Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-13
Florida Affairs.

This should be sufficient to stop bothering
with cotton growing worm fcod). Palatka
Journal "8Ir Whistler, of Hawthorn, rails
ed a crop Of onions on one and a half acres of
ground, which, he says, sold for $500"
ST. Augustine is now to have up eighty new
street lamps. The press reports sneak thieves
on their rounds trying the door locks,
The Florida Southern depot and warehouse
at Hawthorn is completed and has been
clothed with a summer suit Of paint, which
makes it a very handsome looking building.
There have been returned to the supervisor
of orange statistics for Florida, the names Of
thirteen hundred persons engaged in the cul-
ture of orange trees in Putnam county.
CaterpilIsrs are devastating the cotton fields
Of Madison county.
Mr.. :. s. Gregory. of Jacksonville, was
painting house the other day, when he fell
from the scaffolding and received a severe
shock.
Mr.. J. W. Smith and Mr.. Blaylock, Jr.. were
thrown from buggy ia runaway scrape, in
Madison the other day, and ma rowly escaped
serious injury.
Messrs Walter Mclean and Hiram Brooks
killed a baldheaded eagle at Cedar creek on
Thursday. The eagle measured five feet from
tip to tip Of his wings.
Il is said the Pensacola Railroad has the
largest pair Of track scales in America, which
are 1C6 feet long, and can weigh three cars at
once, loaded with spar timber.
Pine Level is now considering the propriety
Of building church. school house and Masonic
lodge.
A small negro boy was badly hurt at Live
n or in in
motion.
The Live Oak Bulletin says caterpillars are
doing mischief in Suwannse county.
AT Pensacola the other day Mrs. Berlin fell
out of boat and her sister, Miss Fries, jumped
into the water to save her Both would have
drowned, but Mr. Berlin jumped in and sue
ceeded in getting them safely on the boat,
though the young lady had gone down the
third time, and was unconscious.
Mariana Courier; Major Robinson and
Richard Young, of the colored population, were
lodged in our Jail last Tuesday for aiding in
stealing $50 pounds of cotton from Mr.. I. ID.
Evans, of Campbellton."
Jacksonville Union: SIT is expected that the
trains OF the Waycross Road will commence
coming into the city on the company's track
about the first of October, and passengers will
be landed at the new warehouse"
Barlow Informant: "a negro boy
named Squire Newman got his arm broken
last Sunday by being thrown from horse
The horse was blind, and the little mig gal
loDed him up to a fence, which brought the
horse TO e sudden halt, and landed the boy on
the other side.
Jacksonville Union: "a great many North
/ ern people are arriving here already this sea-
son. and strange faces are frequently seen on
| the streets. Yesterday a large number went
up the river on the various steamers The
| travel has commenced much earlier this sea
| son than heretofore"
Sanford Journal "Mr. g. E Sawyer. County
Commissioners. informs us that the assessment
/ roll Of Orange county, FOR 1881, as audited by
| the Commissioners at their meeting this veek,
fOots up s., zoe, 600, an increase % about $780,
/ zoo over that of last wear. The a, sessment
books Of J. NJ Owens, Assessor, were found to
he very correct"
Referrfng to the county statistics, furnished
/ IL nv the Tax Collector. thu Jasper Times says:
/ 'sBv this we see that there is an average of
| thirty three acres Of improved land to each
/ poII tar payer; also. over one horse, and over
/ sixteen head OF cattle. hogs sheep and goats
/ When it is known that over one-tbird or these
| DoIIs are colored. the showing is not a bad one
| for one Of the Tsckey' counties.
/ Colonel D. s Place writes to the Mirror that
| the work Of preparation for an exhibit at At
/ Ianta is progressing satisfactorily all along
| the line I'VE have had but few days to
| work but we have improved each shining
| everywhere. Let all work with vim for the
| next three weeks, and our most sanguine ex-
| pectations will be more than realized"
Palatka Journal: The orange crop, so far as
| We have been able to ascertain, in the county
! is a fair one. and the fruit Of a superior size
/ and color. Tuere are less cracked oranges
/ than usual The groves look unusually well
| and thrifty. 1t has been good season. gener-
| ally speaking. for orange culture The young
| groves are all looking thrifty and vigorous
The .fisht with the insects has been pretty sue
| cessful,
Pensacola Gazette: I'VE have previously
| announced the litigation begun by the minority
| stockholders Of the Muscogee Railro ID, and
/ sDole of the probable abandonment of the ex-
Il tensive Improvements designed by the Louis
/ willie and Nashville Railroad Company on the
| Muscogee wharf in consequence OF II. Our
/ fears have been fully realized Mr.. Saltmarsh
has informed us that the improvements Will
not be made because OF the suit.
jacksonville Union! Yesterday morning,
| Mrs Bouton wife Of the keeper OF Evergreen
/ Cemetery, lost her pocketbook and over $50 in
Il cash She had gone into Harkesheimer store
/ to buy some goods and laid her pocketbook on
/ the counter. While in the store she stepped
| away from the counter for some purpose, and
| while away a thief picked il up and left. The
| authorities have been notified, but have not
succeeded in finding the thief."
Alachua advocate: "The court Of Judge
Gardner disposed for the present OF novel
case on last Monday. Rev. George hill,
oolored, was charged with altering marriage
license, and the offense being proved, he was
held TO bail for two hundred and fifty dollars,
aud m default OF furnishing this security for
MS appearance at the next term OF the Circuit
Court, ne was sent 10 jail It is reported that
we erocm was 70 marry the girl nominated in
tne osnds out changing his mind. he procured
the insertion OF the name OF another damsel
IN the license He didn't want to be COM
pelled 70 invest another two dollar bill in the
little game; but il has turned out 70 be q
losing one for the parson."