Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-28
Florida AHaIra

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Florida Affairs.
Mr.. George c. Powers of Florence, st.
Johns county, has 1909 bearing orange trees
and a grove OF 200 pecan nut trees. A few
years ago Mr. Powers stood at printers case
in Jacksonville and set" type for living.
Miss E. N. G. Anderson, daughter Of the late
General Anderson Of Fort Sumter fame, is
having two very handsome cottages erected at
Green Cove Spring.
large number Of carpenters have arrived
at Magnolia to commence work on the new ho-
tel A Mr.. MCGUIRE Is boss" Of them.
Mr.. E. J. Wainwright, OF Bradford county,
produced SIS pounds OF (seed) sea island cotton
per acre on twenty-five acres Of uumanured
land this ear. In 1919 he made on six acres Of
stable mahured land 100 pounds per acre. and
in 1850 he made on one acre of cowpen land
seven barrels Of sugar and five barrels of
syrup, and yet some lsggsrds say farming don't
pay in Florida
Marion county has some thriving farmers,
and Mr.. W. L. Fletcher is one Of them. He
makes his own sugar, syrup, meat, lard, but
ter, etc, and is dependent on the merchant for
nothing in the way Of provisions but flour.
There is work for a good timer at Cedar
Key. He can have steady employment at good
prices. There is not one now in the place, and
all the tin roofs are leaking, guttering choked
and coffee pots all worn out. A good supply
of tools are there waiting to be put in use.
Col. c. H. Allen, manager of the Jackson
Vile, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, is deter
mined to place his road in thorough repair. He
has ordered new cars, two hundred tons of new
iron, twenty thousand new crossties to be put
on the roadbed, and is having every bridge and
trestle examined and repaired.
Ths construction and repair shops Of the
Florida Southern Railway are to be erected in
Gainesville, and 900, coo bricks will be required
/ for the walls.
About forty colored Iaborers quit work on
the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad and went
to Pensacola last week to stand about the
| street corners and run their tongues.
The Pensacola Gazette is calculating on
5000 bales Of cotton for that port when all the
projected railroads are completed. Fifty
thousand of these are to come by the Pine
| apple ReptOn connection with the Pensacola
and Selma Road.
The Presbytery OF Florida meets at Gaines
/ vile on Friday, November 4, at II a. m Rev.
/ DR.. A A. Duncan, of Fairbanks, the Modera-
/ tor, viii preach the opening sermon.
Gainesville Sun and Bee: There was an uu-
usually large amount Of sickness throughout
this section the past summer. The country
round about NewnansVille suffered severely in
/ this respect We are glad TO be able TO an
nOunce, however, that the health Of that com
/ munity is now good"
! Leesburg AdUdnce: Mr.. l. NJ Mabbett has
/ purchased the Sanford Telegraph Company,
I the Lake Region Line. he informs US that a
| company has been formed at Sanford to extend
| lines all through south Florida.-BOb Hill
l caught one day this week thirtYsix trout.
Z vrnfubfnr eiubfV. fOur nnundg The largest
/ weighed nine and half pounds They were
I caught with troll in Okeehumkee run-Mr-
| f. b. Papy was in town last week in the in
| terest of the Topical Peninsula Railroad
/ He informed several Of our citizens that the
road would certainly be built from Leesburg
TO Indian river at an early day"
/ Green Core Spring: There is growing within
twelve miles of Green Cove Spring, on the
/ farm OF Mr. J. J. Lee, six sweet orange trees
that were budded forty years ago, the largest
/ one OF which measures at the collar six feet
| two inches in circumference; the smallest one
measures at the collar five feet eight inches in
/ circumference. The largest tree has borne
! 10000 oranges the sm>llest 1000 and they have
/ all borne on an average b,OO0 a year each Tor
| thirty years. The seed from which they were
/ grown were planted in 1881. Mr.. Lees mother
IS living on the place, in comparatively good
| health, at the age of 1O7."
/ Starke Telegraph: Last Monday, Drs Smith.
/ GaskinS and Hackney amputated the left leg
\ of Miss E. NJ. Futch above the knee. The ope-
/ ration was performed in the most speedy and
/ skiiIfuI manner. and the patient is reported to
be doing well. Miss F. has ben suffering for
/ years with a cancer on this limb "
| Jacksonville Onion: FRIDAY evening the
/ scaffOld used by the brick mas5ns at work on
| the walls Of Mr.. E Canepa's store in East Jack
| sonvilie, gave way, having been overloaded
/ with brick There were five persons on the
! scaffOld at the time, aud all we're more or less
| injured, though none fatally.
IshmaeI Sapp. who recently stabbed Bob
! johnson in Alachua county, was required to
/ give additional bond 10 the sum Of $500 few
| DAYS sincs, owing TO the critical condition of
/ johnson. He failed to furnish the amount and
/ was sent to prison Both parties are colored-
| Jacksonville Union: "Mr Henry Mason pur-
/ chased yesterday the lot at the corner of Bay
| and Julia streets, from Nj K: w. Blggs, for
/ which he paid $500. The lot is one hundred
4 and five feet square. upon which is situated
/ Mr. BIggs' shop aud shanties, known as Rotten
/ Row.-Yesterday morning the steamer Okee-
/ humkee arrived from the OcklaNaha river,
bringing one hundred and hfty-three boxes OF
/ oranges, twenty boxes Of lemons and
three bales Of cotton. This is by far the largest
| shipment OF oranges made so far this season.
/ Capt Rice, of the Okeehumkee, thinks that
| the numOer of boxes shipped will now increase
every week until the micdle OF November.
when the shipping business viii open IN full
/ blast"
Pensacola Gazette: Robert Paine, a lad
about twelve years old. and son OF Mr.. Z. K
| Paine, OF this city, was kicked by a horse yes
| terdey evening, aud his leg badly injured. Inc
| animal's hOof struck the thigh and inflicted
compound cOmminuted fracture-the bones
| narrowly escaping the femoral artery and pro-
| truding through the skin The accident Is
/ more distressing TO the family at this time, as
| we learn that Mrs. Paine Is herself very Ill.
| Pensacola Gazette: Last Saturday night
/ about II O'Clock, while co,ored man named
Bgevin Mitchell vas passing along Main street.
| in the neighborhoOd OF the Seaman S Exchange,
/ he was struck in the face by some unknown
/ D rson and badly injured. His upper Jaw was
/ fractured and several teeth were knocked out.
/ The aSsailant has not been identified"
Sal morning
| a negro bOy--sOn Of Isaiah Richardson, Cap
/ tain of the Butler Blues-was accidentally
shot by companion of about his own age and
/ color, and the probability is that the
/ wound is mortal Tney were out hunting to-
/ gether, and the accident was no doubt the re-
suit OF carelessness as usual The gun was
/ loaded with small shot. but the range was
/ short, and the entire charge passed through
/ the boys left breast coming out in the upper
/ part OF the left shoulder, making most
ghastly wound soms two and a half inches at
| the entrance, but smaller at the exit"
! sPensacola Gazette: "a negro boy was badly
/ crippled by moving train at Monno, last FIJI
day, and was brought TO this city aud conveyed
| 10 the Pensacola lnfirmary for treatment An
| examination Of his injuries decided his attend
| snts-Drs. BlOunt ana Fordham-that it would
| be necessary TO srputats bis right leg below
| the knee aud portion Of the left foot, which
| was accordingly done in little more time than
| is consumed in telling about it, and We judge
| the operations were skilltuly done from me
/ fact that the boy rallied ana Is uoins wen,
/ with fair prospect Of speedy recovery.
Jacksonville Unions "For the twenty four
hours ending at O'Clock yeSterday evening,
/ over two hundred and seventy i've persons ar
| rived in this city-all from the North ana West
very large majority OF these were P5osPeCl
/ ing for homes and investments IN tIorids-
Monticello Constitution: On last Tuesday
/ an old citizen of Georgia reached this Town
/ with his team, en- route to one Of the nslerles
| on the coast He I'd been here only snott
| time when be discovered that he had lost nus
/ pocket book, containing thirty 1ve dollars.
/ He promptly instituted a search, Wnen An,
| thOny Dallas lcOlored) stepped forward ana
| presented the pocket book, minus the money
and told the old man he had picked II up soon
i after he dropped it. AS to the missing money,
/ he affirmed that he knew nothing OF lt, put the
i old man expressing a determination 10 nave
/ the matter Investigated, Anthony produced
| and restored the missing money"