Atlantic Road turned
up a skeleton last week on the beach of the
pay ebout four miles from Pensacola The
IrOno part or the skull and Jaws were the only
portion OF the remains which were not badly
deeayed The head and jaws are immense,
ana ana me sk9I ABOUT half an inch thick. The
bones were found directly under an old live
oak tree which. from its size, must be over $50
years old Who was the deceased ~
a rev days since about twenty-five or thirty
citizens of Washington county assembled at
vernon, the county seat of said county to ex-
press their indignation and take some stems
IA reference 10 the action of the last Legsla-
tufe IN taxing improvements made on public
lands. The Mariana Courier saws: Doctor
MOuntien addressed the crowd at length and
urged his hearers to enjOin the Collector and
I
who favOrs taxing claims on public lands
Inc sense OF the meeting was then taken and
ALL concuTrlng with the Doctor, ordered funds
to be raised to employ an attorney to euioin
the Collector and pledged themselves never To
support any man who favored taxing such
claims"
Under the heading Another Florida Fx-
hiblt for Atlanta" the Jacksonville Union
says: Mr.. David Dyal. OF Nassau county
Florida, has gone to the Atlanta Cotton Expo
sltlon. He took along with him, Just to show
what there is in Florida, what he calls his
walking stick which is ninety-five feet long is
perfectly straight, hewn to an eight sqUare
and ntteen inches in diameter He also took q
cabbage palmetto stalk, siXty-One feet long to
the the leaves. and with the leaves is sixty-seven
Ieet long, also, pine fl ig pole eighty feet long
poplar nag pole sixty-One feet long; also a
poplar stalk forty feet long and thirty-tw
inches diameter, eight square; also, blocks of
maple, magnolia, hickory, cypress, black gum
sweet gum, poplar, white oak, live oak, cab
bage palmetto, mulberry and pine two and a
one ha!t feet long by thirty-six to forty five
inches diameter, with one side dressed and
vanished to show how the wood appears when
made into furniture"
Pensacola AdUdnce: "An interruption to the
/ harmony prevailing among the colored work
men on the T. a A. Road occurred one daY last
week, when gang attempted to flagellate one
campbell +. Davis, fellow cOlored workman.
| The party attacked naturally demurred to such
proceedings, and by means of a knife kept
back mob, which, at one time, had DAVIS
locked IN room, and threatened him with
vengeance. One of the aggressors received a
cut in the melee, and Davis finally succeeded in
escaping from the house. He made for the
wOOOS. followed by several infuriated negroes
Sheriff Hutchinson, hearing Of this unlawful
proceeding, mounted his horse and proceeded
TO the locality at once. he very fortunately
came across Davis who, like stricken deer
was hiding himself in a cluster of underground.
Davis came to town and made affidavit against
Morris Harris and Louis Hartley both of whom
were subsequently taken in charge by our
ed before County Judge Shackelford aud were
bound over to appear before the Circuit
Court"
The Lake City Reporter says of the Florida
Southern Railroad: when completed this
| road will be the most important and the bene-
| ft derived from it greater than from any line
| Of railway in the State The line gives direct
| passage and transportation from the North
| west through the peninsular Of Florida. Our
| vegetables and fruits can be shipped speedily
and safely to their destination to the markets
in the great Northwest that will be opened to
US by THIS road. The markets of the North
west and West have practically been closed to
US heretofore on account OF the heavy cost in
freight, frequent handling of fruits and Vegeta-
/ bles, resulting in damage to the same The
| completion of the Florida Southern Railway
| will oOviaJe this by speedy transit Not only
/ Will It open the markets or the West and North
/ west, but it will open and develop into groves,
| orchards and gardens the finest country in
/ the State. We have every reason to believe
| this great enterprise will soon be pushed to
| completion, for its able managers, Vice Presl-
| dent Francis, Land Agent Boardman and Su-
| perintendent Gruele, are the embodiment Of
| enterprise and energy, and are awake TO the
| importance OF their line to the people and the
State at large as well as to themselves"
! The Putnam County Journal says 'the
| RolistOwn Railroad is moving right along The
| most of our readers know very little about
| this enterprise. Some time since Mr.. White
/ established logging camp back of Rollstown,
/ place two or three miles south of Paiatka on
the east side of the st. Johns river, and built
/ tramway to transport his logs TO the river
| This uamway WAS graded and croSs-tied the
| same as a railroad. Iron rails weighing about
| thirty pounds to the yard, followed, and soon
| Mr. White had three miles of good railroad.
| Mr.. White has Just returned from the North
and informs us that he has purchased enough
| iron for three additional miles, which will be
| delivered on the ground as soon as a schooner
| can be found 10 bring it. The grading is
/ nearly all completed, and the ties laid for
| two miles. By the time the iron reaches
here the bed will be ready for the rails. This
! six miles of railroad has been built without
/ the slightest publicity or demonstration
| While others are going through the prelimi
| nary work Of gauizIng railroad companies
and surveying routes, Mr.. White has been
| quietly building a road, and before others will
| have started he will have his line comp. eted to
| the Halifax river, the objective point Mr.
| White is not asslng for subsidies from State or
| county, but is building his road Independent
OF these, AMI pays as he goes. His road is now
| needed TO carry his logs to water transpOrtR
tIon, BIT when tn timber is all cut out he will
one of the finest agricultural and horticultural
| regions in the South. We shalt keep a sharp
look out on this road in future, and advise our
| readers Of its progress" "