Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-05

Daniel Prescots writes
he is Just home from quite
ough Polk, fernando and
les. He saw some 0f the
Polk county that he ever
pine land bordering close
growth of willow oaks,
and large pine timber.
situated, with plenty Of
les. The land has clay
urface. Cattle, hogs and
The orange trees were
were full Of fruit. Polk
with desirable class of
some OF the kindest and
ID gentlemen our CORES
These people have fine
ications are that they live
at they raise. Mr.. Prescott
at five dollars per head.
lie. and grape fruit finds no
the want Of transporta-
Mr. +. surprised . puma
an old buck He had taken
lrcess and was about bury
of the meat. Having no
to DISTURB SO formidable
eft him. Taken together the
tr. venture"
ia ion: Yesterday afternoon
hr- vs., Of Marion county. who
was IN attendance upon the United
States lived letter from his home
stating, st1hursday st night his father,
mr 5.fel out or wagon and
killed himself. r. Meadows, it Is said, was
one OF the Oldest citizens of Marion county,
| and was well and favorably known throughout
| twenty years had held the position of Justice
| of the Peace in Marion county. United States
Marshal Durkee granted the young man few
| days leave OF absence and he will leave for
home this morning"
Tallahassee FIoridiGn: Count DassI, Of
| Italy, accompanied by Mr.. Ms Bailey, cf Lon
don, England, has been spending some days
visiting Tallahassee and the surrounding coun-
try. The Count was Chief Commissioner for
/ Italy at the Centennial and it was through his
| influence and efforts that his ma i've country
was properly represented in that immense
World $ Fair. Since the Centennial he has
| Travelled extensively throughout the United
| States, investigating its advantages and inter
| esting himself in the encouragement of emf
| grafton from Italy to America. Count Dassi
1 was the private secretary OF Maz1ini, and has
/ been prominent in the political events of re-
cent years in his own country, and has devoted
himself to the amelioration Of its poorer class
/ es, by emigration. He is greatly pleased with
our section of the State, and compared Talls-
| hassee's green sloping hills to enc of the most
/ fruitful and beautiful districts of his native
/ country. insisting that his fellows -countrymcn
could not find 3 more favorable spot anywhere
for the cultivation of the grape and the olive,
| and the betteriDg Of their condition"
The Key West Key thus describes the peculiar
characteristics OF holidays in that town:
/ strangers are apt to express their astonish-
/ ment at the holidays in our city. The different
/ nationalities enjoying themselves according to
/ the usages of their fatherland, present a scene
highly amusing to everyene. A procession of
1 masked Cuban boys and children singing their
| native songs, keeping time to a castinet-
Chinese with their lanterns, tomtoms and a
| figure of Confucius in their hands, full of glee
1 and antiQuity-the little five year old maidcns,
| with their prettiest essed dolls, must on
these days have airing indicating the
| exact expression of their older sisters to-
wards those who may have little carriage
to show off their hearts delght-youug Ameri
| ca with his dozen soldiers marching with toy
| drums and bugles, each striving to make more
noise than the others-the BahamianS, true tc
| their marine teachings, has his sailboats, with
| banners streaming in the wind, bidding def
| ance to other boats for q race. The young
| bloods, m any of whom perhaps for year pre-
vi0us were not as,rlde Of a donkey now appear
dressed in gay ribbons, daShing up and down
the streets upon active ponies. fit ing here and
| there and everywhere. Our young ladies' too
on these occasions claim the entire sidewalks
and woe betide the unlucky youth who should
presume TO dispute their prerogatives."