Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-20
Florida Affairs.

@Ho UhuT4t0H says l0o saw HILLS cdhuOt
furnish lumber fast enough for the building
demand in Tampa.
Ths Tampa Gazette is about to appear.
Fodder is scarce IN Hamilton county.
Rev. Z. W. Meaney is rector of the new Epis-
copal Church at Key West which was recently
consecrated.
Key West wants more hose.
An accident happened on the schooner Eliza
Moore, at Fernandina. few days ago. a pot
of boiling varnish exploded, scattering the
burning fluid all over the vessel, burning the
pals ami one Of the crews hands. Damage,
$50.
Satisfactory arrangements have been made
between the creditors and tbs late firm of
Seidenberg s. Co, of Key West, whereby the
firm will be enabled soon TO commence the
manufacture Of cigars again.
Mr.. A. II. Beck, of Jacksonville. will send
about three hundred colored laborers to New
Orleans to work on railroads now being con-
structed in louisiana. Mr.. Beck expects to
send five hundred more in week or two.
The Palm Fibre and Paper Pulp Company in
Fernandina is kept busy ali the time At least
a hundred tons of dbre have been shipped
North since it commenced operations the past
winter
The Madison Recorder makes its appear
ance. 1t is a newsy sheet, and no doubt fills a
need.
Madison is enjoying building boom.
Key West Key: The shipment of fruits and
vegetables are assuming large proportions to
every point leading from this island"
Several parties from different sections are
| now in Polk and Manatee counties, entering
large bodies of land.
Col. H O. Culbreath. of Tampa. has just re-
| ceived returns for shipm snts of 'cukes'' to
| Philadelphia. They Melted eight dollars per
crate.
Tampa Tribune: 'FThe engineers of the T P.
| c. & st. johns &. r. have been principally en-
gagrd his week in making a reconnaissance on
| the Little Hilsborough for suitable crossing,
| and in making maps and proh.eS or the sur
veying already done ia the vicinity Of lamps"
| Saws the SltnIdnd Tribune: Cheering news
| comes from all sections of South Florida in re-
gard to the crops. We hope that corn enough
| will he made this year so that our farmers will
not have 10 draw FROM the West so heavily"
The Union states that the first green corn of
| the season has reached Jacksonville, and was
| consigned to Mr.. p McQuaid, from G. ?. Smith
| & Co Of Fort Mas n. he crate contained
/ about three dozen ears and was sold for 81 So
/ The Santa Fe Canal, from Waldo, on the
/ Florida Transit Railroad, to Lake santa Fee is
finished end open for business The compa-
| nys steamer IS ROW performing tri-weeklY
| service.
Saws the Kew West Democrat: ga few days
| ago a son af Mr.. John Saunders. aged II years,
! was struck az twice by another lad, agei a.
| with pair of grains. The first blow fell upon
! the hand end glanced, infiicting only sligh
| wound At the SECOND blow, one prong of The
| grains passed entirely through the forearm
| inhictiny a painful and dangerous wound ne
/ cessitating the saving off the long pole attach
ed to. and the filing off the barb OF the grains
before they could be withdrawn"
| I,eesSGrg Adudnce: "Sam Hazelett was ar
L raigned before Judge Cassidy last Monday
| charged with the viilful escape of Willis Viii
/ son. who was libemted from Jail GU the night
| of the 2Sth of March. while the guard was
/ asleep lie vas bound over to appear at the
/ next term OF the Circuit Court"
! Madison Recorder: 1--WE wsre shown a few
/ DAYS since some Of the finest specimens of the
/ b .arded wheat grown near town by Mr. s. b.
/ Thomas. ST. Tais demonstrates clearly the
| fact mat our sol and climate here is suitable
to produce almost everything that we use or
| need"
The Apalachicola Tribune states that the
case of the STATE OF Florida VS.. Jackson Powell,
/ for murder, removed by change OF venue from
1 the county OF CALHOUN, where the murder took
/ place. was submitted to the jury, ard, after
/ celebrating upon it for some time. they rem
| defed : verdict of guilty, with fecommenda-
/ ton of the COURTS mercy.
| Apalachic1la Tri6Hae. There vas one oys-
| ter Shipping firm in this city that oleaF6d oyer
/ 81 CO0 this last winter. There were two parties
| composing the f1rm. ard they were the owners
/ of one boat which did the carry lag of the oys
/ ters from the oars. That beats raj ing cotton
| az ten cents per pound, dent itf'
Tampa Tribune Mr.. a. S. Watson, Sheriff
/ Of Mana.ee county, arrived on Tuesdays
/ steamer bringing David Yeoman, charged
| Stth the murder Of young Key-his case be
| ing continued until next tefm OF the court
| and Asbery WEIGH. convicted for altering the
marks of cattle and sentenced to six months
| in the penitentiSFy Xeoman will be kept in
/ Tampa Jail until the fall term of Manatee
| Conrt, ana WEIGH will be carried to the peni-
tsntiary as soon as the officials come for HIN"
Letsburg .4dUdnce: ION Thursday night of
last week the chandelier suspended over the
sumner table at the johnson House, fell, scat
terilC bernihG kerosene IN every direction,
and for nlomenG ib seemed as II serious
confiagration was inevitable, bat hy prompt
action the ia pes were quickly eKtingdished,
and comparatively little damage was done
Fortunately no one was seated at the table or
they would have been burnt by the burning
oil. The supper which had just been placed
on the table was ruined, and had to be re-
moved"
Apalachieola Tribune: 'On last Friday
evening our worthy toEnsman, Mr. T. J.
Egbert happened to the misfortune to break
one of the bones of his left leg It seems that
in walging along the pavement. while on his
way home on the evening in question, Mr..
Egbert stepped upon the payement railing
which caused him 10 loose his balance and fall
backwards with his leg under him. In this
way the bone was broken. Mr.. Egbert was
convey ed to his home, where, from last &C
counts, he was doing we'll.