Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-19
Florida Affairs


sacOla on the 18th inst.
The new brick hotel at Live OAK is rapidly
approaching completion and viii be ready for
guests the coming winter.
At Cedar Keys last week two negro men
caught 3,26S pounds of green turtle.
Mr.. Livingston. Of Madison county, proposes
to slaughter about seventy five fat hogs this
winter, and instead Of buying bacon, as he has
done heretofore, viii have bacon to sell.
The grading of the florida Midland Railroad
was commenced at Madison on the 18th inst.
NaiOr W. H. Dial with force of hands break
ing the ground and thro wing the first dirt.
This road, which passes through Madison, Tay-
lOr and Lafayette counties, will be the means
of wonderfully developing that section of
Florida, it it will open up the finest lands in
the State.
Lake City is two hundred and three feet
above the level Of the sea. The highest point
in the State is about eleven miles northwest Of
this place, near Welborn, and is 209 feet high.
The exports from Columbia county last year
reached the sum Of S575. .OOO not including lum-
Der.
Mr.. James Cochran, State Health Officer of
Alabama, sent to Pensacola to examine the
the Mayor, Dr. J. B. CASTOR. Montgomery, Ala,
as follows Il am fully,satisfed that there is
no yellow fever and has been none, 1T even
a suspicious case"
The Volusia County Commissioners have ap-
propriated $500 to be used in apprehending the
murderer or murdereTs Of Mr.. and Mrs. Neff
We have received the first issue of the Enter
prise Herald, e new journal published at En-
terprise, Volusia county, by Dawson Bros
prOprietOrs It presents a neat appearance
and is well f1llea with local and general news.
We wish it a prosperous voyage over the
rough sea of journalism.
The following civil appointments have been
made by the Governor and duly commissioned
the past weeS: VIM j. Hines, to be Justice of
the Peace in and for the county of Marion;
Thomas W. Spicer, to be Notary Public in and
for the county Of Sumter; 4 Taylor Herman
dez. to be Inspecto- of Timber and Lumber in
and for the county Of Escambia.
Last Monday night. while Mr.. Wade Rauler-
son, OF Sanderson, with his family, were at the
supper table, he was shot at through the front
door and received several flesh wounds. Mr..
RauleTSon is a young man Of good character,
recently married. and an important witness in
the Osteen murder case He resides in that
settlement. His gun had been tampered with,
the charges Withdrawn, and the barrels filed
with rags. Three parties have been arrested
on suspicion and will soon be examined.
Mr.. Frank Becknen, Of Tavares, took dose
Of strychnine on Thursday last and ended his
existence. But little is known of his history,
except that he came from Boston and had been
in Tavares since last February. Nothing in his
few letters which he left give a clue to whom
to send the sad news of his death, and but for
the fact hat he had asked on two or three Oc-
casions to have copy OF the Tavares Herald
sent to the foreman of the press room of the
Boston Daily Globe. no one knew where to di-
rect letter announcing his death.
PaIatka Herald: ''It would not be very sur
prlsing after all if Whites Railroad from Rails
Dono 51,r
the Atlantic coast first Already this piece OF
road is ironed. with rolling stock, running nine
miles out from the river, and in a direct line to
the Halir ax river should the inland navlga,
tion company push on their enterprise and
connect st Augustine with Indian river, max
ing an open water route to BiscaYne Bay. this
Ralistown Road would connect ct Hslifax and
give Palatka the entire trade OF Indian river,
or, at least. all the produce and travel south Of
the Tomoca-"
Pensacola Advance Gazette: TUESDAY
about noon. the first train, with passengers,
crossed the bridge at EScambia Bay, and made
Is way towards Milton and Yellew river. Vice
President Chipley had invited quite number
OF our pubhc spirited citizens to make the ex-
cursion. and the leading interests of the city
were represented. The train consisted of
coach and four awning cars, and was under
the conductOrship Of Dir. +. r. Mason, with
Engineer Nike Carroll on the locomotive, as
sisted by fireman George Mason. Pensacola
and Atlantic was represented by Superintend-
ent Chipley, General Freight and Ticket Agent,
B Bombay Capt. A. w. GloS1er, Chief En-
gineer, R. NJ Cary, Jr., Auditor and Cashier,
and Capt. J. W. Putnam, of the firm Of Put
nam & Tobias, contractors for building the
bridge"
Monticello Reporter: I'VE are advised that
Col Haines the General Manager Of the Sa-
vsnnah. Florida aud Western Railway, has de-
termined to build q railroad from Dixie, seven
miles west of Quirman, TO Monticello; but the
citizens of Quitlnan are very desirous that the
branch road shall start from their town; and
in response u urgent appeals. we learn that
CoI Haiues has agreed that II the citizens or
Ouitmau and others interested will contribute
a sum sufficient to cover the addltlonsl eX-
nense that the company will incur by building
From Ouitman instead of Dixie, he " II cheer
fuljv accede to their wishes. The road from
Dixie TO Monticello will not exceed ~ miles 10
Ien1th. whilst that from Quitman to this town
will be about twenty-five miles. The cost or
Construction viii be about the same per mile
on either route What the engineers estimate
Of the cost of construction per mile IS we are
mot advised, but presume in the nelghoorh 90
Of IS COO and if this supposition Is correct tne
neopie interested in changing the route from
Dixie TO Gu stmau will be requn ed 20 ralss
about 5000 OF one fact, however, we teel
nrettv we'll satisfied, and that is that Mo atlcelo
and Middle Florida will soon be contested oy
steel rail with the great system OF Georgia rali-
roads and have almost an airline from MonIl-
cello to the great seaport OF the Empire state
of the South ~