Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-06


hole below the water line Of the steamer as she
lay in the lake. The rapid filling of the vessel
up to the engine attracted the attention of
those on board, who Immediately started a fire
and set the pumps at work, which kept the
vessel from sinking. reward of $500 has
been offered for the arrest Of the perpetrator
of the deed.
The general freight transportation by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Pensacola
of miscellaneous merchandise has this year in
creased thirty-three and third per cent.
The population Of Palatka, according to the
Herald. is Increasing very rapidly. That paper
puts it down at 1000. being an increase Of 500
during the past twelve months.
Palatka is making preparations for grand
Fourth of July celebration. in which her beau
tiful oak grove will be utilized.
Ice sells at DeLand at 31fc. per pound.
Corn OF last years crop is offered for sale in
Jefferson county at S5c, per bushel
The prospect is good for big hotel at Long
wood, Orange county. The brick for the foun-
dation has been ordered, and the work will
be commenced this week. The main building
will be AZ by 80 feet three stories high. with an
L extension % by 30 feet The house will cost
between $1,000 and SIP 900.
A little son of Mr.. Abbot, Of Campbellton,
met his death in a singular manner one day
last week. He wss sitting on fence in com
pany with his brother and sister, with en- open
knife in his hand. By some means he fell
from the fence, the knife penetrating his neck
and severing one Of the main arteries He
died very soon after the accident.
The passenger train which left Fernandina
at eight o'clock a. m. Friday for Cedar Key
struck broken rail about ten miles north of
Baldwin, which threw the baggage and one box
car off the track, upsetting both. leaving them
on their sides. Express Messenger Seger was
slightly bruised-no one else hurt
The County Commissioners of Hamilton
county will be called upon at its next session
to donate $500 as nucleus on which to raise
fund for building bridge over the Alapaha.
The Palatka Herald says: Passenger travel
at this season Is IN advance Of what it was this
time last year. Not pleasure seekers but men
looking out for new homes in our dear old
Florida"
The town of Sanford has been sadly disap-
pointed in the matter or proposed water work..
On the Goth OF September last, the town, by
resolution of the authorities granted the San
ford Water WORKS Company the exclusive
privilege OF using the streets, lanes and alleys
within the corporate limits of the town for fifty
yeSfs, for the purpose of constructing system
Of water WORKS General H. s. Sanford. the
head of the company. represented that the
company had made estimates of the cost and
had the necessary funds to complete the work,
and would begin the work 10 very brief time.
Eight months have elapsed and the people of
Sanford still famishing for water At meet
ing Of the Town Council on the cath ultimo the
following resolution was adOpte &: "ReSOtUed,
That notice to General II S Sanford and MS
associates, through their resident agent. be
given. that unless work b1gns, or some p 81
tive and satisfactory assurance be given this
hoard within sixty days from this date by said
proposed Water Works Company that they in
rend. in good faith. to prosecute and complete
said sy stem of water works within the near
fu ure, the said reSo utiOn OF September 1881,
will be recousidered and rescinded."
Orange County Reporter: "A new and i'm
porUant industry is peing built up Lake
Jessup. he fine beds of mari which have
been discovered along the south shore of the
lake ueing utilized, with fl IN from the lake,
in the manufacture of fertilizer. A company
has been organized and buildings erected on
Bird Island, in the lake. a mile and half from
the mainland MIR J. D. Wattles is manager
and superintendent of the works, and those
who have met him regard him as just the man
TO make a success of the enterprise. Fish are
taken from the lake in g eat quantities each
morning. They are at once sorted. and the
choicest sent to market. Those unfit
for table use are kill d, then thrown
into an immense tank and steamed
When cooked they are pressed into sold
cakes and dried until Ihs mass is as hard as
wool It IS afterwards ground with a guam
lty of mari, when the whole becomes n vaIua-
Die fertilizer Tne INDUSTRY is but just started
but already half dozen men are employed at
the works upon the island, end a strong force
of men and teams at the mari beds on shore
1t is claimed that this combination of fish ami
Elarl makes ne Of the best of fertilizers The
mari of itself is good, but the addition of the
ground fish should add materially to its value
This seem, but another instance of the bount-
fu provision of nature in this favored land, to
ali the needed rHnuiSifAs of the soil and
enable man. by the addition of his labor, to
grow whatever he may desire"
The Tavares Hereld, in q vigorous editorial,
favors tie ca liug of a State CONVENTION
Among other reasons given, the following are
the strong ones; - State Convention is a ne
ceSsity to Florida What-ver drawbacks NAV
exist to the successful administration of the
affairs OF our State, may be justly attributed to
the defects of N orgaE &c law. The autocrs tic
powers vesred in the Governor. in the matter
Of appointments. is one of its chief ends.
Then, again, it is due to the whole people that
something should be done to add TO the income
for school purposes. Weneed plenty of public
schools, and we also need them more eff
,iently mauaged than at present. That they
are managed as well as they are, all things be-
ing cOnsiCered may be a subject of congraiu-
lation, but it is possible to make them better
than they are, and this can only be accom-
plished by compelling every man, black end
white alike. to contribute to their support. In
popular Intelligence lies the safety of the re-
public; and he who shares the benefits of the
government should be made to contribute to
its support, whereby this intelligence can be
secured"
Ia relation to the important work of the
ADopka Canal Company, now engaged in
cutting the canal connecting Lakes EustiS and
Dora. Hon. James G. Speer. of Oakland, in the
Tayares Herald says: In answer to our in
quiries as to the progress of the work on the
canal now being cut between Lak-s Apopka
and Beaucaire, the Judge informed us that
both boa's were at work. AMI that the prospect
for an early completion of the work was very
f isttering. The second credge boat, which was
put TO work about two months ago, is an i'm
provement on the one which the company
have had employed for the past year, and
Is capable of doing larger amount of work In
reEly 30 the question as to how soon tn com
paDy expected to get the canal finished, Judge
Speer said: The final completion of the york
i'll take over year, but IL we meet with no
unforeseen biadEance or accident, the two
dredgs boats now at wcrk will meet before the
close Of the present year We Will then have
canal from sixteen to twenty feet wide and
s-ven feet deep. AS soon the boats meet we
shall put them TO work to widen the canal to
its fital width of thirty feet, so as to NIT the
passage through it OF larger steamers than airy
now running on these axes We are going 10
bring cur crop Of oranges. sugar. cotton and
other products to TsY4reS this fall, to be for
warded from here to market"