Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-10
Florida Affairs.


Messrs. scoville and Culpepper, Of the Kim
ball House, have purchased the Suwannee Sui
phur Springs Hotel. and intend improving it
to the amount of $4,000 The spring is eight
miles from Jasper, and in by-gone days was
the grand summer resort Of Florida.
The new Episcopal church at Orlando is in
process of erection.
Mr.. Tarble has been confirmed as Collector
OF Customs at Pensacola.
Sir Edward Reed made payment of $685.
600 to the trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund Of Florida. at New York, on the lst
inst. on his Disston purchase.
It is said that Judge Magbee, editor OF the
Tampa Guardian, will be made Postmaster of
that place.
A load Of pineapples taken to New York
from Key West by the schooner Lille netted
the owners thereof five thousand dollars
The fourth of July was celebrated with all
the pOmp and ceremony or olden times at
Palatka. The day was ushered in with the
ringing of bells The ceremonies consisted of
a procession. a speech from Governor Blox-
ham. and free dinner by the Florida Southern
Railroad.
Arrangements have been made with the
Florida Central and Western Railroad, and the
H.
persons desiring TO attend the Congressional
Convention, to be held at Tallahassee on the
18th inst will be passed from any point on
these several roads, to and from Tallahassee,
for one fare, round trip.
Matteulouis band of Seminoles held their
Green Corn Dance near their homes at New
river. Dade county, during the new moon.
Among the participants we're Young Tiger
Tail Robert OsceolA and Miami Charlie On
these occasions % corn juice is used rather
avfo IL AnOfh6F
dance was held at the Big Cypress, about the
same time, which some Miami Indians at
tended. - ETz
Messrs P. Houston. B. NJ. Burroughs, A. E
Willard and F. W. Blair have organized the
Florida Fish OIL aad Fertilizer Company, with
a capital of SIS, 600 in shares of S25l each
The objects and purposes of the company. as
set forth in articles of Incorporation, filed June
9th, are the manufacture and sale OF fish oil
fish fertilizer, fish scraps, ana the buying
catching and sale Of fish, and all other things
incidental to and necessary to fully and sue
cessfully carry out the OBJECTS of the company
South Florida Journal: "The shipment oi
pines to New York last week from BelaiI
Grove was the largest that has ever been made
in point OF size and weight. One barrel con
tanned II pines. weighing 1l3 pounds, the larg
est being IL pounds and IA ounces in weight
Three other barrels contained 81 pines, weigh
ing 30 pounds. These pines are the Trinidad
and weigh, when the plants are matured from
20 to p pounds each. They have been very
carefully cared for and fertiliZed with the For
roster manures. They were imported by Gen
Sanford some three years ago. and excel any
thing Of the kind in the State.
Tavares Herald: From present appearance.
the orange product of this region will be very
much larger than that Of any previous year
| The groves are all in a healthy condition. the
bloom on the trees in the winter was prOfuse
and although the early part of the season wa,
unusually dry, and a large quantity Of frui
| dropped from the trees there is yet hanging
on the trees in nearly all the groves in thii
| section larger amount OF fruit than for any
| year heretofore. The season so far has beer
| very favorable for the growth and maturity O
a fine crop of fruit Should the remaining
months OF the year be anything like as favor
/ able for maturing fruit as the past ten yeari
| have been, there will be a good many thousand
more boxes shipped from this locality thai
ever before"
| Mr.. John Barfield was standing on the bridg
near the Waycross depot, Jacksonville, Frida
| afternoon. and not perceivlng the approach o
a., W ~ q ~ 1 "a. was Enocked off the bridge int
/ the water. A cOlored man, who happened L
bt, in a boat near nv at once went to the rescue
| OF the injured man. Mr.. Barfield states that
/ wagon was between him and the train. and h
| being a stranger here was not as careful as b.
ought 70 have been, and says that he shall al
I ways feel grateful to the cOlOred man wit
| drew him out of the water His injuries ar
/ not necessarily dangerous, though he has
pretty severe cut just above the temple AM
/ several bruises on the IOfeneaQ. Mr.. Barnel
| is from Taylor county, Ga, and is on his wa,
| to Orange county.
| The surveying party of the Thomasville, Tai
| lahassee and Gulf Railroad reached WakuIli
/ Springs last Tuesday evening. having rui
/ fourteen ana a half miles south from TalIahas
| see. On Wednesday they returned to TalIahas
/ see and filed a map Of the proposed route
accompanied by the engineers certificate, il
/ the State Land Offics IL is proposed to max
three surveys from Tallahassee to Carabell
and three to ThOmasville, as follows: b
/ Wakulla Spring and Crawfordville t
| Carabelle. distance 40 miles The Ger
trail route will pass west Of Crawford
/ vile. and reach the Gulf in 4715 miles
while the western route will run near the hea
waters OF the SOpchoppy river. and make Car
rabelle in hfty-fve miles. The meridian rOut
/ to Thomasville will pass east Of Lake jackson
/ cross Iamonia lake, east of the slough, and z
i near IamOnia, making the line thirty seve
/ miles long, The central route will be locate
/ between BradfOrdyille and Centreville, wi
/ Sunny Hill or Iamonia, and thence to Thomas
i Vile; distance thirty five and half miles. Tn
/ third route will be direct from this city to Mic
i cosukie, aud Themes to ThomaSville; distanc
i not known. These several routes will be car
vassed for donations OF land, ETC., and the rout
/ offering the most substantial and liberal al
/ will secure the road.