Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-05
Florida Affairs.

rock for the jstties.
A steamboat sunk several years ago In Or
ange lake is being raised by Mr.. Mcfarland
A Mr.. Davis. employed at the Cedar Key
pencil mill. accidentally sawed off his right
thumb a few days since
The debt so long hanging over the Palatka
Baptist Church has been paid. The church is
now TO be completed an1 otherwise improved
Mrs. Thigpen, an aged widow lady. living at
Coneville, Nassau county, had a most comfort
able house, with many valuable fruit trees,
grape vines, etc, burned last week by forest
fires.
General Scott, of Mariana. has recently
Travelled all over Jackson county. and he says
the prospects for good crops are very fiatter-
ing indeed. aud believes this will be q glorious
year for good crops in that section.
The steamer Chattahoochee sustained about
three hundred dollars in damages recently,
while on trip from Columbus to Apalachi-
cola. by striking against rocks and logs
The Tallahassee Land Of FIolgers is isinformed
that the land department of Messrs. B. &.
Lewis s Sons, bankers, at Tallahassee, made
sales during the month of March of over one
hundred thousand acres of land in Middle
Florida.
On Thursday morning last at about three
o'clock Mr. S. A. Curry, of Curry precinct,
Sumter county, lost by fire his stable. horse.
one hundred and fifty bushels of corn and five
hundred pounds of oats. Loss $1,000 The
fire is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary.
Ieesburg AdUdnce: Sumter county is being
settled so rapidlv that for a distance Of six
miles on the Tropical Railway there is but one
vacant forty acre tract of land in several miles
OF the road. and it is railroad land and cannot
be bought"
Mrs James Futch and daughter living in the
Medulla section of Polk county, killed, a few
days since. a large deer with an exc. The deer
had been chased by dog and was much IA
er saw him and killed him.
During the month Of March thirty-two sail
inc and eleven steam vessels entered at Jack
sOnville. and thirtv-one sailing and nine steam
vesse's cleared. For the same month last year
fourteen sailing and eleven steam vessels en-
tered. and twenty-five sailing and eleven steam
vessels cleared.
Tampa Tribune: Before the bonded counties
cen receive anything from the moneys arising
from the DfSstOn purchase. One-fourth OF the
entire amount must, under the constitution be
set apart for the benefit OF the school fund.
Has that section in the article on education
been forgotten? II not, how much will be leftY"
Jacksonville Union: Friday afternoon a
little child OF Mr. F. a. Love, aged about three
wears was run over by "a draw at the corner os
Bay and Pine streets. one wheel passing over
one of the hands of the child splitting and
diSocating the fingers The father, who saw
the accident, but was too far away tn prevent
it, ran to the child aud bore it home"
Mr. f Erapian. of Kew West, has invented an
instrument in the form of drag, having a
heavy iron bar at its mouth and secure bag to
collect The matter taken up. at a recent trial
it brought up from the bottom, in six fathoms
or water. loggerhead sponges weighing ninety
Il 1oN NIra Fa1 cfa
fish. which lie very fiat.
The Pensacola Commercial of the 25th ult
says one Gus Genser, jolly Dutchman. alb
seconded from that city the past week, leaving
debts due TO the amount OF 1900 He had
only been there ab ut two months He took
the precaution OF taking all the fine liquors he
c-uld put in his trunk before leaving. and it is
also hinted that he carried away about $4,000 in
ready cash.
st Augustine Weekly: "Elihu Vedder j.,
ESQ the noted American artist of Rome. is
visiting his parental home on the st. Sebss-
tian. with his interesting family. Since h s re-
turn to this country be has designed the plates
for the new covers OF the Century Magazine
formerly Scribner'S which is q credit 10 himself
and the publishers No American artist abroad
is ms king more brilliant record than the
above named gentleman"
The Dubuque Qowa) Herald OF March 18th,
contains the following announcement: "A
company has been formed in this city, to be
known as the Florida Land and Homestead
a
company is to secure wild land in Florida for
homes'eads or speculation for the benefit ot
its members. The capital stock Ia to be $4,000
ia shares of $50 each. The capital stock is TO
be paid at the rate OF one dollar q month
on each share. and no member is allowed
to hold more than three shares"
jacksonville Times: Mr. MUIR of PhiladeI-
mia. who was sent to Florida by the Jewish
Benevolent Association having charge OF the
Russian Jewish refugees lately arrived in that
city to examine the land offered TO the refu
gees bv Mr. Disston, returned on Thursday
from Kissimmee City, and has left for Philadel-
phia Mr.. Muir will probably report in favor
Of locating One-hah or more OF the fifty fami
lies on the Disston lands, by way of expert
ment. He investigated everything very
thoroughly. and was much plea ed apparently
with the prospects of South Florida"
Jacksonville UnsOn. "Workmen are busly
engaged driving pilinss for the Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad at E,cambia bay, the work
men having progressed two hundred yards or
more from the beach. Two pile drivers are at
present engaged. one OF which Is employed in
making a foundation for the draw, which will
be eighty feet and considered sufficiently large
for All purposes of navigation. Relative to
this immense trestlewoFk, WHICH will be over
two miles in length. the editOr OF the Pensacola
ConnaerciaI ascertGinsd from the Superinten-
dent th.t its probable cost would be in the
neighborhood of S201.0O0. who expressed the
belief that it would be completed within six
months"
Jacksonville Times. 'sThe Comptroller OF the
lsture 10 enforce the collection OF taxes
against the sevearl railroad companies in the
State on their real aud personal property,
early in the year issued instructions accord
ingly. and the Collectors in the several coun-
ties through which the roads run having at
tempted the execution of such instructions. the
compAnies haYe procured injunctions against
further t'empts, and the matter will be tested
in the courts InjunctiOns have been granted
In several of the counties, and argument upon
them will be heard some time next month.
Tile several cases will doubtless only end in
the Supreme Court.
Jacksonville JfltOai "The shipment OF oran-
ges from this State is about over, and conse-
0uertlv the number of boxes received and
shipped from this city last month falls far
short of previous months. During the month
there were 1l,6n7 boxes OF oranges snlpeed
from this city. The oranges will average 100 10
the box making a total Of 1,34S. 12O oranges;
OF this number the DeBary line brought s,lU5
boxes down the river, the st. Johns 2,oOO
boxes, the Arrow 9. 406 boxes. Clark's steamers
15I3 boxes, Baya's line 1853 boxes, the City OF
Sanford 1913 boxes. the Isis 4S3 boxes, and other
steamers 500 boxes There have been i67, ,5yb
boxes containing 26. 16s $50 oranges shipped
previously the present season. making a grand
total OF 1S0,103 boxes, containing 27,6l2,24O
oranges"