Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-30
Florida Affairs.

Sumter county pamphlet are busy collecting
all information possible for publication. 1t is
coed move on the part of the live citizens of
Sumter. and we hope it may result in much
good for them.
A good crop Of sugar cane will be made in
Brevard county this year. The cane now, in
many patches, will average height Of ten and
twelve feet.
HOpeville, fernando county, Is without a
Postmaster, so says the Crescent, Mr.. Wesley
having died Suddenly a few days since from
heart disease.
A cOlored girl fell from a grape arbor at the
Pensacola Navy Yard a few days since, and
shortly afterwards died from the effects of it.
They are agitating the subject Of paving Bay
street in jacksonville.
The Union SAYS: "On Tuesday Mr. W. A
BOurs' little three year old daughter fell out Of
hammock and broke her left arm just above
the elbow"
Pensacola Advance: ''Mr Watts, citizen of
the Naval Reserve, and now in his eighty fifth
year, fell down flight Of stairs last Monday
his legs
Florida LdcOn: Two cOlOred boys, resident
near Citra, whose names we have been unable
to ascertain, were. on Monday last, struck by
lightning near Hendricks mill on the P. r. r.
One Of the boys died instantly, and the other,
| it is thought, will recover"
/ Jacksonville Union: Yesterday morning a
young man who had been in attendance upon
| the Mayors court while coming down the
steps lost his balance and fell to the sidewalk.
| His head struck the edge or step, and Sc
we're cash was cut in the side OF his face"
Pensacola Gazette: "a robbery was commit
/ ted at Captain Pou's residence a few nights
| ago by q negro boy, who took a considerable
/ sum of money He was subsequently arrested
/ by Sheriff Hutchinson and a portion of the
| rrn rnnnvpra1 He committed iqil
/ to await the action Of the courts"
| Pensacola Gazette: "Quite an interesting
| sight was observed on Government street this
/ morning, when about a hundred stalwart
| labOrers. all cOlOred. started for the south
/ bank Of Bayou Texar to go to work Cn the new
/ railroad. They were engaged at 81 50 per day.
/ they to feed themselves, and seemed cheerful
/ and willing to pitch right in"
! Jasper Times: Last Friday morning white
/ man by the name OF Mobley was carried to
| i've Cak and incarcerated in Jail to await the
/ next term Of Hamilton Circuit Court to an
/ swer bill Of indictment charging him with
/ most heinOus violation Of a State law as well
/ as that of common decency. He was arrested
/ in Echols county, Ca
Palatsa Journal: 1.-The new locomotive of
/ the Florida Southern Railway will be here
| with four new passenger cars between the 1st
/ and 10th prOx. The locomotive will weigh
| tWenty-fOur tons, and has a driving wheel of
/ fOrty-One inches. The locomotive was built at
the well known works Of Baldwin The cars
are Of latest design and finish and said to be
very handsome"
Fernan6ina Mirror: THE American bark
/ Sabine, Captain Osborne was cleared vester-
/ day for MOntevideO by Mr.. c. A. Fairchild
with a cargo of $4,000 feet Of yellow pine lum-
| Der. This is said 10 be the largest cargo Of
! lumber ever shipped from this port. It was
| manufactured at Mr. Fairchild's Fennimore
Mills at Cedar Key, and is Of the very best
quality"
| Pensacola Gazette Another case of care
| lesSneSs in the handling of Kerosene oil was
] t4h Ia III VeSferlaV "a hen a lQdV living
/ on Intendencia street thOughtlessly left a can
of the fluid on a hot stove The can exploded
| with loud report, was knocked into smithe-
| reens and the ignited oil scattered all over
/ thu kitchen. Passers-by rushed into the
| house. and some OF them yelled # ire!" but
/ the alarm did not become general"
| Palatka Jour- al ''The freight brought in on
/ last Friday by the City Point was largely for
the Ocklawaha river region, and so largely in
| excess of the usual amount that Col Hart was
! compelled to charter an extra boat to carry
| the freight up the river. The Astatula was
| procured for this purpose. A large amount of
| the business that formerly was sent to Ocala
| bv the Peninsula Railroad IS now going by way
| OF the Ocklawaha and Col Hart's line Of
| steamers"
] Pensacola Adrdnee: Last Sunday, while
| across the bay in a sail boat, man by name
| Mcfarland was picked up from the bottom OF
| another craft by MeSsrs Frank Bombay, E. G.
Quina and J. d. Brosnaham- Mcfarland was
| in a state OF intoxicatiOn, and had ventured too
far from the shore, and being in condition
/ she naturally capsiZed. When rescued he was
| in fair way OF giving up the ghost but he
didn't On the contrary, he was revived by the
| spirit-of alcohol
| Fernandina Mirror: "On Tuesday the North
| bound train on the Transit Railroad met with
| an accident at point two miles south of Cal
| lahan. by which the express and mail cars AMI
! one coach were thrown down an embank mant.
| The cause was a defective rail. The cars are not
/ ba rIy damaged There were number of pas
| senpers in the coach, none Of whom were hurt
| FafT affafu brTIiSn6 a little The
| accident only delayed the train Tuesday. the
| repairs TO the track being completed in time to
| allow trains to run on schedule time on Wed
| nesday"
] Jacksonville Union: Statements were made
| at the convention in this city Of the existence
! in this State of beds of the pbOsphates, which
are now worked so protitably in South Caro-
/ lima If there are such. and they can be found
in sufficient quantity within easy range of trans
| portatiOn anotbe er undeveloped mine OF wealth
| viii reward the lucky discoverers The writer
/ knows of a spot in Alachua county, not far
| from Gainesville, where almost every stroke
| Of the spade will unearth fossil bones. num-
Der of specimens were sent to Professor Wy
man, of Harvard University, and were pro-
nounced by that gentleman to be the bones of
the manatee."
| Palatka Journal Oscar Register, the
cashier of J. J. Ellis, contractor on the Florida
Southern Railroad south from Perry 8 station,
absconded one day last week with $3.50 belong
ing to Mr.. Ellis and number of his laboreTS-
| Register has been entrusted with the money to
pay the hands. and while doing induced
some of them to deposit their wages with him,
which he kept in good sized trunk This
trunk with the money was sent to some point
on the Transit Road, Register shortly after fol
lowing it himself About $500 Of the money
belonged to Mr.. Ellis and the balance to his
laborers. IL is supposed that Register put out
5ided," 5G5 N9T'h carolina "nS'' ne i0rm'F's re-
The Jacksonville Union of Saturday reports
very little damage by the storm up to that
date. Sign boards were blown down, heavy
seas at the bar, and detention of steamers in
the river on account Of the storm. II says:
About ten O'Clock yesterday morning the
storm signal was ordered up. The storm
centre was at sea, and could not be located.
An dav heavy winds from the northeast pre-
vailed and at times the gusts would reach a
velocity of thirty-six miles per hour, the
storms last year, except on one or twoOeca-
siOns since last March. At twt I've O'Clock last
night the signal was still up. The barometer
fell slowly all day yesterday.
| Jacksonville Union: "Wednesday morning
a gentleman, occupying, with his family,
house near Burch's brick yard, in La Villa, had
occasion to get up about O'Clock for the pur
pose of giving his child dose Of medicine.
While preparing the medicine he noticed
light in the hack part Of the house. On going
out he found the building on fire. and can,
containing about three pints of kerosene, so
arranged as to drip on the side OF the house,
Just above the blaze. The fire. not having
gained much headway. was easily extinguished
and the oil removed. The fire was unques-
/ tiOnablV the work OF incendiary. but there
is no direct proof as 70 who the incendiary
was, notwithstanding there are well founded
| suspicious.
Ocsla Sun and Bee: "CaptF. B Papy, Genl
| Freight Agent and A o. Mcdonnell. Gen'l Pas
| senger Agent Of the Florida Transit Railroad,
| were in the city yesterday, TO meet with Mr..
! GrueIle, Superinte ndent, and Mr.. Minger, Cen
| eraI Freight and Passenger Agent of the FlOri-
| da Southern Railway, for the purpose Of dis
| cuSsing rates and passage over their respective
| roads After a full and free discussion, an
| amieable agreement was made, by adopting
| the present rates Of freight or the Florida
| Transit Road. By this agreement the rates
/ from New \ ork. Charleston, Savannah and
| Jacksonville will be the same by either road.
| And passenger rates TO Jacksonvlle are TIE
| same viz: So 50. To other points, the rule OF
! the General Ticket Agent Association Whlch is,
| that the road having the shortest route or con-
| nectiOu shall name rate, was adopted Mate
| rial reductions on building material and kero-
sene oil was made"
Hamilton County Times: "We learn from
/ Mr. W T. Jackson, who was in Live OAK on
| Wednesday. that there was a Jail delivery at
that place the night previous. However, only
two of the prisOners-there were several lncar-
eerated in the jail-made their esespe- one OF
these VAS a white man by the name OF New
mans, charged with bigamy, who was sent from
tnls county, and the other a negro charged
Hitn stealing a gold watch from Mr.. j. U. q.
biOunt, OF Live Oak. This bit Of news was
attempt was mace by some person to liberate
Them from the outside, necessitating the en-
| ployment OF watchman TO guard the jail, and
I We can't imagine why the Watchmau did not