Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-26
Florida Affairs.

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Der business seems 10 be- indulglng in boom
| just now. All the mills in that section are full
Of orders, and good prices are being paid for
/ logs. The Express also says that Fernandins
now never has less thsn twelve or fifteen ves-
/ ssls lying at its wharves.
| The re election Of Senator Jones to ths United
! States Senate meets with general approval
/ throughout the State. AtPensaeoia seventeen
/ guns we're fired In honor Of the event
! The Pensacola Adrance reports that on the
| 18th instant the body of man was espied
/ from the deck of the tug Juno floating on the
| surface OF the water. A small boat was ssnt
! ln pursuit, the body was towed to shore and
\ placed on cne OF the slips adjoining PaIafox
I whsrf A COroner's jury was at once emoan-
need. and the verdict rendered was death by
accidental drowning The man was identi-
sed as the boatswain of the French bark
Henri, now lying at the navy yerd, aud
ready for yea lie is said to have disappeared
some two weeks since, and the night Of his
disappearance he is reported 20 have been in
an intoxicated state. a few French coins
were found on his person. The deceased was
/ terribly disfgured, and presented sickeniug
spectacle.
The Monticello Constitution wants taxes
reduced It says the total tax in jefferson
county next year sill be, in all probability,
81 on every $I.Coo of property. and it doesn't
think the people can stand it,
( The vegetable farmers around Gainesville
have begun putting in their crops Cnd the Sun
/ aud Bee hopes the yield OF vegetables next
years will be worth quarter OF million dol
lars to that section.
/ The Lake City Reporter hopes the Legisla-
ture win address Itself earnestly towards an
/ amendment of the revenue laws OF the State
/ The total value Of exports OF cotton and
| other produce from Lake City last year
| amounted to S523 7SI ST. The Reporter makes
I out a report in detail OF these exports and
I says: 1T will probsbly excite some commen.
/ that We should embojy such small shipments
1 OF syrup, sugar, corn, rice, etc, in our report.
We give it as an evidence that our farmers not
/ only raise sufaciency Of these articles for
/ home consumption, but have small surplus
I 70 market. Columbia county rice, handsomely
/ cleaned and polished By Columbia county in
vented rice machines. is sold by every store in
/ town. A few years ago the amount of rice
! purchased from Savannah and Charleston and
( sold to our farmers would astouRd one. but
! now We raise not only for home consumption
[ 1
The Live Oak Bulletin reports that he only
men in that town doing q staving business are
! the barrel makers.
/ The st. Augustine Weekly is exultant over
the prospects os Q railroad from Jacksonville
to that place.
The Mariana Courier thinks its section is
/ 'the boss" Ii says: I'VE have here the most
favored part Of Florida, for We can raise
oranges, lemons. and other uits in abund-
I ance, and, bsst Of all, we have the most fertile
! lands in the State Look at the census OF
+ orida. and note the number OF bales OF COT
] Ton raised in this county. as compared with
those counties more densely populated. Fig
/ urss don't lie, and when stern facts stare you
! IN the face, you must give it up"
SAYS the Quincy Herald: Sam Howard,
! dlrEey while lOsding his pocket piece one even
! ing this week, met with an accident WHICH de-
I stroyed the sight of one Of his eyes and cane
| near giving our obituary editor job. He was
I trying 70 force cartridge a size too large
/ inrO the cylinder by striking il with his knife.
I The cartridge exploded, and the SHE'LL flying
bacs wards, struck hiu JUST below the eve, ex-
l tending upwards, and burylug Itself deeply in
the bali orthe eye The shsliwss extracted with
Some difficulty BY DIR. sanford heap fi-e
arms are mighty uncertain, and a 81 pistol
/ in the hands Of an awkward darkey is apt to
I produce startling effects"
Saws ths Pensacola Advance: The bad
/ effects of the recent cold 0pon the orange
/ trees in and around Pensacola, and indeed.
Il upon vegetation generally, are q''ite apparent.
i The larger and bearing orange trees though
/ probably not seriously injured. attest the
h severity Of the freexe In their disIna' looking,
! yellowish f0iiage. and IN the discrlored condi-
I tion of their frozen ard ruined fruit. We have
\ noticed some trees heavily laden with oranges,
| aud all OF them seem 70 nave Deen destroyed
( that is the oranges Though not Claiming to
/ be authority in such matters. we venture the
/ opinion that younger nd more tender trees, IL
| not killed outright. have met with very serious
| fniury, We should be pleased to ascertain,
/ however, that We are mistaken.
! The Sanford Journal says: ''As an evidence
I that the late cold snap. which froze the
| kflled the tender growth and u any young
! trees outright. did not do any damage u the
| fruit or tres Of the ci rus family. Mr. W. A.
/ stafford brought to our ONCE on tuesday
4 from G. w WHY'S place, at Fort Reed, sprig
Of lime bush that had on it blossoms, and
/ young fruit the size OF soup besns ] his
| lender growth of the lime Is considered the
most sus sceptibIe 70 the effects of the frost OF
| any of the citrus varieties He also brought
some pea vines that rad PODS on them two
! inches long and well nlled that showed no
/ signs Of frcst VIII visitors please note the
/ fa-t-no matter what they may hear abroad
( that no damage was done by the cold 70 the
/ ard any contrary atemeDt that they may see
/ or hear Is a fabrication designed TO blast the
/ fair fame Of our favored county."
Ths Apopka Citizen exclaims. 'Come TO
I Florida 4" ami SAYS: Just at this particular
\ tine we find several things to be jubilanl
| over First The statement OF receipts and
| payments at the State Treasury lor the
/ wear past. shows q balance or SSs.oo5 10
1 In the Treasury after current expeu es have
| been paid. This is q good showing Tor state
which, until within q few years. has been lag
| eing behind almost all the others In agTicultu-
! raj and IN mercantile pursuits. It shows that our
/ legislators have not been without care for
/ tn public funds and the interests or the people:
! IL shows. also, that business is In 4 healtnIui
| state We hope that next year even better
( statement than this may be made. But We
think this is better than an average Of the
\ Sta'es and we speak OF it with pride. such
I statement cannot but be REQ suring to ell
1 thinking Of removing to Florida to live. We
/ can say TO these people that we DO not ask
| them 10 come TO help us bear our burdens, for
| We are Der Ifectly able to carry them and at the
! sama time move steadily onward TO prosperifyi
/ INIT xe do ask them to come and grow oranges
vi MS TO e1Seg er healing s influence & on the tired
| brsfn ~ the fugitive from the busy martS OF
| life end make him feel that there are new
! ioys Of physical existence WHICH ne ne'er eA-
perienced before
| T,.1.4,-, I1sraId. sssSore than sixty hands are
| at work clearing out the heavy timber 70 make
/ ready for grading the road from this piace 70
Gainesville The iron. we are intoILnsI ~ ynd sl5'
| R0srdnan has been purchase for the roao
| In a few weeks. at least two or three huhdtsu s
| hands will be at work With such force the
| work OF construction wiz go on Iapidily- IL. -
| would argue bad faith. and preJudice 20 ous
| cvn interests TO doubt the honest intentions oi
! the company after their outlay or seSerai severn
| thousand dollars and the contract AWARDED LOT
| the grading or twenty miles Oh the Ioau- 10
company win be here to-day, 50 that we may
| loo for unusual activity in tho camp me
iron horse for Palatkai Zip, hala!-onwsta
| for Gainesville and the Gulf New saw mills
| bri0s schooners and barks riding at anchor
ready for sea, all lsaded with the finest timber
| in the world, viii cause tumble among tne
/ crOskers who never expected 70 SEQ falatAa
| ANYTHING more than a one horse town
Andrew Fell, the alleged murderer Of Mr. =.
/ n whitaker in Jefferson county, Few weeks
since has been arrested, and Is now con
fined Ia the Monticello jail. The Constitution
| ~ thst niece thus writes of him: Andrew
FELL Who. it is generally believed, Is the cold
bIooded murderer OF Mr.. J. II WhitakeT, pre-
ssnts a pItiaole sight as he lies n the IRON cage
| In the co,Iutv fail By continuous exposure 70
| cold and water curing the late severe weather.
he has been reduced in flesh and his Ieet are
| frost bitteu and badly swollen. he suffers m
| ,anselv and no longer iudulges In the sang
frcid Of q adesperado which characterized - -
hsariur a few months ago. We u1nersk4nd
that he talks freely g the mnroeE d ~ n the IA