Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-04
Florida Affairs.

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ter of LaPorte, Ind, has been elected pastor of
the Union Congregational Church il Jackson
/ vile.
| Mr. Burrin, of Lawtey, has purchased a loco
motive and iron enough to lay a track five
| miles in length. These will be used in connec-
| ton with his saw mill.
The Mayor Of FerBanGina charged one bar
keeper twenty five dollars for keeping his back
door open on Sunday. He keeps it closed and
| barred now.
The firm Of McCook s Fildes, publishers Of
the Gainesville Sun and Bee. was dissolved On
the 22d ult The Bee will continue to be pub
Iished by Mr.. FiIdes The Sun material has
been withdrawn by Mr.. McCoOk, and sold. he
will retire from journalism.
Bishop Young notifies the Episcopalans OF
/ Apalachicola that Rev. c. A. Apple will soon
take charge Of their church.
The Florida BAPTIST State Convention will
meet in Ocala on Thursday the sth Of Decem-
ber
An OcaIa firm claims to have sold five
/ hundred barrels of flour since August Is
| Eight bushels If rough rice is what an acre
Of ground near Enterprise will produce.
On the 10th instan. the doors of the Magnolia
Hotel at st. Augustine will be thrown open for
the winter.
Mr. Peter Platt, OF Polk county. seventy
eight years OF age, was married last week.
/ Young man, where art thous
| Mr. B. Z. SpaI kman, living sixteen miles east
| OF TAMPA has an orange tree thirty years old
which bore last year 1900 oranges. little
above the ground this tree divides into four
trunk branches.
There are twenty eight prisoners in Duval
county jail for trial before the Circuit Court
now in session.
heavy wind aud rain STERN, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. passed over Archer
on Monday
At the next meeting Of the City Council Of
Jacksonville permission to erect poles for wires
to be used in lighting various places in the city
by electricity will be asked.
The Titusvile Star says that an extraordina-
~ quantity of vegetables are being planted on
Indian river this fall. If the crop is as large
| in proportion. the lines OF transportation will
be crowded to their utmost capacity.
The Orange City Times says: Mr.. J. Paul.
Of NedfOrd, Mass. writes Capt Thorpe, OF his
place that a Minnesota colony consisting OF
some forty or fifty and with which he has had
freOuent communications. is making arrange
nients to emigrate to this section or Florida.
lIr Paul has some first class grove property at
this DiacH ana We Idke lAls luClluu VI IL
knowledging the valuable servlees he IS glVlng
toward the rspid settlement OF our country.
Ocsla LacOn'S Lake Weir itemizer: 'Mr F.
s Perrin has arrived with large quantity OF
machinery, 70 erect the largest saw mil there
is in East Florida. tie has also smpped a
steamboat from New York, in sections, which
will he put tOgelher on its arrival. and launch
ed forth upon the crystal waters of Lake
Weir. Two ship carpenters are already here
for the purpose OF building II.
T,.s--crrifla TTrSo.a. Saturday evening last
while the steamer City Of Sanford was on her
way TO Sanford with heavy freight she ran
UPON snag near the Nolusia bar. hole
about three by four inches was broken through
her bottom. She was at once beached, and
the freight forwarded to Sanford IN good
order. The hole was temporarily Stopped.
and the steamer returned TO the city. She was
hauled upon the ways and repaired.
Jacksonville Union: about o'clock on
Monday afternoon three white men were out
sailing of MsypOrt, when the boat capsized
One Of the occupants, Frank Hodges by name,
attenpted to swim ashore, but, as he was very
heavily clad, he was unable to do so, and sank
about half way between the boat and shore
Another OF the party was picked up just in
time TO save him from drowning, and the third
ciung to the boat and was saved without any
tr,uoie. HOdges' body was found within tweD-
ty minutes after the accident happened"
The Monticello Constitution wants the press
10 Pass him around, - and says: This week
We are called upon to warn the world OF man
Efnd sgainst one VIM. Cannon who rented a
Diantation the present year from Mr. Lafay-
sffa WOotan and has absc9nded, leaving many
sbIigations unadiusted. He obtained supplies
from Nr Carroll, of Monticello, TO whem he
mortgaged bis stock and the growing crops
and il has since been d. covered that
he was not the owner OF the stock he
picked g1nned and sold. on the siy, about
twentv.tPO bales of cotton, pocketed the
money. and skipped to parts unknown We
are ad Vissd that Mr. Carroll loses S3VO anu anu ".
VIM Bellinger, of Waukeenah. about eSOO, py
the sharp practice of the young man; ana
Mr. Wooten. no doubt, would be pleased 10
have him return and complete the harvesting
Cf his crop "
The following is from the Florida Mirror OF
October S9.h- THE Hart's Road Station mem
toned is the junction Of tie Fernandina and
Florida Transit Railroads.: Dame humOr
gives information of a new railroad comoina-
ton, which will add another thoroughfare 20
your promising State from the North, East ana
West. The suggested line is from Harts hoad
Station, on your Fernandina and Cedar Key
road, 70 point on Georgia's great road near
the station o. Eden. via Sterling, on the Macon
and Brunswick. and Walt0Ourville or Fiemlng,
oD the Savannah, FlOrids and Western Inc
line is the shortest and most direct from ana
TO all points in your state. and viii be hailed
with delight by ali the coast people. lis pro,
jecnon. no doubt. has originated with Colonel
Wadley, who will by it have connection Tor
his great system OF railways that will be the
shortest and quickest 10 the Land OF flow
ers.'"