Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-20
Florida Affairs

IuI rate, there proWled through the streets of
the town the meanest and most coptemptible
sneak thief or thieves that ever had an exist
ence in any community They actually entered
the colored Methodist and Baptist Churches.
through the windows, and stole and carried
away the curtains from the windows, the organ
covers and the water pitchers from the pulpit.
There is no clew to the tn ewes.
! Corn is becoming quite scarce in jefferson
county, the oat crop will not be up to the
usual yield, and the prospect is that Western
corn will advance in price. The Monticello
Constitutions well says this is not cheering
news for our farmers
! With the last issue Of the Mariana Courier
Mr. Benjamin Lidden publishes his saluta-
tory as editor, and Mr.. George A. Baltzell late
editor. bids his readers farewell The new
pilot assumes his duties with becoming diff
denee, but hopes to make the paper in every
way acceptable to the people Of his county
We trust his hopes may be fully realized
| The peach crop about ST. Augustine bids fair
TO be an immense one.
we have received copy OF the first issue Of
the MdnGtee County Netcs. published at Mana
tee. South Florida, with Mr.. George Casper as
editor. 1t is an exceedingly we'll gotten up
make it paper of which all interested may be
| justly proud. It's initial number certainly
gives token of future success.
Governor Bloxham has issued proelama-
tion declaring the charter of Pensacola re-
pelled and dissolved in accordance with the
law which declares that whenever any city or
town in Florida is indebted to the amount cf
| 100000. the interest of which has remained
unpaid for five years or longer. the charter of
such city or town shall be repealed Pensacola
is in that unfortunate fix.
The st. Johns Weekly understands that GER
tain parties have been prospecting with a view
of erecting large hotel in st. Augustine be-
fore the beginning of the next season.
The Bulletin claims that Live Oak is "the
Atlanta of Florida"
The Live Oak Bulletin reports that a severe
cyclone passed through the north vest portion
OF Suwannee county last Friday, completely
| demolishing several farms. It is said that the
wind was terrific. and of sufficient force to
| blow away pigs, chickens and COWS that could
not obtain shelter from its fury.
the Mariana Courier reports that it has
been shown a monstrosity in the shape of a
sweet potato five feet ten inches long 1t says
if there ars any incredulous ones who think
| this large potato story it can speedily CON
vince them of its truth if they will call at the
Office Of that paper.
| Says the Live Oak Bulletin: THE truck far
| merS in this vicinity were not injured by the
/ c'ld susp half as bad they thought they
] were. ) me got mad, plOughed up and planted
/ over, while Others wanted to see what would
/ turn mp, and 10! the little vegetable nearly all
I put forth again. and are now growing, ana will
no doubt produce good crop"
/ South Florida Citizen: ''ws learn that a GER
4 tain gentleman bought few acres of land in
/ Ohando, one day this week, for $500, ami be-
/ 'ore night sold it for Si,2N thereby realizing
4 profit of 500 by the transaction. Such artii-
cial iuhation is our greatest danger; which our
zeal estate owners shOald sternly resist to pre-
/ vent Il crushing reaction 1t is too early for
/ any one TO decide in behalf of big prices for
/ village property anywhere in this section, not
/ even excepting Sanford"
Pensacola Advance: "We haveit from Deputv
/ Sheriff Mann that one CottrelI assaulted and
\ cut Mr.. Green Brown at the Junction on yes
| terday evening, from the effects of which the
wounded party has died ere this in all prOba-
/ bility. The knife entering about the ear, was
| whipped round in such a manner as to sever
/ the principal veins about the throat. The cir
| c5lUStanceS OF the affair, get them, are
/ that Nr. Brown was in pursuit of a negro who
/ had committed some depreciation about Bluff
/ Springs, and overtaking him at the Junction,
/ attempted to convey him back to the Bluff.
i when Cottrell iH.erfered and commanded
| that the prisoner be released, threatening TO
! Kill Mr. BcOwn if his demand was not com.
/ piled with. It's spoken of as a shocking affair
and a. last accounts there was but little hope
] OF Mr.. Browns recovery.
! Pensacola Gazette: ION Friday afternoon
| last, about half-past two O'Clock. little Henry,
| about seven years old-sOn OF Harry Hill.
| machiniSt. who lives on Commandments street
| wharf-left his home to follow his father, who
| had gone aboard fishing smack which lay at
! the head of the wharf. He did not return to
| the house for some time, but his mother sup
/ posed he was with his father, until his return
/ without the little fellow excited the suspicion
I thathe had fallen overheard. which was proven
| well founded. Search was at once instituted
| and dragging begun, but without success until
about seven O'Clock next morning, when the
body was found about fifty yards from where
| he is supposed TO have fallen overheard. From
| the appearance of the frontal bone, which was
| { Ushed, and other portions of the face, it is
| evident that the little fellow instantly
! killed By the fall. and did not die by drowning.
| fiftv people within forty or fifty yards of the
accident. no one can be found who saw the
fall He was buried on Saturday"
The Gainesville Sun aud P. ess says: 1--WE are
/ pleased to learn from Mr.. Charles A. Board
/ man OF the rapid progress OF work on the
/ contractors. General Varnum, who had the
| Contract for grading and cross -tieing thirteen
| miles from Palatka this way, has completed
/ the grade aud is now finishing the laying of the
/ ties. He has had 200 hands in his employ. Mr..
| dwight. who has the contract for laying the
/ rails. commenced with twenty-five hands last
/ week and had more than two miles laid before
| its close Col. w. Lawton has the contract
/ for grading twenty-five miles, and has force
4 of about 220 hands camped at Blue Pond He
/ is accomplishing his work with great rapidity
| and will soon finish. Mr.. C. L. Estes, with
\ force of near $50 hands, is beyond the sink in
/ the Fort Tarbor field, and is camped at Fort
] Tarbor He is pushing his work with aStonish-
/ ing rapidity. Messrs. Dennis & Callison Mr..
| Foster and M. OHara have contracts for
/ getting out crOSs-ties, and are working with
! large forces. which they desire very much to
| iucrea e. There are now probably thousand
/ hands at work under the various contractors" y"
! Referring to the drainage of Lake Okeecho-
bee the Sanford Journal says: The parties
/ who have undertaken the gigantic scheme of
/ d aiming Lake Okeechobee and reclaiming the
ogerhowed land are. by this time, on the field
! Were operations will be begun. having passed
| through sanford last Saturday, via the South
/ Florida Railroad, The party consisted or A b.
Iinderman of Philadelphia, l. Coryell of Florida,
| T. F. WruZ of New Jersey, and H. L. Cable OF
/ F,orldS. They were entertained during their
| soiourn of one night here by G. E. Sawyer, at
/ the City Hotel. Eight dredges have been pur
/ chased by the company, and four Of them
| shipped to Punta Rassa and four to Lake Worth.
/ the work with which will commence in different
/ places The charter grants the privilege to
! cut from Lake Okeechobee to Lake Worth,
\ thence To Indian river; thence to the Halifax
river. he company represents S3OOO goo in
! cash They will employ from IU0 TO l,UOO men
/ constantly in the work, and will push 1t
| through to an early completion. This point
! being The terminus of the Santa Fe Railroad,
! which leads to within II miles of steamboat
I landing the Kissimmee, has been selected
i as the head of supplies, so we are informed,
/ for this vast army of workmen- This Will
/ give South Florida and our embryo city an
4 othe- boom. The earnest wish of all, ex-
| pressed through the Journal, is, that this
! great undertaking may prove success, and
/ the projectors reap rich harvest from their
\ labor"
Monticello Constitution: ION last Thursday
hit this county was the scene of the most
/ destructive storm that has occurred for years.
| The rain poured down in torrents, and the
| wind was terrific. Very little damage was done
! in town, but our friends in the country Suf-
| ferSd serious damage and lOsS, especially those
/ living in the upper portion OF the county.
\ Many houses were blown down, others were
/ unroofed, fences demolished, cultivated fields
strewn with timber, the roads blockaded by
| fallen trees, and some farms utterly ruined.
\ AS Mr Jas. y. Massey says, it will require two
| or three weeks hard labor to rebuild the fences
| and clear the cultivated fields Of the fallen
| timber It Is impossible for us to even
euumerate a 1.-THE of the sufferers by
| this destructive storm. 1t ,partook of the
| nature of a cyclone, and its track was three or
| four miles wide and number of miles long,
| apparently making its final effort around the
| resi- ience OF Major MISUNDERSTANDING trees
and fences The most serious destruction
however, was on Mr. George Rsysor's place,
near Liuton's MILL nine miles from town. Mr.
Raysor's dGelling, and all his out houses lsome
eight or ten) were completely wrecked. he
and his wife were crushed beneath the tlmoers
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