Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-22

on broad gauge roads, viz. weight forty
pounds to the yard and thirty foot rails. The
South Florida Rail- oad used iron weighing
sixteen pounds to the yard, and the Lake Eus-
tice Road twenty-five pounds. Thus it will be
seen the road is built for heavy traffic and is
FIRST class in all its appointments. With such
iron. carloads OF ten tons can be easily and
safely transported. Work st the Gainesville
end VIII commence at once and the completion
OF the road pushed forward as rapidly as pos
slole. A very rich section Of Florida Is then
opened TO immigration, and It is predicted that
ere another twelve months rolls around the in
viting orange lands on the line of the road will
be thickly settled"
The trial Of Andrew Fell, charged with the
murder Of ]. II. Whitaker on the 4th of Decem-
Der last, was concluded in Monticello last
week with verdict Of guilty Fell will be
hung, though the time and place for his exc
cution have not yet been designated
Mr.. John White, one Of the Oldest and most
highly respected citizens OF Jefferson county,
died at the residence of Mr.. S. c. Bott, in Mon
ticello, on last Thursday morning.
The Key West Key reports that house break
ing and robberies have of late become quite
common in that city. Within week a lady on
Division street was robbed of some six dollars
In silver. ON Saturday night last,
Mr.. Schurrer's store was robbed OF
some thirty dollars. and on Wednesday night
the store Of Mr. w. H. Lowe was broken into
and robbed Of some ten dollars in cash.
Says the Tampa Tribune: There is no fall
ing or in the shipment Of oranges this week
and from all information we can get there Is
yet quantity in the county to be shipped"
Referring to the ''slate" to be filed with
Federal appointments the Jacksonville Union.
remarks: 1--WE understand that the Republi-
cans of this State who are now at Washington
met recently in that city and agreed to recon-
mend the following appointments For United
States Marshal, e. D. Brigham; for Collector
Of Customs az Jacksonville, n. K. Sawyer; for
Postmastes ct Jacksonville, William M. Led
with; for Postmaster at hey West, Mr.. Pollock;
for District Attorney, A. A. Knight; for Post
master at st. Augustine. w. w. Dewhurst
The above Names we understand, are to be
sent to the President, with the request that the
appointments be made
The editor of the Florida Union, who re-
Gently enjoyed pleasant trip over the Fer
nandina and Jacksonville Road, thus remarks
upon that work OF Improvement: THE trest-
ling across Trout creek, 1900 feet long, is now
complete, and the road is open to Cedar creek
two and a half miles beyond Everything is
built in first-class manner, and too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon the contractors
for the manner in which they have done their
work. The trestling across Cedar creek will be
completed soon, and the road open to the pub
lie about the 1st Of April
The Tallahassee Economist very pertinenty
remarks: There is still a scarcity of farm
labor in this county, and it seems to be the
general complaint all through Middle Florida
and South Georgia. 1t is a rare thing to meet
farmer who has secured all the hands that
he wants for this year. This is all caused, as
before said, by so many hands going to the
southern portion of the State to work on the
new railroads. If they would cultivate less
cotton and raise more corn and small grain
they would need less hands.
Florida Union: son Saturday Florida
strawberries were bringing ninety cents per
quart in New York On the 11th inst Mr.. W.
Fl; Pillow, of this city, shipped to New York
S2o quarts, and on Monday morning he shipped
$50 quarts Strawberries OF good quality are
now more plentiful in this city and selling at
very reasonable prices"
The Florida Union states that on Saturday
morning of last week Mr.. G. B. McClenney's
Illlli dL lud4N6lis On the a. ". u w. i. Il. X H..
was destroyed by fire, together with large
amount of lumber. 1t has been unable to
ascertain the loss sustained by the fire. The
greater part of the lumber burned belonged to
Messrs Alsop & Clark, and had been sawed for
the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad.
st. Augustine Press: ''The hotels are
crowded to overfiowing. All of them are COM
PEELED TO secure rooms from private families
in order to provide for the large number of
guests constantly arriving. Every train
brings a load, and we are now in the height of
the season. 1t is probable that the number of
visitors this season will far exceed that of any
preceding year. The visitors are also as q
general thing of the buying class and at the
close of the season large amount of money
will remain in the city. Year after year the
number of visitors increases, and hotels and
boarding house keepers are compelled to en-
large their premises, and even now another
large hotel might be filled"
Says the Monticello Constitution: "The read.
ers of the Constitution will remember that
about the middle of July, 1880, terrible muir
der was committed on the Sloan elbow
plantation In this county The party muir
dered was negro man named Aaron Reddick
His dead body, with a stab in the neck. was
discarded wife and her brother. one Thomas
johnson, and streak of blood was found
leading from the body to the window of said
cabin. Eisi Reddick (the frail wife of the muir
deTed mani was the paramour of a villainouS
appearing negro named Dick Wright; and cir
cumstantial evidence pointing to him as the
murderer, he was arrested an indictment
found against him by the grand jury Il the
fall term of the court, and the case placed on
trial last Thursday. An excellent jury was
empsnneled. The state was represented by
Hon. John A. Henderson, the prisoner ably
defended by NJ. Long, of Tallahassee, and
Judge Christie. of Monticello. The case occu-
pied the entire day, and resulted in verdict
from the jury OF guilty Of manslaughter in the
third degree. We have the evidence in this case,
which illustrates such a condition of moral de-
f1a hat
well being of society prompts us to suppress
1t. 1t is true that the evidence is oil circum-
stantial, but, In our opinion, points with uner-
ring finger to not only Dick Wright, but Nisi
murderers of Aaron Reddick. 1t was a cold
blooded, fendish, deviliSh murder. Nisi Red
dick, the discarded wife OF the dead man, when
teStifying in the case, furnished evidences of
stupid depravity that we never expected to
encounter in any civilized country. That Dick
Wrght'S life is spared is, in all probability
owing to the fact that there was doubt upon
the minds of the intelligent jury as to which
one of the foul conspirators drove the knife
into the quivering neck Of the victim. Judge
Walker IN pronouncinQ sentence in the case.
indulged in severe but merited criticism of
the dcpravity prevailing among the negroes,
developed by the evidence, and expressed
regret that the law would not permit him to
sentence the prisoner to a longer term than
four years in the State prison"
Says the Jacksonville Union: 'The gamb-
lers, reported in our last issue as having ac-
costed a gentleman at the post office, attempt
ed yesterday to renew acquaintanceshlp with
another gentleman at the corner of Bay and
Laura streets. They were informed by one of
the party who watched them Wednesday, to
let the gentleman alone, or they would be ex-
posed. They very reluctantly withdrew, and
the gentleman proceeded on his way undis-
turbed. We would again caution our visitors
to beware of the club house at the corner OF
Forsyth and Market Streets"
The Tampa Tribune reports that the sugar
works OF Mr.. Frank Hough, on Twelve Mile
creek, near Fort Myers, were destroyed by fire.
about ten days ago. All the sugar and syrup
that had been made up was lost and the fire
from the burning building igniting the cane left
standing in the field, destroyed the whole of il.
Loss about $4,000.
The proprietor OF the El Prado Hotel, Kew
West, was robbed few days ago OF about
1890 in cash. aud jewelry, etc, to the amount
of SEQ was taken. The supposed robber has
been arrested.
The work on the new wharf for the Florida
Central Railroad, at Jacksonville, is progress
ing slowly.
Florida Union: 'tSome time since it was
announced that the work of building a nav
light draft steamship for the Florida trade had
commenced at Bath, Maine. After much in
Quiry we have aScertained that this ship is
being built for MesSrs. Drew 3 Bucki, and will
run exclusively between New York and Jack
sonville. She is to be about two hundred feet
long and supplied with very powerful ma.
If this steamer proves successful, we under
stand that others are to follow.
Tampa Tribune: ''The bridge across the
Hillsborough, north of Tampa, will be COM
pleted in two weeks. The work has been de-
layed on account of the non-arrival Of the iron
to be used in its structure"
The Palatka Journal, commenting on the