Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-10


had been made with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works for ten engines and six coaches, and
that two baggage cars had been ordered from
the Jackson & Sharp Company. Of Whining
ton, Del, the latter to be delivered in July or
August.
The Tampa Gulf Coast Progress is pleased
to say to it's readers that it is in possession of
information which justiies it in saying that
active aud energetic work will soon be COM
menced on the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway. This" it says, '1s certainly
very gratifying to us,ss We regard this one Of the
most important works Of internal Improvement
proposed in the State. We can further say that
arrangements are being made for the work to
be pushed forward with all possible dispatch,
and that an early completion Of the road win
follow"
ne Jim Fleming and wife, of Monticello.
have been arrested on a charge of infantieide.
The Constitution says that circumstances indi-
cate that they are certainly guilty of the hor-
rible crime.
We learn from the ocala Lacon that on
Thursday night OF last week considerable ex-
element prevailed in that town over a bril-
liant marriage ceremony which took place that
evening at Grace Church, the contracting par
ties being Miss Louise Brown, of Cleveland.
Ohio, and Baron a. Won Feilitzsch. a Hungarian
nObleman and a distinguished officer in the
Prussian army. who has utilized his furlough
by a visit TO Florida and Lake Weir, It which
place. rumor asserts, he has purchased an or
ange grove.
According to the Orange County Reporter,
Orlando is gaining an unenviable notoriety as
a resort for gamblers. That paper says: I'VE
are not needing any development in that direc-
ton. and the Reporter is opposed to any prac
tic which will give to our town such reputa-
ton as Baldwin acquired last winter. good
time to check the evil is just now, before it gets
too strong"
The Starke Telegraph states that Mr.. Fen.
Kilt, residing near that place, has raised the
boss potato this season. 1t measured twenty
five inches in length, and twenty inches Of this
is large, solid potato.
A large bear was killed in Santa Rosa
county. near Milton, last week, and the
Standard says from the large number of deer
brought to that town one would rightly con-
clude that that is a good game country.
Mrs. Henrietta Livingston. one of the oldest
citizens of Volusia county. died near Seville on
the 2ist ult., aged eighty-five. Her husband
served as a soldier in the war Of 1912, and at
her death was drawing a pension from the
government.
The Jacksonville Union says that, o wing to the
great demand for lumber at this time, it is al
most impossible to have an order. however
small filed at any of the mills orlumber yards
Of that city. las an illustration" it says,
yesterday gentleman attempted to get a
few sticks Of lumber 6x6, ten feet long and after
visiting every mill and lumber yard in the city,
failed to get his order filed, so great was the
/ demand"
The orange crop of this section this year y
/ SAYS the ApalschicOla Tribune. ''is small in
/ deed. Parties inform us that the groves neal
| the Brick Yard will not yield one thousand
/ oranges all told That magnificent grove, be
longing 10 Mrs. Buckles at FO't Gadsden, will
/ make q very poor showing this season, and viii
/ not produce ten thousand. This grove generally
| Yields one hundred thousand oranges The
orange trees around the city will produce nc
| fruit worth talking about. Mrs Murphie
| grove. we be ieve, is making pretty good
! showing
| The following acc unit Of ahOrrihle spectacle
| We get from the Pensacola 4dUdnce: AN
| houy Jackson, a colored boy b. tween the ages
of eight and nine years. be came entangled IN
| the pulley OF a lathing machine at Wright's
| Mill yesterday morning, and was literally torn
/
| the skirt OF his coat in hand and was playing
with the machine by striking the belt, and in
| 81 doing another portion of Il garment was
| caught by nut on the inside of the wheel, and
| in an instant he was whirled over the upper
| shafting, his brains knocked out and the body
| horribly mutiiated. The unfortunate child. we
| are told, was carried ar, und the machinery
| two or three revolutions
The Americus C ~ Recorder says: '.Mr
| George Seig, citizen OF sumter county, hse
occasion t. visit Florida and has Just returned
wH--~ - p Thaa faE
| Orange cOunr y, AID indeed every part or the
state, was on boom. Every one was on th'
gtti Ufue 70 make as much money as possible
curing the wild goose and duck season These
| North-rn birds come and stay about as long as
| the Northern people. seeking the gentle anC
| nealiag breezes Of that latitude Land is wortl
| from Une dollar acre TO one thousand, ac
cOrding 70 improvements. the number of acrei
| in oranges and the age and thrift OF the trees
| Every day tn trains overland and water car
riage pour in emigrants from the nofthWts
and East"
The Palatka Herald says: 1T is only ques
ton OF a short time when Palatka will have
the privilege Of openi0g her arms TO receive
tue Palatka and Indian River Railroad In 81
snort a time since the organization 1t is hardly
| possible that the work Of construction will e
| Immediately into effect. It will take time, an,
! il may be q change in the organization b
| this as it may. the work on this route is one o
| the Internal improvement necessities OF th'
times, and it will, sooner or later, go on. Pa
Iatka will no doubt be called upon to grant
| franchise for an entrance to the river at SOM
point The wisdom Of the Town Council vii
| determine this matter in the best manner posi-
/ ole for the town and company. As thlogs nov
look Paiatka may look forward to an enlarge
| ment of her commercial relations which vii
add greatly 70 her increasing prosperity.
Under the caption. AN Old Industry to b
| Revived - ths Jacksonville CTltcl says; Col
| a. b. Lindermau, President of the America
! Jute AID Indigo Company. an RSsociat on re
Gently organized in Philadelphia for the cult
vation Of those valuable plants. arrived 10 tn
! city Tuesday In company with captain n.
| Blocker. Colonel Lindermau lett yesterday 10
/ South Florida. for the purpose OF making
| selection OF ten thousand acres or the DlSSsol
purchase part of this large tract will b
seeded with jute ana indigo lring the cominl
YEAR aud this txperim mt is TO be tes,ed on
| sale commensurate with its importance. Man.
years ago indigo formed the principal artici'
| Of export from Florida, no less than 81, 100,
| OBJ OF this 0ye having been exported durinl
the year l7o9 a large quahtlty OF gute see'
has been or cred from Calcutta, and an exper
Will visit the crop neEt summer II his repor
| should b. satisfactory. q large amount o
| European capital will at once mad employmen
| ia this State. as both Jute and indigo ar
| growing vii D in great abundance, the success
| of this great enterprise would seem to b.
| already assured. Colonel Linderman last sum
| mef introduced specimens Of thG wild Jute o
| Florida to the attention Of the manufactures
If Dnndee Scotland by whom the article wa
valued at $50 per ton. Such developers as IN
| Colonel are heartily welcome. and We trust ina
| rre result or MS euOrtS VIII not only prov
hiyhly remunerative to the company. but WI
noen a new and fOurishing industry 70
| Florida "
Under the heading. "Jute and Indigo" tn
| Florida A07ToulfHFi9t says: "We notice that
| company has been formed in bhiladel phla 10
the purpose of cultivating jute and indigo II
| Florida Jute grows well in the State, and II !
can b,- grown with profit to compete with Eas
IndiaH cheap labor will succeed, but the cui
! ture of in1igo here Uill be a complete failure
/ In the West Indies, with labor at twenty NV
/ cents per day the cultivation OF indigo Ia
| been abandoned and now the chisf suppl,
| comes from the East Indies. with LABOR at on
| dol ar per month. The labor OF cultivating tn
Dlants being light it is just suited 70 the effet
| n l1oIi-s: but even there it IS doubtful !
| INDIGO viii be able to compete viii
| the chemical dyes that chemists are nov
, | makieg TO take the place that 1t has hitherto
| beeu used or Old records shoE that whel
| indigo was high in price, during the bfitlrl
| ocenpation Of Florida, that the plants wer
| often eaten down by caUerpiilars, and Tn
| whole czoo ruined This was the case IN man,
| usrfs Of the West Indies so muC n so that 10
| d,go was ever considered a preearious crop 4
. | rainy s. aSon ruins It, and dry one kllIs IN
. plants The manufacturing process IS YER
| unhealthy 10 those engaged In IL. the gasse
/ arising rom the fermentation OF the leave
| being very deleteriOuS. We do not wish 70 con
/ d-r11 need essly any in1u~try that would adj
! T. fhe wealth OF this State, bnt do rot ike Q
see peopl Q throw away money IN schemes tna
hey have not wsg studied before emoarkinI