Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-27
Florida Affairs.

The Rev. DIR. Mark Moses, of Grand Rapids,
has accepted the call to the pastorate of the
new synagogue now being finished at Jackson
Vile, and will arrive at his charge on the sth
OF August.
A little colored girl, aged twelve years. at La
Vile. on Friday last undertook to kindIe fire
by the use Of can Of kerosene oil. She sue
ceeded. as most people do. The oil in the
can ignited. causing an explosion, aud the un-
fortunate was burned to death before assist
ance arrived This should be the first lesson
taught to the chiIdrea in every public school
mot to light fire by the aid OF the kerosene
oil can"
In Madison county the good old times have
come again. Farmers are selling bacon and
corn, which heretof re they hlve had to buy.
The farmers of Madison county are raising a
first rate article OF tobacco, and they can now
sit under the shade of their own orange and fig
trees, eat their own hog and hominy, drink
their own lemon juice, smoke and chew their
own tobacco, and call no man uncle. That s
the way TO live.
Pensacola's customs fees on last Thursday
were 81 l61 c.. and in the face OF this financial
fact the authority of the department has re-
moved q number OF laborers from the navy
yard, we suppose because there is no money
in the Treasury.
Mechanics and laborers are in demand at
Leesburg which is at present enjoying a boom.
The saw mills are running 70 their utmost
capacity, aud the cry is for more lumber.
One thousand head of cattle passed through
Bronson last week destined for the Havana
markets. They had been purchased by the
owners at S12 80 per head, and will readily
bring s15 90 on board the steamer at the Key
waiting for them.
The Gainesville folk believe in combining the
useful and the ornamental The oak trees
surrounding the court house are being re-
moved, and orange trees planted in their stead.
The coming juryman can iu the future slske
his thirst during heated term Of the court on
orange juice-if not prohibited by the rules OF
court.
The survey OF the extension of the railroad
from Hart's road 10 some point on the Macon
and Brunswick, was commenced on Monday
last. by Mr.. J. W. Bushnell of Fernandina,
with a corps Of engineers.
The rolling stock of the Pensacola and At.
lantic Railroad is beiug daily increased by fresh
arrivals. Two locomotives from Rogers Lo-
coaches, built at Wilmington. Delaware, will
arrive during the months of August and Sep
tember
The Western Union Telegraph Company are
putting up the telegraph line on the Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroad.
An order from the Second Assistant Post
master General creates postal route No 1903,
between Pensacola and Milton, twenty miles
from Pensacola. The service will be six times
a week for the present, the schedule to take
effect August 21st.
The iron bridge for the Yellow river on the
PensscaIa and Atlantic Railroad, went up to
Milton on the Mobile on Thursday of last week
Tavares Herald Work was commenced
Yesterday clearing OF the lot for the Tavares
boulevard Hotel The hotel will have a front
age of 276 feet on two streets ana 2S5 feet on
two others and is TO cover a whole block,
built around an open court 10 Whlch Will De
fountain croquet grounds, orange trees and
shrubbery,, The laying OF tns @ cornerstone ssr,.
and another 'Tavares boom may be looked
for when it occurs."
Cant VIM. Jackson, of the steamer Lizzie
Henderson, says that on his trip from Cedar
Key Tuesday he encountered stresK OF pols-
oned water covered with all varieties OF dead
fish Of more than q mile in extent, on indian
pass, between Clear Water and Egmont llght.
The Captain says that very onenslVe smell
arose from it, and that good many 0ottom
fish such as eels. were floating dead on the sur
face. We opine that this fact upsets the theory
of some TO this poisoned water being fresh
water from overflow on the main land lmpreg-
mated with poisoned vegetable matter, as there
are no streams Of any size flowing into the Gulr
near where these fish were found.
On Thursday last an accident occurred at
Chattahoochee, which must have sickened
every one who witnessed it. Frank Johnson.
nrln Vnfn uraA F,rvN at q
who have the contract for building the railroad
bridge across the river at Cnattahoochee, was
engaged IN the work OF driving the piles. he
was wedging the pile which was being driven
in the bed OF the river, and in reaching around
placed his arm across the spile. when the ham
mer, by some unknown means. was loOsed
from the tongs and fell with terrific force,
mashing the arm to a jelly from above the
elbow. The blood and flesh few out over those
standing near and when the hammer was rails
ed nothing but skin and crushed bones re-
rnasned-