Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-11

Exposition. but after her building is completed
and the exhibits are all in. her display will
doubtless attract greater attention than that
from any other state The sight Of an orange
or cOcoanut tree in full bearing is something
every man, woman and child from the more
northern latitudes will want to see."
Sunland Tribune: 'Messrs Miller & Hender
son closed the trade this week which has been
pending for some time. for the large side-wheel
steamer 'Alab- ms, now lying in New Orleans,
and Captain Miller leaves saturday to take
charge of her They propose fixing her up for
the cattle trade. he Alabama has an iron
hull and is 2lO feet lOny. and has capacity for
5 head Of cattle. She is of light draught.
suitable TO our coast"
Sanford Journal: 'AIr. II. L DeForest has
shown US a cluster of Japanese persimmons,
grown on his place three and one half miles
west of Sanford. that is a curiosity to behold.
The seven contained in the cluster will weigh
probably two pounds. Mr. II has fifteen trees
on his place most Of them in bearing Those
shown although not fully ripe, Of deep
yellow. and he is shipping them to a friend
north"
Palatka Herald: The popular steamer De
Bary left jacksonville on Thursday evening
last with the heaviest freight that ever passed
up the river on any boat so say the officers
She had on board thirty five tons of iron for the
South Florida Railroad, now in progress to the
kissimmee river In addition to this the
steamer had good list of passengers, num-
Der 81 whom were mechanics, with their fami-
lies. for the workshops OF the Florida South
ern"
Starke TeleQrGph: Judging from the move
ments of Colonel Lutterloh and Major Parsons,
Of Cedar Kew. the dirt road question con-
Meeting Way Key with the main land, is as
suming tangible shape. The advantages and
benefits TO Cedar Key, resulting from dirt
road connection with the main land. would
be immense. and II seems to US that every
public spirited man on the island should give
his support 70 this enterprise"
Pensacola AdU1nce: IT W Thomas, whose
home Is said 10 be IN Cedar Keys. accidentally
shot himself in the left leg last night the ball
eute ring above the knee and going entirely
through that lim1. The weapon carried a
forty calibre ball. ard one Of the arteries being
severed. the wounded man almost hlet to death
before a physician could be called in. DR..
FOrdham was finally summoned TO his assist
snce. and the patient was thought to be better
at last accounts
Pensacola Gazette: John Scott, who was
cut across the left arm and in the LEFT side by
another cOlOred man named Henry Johns On
on Monday last, is in a very critical condition.
The biceps muscles OF the arm were severed.
and the bowels prOtruded in sufficient volume
70 ill half-gallOn measure from the wound
in the abdomen. We learn from DR. Renshaw.
the accomplished surgeon who has charge OF
the case, that this latter wound il of a charac-
ter which usually produces death, but that IL
is not necessarily fatal in this instance"
Jacksonville Union: I'VE learned yester ay
from Dr. Mcllvai E. Of Cedar Key, who is on
his way 10 Atlanta, that Levy county would
send forward number Of valuable exhibits.
among which will be several barrels of the De
culiar iron ore found in that county in large
quantities. We do not think this ore will prove
valuable unless it possesses some properties
not usually found in the ores of the mountain
rang But it is altogether likely that 1t does
possess such properties, and we hope this *
bibit at Atlanta will lead TO proper testing of
| the ore
Pensacola Gazette: ION TuesdsY the night
| passenger going south on the MOBILE and Mont
| R0 I-frf IA
| 4 passenger describes the wreck as perfect.
| Not piece OF the postal car as large as q csr
/ door was left The three occupants Of the car
| escaped as did all the passengers but one, who
was somewhat bruised. Conductor Keeler
/ was hurt. and a negro tramp who had been
pu of twice and wGs on the platform stealing
ride, was killed The baggage car went lii
| orally through the postal ar, and the whole
| train, except the engine. was turned upside
| down. Thirty-two passengers were in the
sleeper. and their escape was marvellous"
| The Pensacola Gazette says on its harbor i'm
provements: The cOntraC tors announce an
! early commencement of the work on the bar,
which is to increase our depth of water from
225k TO % feet The government did not con-
slider the bids for constructing jetties as rea-
sOuable. and Is building them under direction
of one of its own engineers. Major Hiram
Haines Major Ha mes has blown down that
portion Of Fort McRae which was in the AZ.
and has commenced the first jetty. There are
to be six lines of jetties running from the
shore to - feet water which will make them
about 81 feet long The effect Of these jetties
will be to turn the current directly across the
bar and thereby maintain p feet Of water on
the bar after it has been dredged to that depth.
Fernandina Mirror: In view of the effects
Of the drought At the North in the very large
diminutiOn of the potato crop, there is doubt
less a fine opening Tor the southern farmer.
The supply of old potatoes at the North will be
very small in the spring, and there will be an
excellent market for new Southern potatoes.
With little protection. which can readily be
given with pine straw or broom straw, the
crop will mature quite early and command a
very remunerative price. or course, seed
potatoes will be expensive, but 1t will pay to
make the investment. Sweet potatoes sell in
the Northern towns at retail at five cents per
pound-equivalen Mt 20 81 90 per bushel- These
are the dry Jersey potatoes 1t would seem
that there was an opening for Florida truck
men to supply this demand The price IS about
equal to the average price for oranges"
Eernendiua Mirror: ''Mr. F. B. Papy, Gen
eral Freight Agent of the Florida Transit Rail
road mas been in correspondence with large
firm Of fruit and vegetable packers. which cor
respOndence indicates that they will locate at
some D0int on the Transit Railroad. That is
will be q good thing for the vegetable growers
OF Florida there Is no question, as they state
that they will require from one hundred ana
fifty to two hundred hands, mostly women. In
their last letter to NJ. p py they say we want
the farmers to raise the vegetables for us and
We wish to cOntrsct for one hundred and nifty
acres of sugar corn, one hundred acres of to-
lima beans, and shall require all kinds OF vege-
tables We wish also to contract for fruits and
oysters Their correspondence indicates busl-
ness, and this will make marSet at nome Tor
larga quantities Of vegetables that otherwise
would seek distant parts
Tampa Pro0ress: 1.-The engineer corps Of
the Live Oak Tampa and Charlotte Harbor
Railway arrived in Tampa on Thursday OF last
week. on Friday rama line TO Ballast Point. and
on Monday left to continue the survey OF the
road TO Charlotte Harbor. The party was
made up of very clever gentlemen, and their
brief stay in Tampa IVES very much enjoyed.
Captaiu John c. Reynolds showed us his con-
tinuous profile Of the route surveyed from
Live Oak to this point. just one hundred and
sxty-eight miles: With the exception OF a
few miles Just this side Of the WithlacoOchee
river and few miles between Crystal river
and Spring Hill, in fernando county, the route
is very level and suitable one for the con-
structiOn Of the road, and Captain r says he
can improve il very much when the line is to
be definitely located "
Jacksonville Union: There are sixteen pris-
oners now Ouhned in the county jail, five Of
whom are females.-An mense amount Of
brick tin and wood work Is now going on in
this city Every carpenter, bricklayer, plas-
tarer and timer is employ ed.-Ne understand
that the running time between this city and
shortened between one and one-half to two
hours Over 5000 stalks or sugar cane were
brought into the city yesterday lt was sold
to dealers at three cents stalk -Tnere are ten
nine of which number are men, for stealing -
There are some huge sticks OF cedar on the
Central Railroad wharf, some OF which meas
ure 81 by IS inches.-The next term OF the Cir
cuir Court for Duval county will be held az the
new court house in L'Engle block.
The Pslatka Journal has this chapter OF &C
cidents: while Mr.. y. A. Patterson was stand
ing on the edge Of Captain Reds wharf. on
the 29th, he met with painful fall, caused oy
the breaking of a rotten sleeper. precipitatlng
him headlOng eightfeet causing his head 70
receive a severe blow. on q log and dlslOcatng
his hight arm A boy was Knocked on the cars AZ
Francis. on Tuesday evening, but not seriously
injured. He was on top OF the car and was
struck by the arch erected at Francs
in honor Of the late President
Dr. Whip came near being drowned at Blue
Pond recently. but was rescued by Squire Al
len, who bravely plunged in and brought the
doctor safe 20 land. Thomas mcClanney, OF
Georgetown, received q very severe injury last
week while hauling logs The lever he was
working will flew back and struck him on the
hack OF the head and neck DR.. Garnett. Of
Crescent City. was sent for and has the patient
in charge"
The Gazette has the following Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad notes: "WorK is progressing
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