Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-18

Sumter Advdnce: THE cold weather last
week did more damage In Florida than, at the
time OF the cold, we thought it would. In an
other column it will ba seen that all the fruit
along the st Johns river, from Lake George
down. except where groves are well protected,
have been frozen. Mr.. Myran Lowell, who ar
rived from Orange Lake just after the cold,
says the orange IN that vicinity and around
Ocala are mostly frozen. Bishop & Harris
estimate their loss to be $50 900. Friday. the
slSt ult-, was the coldest day, and the ther-
nometer stood, in the vicinity of Jacksonville,
at Is degrees, while In this county it stood at
% and q degrees, difference of nine degrees.
We have made thorough inquiry and learn that
oranges were not Injured In the least in any
section Of the county,
Major Russell informs u.s." says the Jack
sonvilie Union, that premium Of S25 is Of
fered for collection of live fish from the Gulf
and he hopes that the people of Cedar Key
who are interest d, will take hold Of the mat
ter, and construct simple tank ten feet long,
five feet wide and FIVE feet deep filed with
water fresh from the Gulf when starting In the
morning: and the water aerated along the road
by the simple means of a perforated dipper,
taking up the water end letting it drop back
into the tank from time to time. Should the
effort be made aud success attend it, it viii es-
tablsh the feasibility of shipping live fish to our
market, and furnish US with variety of good
fish which our waters do not supply. We hope
our Cedar Key neighbore will try the expert
ment"
Says the Fernandina Mirror: "Our friend,
Mr.. Burnside, whO represents Hon. P. p Bish-
op at this place. has Kindly furnished US with
some OF the oranges plucked from the trees at
the grove OF Mr.. Bishop, at Orange Lake, since
the cold snap. and we can, without fear Of
contradiction. say that they are the sweetest
we have tasted this year. The fr1it is not in
1ured In the least, and the trees are said to be
The cold wave did not injure the old bearing
trees particle, the sap being dormant Some
nursery trees one or two years old are perhaps
little stunted in growth, but otherwise a g
not hurt, the cloudy weather, just after the
cold weather, having been a great protection
to both fruit and trees"
Pensacola AdUdnce: 'sThe steamer Alice ar
rived on Monday and delivered at the railroad
dock two hundred bales of cotton direct from
Geneva, Ala. The success which follows the
efforts Of those engaged in this enterprise is
cheering alike to projectors and the people of
this entire section, and as an evidence of the
proportions this business is assuming we state
that Captain Summers, of the Alice, has Just
returned from New Orleans where arrange
ments have been made for new boat to be
used in this Geneva trade The Alice left for
Choctawhatchee yesterday with three barges
In tow, and from a reliable source we learn
that she was offered more freight on this re-
turn trip than could be carried in a half dozen.
Win the improvements now progressing on
this important feeder, it is safe, we think to
look for perfect fleet of river boats plying be-
tween this and the southern boundary of Ala
bams, by the time another season reaches us.
AS a pioneer packet in the Choctawhatchee
trade the Alice has demonstrate the fact that
there's millions in it,"
The Brooksville Crescent says: ''The recent
cold snap cid not injure our semi-tropical
fruit to the extent that was at first appre-
henGed. Orange trees and fruit were not hurt
at all; lemons and lines, where much exposed,
were injured me; guavas and other tender
fruit were damaged slightly, but in very few
instances Killed. We learn that some coffee
plants were killed where exposed to the ice.
Mr. Frank Saxon had thirty-five coffee plants
In his nursery. On the morning of the severeS t
cold he went out to examine them. He saw
icicles pending from the leaves an inch long.
He only lost Eve; the others appear to
be doing finely. Mr. d. g. Hennes thinks
he has lost nearly all of his cane. At
the time Of the cold snap it was cut down but
not sheltered. Tomatoes unprotected were
/ generally killed. Mr. w. A. Cobb Informs us
that the tender fruits in AncIote were scarcely
nipped. Mr. n. A. Carter, from Fort Dade, and
Col, A S. Mann, from ~ stal river, and Mr. ].
B. Law, from Spring Hill, give us like infOrma-
tion from their respective localities The cold
! snap was a severe strain upon our fruits, and
their successful endurance of the ordeal is
creditable to our county, and demonstrated
the admirable adaptability of our section to
Semi-tropical fruits =