Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-09

prising fertility of the soil and of its high dry
chaIacter. 'Wnyl l could not believe that
suen land lay in Florida, especially where /
had been taught and fully believed was 9 mo
rass and an impenetrable swamn Nv idaa oF
the Everglades is that they are partiaIIv a Tnvth
no doubt there Is something of the kind COW
erlnR very little ground, Immediately south of
the great OkeechOhee Lake. hut yos, 60 -
Showing map of the surveyed country that
surveyed thIrty-six miles east ami west of
What Is lald down as the Everglades, and the
further east l went, higher, drier and more
oeauGtul the country became 1 ACQUAINTED
myself with the bays around Cane Sahla and
nna md GOOD narbor there ar ten feet of water
only sixty miles distant from Kew West and
you might say IL is an inland route as il is nro
tected by the Keys the entire distance -
columbus Enquirer Sun: "Col W. D. Chin
ley, superintendent Of the Pensacola and At
lantic, is in the CITY engaged in MAKING 1rara
rations for furthering work on his road He
purchased wagons, teams, etc and sent them
70 Chattahoochee for the engineer corps under
the charge of Mr. J. G. Gibbs This corns win
locate the bridge at Chattahoochee and viii
then survey the line from that Loint westward
until they meet the CORDS under charge of
Mr. W. d. Wells, making the eastward sur
vey."
Apalachicola Tribune: sOn las. Monday
evening, as Mr.. I. A. Maccavoy was engaged
in checking lumber for the Cecilia two nostS
that had been placed in an upright position for
the benent OF some of the w0rkmen an0aCad
upon the Hudson Pet, were pulled to one cisSa
and fell with crushing force upon Mr. Macca.
yoy. Mr.. la5atute and Mr. L. NJ johnson
spfahg 70 the assistance of the unfortunate
man, and Dir. Labatute by q superhuman
enort, lifted the encumbrance from off of his
body. An examination showed that the fall
Ing tmbers had broken one cf the legs Of Mr..
NJ. and bruised up his face in a horrible man
ner. Water vas thrown upon his face which
had the effect of bringing him to a state of
CONSCIOUSNESS and ne was then conveyed to
ms boarding house and physician sent for.'
Speaking OF the Indian River Railroad the
M 10
through and open up some of thu choicest
lands in the State, and afford transporfat ation
Iacllltles Tor a large number of settlers Along
lhe proposed line OF the road are some of the
largest orange groves in the State The num-
Der of trees now bearing and seon to come
into bearing may safely be set down at 75o, eco.
the crop from which, when bearing, will ag-
gTegate fully 135 0U0 tons This is for oranges
alone. Add TO this the freights on other fruits
vegetables, lumber, etc, together with the
supplies consumed by the producers of such
enormous quantities of produce, and it will
be seen that the road win become at an early
day one of the first roads in point Of import
ance in the State
Appalachicola Tribune. "On Monday even
ing Mr. Samuel Ingram, a peaceabIe and law
abiding citizen, was in the store of Captain
John Cook, on Water street, seated in a chair
and bothering no one, when Thomas Wilburn
a notorious negro deSpera 10. entered in a
state OF lntoxication and commenced cursing
hlm. without any apparent provocation Mr.
Ingram thereupon sprang to his feet picked
eve with the instrument, inficting a painful
though notdangerOus wound. At the time the
hatchet was descending a bystarder threw out
his arm, and, luckily for the negro, broke the
force of the blow. A shotgun was discharged
on the occasion of the row, but who discharged
it or what it was discharged for we have been
unable to learn. Suffice it to say. that the only
damage done by the gun was to make hole
IN the ceiling overhead"
Fernandina Mirror: 'sThe contract for the
erection of the Beach Hotel has been given
out, and the work will be pressed to compile
| ton with all possible dispatch. The location
selected is about four hundred yards south of
the end OF the shell road, and will be immedi-
/ ately on the beach, so that the foundation will
\ be washed by the waters of the Atlantic The
/ hotel will be two hundred and sixty feet in
4 length. The great dining hall will be in the
\ centre in the form of st. Andrews Cross or
1 the letter X The dining hal will be very
! spacious, and will be convenient and ample for
large excursion parties. Ac Joining the dining
/ hall, on the south side, will be reception rooms
| and parlors, and the remainder of that end of
! the hotel will be devoted to bedrooms. On the
north side of the dining hall will be gentle
mems reading, sitting and smoking rooms,
/ with suites of bedrooms broad veranda
! will extend entirely around the building"