Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-26
Florida Affairs

The following is the result of the municipal
election recently held at Tampa: B. Spark.
man. Mayor; W. B. Henderson. D. R. Fisher,
Councilmen; Dun Post, Marshal and Collec-
tor; Josiah Ferris, Clerk and Treasurer; and
P. BrOckway. Assessor
number of the citizens Of Volusia county
have subscribed sums ranging from fifty to five
dollars each as a reward to any party who will
give such evidence as will lead to the appre-
hension and conviction Of the murderers Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Neff, OF Spring Garden Centre,
Fla. The amount subscribed is over 500,
which, with the reward of $500 offered by the
county authorities, makes over 81, 200 in all.
The Santa Fe canal is rapidly approaching
completion. and all the work will be satisfac-
torily finished and ample water had for the
use Of the steamer in a few weeks. This
steamboat canal from Waldo t Santa Fe Lake
will play no small part in bringing the lake
region" into notice and adding tenfold to its
present energetic and prosperous population.
Cotton, corn, rice, potato and pea crops in
Alachua county promise to be much larger
than they have been since 1866.
Battery F, Third L. S. Artillery, at present
in garrison at st Augustine, is to be transferred
to San Antonio, Texas
st. Augustine is Teasing its summer visitors
on fat venison.
The taxable property Of StJohn's county has
increased Sf0OOOl within the pest year. In fact
there has been a greater increase Of popuIa-
ton and wealth in Florida during the past five
| years than for fifteen years after the close Of
the war.
| A steamer will be put on the Indian river by
! the 1st Of September to carry the mails be-
tween Titusvllle and Lake Worth.
ApaIachicola is looking forward as being the
| chief lumber port of the State. It is improving
IN this way every day, and before long its river
viii be lined with large saw mills and lumber
factories.
Monticello Constitution: Cotton is coming
in quite freely for the month Of August 1t is
promptly forwarded to Savannah by our ener-
getic railroad agent. and prices realized are en-
( firey satisfactory"
/ Among the recent improvements in Apalach-
ieOla is the thOrC ugh overhauiing of the Central
/ Florida mill. When the improvements on this
| establishment are complete, the Central mill
| will be one Of the largest and best establish
ments in the State.
Mr Anon DeLaughter, who lives in the
southern portion of Madison county. will soon
begin wine making. he has the largest vine
yard in the county, mostly OF the scuppernOng
variety He viii make this season several hun
dred gallons of wine.
An accident occurred at Nebos plantation,
four miles south of NeWnansville, last Friday
evening. which had in il nearly all the necessa-
~ clements of a first-clasS horror. The boiler
of the mill and gin of Isaac Sinclair burst,
blowing out both ends One end was blown
through the side of the house in which there
were fifteen or twenty people. No one was
killed, but some were wounded and many
terribly scared
The Monticello Contribution says of the Sa-
vannah WEEKLY News: 1t is a journal almost
without peer as a literary aud progressive
newspaper. II is Of mammoth prOpOft ons,
contains all the news of Georgia and Florida
al well as that transpiring in all parts of the
world: has a splendid array of literary con-
tributors and IS edited by gentleman who
gives evidence Of wisdom and prudence
we cheerfully commend it TO the people of
jefferson as one Of the best family papers they
can take "