Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-01
Florida Affairs.

Florida Affairs.
The Temples Mills and Kingsley Lake Tram
Railroad is now completed, equipped and
ready for busn ness.
Marion county oranges viii bring 100000
this year.
There are one thousand Indians yet in the
Everglades Of Florida.
Leopold Beugnet intends starting an olive
orchard near Key West.
The Orange City Times is Of the opinion that
there is more land now being cleared in the
vicinity OF Orange City for orange groves than
elsewhere in the State.
Leon county has fifty public cschools-twenty-
one white and twenty-nine colored. The
salaries Of teachers range from S1s to $50 per
month.
Eleven miles of rails have been laid on the
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
Mr.. Noah Geiger, residing near Starke,
plucked the past week ripe wstermelons from
vines growing in the oDen air.
The first schooner load OF fish guano ever
manufactured in Florida was shipped from
Carrabella a few weeks since by Mr. S. Hart
man.
Fifty.lve miles OF steel rails for the Pensa.
cola aud Atlantic Railroad are on their way
from Middlesboro-on-Tees to Pensacola. The
duty to be paid on two cargoes is s51.7l4
On the 18th inst. the sale of postage stamps
at Pensacola amounted to Sl02 and for the
month OF January it reached s.. .9O5 so.
Fri3ay night while Oficer HOgans. of Jack
sonville, was on his way home he accidentally
let his pistol fall on the sidewalk. In picking
it up it was accidentally discharged. and the
ball entered his head, fracturing the hone. Dr..
Drew was called, but did not succeed in getting
tile ball
The large steamship Deepdaie arrived at
Pensacola on Saturday afternoon from Calves
ton, consigned to Messrs. L. NJ Merritt & Son.
This fs the largest merchant steamer that has
entered the port for many years, being 2.64O
tons gross. She will be loaded with one million
and half superficial feet of sawn timber.
Mr.. D. Greenleaf has purchased the great
fish caught at Fort George last week, and will
preserve and stuff it for exhibition in his
museum 1t weighs zoo pounds. and has been
definitely ascertained to be of a species known
as the Virgin fish" because on each Of its
scales there appears, when the light is allowed
to shine through it. a perfect representation OF
the form Of the Virgin Mary, as she is made to
appear in many Of the pictures and images Of
the day.
Key West Democrat: "a Spaniard by the
name of Antonio, being cTaze1 with rum, at
tempted to swim from Key West to Havana.
When over three miles at sea schooner, acci-
dentaliy passing, saw him and picked him up
and brought him bsck TO the island. The Sher-
if at the request of his friends, then put him
in the Jail until he became sober"
Tallahassee Land Of FlOiUerS, 23d ult: I'VE
Hs@- ef,- .--~,l1 a.,n L
r Gilchrist, living near st. Marks. wandered
of from the house last Monday, and up TO last
accounts hss not been found The mail car
rier says that as he passed, Monday, the family
were hunting every nook and corner and had
ished all the wells in the premises, but the lit
lie one was still missing.
Gainesville Bee: Nothing gives a clearer
i1ea OF the rapid increase in immigration to the
state han the emo nous amount # land being
sold at the United States Land Office at Gaines
Vile During the month Of January last there
we're L. C96 ares sold, which, at 81 25 per acre.
brought So, $50 AZ. There were 100 hOmeSteads
entered embracing 24.s50 acres. and Us final
proof entries, embracing S.7b3 acres. The en-
tire amount paid into the Receivers office for
all purposes during said month was S24.72o"
Tallahassee FIoridiGn: "Dr. Wilcox sends us
the complete dimensions of the mastOdOn re-
Gently discovered by him in Taylor county. end
which he exhibited in this city on the 14th of
January: Length Of head, feet: length Of
neck. Z feet; length OF spine, 29 feet; length Of
x 4
II inches: width OF molar tooth in Jaw, 4
inches: length OF moler from top of tooth to
the end Of the root of m0ar tooth, So inches
length OF under jaw b ne, 616 feet; diameter
OF spinal marrow, 615 inches"
Jacksonville UniOn Friday colored man
nv the name of Wilder Smith fell into well
near this ciry and narrowly escaped being
killed. Smith had been employed by Mr.. Con-
molly TO dig the well. which had reached a
depth of ffftysix feet, and not finding water
four pipes had been driven down at the bot
tom smith had gotten into bucket for the
purDose of going down. but almost before the
man ar the Windlass began TO let him down.
the rope on one side OF the bucket broke and
he fell headforemOst to the bottom-sixty feet
between the pipes. tools, etc He sustained
no injury except that one OF his legs was
broken
At the municipal election in Tallahassee on
Wednesday John W Nash beat Julius Ball ( r
MavOr 63 votes Henry Douglass (cOlOred) was
elected Marshal by l3l majority. Mr.. Demilly
was nominated for Marshal on the citizens
ticket but declined and there was no real
opposition against Douglass. J. P. Carroll beat
William Thomson for Clerk and Treasurer 49
votes J. W jefferson (colOred) beat John
Mitchell for Tax Assessor 81 votes Only four
sliermen will be eligible According 10 recent
act of the Legislature five elected last year are
to serve two y afs- Nine were voted Tor yes
terdav with the understanding that the four
receiving the highest vO e were elected. The
Iuckv men were Messrs. Alfred Cobb, Aaron
Levy, W. P. Slusser and r. b. Carpenter.
Jacksonville Times: Another new road was
organizad IN this city yesterday, in accordance
with notices heretofore duly published, called
the ChattahnOchee and East Pass Railway
Company. The subscribers to its capital stock
met and elected board Of directors consist
ing OF the following named gentlemen: h. ).
Hsines W = Chisholm w p. Hardee, Willis
Clary. Henry NJ. Draue. Ben E Russell and
NJ Monroe Tie directors Immediately there
after met and perfected their organization by
the election OF Col H. s. Halnes as President,
and W p. Hardee as Secretary and Treasu-
rer. This new road is intended to ex-
tend from ChattahOOchee TO point near
East Pass on the CUR or Mexico = ne ais
tapce from Chattahoochee to the Gulf is
about sixty miles. aad the opening up of that
country, says the cambridge Democrat OF
recent date. will simply reclaim wilderness
to the uses Of civilization, and open to the COM
Tnerce Of the world one of the best harbors on
our great inland ocean. The road will connect
at ChattahOOchee with the Savannah, Florida
and Western, giving that highway a olrect
outlet to the Gulf, over which the immense
naval stores of Southwestern Georgia will be
carried TO find markets in all countries OF the
world The time is not far distant when this
section will produce the bulk or the rosin ana
turDentine manufactured on the globe. and
Major Haines and his associates are farseelng
enough to know that transportation must oe
provided to meet this enormous increase OF
production. And this cannot be better met
than in the short line TO East Pass
Jacksonville Times: Through the courtesy
of Captain F A Hendry, of Fort Myers. We are
able to give an rem respecting the operation
OF the dredge boat employed by the Atlantic
and Gulf Coast Canal end Okeechobee Land
COMPANY Active work of cutting the drainage
canal was commenced at point on the upper
CalOosahatchie river, between Lakes Flirt and
Hichpochee. AMI has been vigorously prose
cuUed since January 20 last, resulting in the
opeuing of a channel twenty eight feet wide
by fve feet deep and one mile in length. The
natural conditions between this point and Lake
OkeecbOhes are all that can be desired in de-
veIoping a work of this character. The line OF
drainage canal passes through rich alluvlal
lands and in its formation will meet with no OBJ
sfacIes in the way of strata of rock or other OBJ
structions Capt. Headry states that the channel
Constructed shows an increased velocity OF
current and has already increased in depth
and width. due to the securing effect or the
water The lowering # the waters OF Lake
Okeechobee six feet viii improve at least one
million acres Of bordering lands, which, when
planfed in sugar cane and other crops or the
country. will yield rich returns. The enectlVe
work already done clearly demonstrates the
practicability of entering Okeechobee and con
structing an efficient drainage into the Ruir.
The inhabitants OF the Caloosahatchie valley
are much impressed with the importance OF
this work in the already enhanced valuation OF
their lands Their faith I'm the enterprise is
best attested by their desire to acquire addi-
tional lands in this vicinity"
COleFless and Cold.