Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-05

small holes. The tug Harold. emplov-
ed by the government contractors. mar
roWly escaped collision with lighter loaded
Win l r1ck' Mhlch she was endeavoring to tow
70 tne Oeach, ana experienced great difficulty
in taking the lighter to a place of safety All
OF the fishing boats around Mayport were sunk
h.aving niied with water, while lying at anchor
aong the oeach. The storm ragged furiousIy
all night. but as yet no very serious DAMAGE
or loss OF LIE is reporte1 from that place.
Says the Brooksville Crescent: Among the
man nlany attsSsionS ~ OF Hernando county may be
sle mentioned u. Snarla Apopka lake, as one of the
IOfemos5, Tor many reasons. Charla Apopka
is the name OF chain of lakes rather than one
lake, connected by deep channels. averaging
about two hundred or more feet wide The
chain Is about sixteen miles long ACCORDING to
the land lines. The lake. which NAV hs so
called Tor convenience, is dotted with many
beautiful hammock islands. covered with oak
nlekory, magnolia, wild orange, and other
forest trees peculiar to this lati-
tude. The shores are formed of hemmock
lands, heavily timbered backed by hiDh nine
NILS; These lands are very rich and adapted
70 me cultVatlon OF all varieties of fruits,
vegetables and field crops suited to this eli
mate Ihe orange grows luxuriantly in its
wild state, and the few sweet groves planted
ana cultlvated on the islands and mainland, are
equal TO anything of the kind in Florida There
are two outlets to the river from the lake of
suficient depth to be naVigable, the only OBJ
Stfucslon IN them being saw grass and water
lily bonnets.'
Putnant County Journal: ''We had a very
pieasant chat with Mr.. ]. Dwight. Superintend-
enJ OF construction, one day this week and
CLEANED few more items of interest concern
ing our rallroad enterprise. The company re-
celVed telegram last Saturday night saying
two more locomotives had been shiDDed mall
ing four in all now on the wav- There are at
Jacksonville ten fat and four box cars Work
Is being pushed forward rapidly on the wharf
early date. Its size, $50 feet long and 10 feet
VIDE, VIII make very commodiuS DOCK and
sufnclently broad to lay three tracks if desir-
es. Ihe track is being laid rapidly, about half
a nile or m )re now being laid The work of
grading the road-bed is also being pushed for
ward rapidly. Colonel LaWton has the contract
for the first twenty-five miles from Palatka
General Varnum fifteen miles from Gainesville
this way, and Colonel Estes the remaining ten
or twelve miles between these two sections.
The work is progressing finely and satisfacto-
rlly. mr.. DWlShts son has the CONTRACTS fer
laying the iron from here to Gainesville, and
st the present rate of the progress of the work
IL will not be long ere the shrill whistle of the
loco will awaken the echoes of West Putnam.
One trouble has been to get ties-which are re-
quired to be six feet long, eight inches thick
and elght inches face-in sufficient quantities.
Mr.. Dwight estimates that there would be less
than l5O,OOO yards of filling the entire length of
road"
ION Friday, the 18th inst says the Key
west Key, "a cold blooded murder was COM
mitted in our city, the facts of which so far as
we nave been able to ascertain, are as follows:
Al about p. m. that day some persons in
Duval street heard the report Of a pistol. and
on their going to the spot from whence the
sound had come, found man lying dead on
the ground with bullet hole in the region of
the heart. Some Cubans who came up at the
moment Identified him as Bias Martinez, a
cigar-maker. A doctor and Justice of the
Peace were sent for, an inquest held, etc, the
results OF which were that nobody knew or
had seen the shooting, and as yet nothing has
been ascertained that will throw some light on
the subject. We certainly canno. pass an oe-
currence like this one in silence. In less than
six months we have had two murders and an
attempt to murder in our streets, the perpetra-
tors OF which have all escaped, little or
nothing having been done towards bringing
them before justice and giving them
their just dues. 1t is a disgrace to
our community that acts like these should be
allowed to pass unpublished, and unless our
authorities are m 7re active in the discharge of
their duties, We shall soon find that it is un-
safe for man to be out after dark. We hear
from many that the man killed Friday was
bad character, and that society benefits by his
death. This may all be true, but yet it does
not warrant the murder, and some decisive
action should be taken towards finding the
criminal and dealing with him as he deserves.
An example must be made, and we call on
our authorities to use all their power in pro-
curing this end large reward should be
offered, not only to find the murderer of Bias
Martinez, but also to discover the person or
persons who are assisting him to evade JUS
tice, and let them all be punished according to
their merits y