Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-09

9L ~ the best country papers in the State, he Is
uePot ana freight agent at Jasper, express
agent sewing machine agent runs a black
S.ili,h Sl ,o Aho wood shop, truck farm, a board
ing house, steam mill, large dry goods, gro
csIy and general mercantile business attends
cnurch regularly. makes temperance speeches
ana we are not certain but that he occasionally
practices at the bar. But we are certain that
he ought to be sent to the Legislature"
land Of FIolCers: "Afr. Frank White who
Smlgrated TO Florida ami settled in an un-
oroken forest near Live Oak in 1877 and began
Irult growing and farming on small capital,
- no" Oeglnnlng 70 reap the reward of his
labors His LeConte pears. Japan plums and
Japan persimmOns (the latter graft ed in native
stocks are now in bearing When we were in
Live Oak last week the fruit was very fine and
stu growing. His bananas, guavas English
Talnuts. olives. pecans and other fruits were
nourishing. He was also experimenting with
the tea.plant, with fair success We doubt If
Mr.. White would now take for them ten times
the cost OF his improvements. Florida wants
more such improvements.
Palatka Journal: THE Florida Southern
Railroad differs in the manner OF its cOnstruc-
tion from all other railroads in the State, mas
mnch lceh as 1t Is a cash-paying and not a bond
selling road. 1t has no bonds for sale, but hes
plenty OF money to buy and pay fo- everything.
The road is ore of the best constructed in the
United States. and the iron used is heavy
enough for broad gauge. The company ask
no delay in meeting its obligations and current
expenses aud from this fact is able to COM
mand all the labor necessary to a prompt and
efnclent construction OF the road The COM
pany that is building the road is abe and rea ly
to go on through to the Gulf. and will do it,
and the first road that will cross the State,
from present appearances, in the direction of
Charlotte Harbor, will be the Florida Southern" "
jacksonville Union: Yesterday afternoon
Mr.. H ID. Bounethau met with very painful
accident at his mill on Bav street, between
Liberty and Washington. He had gone near
the engines and while enga ged in arranging
the machinery his coat was caught between the
belt and fly wheel. He was carried over the
shaft several times, but by holding to the shaft
succeeded In preventing his body from being
pulled into the belt, in which event he would
have been instantly killed. The engines were
stopped as soon as possible, but not, however,
until Mr.. Bounetheau had received serious in
juries about his feet and knees. Dr. Fernandez
made an examination and found that no bones
were broken. He is now suffering from the
injuries received, but we hope will be able to
attend to business again in a short while"
Jacksonville Union: 'Mr. VIM. Van Fleet,
President of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway Company. is still in the city.
In conversation with Union reporter yester-
day, he said that the road would be constructed
as rapidly as possible. The company was
originally known the Tampa, Peace Creek
and st. Johns River Railroad Company, but at
recent meeting of the directors the name was
changed to the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Road On the lst of July a corps of
engineers under Mr.. Dunlap went into the
field. surveying from Tampa this way. They
were within fifteen miles of Palatka. Another
corps of engineers, under the supervision of
Mr.. 5. b Carter. the Chief Engineer of the
road. and Mr. F. B. Halliday his assistant, will
start from this city on Monday. 1t is the inten-
tiOn to have three prel minary surveys made
before locating this line. II is expected that
the road will run in an almost sOuIherly direc-
tiOn 10 the northern portion of Polk county,
and thence in an almost direct line to
Tampa"
Jacksonville UniOn Yesterday morning as
the cOlOred excursion party from Middle FlOri-
da was leaving the city, a colOred youth about
sixteen years of age concluded to ride on the
platform of one of the coaches from the depot
TO the Brooklyn bridge where he intended to
jump off while the train was in motion. as is
frequently the case. When the train reached
the brid t, going at pretty good speed, some
one stepped in front of the young man and
jumped of first He then sprsng, aud as
he did so, saw that the train had crossed the
bridge. ana if he let the hand iron loose he
would fail into the creek, consequs sntly he held
to the railing of the steps, it being impossible
for him to climb back upon the latfOrm, and
intended to ride in that way until the car pass
ed of the trestle, when he could fall in the
sand He did not go very far, however, before
his body struck against some portion OF the
treste and he was knocked into che creek. He
was badly injured, but succeeded in keeping
his head above the water until assistance ar
rived. when he was taken out of the water and
sent home"