Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-20
FInridn Affairs

Florida Affairs.
Mr.. Madison Bailey, one Of the pioneers OF
Madison county, and for forty years resident.
died at his home in Patterson hummcck on
Thursday morning lss+
The loss in Jackson county by the cyclone
last week is estimated at Sl-O,COO Mr.. John
Milton, one of Jackson's best planters, alone
lost over forty bales of cotton and some corn.
The damage to the Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad was also considerable. Much OF the
earth work ami some Of the butts of the bridge
over ChipOla river were washed away.
Captain Chipley has offered a reward of $3.50
for the arrest. with evidence to convict, of the
miscreants who a short time since tempted
the wreck Of the construction train between
Mariana and ChattahoOchee.
Sugar cane retails at Lake City at two sticks
for five cents.
Capt. John Smith, Of Brooklyn, New York,
has purchased a large tract Of land in st.
Johns county, near Orar ge Dale. on which he
is establishing a colony. He has already sold
forty acres TO Pool s. Son, recently oil mer-
chants of Brooklyn, and twenty-five acres to
Mr.. Madison W. Beecher. a wealthy retired
merchant Of Brooklyn, both of whom intend
to build fine residences and spend their winters
in Florida The colony will be called Smith
vile
a collection was taken up at the St. Johns
Church, Jacksonville, on Sunday. On the oc-
! casiOn a grand sacred concert was given. and
| beautiful selection Of sacred music vocal and
instrumental. was given.
The Southern Express Company. with their
wonted iberaiity. announces that donations in
aid OF the sufferers at Pensacola will go free
by that company.
There has not been a death in the city of
Jacksonville since the 9TH Of September inst.
The mills in the vicinity of Fa'atka and along
the line Of the Florida Southern Railway can
not begin 70 meet the demand for building ma
terial.
The Florida ChurchmGR is a new religious
journal representing the interests of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church in the diocese of
Florida. It is an eight-page paper, and pub
lIshed at Jacksonville.
The Palatka Journal. ph@aix like. has risen
! from its ashes. and again futters its new
wings in the balmy atmosphere. It made its
appsarance,on Saturday In its usual size, form
aud distinctive plumase.
The Key West Democrat says that Munroe
| county will give an increased Democratic ma
| jorty at the coming election.
DR.. a. E. Hodges. of Hickory Island had his
Office and all its effects washed away by the
late storm. His wharvos were also carried
away, entailIng loss of over 1,OOO.
In Southern Florida, in Hillsborough county.
| land can be purchased at 81 % per acre and
up ward, according to improvement, location
and quality. Many valuable tracts are held by
the State and United States Government. sub
ject to entry or purchase at nominal prices.
At AncIote extensive preparations are being
made for the capture of the finny tribe on the
coast of Florida. The fishermen are busy in
| building camps, and there will be five or six
fisheries in operation this fall
Ripe oranges were brought to the Tampa
market last week, AMI business has taken an
| early start for the fall trade.
The farmers around Tampa report no great
damage done by the recent storm, and the
fruit men say that but few oranges were blown
down or damaged.
An engine for a new saw mill was taken
away from Tampa lGss week, and the ma
chinery for a new mill arrived by steamer on
Thursday last.
The Madisonian5 propose to put 400 acres in
watermelons next year.
Emory F.. Skinner was nominated by the
convention a. Quincy, for the First district of
Florida. by the Republicans. He is a Western
man, having moved into Escambia county in
1874
A ten thousand dollar fire took place at
Pensacola last Friday, which, for a time,
threatene the new opera house. 1t originated
in a lime shed in rear of the opera house,
spread to the house Of Father Baason, who
with vpllOVE faVqr and
thence to the Catholic Church, north, threaten
ipg tho opera house, the Express office and
.he Louisvi le and Nashville Railroad depot. 1t
~-aosed TO have been incendiary, and two
- sup arrested charged with the crime
The people throughout the country are
nobIv answering the @ppeal OF the PENSACOLA
Relief C,mmi tee for "a u No' ueY no"
-,sssas that the Board of /. Nnet ana other other
or eaniz atoms 90 not receive suos
from kind and sympathzing friends.
The Postmaster at Pensacola has recel, eu
dispatch from the Mayor of Apalachicola
1ursting him not to send any more mail mat
ter to that place.
Mill No ?. at Waits Crossing, near Palatka,
was burned Thursda last. with three nat cars.
The loss is covered by insurance
E-avo and two other men who were near the
yKya,assssa on a small island fishing when the
sro,11, came were forced to take tree In order
20 save their lives Bravo says the water roe
Seven feet above the highest polnt OF the
island. They were up ths .,,Stsv trSe and Coming
down at 10 a. IN. on Sunday, ana were "i1hou'
food for seventy hours
According TO letters from Florida, rapid pro
ress is being made in cutting the cahsi IIIul tLl
Caloosahatches river to Lake OkeSSHooseo keSSs,J ~
the AT antic and Gulf Coast ana OKeecnoo99o
Land Company which is composed P PIlnci ciPjLS iia,
of Philadelphia capitalists. ABOUT sever Gu ~ nitIoe
of canal has been completed; ana nEe % nu,,' nlo.o
miles will bring the work 70 Lake ~ a.,
which is expected to be reached aOout Ine III 81
Of the ming year The company also mas I1 q
boat employed ia cutting canal IrOn i 5-aAS
TohoDekaliga to Cypress Lake, lSia lhsnSo Wv"
the ktssiumee river TO Lake OKeecnooS9 eetS Fora N
canal will then be made to the eastward lr0in
Lake OkeechObee, emptying into the az
lantic Ocean. When these canals
are finished they will sffOrd Ves5elS oiToc1 T
channel from the Gulf of Mexico 20 the Atlah-
tic Ocean. @. J. Allen, one Of the prime movers
and OriginatOrs in the reclamation OF sohe % wv
hundred thousand acres OF sugar lan0 IN RiOL
ida. In interview published in the Florlua
Times Of the 18th inst, expresses hlmseI as
greatly surprised at the quantity and value OF
the sugar lands of Florida. He declares the
lands OF the Okeechobee Company, located IN
the Kissimmee Valley, TO be or the finest cnar.
acter he ever saw, possessing in the quality OF
frost all those qualities most conducive 20 sue
cessfuI sugar culture While in Louisiana they
are compelled to cut cane while still green,
aud often lose whole crop from Iro5t. IL
Florida they allow it TO mature to full growth.
From a personal inspection of the lands Dor
dering on Lake Tohopekaliga and nortn OF
Lake Cypress ne found large tracts OF land
possessing the prominent natural req"lsltes 10
the growth and maturity OF rice and sugar
cane under the most favorable conditions:
From all Indications. South Florida is destined
to become an important contributor 70 tne
nroductiou OF sugar cane in the United States.
Already number OF Cuban planters have ex-