Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-30
Florida Affairs.

The receiver OF the United states Land once
at Gainesville has sent to Washington over S46,-
00I for land purchases in Florida since closing
the business Of the last fiscal year. This
shows that there has been a land boom in the
state and the purchases Of common school
land from the State. if they have been in the
same proportion, has largely repleuished the
State Treasury.
Gainesville is soon to have new saw
mill which has become q necessi y. The mills
row in operation are overwhelmed with orders.
The MesSrs. johnson. who are the prOprietors
% the new mill. are only waiting for the iron
20 be laid on their switch by the Florida
Southern Railway Company,
The success attending the vegetable business
this year in Leon county is attracting con-
siderable attention throughout the State.
Twenty thousand lie Conte pear trees will be
set out next season within five miles Of Monti-
cello.
Florida's share under the five per cent. land
bill is s-9.SIe IS.
The grand jury Of Calhoun county, in their
recent presentment. say this. which has a
world Of meaning in it, I'VE find the morals Of
the county improving, no case of the violation
OF the law having been brought before us"
The peach crop is a failure In Jackson
county.
The new building for the insane asylum at
Chattahoochee has been completed.
Tallahassee is a city of churches. There are
nine.r in all OF which services were held last
SUNDAY.
Milton Cooper, one Of the colored members
Of the Council of Palaika. has been ousted
from his office for fighting aud disorderly con-
QUOT unbecoming city father.
T=enty houses and several cottages have
been erected within the last ten months in Pa
Aka Six OF the number are large store build
inEs- The population Of the city is increasing.
Mr.. George R. Jones died at Jacksonville on
Thursday morning OF last week from the ef
sects Of an overdose OF morphine He was q
Young man Of splendid abilities, but. unfoItu-
nately. addicted to strong drink. AT one time
he was. ssys the Times, "the most popular
young man in the city, but at the height of his
popularity he took to drink. and became ire
claimable"
Three thousand seven hundred and one crates
and barrels Of vegetables have been shipped
during the season from Tallahassee.
The Ocala Banner has just finished the erec-
tion Of new Office, and now reioices in a COM
pleased to note this evidence of successful
journalism.
Marion county has decided to have a new jail
and to pay for the erection Of the same by di-
rect taxation.
4 building boom is in progress at Ocala, and
the streets are so crowded with building mate
rial that vehicles find difficulty in passing each
other.
The drainage Of the Okeechobee swamp is
being actively contfaued. The dredge employed
cuts six hundred lineal feet four and a half
feet deep. every day.
The sar ford and Indian River Railroad is
being located by Engineer E. R. Wafford and
the grading of the same will be at once com
menced near Fort Reed.
Pensacola is very modest in her demands
upon the U0ited states Treasury. and will
only be satisfied with the following appropria-
ions. Custom and court house. S25I000; ma
rine hospital, Sl50,O1a; harbor improvements,
St5lO0O; dry docE Ito Fl ish it at our own yard
Eih Alabama ironl Sl5lOOO; lights between
Pensacola and Milton, S75,0J0 Say total Of
s575,0oO.
Governor Bloxhsm, according to the Talla-
hassee FlOrididn has made the following civil
appointments during the past week: Joseph
"A Humphreys, OF Polk county, Julius Klontz.
of Nassau county. 7. H. Hanna. of Washington
county. Justices of the Peace: j A. Brandon,
Commissioner of Dee1s for Florida in Georgia.
and W. ~ Walker, Commissioner in New
YORK: II +. Harmon County Commissioner
for Dade county; Irving Gilhs, of Putnam
county. John McOennaid. of fernando county,
md J. W. Archibald. OF Duval county, Notaries
Puo ic.
Tue MariInua Courier says: THE sound of
the railroad whistle was heard for the first
time IN Jackson county last Saturday. The
engine. nat carsete, have be- Il brought across
the river and placed upon the spur track,
xhers track laying Is progressing as rapidly as
possible. Over mile OF this track has been
laid: the line is graded to the main track, and
al the cross ties are on the road. Next Mon
day morning track laying in dead earnest will
be begun and in six or eight weeks the people
II Marisnna will doubtless be able TO see the
iron horse at their very doors. Whet news
could be more gratifying TO our people:
Tallahassee Weekly FTorididn: The most
outrageous act Of unalloyed devilment OF which
We hsve any knowledge as occurring in this
CITY was psrpetrated Dy a negro girl, about
twelve years old, one day last week near the
depot. While the lady Of the house was visit
log near neighbor this girl stole six dollars
from boarder, poured kerosene Oil on the
door, set il on fire, locked the house. ran to the
house where the lady was visiting and gave the
alarm The fire was extinguished before any
material damage was done We learn that the
girl has not even be- arrested If the perpe-
traitor Of such an atrocious act is allowed to go
unpunished what are We 10 expect in the
futuref'
Sanford Journal: "within a radius OF eight
with u ; S35 trees. These groves now produce
5rOQOlO oranges, but onlT per cent. of the
trees in this radius are bearing When the
other s5 per cent come in, there viii be pro-
ductiOn OF 50, 600 600, or as many as the entire
Stat- now produces. Colonel Markham now
gets 60 OO0 from a grove. that in six years will
produce 3,0O00 General Sanford 5OOOO from
a grove that in six years will produce 2,OOOOOu
and 50 on. And there are thousands OF trees
oeing put out annually. that in five years will
add millions TO the crop; go, ,OO0OJO oranges is
a reas lrabe estimate Of the crop of lse7. In
ten years il will certainly be 5O.oOO,OOO in the
state And ali the railroads now in contempla- |
tiOn could not move the crop"
Crops In Southwest Georgia.
THOM4svTLLE, May 2S.-Editor Morning Neues: |
Fine rains fell here last Thursday and Satur- !
day, and to-day Sunday crops are In splendid |
r-ou-irn cnnditinn and there Is a nrosnect of |