Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-09
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
Fierce Flames-The Brother In BACK
Broken Bone Fever-That Promised
New Railroad.

Broken Bone Fever-That Promised
New Railroad.
| TALLAHASSEE. November &. -Efif0r Mornfn0
Net0s: Again our city uss been visited ~ a de-
structive coDfiagration aud gain. By rsason OF
lack Of fire apparatus and perfect organiza-
| ton, has a large amount of property been sac
ri1ced. Whenever alarm of fire is sounded.
especially in a small place like Tallahassee.
there are always willing hands ready to render
assistance. But however great the zeal OF
sympathizing friends may be, their efforts are
often i'll directed. Organization under a
cool head is necessary for it often happens
that more property is injured by the improper
zeal OF a crowd withous a leader than bY the
devouriDg flames On last Thursday night
several parties passing by the millinery estab-
lishment of Mrs. r. r. Lamb about o'clock.
discovered a light therein. As Mrs L. were
preparing to move her stock over to the St
James HOTEL Of which she is proprietress, 1t
was supposed that she and her husband was
engaged in packing up preparatory to remo-
val 1t so happened. however, that Mrs. Lamb
at that time was sick in bed, and neither her
self nor husband. nor any one under their
direction had been over there that DAY. About
$50 p. m. flames were seen issuing from the
building. alarm was given, store door burst
open, but too late to rescue ANYTHING.
From the density Of the smoke when the fire
which it spread, there is but little doubt but
that il was the work of an incendiary, and that
there was plentiful sprinkling of kerosene TO
spread the flames In less than twenty min
utes from the time that the alarm was sounded
the entire building was a mass OF flames. This
building was on the corner Of Monroe and JEFF
ferson streets, owned by Mrs. Ames. and was
occupied on the first floor by David Virgins (at
the corner) as grocery, and the next door, on
Monroe street, by Mrs. Lamb. AS the wind
was blowing south and there was no fire en-
gine, it was feared that the entire block would
be swept. Efforts were Immediately made to
save the goods from the burning building, but
such headwaY had the flames made that very
little was rescued. The building Just south
OF it was owned by W. p. Slosser, in which was
stored machinery lately pureh ased by him for
boring an artesian well. After great exertion
much OF the machinery wes moved cut before
the building was consumed.
Believing now that the entire block was
doomed the crowd rushed into all the stores
south and west of the burning buildings except
+. Q. Gilman's, and carried out everything. In
the meantime the wind had shifted TO the
south, and as the next building on the south
had a pArapet roof, a crowd OF determined
men Hooded the rotf with water. and after
battling manfully with the flames checked
them IN that direction To the west OF Wig
gins store runs two brick ones, one occupied
by Mr.. Wiltz as cigar factory, and the other
one as bar and billiard saloon Both OF these
were consumed.
to gather, are as follows: W. p.
Slosser, loss 5000; no insurance
Mrs. Ames. loss $4,000; insured for S2c00.
Daniel Virgins. loss 81 500; insured for $50.
Mrs. Lamb, loss $2,500; insured for 81, 800
Mrs. Wills, loss $500; Jack Sneed, loss about
$500. Mr.. Philbrick. worthy young mechanic.
had accumulated quite an interesting cabinet of
specimens in natural history, geology. In
dian relics. etc. 1t had been the labor OF years
TO secure these specimens. They were STOW "a
above Mrs Lambs establishment ano nCth.
ing saved. Poor Phil" Is inconsolable.
and says that money cannot repay him. Ills
cabinet was worth several thousand dollars
Dave Mcleod, of the Land Of FlototvS. was
another sufferer. He had just bought com
plete outfit tyres ETC., for his office; the mat
ter for the Saturdays issue OF his paper had
been all set up. when, alasl everything was
knocked into pi. Many OF his types were lost
and it may become necessary to purchaEe Rn-
other outfit. He has procured another cifice
and, though he will miss one issue, he hopes
to send out his spicy sheet next Saturday as
usual. Messrs. M. Lively aud r. b. German
were considerably damaged by the rem oval OF
their stock. Many things were broke, ana
and kndly(O bore of everything. thouEa as' it
turned out the fire did not reach
them. Mr.. Lively's loss Is estimated to be
az $50 Mr. smore SsDt sis st6rs ns
locked and refused to move unless authorized
by the insurance agent, so that he is the only
one in the block that did not suffer The
buildings burned, having been in the central
and business portion OF our city. which prop
erty is most valuable, will of course be quickly
rebuilt Already workmen are busy remov-
and handsome structures will replace the old
ones so lately destroyed. For time our peo-
pie will begin to discuss the propriety Of hav-
ing a fire engine and fire company, and after
many propositions, resolutions, etc. the matter
will lie over until the next fire, when the sub
jsct will be again discussed.
Our city is unusually quiet considering that
this is the day preceding the election This
being Off year. there is not that excitement
and deep interest that attaches to the quadren-
nial Gubernatorial and Presidential elections
nOrttOn nj a WI Va fah
lively interest in such matters-our
colored element. On Saturdays excited
the animated harangue of some of their num-
ber. They are largely 10 the majority, and
seem to realize that upon them devolves the
tax" free schools" manhood suffrsge'
than have among my brethren OF the Anglo
Saxon type The African is by nature an
enthusiast where his mental powers are
required. In religion 90 as in politics he
throws his whole soul. While this is true of
to-day, yet ! believe brighter future Is in
store for him. His juxtaposition with the
superior Anglo Saxon race and the advantages
OF mental culture offered by our schools must
of necessity, in the course of time, affect a
change and the negro OF the South will be as
far superior to his brother in Hayti as is the
dominant race to their interiors in this
country.
AT last we have cool. bracing weather, that
best of all tonics. During the past season it
has been unusually sickly. owing TO warm
weather and the unusually long dry spell that
succeeded the heavy rains OF the summer.
There have been no deaths however. from any
malarial fever in Tallahassee or its immediate
vicinity The disease has yielded readily Co
medicine and skllful medical treatment
For some weeks past the dengue or broken
bone fever has been in our midst. The patient
suffers the most excruciatng pain for a day or
two. and then is up again. IL is said that the
hurts terribly. Some have it very slightly and
do not even take their bed. while Others are
made very sick
Mr. Page, of Albany, n Y, who representa-
syndicate Of capitalists. has recently arrived
among us with his family, and has rented a
house for the winter. His company was duly
Incorporated last spring for the purpose OF
building and operating railroad from Cara
BELLE on James Island, through Tallahassee to
Thomasville Several preliminary lines were
run, and / am Informed that steps will be
taken at once to permanently locate the line.
and that whether a grant of land shall be made
by the coming Legislature or not that the
that they may make good their promise We
need an immediate Georgia connection and if
the Page syndicate does not gives us one,
other parties with whom NEGOTIATIONS
are now pending will step in and do the
work. Already most OF the travel to savannah
and other points from this section takes that
route on account OF the delay via Live Oak
and No. 12 and the cost via Jacksonville Such
is the popularity of the route via ThomasvilIe
that daily line Of stages has recently been put
on, to run between here and that point Hsnce-
forth passenoers who come from So1annoR
connect with the stage every day except Sum
day. daily stage line is sure precursor of a
shows the will OF the people When
the public demand 1t their wishes will be
needed.
Again, there was another failure to connect
at Jacksonville on last Thursday. and we were
without any Northern mail-three times In
three weeks. Our people are seriously incon-
venienced by these failures, and it Is h. ped
that either the Jacksonville and Waycross
Railroad or Florida Central will, between
them, have some regard for our convenience
and not force US to get our mails by another
route. LEON,