Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-24
j. Fl. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

The Florida Commercial Company have
contract for furnishing 5),'OO ties to the Mexi-
can Central Railroad.
Palatka having been successful in her 4th Of
July celebration, is casting about TO find the
means of a fair next fall
The dog killing brigade Of Jacksonville has
been temporarily disorganized because of con-
ficting views Of the Aldermen and the Mayor
on the subject.
Wood in Key West is eight and nine dollars
a cord, and but little to be had at that price.
1t takes $4,000 per month to pay the en-
ployes Of the South Florida Railroad.
The gin house, screw. steam mill and other
buildings of Mr.. Thomas J. Roberts, one OF the
leading planters Of Leon county, were recently
destroyed by fire from a spark from the mill
One thousand bushes Of seed oats were also
destroyed. Loss 5000 and no insurance.
The Palatka Herald has dOnned an entire
new dress and changed its name from Eastern
TO Palatka Herald. 1t has also been increased
in size, and is nov a very neat journal in its
general makeup. We wish the Herald great
and still increasing succe in the field Of jour
nalism.
Putnam county public schools had an aver
age attendance Of twelve hundred pupils the
past year
The Board Of Equalization Of Nassau county
have completed its lAbors. and it is estimated
that the toral valuation OF the taxable property
ia the county viii aggregate Sl,100,00-an IN
cease Of ten per cent. over that of last year.
There were 5000 Of cancelled county scrip
burned in Key West last week by the County
Commissioners.
Messrs. c. Phinney aud James Mann. of Gil
man. ILL.,, have purchased one thousand acres
Of Putnam county land
Two municipal tickets are In the field at
Citra. One headed bv Dr.. O. G. Harris for
Mayor and the other by j. B. Wilson
The steam grist mill and gin Of Mr.. T. J.
Roberts, near Ceutreviile, Leon county, was
CestrOved by fire last saturday. Nothing was
saved from either building
The corner stone of D. F. Sullivan's opera
house in Pensacola, was laid on the 18Th inst.
i will be a costly structure. The brlck Tor It's
construction was imported from Europe.
On Saturday morning last Major F. c. Hum
phrrys formally turned over 10 his successor,
j. NJ Tarble. ESQ. the Pensacola custom house
with all the monies. fixtures, appurtenauces,
hereditameuts, etc, thereunto belonging.
The Pensacola and Atlantic Road will be in
working order from Pensacola TO the Chatta-
hoocaee river by the lst Of January next.
There may be some delay ia finishing the
bridge at the Chattahoochee. Passengers,
however. could be transferred
Through the exertions of the Florida South
ern Railway Company three hundred families
of Swe5es have been induced to come and
occupy lands on this line Of road in Alachua
and Putnam counties They will arrive here
during the early part or next month
The Bartow Taf9Tmunt learns that Sir Ed
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grade 70 I.eesburg, aud that the graders will
be transferred TO the Tampa line, and that
work viii progress at the rate Of a mile a day.
This will give us a road TO within some twenty
miles in time fer the fali trainc.
Great Indignation is felt in Pensacola at the
fctiOn of the Washington authorities in dis
charging the working force at the navy yard.
It is uOt alone hardship to imported work
ingmen. but viii prove a great loss 10 the gov
ernrpent by the destruction of the SLY dry
dock and valuable material for want Of care.
joseph Carroll. of Jefersoa county, has been
arrested on 8 charge OF cattle stealing. and re-
Quired To give bail for hls appearance at the
Iexr term Of the Circuit Court. The cattle be
loreei to a cOlored woman, and ths Monticello
Constitution says iu was with cOnsi tera Die
dificultv that he raised the amount (sl5O of
! bail Carroll once was 81 RepqgHcan member
OF the Florida Legislature How the mighty
have fallen
Fernaudiua Mirror: 1.-The schooner Jas. f
Bavles was cleared from this port Wednesday,
the 18th instant. by Mr. T a. Darby. OF Cedar
Key. with s cargo Ot 9.'5l railroad cross ties
CONSIGNED TO W C. Haskins & Son. New York
| The ties were transported over one hundred
aud twenty miles of Jhe~Florida Transit Rail
road and each day delivered with such prompt
| rass that the vessef those cap3c " IS oUu,U'
/ faar Of Iumberl consumed only four days u
| taking aboard the entire cargo, loading at tn'
/ rate Of - O0O feet Of lumber per day. The dis
| patch of t-ausit and he rapid lOadlng OF thl'
/ cargo is worth noting.
/ nj
/ trolled by the Savannah. Florida aud Western
| Railway Company, and for several months
they have been employed in the con n-tructou
of the Live Oak and ROwland's Bluff Railroad.
The editor OF the Bulletin recently visited the
convict cGmD, snd reports that the number at
present is 81, TO wit: white males II, fem ales
| / colOred males 135. females |; and they hail
from almost every county IN the State, Jetfer.
son county contributing 3. Tne terms for
! which they are sentenced range as follows; 26
| for one year aud less, 50 for one and half n
| three and a half years, 30 from four 70 six
years. 10 from seven 70 ten wears, for fifteen
! wears 3 for twenty years, for twenty three
| years. aud 10 for life.
Florida Un1on: president u J. White. OF
the 81 Johns aud Halifax Railroad. is in the
citv and stated to representative Of the
| UnfOn Yesterday that work on the road was
progressing finely TINS road VIII run from
ROlstOwn. on the st. Johns river, three miles
/ south Of Palatka, to Garfield, on the Halifax
river aud passes through and opens up for set
reTnHQT some OF tLlt Tltlcot anu ALil>b klE
land i'm the state be sides giving the pc pile on
the Halifax and tributaries irst-class facilities
| for marketing their fruit and other produce.
When the road is completedit will only require
/ about seven hours to go from this city to the
Halifax river a saving of several days. as il
now rsuuires from tTo and half to four DAYS
Nine mites have been opened and graded, and
seven and half miles Of iron laid. Another
cargo Of about three miles OF iron is now
on the way and daily expected. which will be
Isid as rapidly as possible. a force Of about
forty men is kept constantly at work grading
and opening up the right OF way, and a loco
motive and several fiat cars are now on the
rosd-used principally in hauling logs and sup
niles The warehouse at k0llstOWn, which was
DESTROYED by fire shO-t while ago. is being
rebuilt Mr. White says that he is having the
work thoroughly done, and when completed in
February next, the road will be second to
none in the state. Mr. White a. so informs u'
that the lumber market is more active, and be
has orders for all the logs lie can deliver. Last
week he delivered at RollstOwn on an average
355 logs per day AID found q very ready
market for them. He has now on the way q
raft of 1.500 logs and early next week viii
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