Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-20
Florida Affairs.

Florida Affairs.
Our Live Oak correspondent informs us that
Jim White and another negro implicated in
the theft Of a gold watch and chain, S4iS in
checks and drafts, with some smaller articles,
from Mr. J. o. c. Blount, Of that place.
have been arrested and jailed The artic, es were
recovered, and it turns out that White stole
the watch, sold it to the other fellow, and then
giving information Of his having seen the
watch in another negro's possession, accepted
a Zee Of five dollars to procure the return Of
the watch, which he failed to do, but Mr..
Bount succeeded in getting on the right track
and caught both.
The Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad
surveyors are pushing ahead their work
Fifty acres OF land, partly planted in orange
trees, and an.ordinary dwelling. near Ocala,
were recently sold for s.. 800.
A HiIlsbOrough correspondent OF the Jasper
Times states that Mr.. Berrien Platt. of Cork,
has an orange tree thirty nine years old which
could not be purchased for s., ,O0U. In 1878 he
sold 5000 oranges from this tree at 81 25 per
hundred. In 1873 he sold 10000 at 81 per hun
dred. but in 1880 it fell of to 5000 oranges.
Sam Johnson, the sneak thief, who has been
committing depredations at different places
along the Transit Railroad, was arrested at
Starke Thursday last. He hsd a silver watch
which is thought to have been stolen.
Monticello Constitution: I've understand
/ thai Colonel Allen cOntemplates masing many
/ railrOsd and depot Improvements here at an
/ early day. He is a live, energetic and thorough
l railroad man. and will co al in his power TO
| make the country prosperous along the line OF
his road
| Pensacola Gdzet z: "a member of the firm
/ OF Warner. Tabler & Co. Of Mount Sterling.
| Ky. contractors on the western division OF The
| Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, arrived Tues
/ day with a car load Of mules and complete
/ outfit He has q considerable force and VIII
break ground to-day near Pensacola.
/ Pensacola Advance: Monday evening, Ar
/ thur Conway. growing frenzjed from the ef-
fects Of strong drink, rushed into his house
/ here q connection was sitting IN company
| with Conway's wife, and dealing him heavy
/ blow on the head, knocked him inseusible 10
/ the floor. He also struck at his wife, but missed
I his mark"
| Pensacola Gazette: The St Johns Weekly,
/ Ct st Augustine. says that mullet are tat and
/ can be bought in the market at five cents per
| dozen. No wonder that lab0rers can effOrd to
/ work over in that country at fifty cents a day.
/ But then a man does not want 10 live on hsh
/ alOue-aUd bacon, -four and meal can be put
/ here at less price than over on the Atlantic"
| Pensacola Gazette: There is now CON
fined in the county III, awal. ing the pro
per examination for insanity. Mr. John Al
[ len. a man well known in Pensacola, whose
] family reside near the new cemetery. He was
brought 70 the jail on Saturday, bound with
| ropes. by two Of his neighbors- and turned over
10 the city authorities, who placed him 10 prison
[ FOR safe keeping. We understand that the
subject OF his lUnacY Is eligiOn." .
| jacksonville Union: The arrival Of the fast
I mail train az Jacksonville was delayed several
hours night before last on account OF the acci-
dental ignition Of pile Of about two hundred
] rrlfE VI ThEa =
ms in line Of the Savannah, Florida and West
| ern Railway. About one hundred cords were
| consumed, and the track damaged for about
] one hundred and fifty feet. The fast mail
/ south was the only train delayed Meeting the
/ north bound train at Waycross, and having
| clear track. engine 50, Bill Divine, engineer,
/ made some good runs on the 'Wayeross
/ Road ="
Monticello Constitution: I'VE will assure
! our Brooks county friel ds that il they will
I raise the necessary funds TO build the rOadOed,
| and crOsstie the same, from Quiiman to the
| Florida lne-a distance of about twelve miles
| the citizens Of jefferson county will meet them
| at the line AS regarCs the iron ties and roll
ing stock. we have pos tive assurance that both
| will be provided. AT this emo Of the line We
have a charter. and tile books for subscription
! to the capital stock have been regularly open
[ ed. We are awaiting the action of our Brooks
/ county friends, ana when they announce ready
! to cooperate we can in very few days pro-
/ cure the necessary car ital 10 build TO the line
Apalachicola Tribune: THE probability is
/ that we will have guanO works started here
Z this winter. which VIII help TO drive the boom
/ which ApalachicOla is now on The demand is
| increasing every day for store-houSes and
/ dwellings, and what we need is for some Of our
| enterpriSing citizens to erect about dozen
| store houses and one hundred neat cottages
/ for the accommodation OF our fast increasing
| pOpuI siion. From the tax books OF the county
I we see that the wealth or the county has in
| creased this year S4U,J00 over last year, which
/ makes a good showing. But with all Of Apa-
| lachicOlas brilli ut prospects we would not ad-
/ wise any Of our large land owners to place 3
/ high price upon their property when pur-
/ chaser presents himself"
Pensacola Gazette: Two negro men. Milton
| Strickland and George Murray, both well
/ known in the city, hsd a fight on Baylen street
| Yesterday morning which resulted rather dis
| astrousiy for George, for he had his tongue
/ bitten in two There ls a question as TO which
/ OF the men did the biting. Public rumOr saws
| Strickland choked him until his tongue lolled
| out and then seized it with his teeth; but
| Strickland himself says he struck George under
the chin with his fist and drove his own teeth
I through the member However, the manning
| was done There is no question about its be-
ing serous to the sufferer, who was taken to
/ Dr.. Frenk ROushaw, who patched him up in
/ the best manner provided in science. His
power Of speech is utterly destroyed. for the
| present at least. as We suppose from the fact
that he could give forth no iRtelligible sounds
when in the doctors office"
/ Pensacola Gazette: Mr. C. H Nabb who
has been in charge of the business Of the
Southern News Company in the East, with
headquarters at Baltimore, has been transfer
red 10 the division extending from Lynchburg
70 New Orleans. and to all the country south Of
the Ohio. He is now in the city, ana we are
glad TO state that he will make his headquer-
I fers in MONTGOMERY '-A0ntQOnlerV AiUeT-
tiSer This Mr Nabb is the man who forced a
| negro servant into 8 seat alongside Of white
passengers in the Southern News dining room
at Pensacola Junction against the protest Of
| the passengers and OF the manager in charge.
The manager showed the servant a table pro-
vided for the use OF coiored people, ana re-
quested her to take 8 seat. but he was sat
down upon BY Naoo, VINO announced his rank
as Superintendent Of the News Company"
/ Jacksonville UHt0n: ''Some time ago the
Union noticed the shipment to New York of q
number OF oranges from the Dummitt grove.
Yesterday We received a letter from the Duke
/ Of Castelluccia announcing the arr val in good
condition Of the oranges In his litter The
Duke said: I saw the notice IN the Union OF a
Iot Of oranges from the Dummitt grove on In
dian river shipped through TO New York, and
would say through your paper that, strange as
IL may seem. when the mercury stood at ~
degrees, and these oranges were twelve days
from New York they arrived here as fresh and
juicy as il but a day picked from the trees,
without even wrapper OF paper about them,
with but loss Of nve OF SIX in each hundred
| oranges. They have been considered a great
| summer luxury among our friends. and great
novelty. We are writing for another invoice
from the Dummitt grove Of this delicious fruit
| OF the summers crop, with the greatest
pleasure. for our friends >"
Alachud advocate: "Our town was thrown
into considerable excitement on Saturday
morning last by a shooting Scrape between
Marshal Davies, with his assistants, and three
| colOred men, two OF whom we're Daniel and
Murry Flynn. the first ed a desperate, bad
| character. Some two or three weeks ago
they went into Hawthorn aud attempted, we
| learn 70 run the town, and were somewhat
successful in dong 50. On Saturday they had
taken on an over charge OF 'tangle foot and
attempted the same little game here. But our
| efficient Marshal ever on the alert for evil
| doers attempted an arrest, when they resisted
and drew their pistols A knock down or two
/ followed, then a retreat They were pursued
and fired upon, Daniel Flynn returning the
fire with three shots. but without effect. Daniel
made coed his escspe Murry was arrested
after q heated chase and locked up -
Another paragraph from the same
paper says: Daniel Flynn, the col
ored fellow who escaped the Marshal on last
Saturday. practiced with his pistol on Sunday
at the Deputy Sheriff and his posse. A warrant
had been issued for his arrest and placed IN
the hands Of Deputy Sheriff Cellon, who pro-
ceeded TO make the arrest, but was fired upon
/ by FlynR who then made good his escape 70 a
n-ighOoring swamp, frem which he boldly
dared the party TO come in and take him. be
is well armed. having two good pistols That
kind Of characters who skulk around the cOun-
y defying the law and the officers OF the law,
should, il possible, be captured and made an
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