Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-16

Pratt promises 70 send the Herald forth in fu-
ture IN an entirely new dress.
Florida is represented by twenty pupils in
The South Georgia Agricultural College at
Thcmasviile-
At Crescent City the real estate boom has
commenced IN earnest, and the Palatka Jour
nal says; 1t Is difficult for US to keep pace
with the rapid transfer Of orange groves. town
PTS and lands in this town and vicinity. Already
the depot for the Palatka and Indian River
Railway has been located about two miles west
q the town, and very soon lots will be offered
Tor sale TO buyers"
Palatka Herald. The Ocklawaha river is
said % be rising, and, II it continues. in short
while It will be navieable clear up to its head
waters This news is certainly encouraging.
During the past five years many have settled in
that section between Lake Griffin and Silver
Spring. and when the river fell it entir ely de
privsd them Of transportation. This is q fine
s ciiOn, and We hope It will Lot meet with an.
other such ca'amity."
Kew West Democrat: ss The crew of the Ex-
plorer, sshe was leaving Punta Rassa Sunday,
saW a tine buck just ahead swimming for Sin
mabel Island 10 the High Pines, distant about
ten miles No one aboard had a gun, so the cook
took MS exc. sni with others manned the small
t1at and set out in hot pursuit. but every time
they would get nearly close enough TO strike
him the deer wOu dodge; at last George Rich
ards0n Jumped up0n his back, but the deer cid
/ not Ike s.,ch familiarity. and liked to have
drowned him before the others could assist.
/ Eventually he was Killed. and was found to be
a giant Of his kind, weighing l0) pounds"
THIS from the Palatka Herald explains in a
nre-sure. the railroad boom in Florida: Mr..
! White. who is building a railroad from Rails
l % u. three miles above here. TO the Halifax.
| on the Atlantic has the mo & systematic way
Z % constructing We know Of He Is President,
Vice President. Secretary. .Psymaster, Treas
urer, and everything Else where brains are
Quired- He started this road eight months ago
with a few mule teams-laid one mile Of track,
and commenced hauling saw logs and cord
I wood; he now has nine miles Of the road cem-
pleted, and new locomotive running every
I day, hauling quantities OF timoer We are in
l formed that Mr.. White has done all this with
I what he made out OF the timber
The following civil appointments have been
made by the Governor and duly commissioned
I the mast week. Charles A Shaw. to be Com
missioner OF Deeds for Florida in and for Mas
/ slchusetts; navid Markham, to be Justice
[ ~ the Peace in and for the county of Putnam:
I F O. Swynn, 20 be AuctiOneer in and
{ FOR the county Of Monroe; T.
Jones. to be Inspector of Timber and
Lumber in and for the county of Escambia;
l Wm r. Paterson. 70 be Commissioner of Deeds
FOR Florida in and FOR Scotland; J. G. Hem
ming, 70 be Auctioneer in and for the county
Peace in and for the county of Alachua; Les
d. r Quackenbush. OF Duval, to be Notary
Public for the state at large.
The Key West Democrat speaks thusly of
certain government improvements now in pro-
EreSs in that citv; The three masted schooner
Colonel 5 W Race arrived on Wednesday
with the material for the new iron govern
ment pier How much OF the $50 000 apprO-
priation will reach the pockets of a Kew Wester
can readily be calculated. The material. even
10 the decking, came from the North; the la
horers and mechanics are imported. and the
very food they eat has to be shipped. The
men may drink little Key West rum. 1t
would be the same way with appropriations
for public buildings, cleaning out harbors
etc. None or the money is ever paid to the
home laboring men. such is the policy of the
adminisfration-such has teen its policy since
the war"
The contemplated East Georgia and Florida
Railroad, which it is proposed to construct from
Buffalo on the MacOn add Brunswick Railroad
% 81 Mary 5, IS thus spoken of by the Jackson
vile IioH. We are assured that il is the in
tentlOn OF she gentlemen composing the cor
pOrStion to have the read completed and in
operation " the first of November next, thus
giving more direct and shorter ali-rai route
% h North and Northwest by over twenty
miles than anv other route. The new route to
The North viii be from Jacksonville via Fernan-
Gina and Jacksonville Railroad to Hart'S Road;
thence By the East Georgia and Florida Rsil-
road TO Buffalo; th+ nee via Macon and Bruins
wick Railroad 10 Jesup, Macon, Atlanta. Rome,
an1 Dalton 10 Knoxville, where direct cOmmu-
niCati1n is made hT the Kentucky Central to
Cincinnati; from Knoxville by the East Ten
nsssee Virginia and Georgia Railroad TO Salem,
Va, thence via the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road 20 Harrisburg aud Philadelphia and
thence 70 New York At Rome, Ga, connec-
tons ara made with the great Louisville and
Nashville system, TOW constructing the PenSa-
cola aud Atlantic Railroad, which forms the
western outlet for the Florida Central and
Western Railroad, under the management of
Sir Eie ard Reed At Cleveland Tenn con
necfion Is made with the Memphis aud Charles
ton Road forming part Of the Seney-Thomas
system