Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
Florida AHairs.

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Florida Affairs.
The Express declares that the city of Fer
nandina will be cursed this year with an
enormously high tax, as an ordinance has been
passed by Council fixing the rate at seventeen
mills on the dollsr
Custom house affairs in Pensacola are in a
muddle. The ''ins'' and 'outs" are fighting
each other.
On Monday morning last, says the Ocala
LdcOR. Mr.. c. H. Williams, the energetic con-
tractor on the Florida Southern Railwey. COM
mebced grading their line of road through
Ocala. That paper says: IT rumor be true
the iron will be laid into our limits by Christ
mas day, and if such be done we can safely
promise them, in behalf of our citizens, right
royal reception"
Mr.. Albert Winter, formerly of Athens, Ga,
is now in Florida, and is getting rich training
the dogs Of Northern huntsmen and teaching
them how TO hunt He is an accomplished
sportsman and has established a regular canine
college, which he expects to yield him an in
come Of $1,000 syear.
The Palatka Journal believes that the larg
est hawks in the world are to be found in
Florida. 1t has seen one which was caught in
a steel trap that looks as large as an eagle. 1t
had the day previous to its capture killed
full grown Brahma rooster.
A eolored amateur dramatic association of
Tallahassee attempted on Thursday night last
| to pre-. .ent Lady Audley S Secret" The eject
can be better imagined than described.
The Gainesville Bee says the farmers of Ala
chua county are in a much better financial
cond ton than was anticipated several months
ago. The crops, though not as large as could
have been desired, are ampletO meet all press
| ing demands, ana upon the whole the people
can look back upon the year just drawing to a
close as a prosperous and happy one.
! Fernancina Express: sugar bOilings are
now the order OF the day, and We are indebted
| TO our worthy Collector, Mr.. W. f. Scott, for
| an invitation (which we could not decine) to
/ nav him q visit. We enjoy ed most delightful
i evening, and are constrained TO pronounce
/ cane Juice far superior TO beer as beverage.
/ Mr. Scott is making some beautiful syrup, and
| finds the yield very fair one. Within few
| years we hope TO see sugar growing one OF the
| principal industries Of Florida. Sod and eli
| mate are both adapted TO il, and there is no
| reason why we should not compete with
| Louisiana"
"Over two thousand hands, says the Mari
| anna Courier, ARE az work on the Pensacola
| and Atlantic Railroad. and they are coming in
| every day. InlS lO0kS ike we VIII nave
railroad soon. Captain Chipley is a business
man. and int nds to have this road put through
as soon as money will do it. Can Brother
| Marschalk who gives such interesting reports
of the road every week in his excellent paper
| the GGzette-teil us when track laying Will
| commence at ChattahOOchee and whether or
not the cars will run from Chattahoochee TO
Mariana before the Chattahoochee bridge IS
completedf'
Live Oak Bulletin: Last Friday night. at a
cOlOred festival at RixfOrd, one Richmon I
Vance, 'aided by John Wesley Cary, fired a
| shotgun into a crowd that was standing Just
/ outside of the house in which the festival wss
| held striking some six or seven. None, how
| ever were dangerously wounded. The parties
were arrested and brought TO town on Satur
day morning. and tried before Justice Handy
who bound them over to the next term of the
+. | Circuit Court John Wesley, failing TO give
bond. took L < bail on Monday night, and up &C
mis- writing (Fridav morniugl has not been re
captured He evidently disliked to keep com
pany with Dick Phillips, and thought that il
was poor set OF legs that would let the body
suffer. Vance also failed 70 give the required
bond, and is now passing OF the time in the
, county Jail. We we're unable to find out the
cause or the difficulty"
On the subject of the orange crop of Florida
the DeI.and AQricultuFiSt says: I'VE regret tC
, i've very gloomy prospects for the orange
crop-much worse than we gave some time
ago About two months back the fruit begaI
splitting and after the rains commenced il be
came serious-thOSe oranges could not be ship
| ped Within the past two or three weeks Tho
fruit is dropping OF the trees before it is fully
ripe in alarming numbers. Not fifty per cent
of the fruit will come to full perfection; cor Sc
ouentIy vsst amount Of immatured fruit ];
being pushed into Northern markets, and ye
bring good prices The small amount OF rea
good fruit left on the trees Will give such re
| furns that the orange growers never saw be
| fore If they are wise in marketing 1t, we be-
| lieve the home demand alone Will take uI
/ nearly all after the holidays"
A dasiardly murder has been committed
near Lake Butler. Fla, an account of which L
thus given in the Starke Telegraph! Mrs. Ann
JamerSOn, a highly respectable old lady, resi-
| ding a short distance north of Lake Butler, was
| shot and killed on Sunday night last about nint
O'Clock. She was struck with twenty one buck
sDot The assassin fired twice, the other TWEEN
ty-One shot striking near by her About nine
o'clock She discovered her kitchen on fire. and
! as she stepped out of her house was fired on
| She lived some hours after being shot, and be
fore dying, we are informed, charged her son
| in-law. a msn by the name OF vernon Sapp
with the crime Sapp is said to be a crank,
/ believing in witchCraft, burnt blood, greer
| gourds .yaller dOTg hair etc, His wife had
| left him on account OF i'll treatment and wal
| living with her mother az the time OF the asSas
sinatiOn The County Commissioners have
| offered a reward of two hundred dollars FOL
| the apprehension of the assassin, and IL is
hoped that the Governor Will offer similar
reward. Sapp has fed
The Pensacola AdUdnce tells how the Cap
| tain of a vessel now in that port rescued from
| drowning nine men whom he discovered aoriri
I
| ssHearipg that the Norwegian ship Alexandra,
| which reached port last Monday, had rescued
| boats crew from wateTy grave, we visited
this vessel and had short interview with her
yentlemaniy commander. Captain q. M Lar
| san This old mariner confirmed the report,
! and gave us the following particulars; On the
| qth of November he sighted a small boat IN
mid-ocsAn, which he soon discovered con
| tanned several men. He bore down on tnls
| diminutiTe craft, and took the inmates VINO
| = ere nine in number on board, whom he soon
| f.a fToHraiu 0f the French
shin France and portion OF his crew, This
| vessel was abaudoned on the 2Sd OF October
last. Off Bermuda, the master and
I eight men taking refuge IN one
b6St while the first and second
| mates divided the remainder OF the crew
| among themselves, which were MI eteen, All
] foId and took charge of the remaining yaEls.
fair apportionment of the provisions was
| also made. when these caStaWays DID IareWell
] to their old ship, which settled In the Easiy
| deem TIE three boats we're kept together for
three days when a VI Jlent storm arose and
drove them from each O'hers sight Jhal
portion Of the crew above named were rescued
on the eth of November, after being buneted
by the winds and undergoing the pangs OF
| hunger for seventeen days Captain Larsen
told us thai these men, according 70 their
statement had subsisted during this time on q
| quarter of 6 biscuit and gill OF
| water which was given night and morn
ing. and when taken on board were
in a famished state, and the remainder OF tnelr
bread in such condition as 70 seem uhPalaE
| able 10 even Q starving man On several coca
sions they managed to catch dolphin, fish
| OF the whale species, which was eaten raw.
The hospitalities OF the Alexandra were ex
| tended the sbipwrecked party for three days
/ when thew were landed at st. Thomas on the
f5fh &C November. The lost vessel was
bound from Quebec to Aspinwall with loao
| Of timber and the cause of her sint ing with q
cargo Of this nature is attributable to the fact
| of her having in the hold about four hundred
tons of ballast"
| Two MURDERERs FATALLY SHOT
On the 5th of last November, HIram
NT-i..,.;,o ATaroor while resisting