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

with the scheme for redeeming the vast area
Of swamp land. Powerful machines on floats
will scoop out the soft soil to depth Of fifteen
feet and width OF forty-four. Nine million
cubic yards will be thus excavated in about
six months.
The Signal and Advertiser Is the name Of a
new paper in Florida, issued at Fine Level,
Manatee county, and edited by T. B. Reese,
Esq
Tie Advance calls attention to the cruel
mannec in which dumb beasts are treated In
Pensacola
Mayor Tarble and several members of the
City Council of Pensacola have been bound
over 10 answer In court their interfering with
the authority Of the Sheriff.
Monticello Constitution: Gan the cotton
thus rar brought 70 this town is Of excellent
quality and clear Of trash
Pensacola Advance: "a friend Of Mr.. Jacob
benln's Informs that last Thursday even
ing when this gentleman, with his wife and
slster-in-law, was in the act of leaving one of
the Tharves in a small boat for the purpose of
enjoying sail. the latter lady, losing her bal
ance, fell overheard. Mrs. Berlin becoming
excited, sprang into the water to rescue her
sister. The gentlemen in this extremity was
forced TO jump overheard himself, and only
through q hard struggle succeeded In rescuing
the swo."
Evergreen (Ala) Nelcs: IN. P. Bombay, of
EScslmOia county, has purchased four acres of
lane for the purpose OF cultivating and raising
gop1ers for market. He has now about six
hundred on his farm"
Another Cuban finds his grave In Florida and
dies game. The Key West Key says: "a fatal
rencontre took place on the 10Th ult between
ID. CasteanO and I. Bello, both Cubans, which
resulted in the death OF the latter Several
pistol shots were exchanged. The assault was
commenced by Bello slapping and shooting at
- Aam fhaTa In fR,a
case. The public sympathy is with Casteano.' 81
Tallahassee Land Of F'Iolcers: I'VE have had
with US for some time past rather queer speci-
men OF a genius in the person of Mr.. William
Brown, of Monticello. Mr.. Brown is a native
OF South Carolina. is now over eighty years OF
age reads well without glasses and boasts that
he was never sick day In his life. He has
Travelled for sixty years in all parts of the
Union. cutting silhouttes, or profles. on black
paper"
Sanford Journal: 1.-THE question has been
asked frequently whether or not the LeConte
pea would bear in this latitude. The
question has Ra.. been satisfactorily solved
some seven miles west of Sanford He
has three trees that have been planted out two
years, being two years old when planted One
OF his trees has a well developed pear on il,
which Is beginning to ripen. We have never
doubted for a moment that the LeConte pear
would do well here, for trees that grow and
nou -ish as they do must perform their mission
as fruit bearers"
Lake George correspondent of the Palatka
Journal: In consequence of the new brush
factory establishment in Jacksonville, there
has to be certain quantity Of palmetto fibre
on hand for the monster to eat. So the last
week there has been a gang of hands circling
the shores OF Lake George for The necessary
material. They take the bud of the cabbage
palmetto, SO Of course il kills the tree. There
wers shipped from this place last week two or
three hundred buds with the corresponding
wrappings Of fibre"
Alachua advocate: ''If the castor bean can
be made marketable success in Georgia, why
not in Alachua county. where the tree fire.
quently passes uninjured through the winter
and grows luxuriantiyf" ltcan.
Pensacola Gazette: THE Union DEPOT for
the construction of which bids are requested
In or advertising columns, has been definitely
located on TarragonR street, between Wright
and Belmont streets. This Is Just west of Mrs
DAVIS residence-between that residence and
the Pensacola RailrOad-With the southern end
about fifty feet from Wright street, the north
ern end extending nearly to Belmont, the do
pot running due north and south. Thus we
have definitely answered a public question
have located the depot"
Pensacola Gazette: Engineer Wells, the
locating engineer on the western division Of
this line, is about forty miles east Of Pensacola.
preparing to cross Yellow river before starting
for the Choctawhatchee. Major fickett. in
charge OF the corps on the eastern division. is
about eight miles west OF Mariana, working
in the direction OF the Choctawhatchee, where
his party and Wells will meet about the last
of this month"
Pensacola Gazette: I'VE hear that W. A
Richardson, of Louisville, Clarence Knowles
and other minority stockholders, have fled q
bill TO prevent the a'e Of the wharf and road
from the top Of the hill to the wharf, by the
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad and Manufac-
turing Company Commonly known as the
MuscOgee road), to the Louisville and Nash
vile Company. They ask for an account and
claim that the road should have paid interest
Mr.. Mccormick, the President of the road, had
not been served, but he did not seem to be in
the east disturbed about it. 1t is suggested
that these proceedings will probably suspend
the extensive improvements now being made
by the Louisville and Nashville. We trust not
as II would be calamity for our city Just at
this period, in her new era OF prosperity and
marvellous progress"