Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-12
Florida Affairs.


county, this year. will be 100000.
The cash price for cotton in Mariana the
past week was 1014 cents per pound.
Mr.. Peter Rodgers. a gooi citizen Of Green
wood, jackson county, died last week.
The surveyors Of the Florida Southern Rail
road reached Lake City on Monday last.
An immigrant train, composed Of four well
filled wagons, passed through OcaIa on We'd
nesday last. They hailed from Georgia, and
were all journeying to fernando county.
A town lot in Ocala go feet front by l16 feet
deep, sold the other day for S1.OUO
Howard Colored Academy in OcaIa has one
hundred pupils
The Florida Southern Railroad runs through
the finest portion Of Marion county, and Loeb
bic will be the most important station between
Ocala and the junction. So says the LdcOn.
Polk, fernando and Hillsboro counties, says
the Tampa Guardian, are rapidly settling up
with a good class of citizens
Waldo, according to the Cracker, is rapidly
in need Of dwelling houses.
a number Of the citizens of Micanopy have
Incorporated a Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany.
The name Of Perry, a station on the Florida
Gruelle, in honor of the Superintendent of the
road.
The Sunldnd Tribune. states that Mr. T. B.
Ellis, living in Polk county, near the Hillsbor-
ough river. has made on one-horse farm this
year 5000 pounds seed cotton and $50 bushels
of corn. He estimates his potato crop at 800
bushels and his syrup crop at FIVE barrels. II
this is not a good showing for a one-horse
farm. says the Tribune, we confess that we do
not know as much about farming as the late
lamented' Horace Greeley"
The Star defles any place in Florida to show
as many railroads OF which it is the terminds
as is the case at Titusville. The Star counted
six week ago, and now q new one has been
added to the list, making seven. Titusville is
bound to become 4 great railroad centre.
The Sumter County AdUdnce learns of the
mysterious death Of Mr.. Geo. T. BroOme, of
Helena, formerly Of New York city. He left
Leesburg on Thursday afternoon littl9 before
dark, and on Friday morning his boat was
found driven ashore His hat and oars were
also afterwards discovered, and not far from
the boat his body was found washed up on the
beach. Mr. Broome, states the AdUdRce, was
well advanced in years. and was much Of a
of whom deeply lament over his sad decease.
Tampa Progress: I'VE learn that it is definite
" settled by the department at Washington to
discontinue the mails on Route No 16,iOO from
Tampa to Cedar Keys. and that the mails for
Mauatee and Braidentown will be sent d own
overland to Palmetto and distributed from
| that point"
| Ocala LdcOn: Fourteen miles from Ocala
| there is a tract of land containing three hun
dred acres, which DR.. Butt one of our most
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/ prominent citizens; purchaseG SIX years ago
/ for the sum OF 500, and which, we learn, he
| sold Iasc week for the sum of $500. This IS
I only one of the many instances we might cite
| as indicating the increase IN Vaue OF real
estate in this county during the past few
/ years.
| Jacksonville Union: Frank r. Sherwin. by
| his attorney. Z. NJ Cheney. Esq. on Saturday
/ last filed a bin OF complaint in Judge Bakers
! court asking for a temporary injunction re-
straining c. d. Willard. C. H. Allen, Adolph
| Engier. Henry X. Jackson, Chas H. Simonton
/ and the Jacksonville and Mobile Railroad
| Company from transferring or disposing OF
the property known as the Jacksonville, Pen
| sac1la ard Mobile Railroad. The temporary
| Injunction was granted"
| Pensacola Gazette: "We were shown a let
| ter from a Western man to gentleman in this
| CITY. asking whether. in the event of his reno
| val here he would be allowed to vote as be
pleased Our friends reply was short but to
| the point: You may vote for General Grant
/ or the devil, without interference from anY
| one Let us assure our Western and Northern
| friends hat Pensacola welcomes good people
! OF an creeds faiths and natiOnahties. No hon
! est. intelligent man reflects on his nelshoor
! now on account of politics. That day has
passed. Come right along"
Gainesville sun and Press: 'Mr. J. Nc.
| Keever one of the most skilled Workneh ~
| this section of the State, Will nave cOmpieteu
| in a few davs the wood work for the miniature
building. 10 be constructed OF Florida rock and
| nine for exhibition at the Atlanta Exposition
! Mr McKeever is making the gable end ana the
door frame and shutter. which Will be Tor
war(ied as soon as possible, so that the stone
work of the building can be pushed to rapid
completion.
| Jacksonville Union: Postmaster Jay has
been advised that about the 18th OF this month
Jacksonville will be visited by hon. l. L.
| lanes Postmaster General, and wife; hon
! Richard A Elmer, Second Assistant postmaster
| General and wife; Hon J. r Van Wormer
| Chief Clerk Post Office Department, aud WlIei
1 Gen W r Thomson, General Superintendent
| Railway Mail Service, and Tlfei Gen Il. M
| Terrell Superintendent Railway Mail Service
Fourth division, and WIFE Inc party WI wiz Nlsll @
| st Augustine, Enterprise, Fernandlna ano
other points in Florida, before returning &c
Washington"
| Lees burg advance: 'The surveying party OF
the Florida Southern Railway are now within 9
! few miles Of town, and the work along the
whole line is being rapidly puSheG9 LOT ', a. ~, u
The grading is finished as far as Ocala, and the
| SuDeFintendent, Maj. n. X Gruele, states ina
the cars viii be running TO Ocala by the Sotn OF
| next month. Mr.. 9. Il Williams, one OF the
| contractors left Palatka last Wednesday foi
| Ocala where he will commence the grade 1OI
| this place with a force of 800 hands immediate.
! Iy. All three of the contractors Will soon be al
| work coming this way. This IS the most -tII. en-
| couraging news we have yet received, and Kills
all doub. as to or long needed necesSlty-a
| railroad"
Gainesville Sun and Bee: tGn last Saturday
! a Iraft from Capt. F. Done, of this county, for
| 81, 20 was presented at the bank OF - Dut
| ton & Co, by s. p. Morgan, young white m an
| of about twenty t1ve years of age. The cashier
| Mr. o. s. Acee, at once suspected thaL tnere
| was something wrong ABOUT the DRAFT ano
| after closer inspection concluded tlat me
/ figures had been raised FRI m $40 w TO $lZlV W
| The SberHf was Immediately sent for and Mr..
| Morgan detained until his arrival he was
| lodged in Jail until Monday morning, when ne
was arraigned before Justice Gardner DE
waived a preliminary examination, however,
| and was remanded to prison to await trlaI al
the fall term of the Circuit Court
Jacksonville Union: about one week ago
Mr. James O'DOnnell arrived IN this city anu
/ stoned at the Florida House. Another man
| by the nauae of Frank Beaton was stopping al
4 the same hOuss. .3eatOn, suspectlng that mr
/ O'Donnell had some money, paid the porter OF
/ the house one dollar TO change ms room 70 .
/ that occupied by the latter gentie taso; Tegre
! senting that Mr.. O'Donnell was friend OF nls
/ aud the change took place on Friday FRIDAY
! night s eton stole Mr.. 0'Donnell's valise Key
/ and stole from the valise sA IN
/ money. Mr. OsDonlell missed the money
/ on Saturday, and repoFtea hlg loss 10 CaPtal
/ TYLER. stating that he suspected Bea1on; AFTER
/ Searching several hours for Beaton, Captain
/ TYLER fnaIly found and arrested him on sus-
/ DicfOu He gas taken to the captain ONCE
/ and searched .sld SI2 8 was found on MS per
| son The Captain notiesd that the man, while
| being searched, was chewing necessarily, anu
/ finally commanded him to open ms mouth
/ when he extracted therefrOm a cloth. IN which
/ was wrapped S35 He vas then connned IN
/ iaiI TO await hearing before Justice summers,
| before whom the prisoner was taken, ana sent
I to Jail in oefault of SEQ bail.
Jacksonville Union: "On Tuesday morning
| the engineer Of the inward bound passenger
/ train over the KaycroSS Road. when Wltnln
| about eight miles OF the city, saw What
| appeared TO be the body OF a man lylng near near
/ the track. The train was stopped. ana, upon
| Examination the body was found 70 be that OF
an unknown white man, terribly mangled- IL
/ was placed in the shade. and the tram pro
eeeded TO the city. when Mr.. George halnes
was informed OF the fact Mr.. Halnes az once
notified Justice Of the beace, who hello an IN
| quest over the body, but We have not been
/ able to get the verdict or ths Jury.
Tie supposition is that the body was
that a. a tramp who had attempted 70
steal ride between the cars 70
Savannah, and fell OF and wes run over. On
sunday morning tramp answering 70 the oe-
sf.ripeion OF the dead man was Iound asleep IN
| a box car and In the afternoon he was Seoa
banoing around the depot a short while before
fhe train left If the man had been on the
t-sc~ il is supposed that the COW catcher OF
tie aagine would have knocked him on, conse-
1nanfIv the officers of the road have come 20
ne Conclusion that he was stealing rloe
either on the bumper 0et@een tne eais - 81 ~ I