Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-18
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
The Recent Cyclone-A Journalistic Tri-
umph-The Influx of Strangers-RaiI-
roads and DeveIopment-Season
Weather.

TALLAHASSEE, October 15.-Edftor Morning
Ne0s: The storm Of tFe 10th inst. which visit
ed this section, though not so violent as
that Of month previous, was
Iar more destructive to the cotton
and our planters in consequence
arevery much disheartened. One gentleman
assured me that henceforth he would give
this staple the go-by. He intends hereafter to
make truck farming a specially, and what
land he cannot cultivate to rent out.
Cotton, he says, is too uncertain a
crop, and in consideration of the
recent fall in the price and the two destructive
storms, he will let it severely alone. Nor is
this a solitary Instance. There are others
who find it more profitable to raise other
crops. SO that henceforth the great part of
this noted staple will be raised by negro ten
ants, while the proprietors win engage in the
cultivation OF a crop that will prove more re-
munerative. Much more rain fell during the
storm Of last week than In the one OF Septem.
ber and as our gardens had been suffering
and the supply in the cisterns was getting low
we OF the city were benefited, while the plant
ers were injured. Beyond few old fences
that were blown down, and one building having
the tin roof blown of, learn Of no other dam
age In the city. East of here it was much more
severe, as we we're on the western edge Of it.
Don McLeOd's spicy sheet. the Land of F7o1D-
ers has recently made Its appearance in a new
but about eighteen months since his paper
was first Issued. Without any
previous announcement, it made its appear
ance among us as a monthly By many the
establishment of a third paper here was re-
garded as hazardous undertaking But DON
with true Scotch pluck, knew no such word
as fail. He soon received quite a number of
subscribers and advertisements flowed in
q first of 1Har las an A.
he was on a firmer footing, he purchased a
second hand press and type and changed it
into q weekly. Recently he sold the old
hxtures, bought q new outfit, and his
paper has a trim. neat appearance.
Among our young people his sheet is very
popular, for Don is a.spicy writer. and many
OF his paragraphs are full of humOr. In this
county, he has very large number Of sub
scribers, and they go up into the hundreds
outside. What was regarded as a doubtful ex-
pertinent has proved a success; the paper1s on
ment will never fail.
Strangers continue to arrive every week
Already some have settled among us for the
winter. Dwelling houses are in great demand,
and if a dozen or two tenements were erected
they would find occupants before the first OF
January next So great is the demand that
hear that one or two Of our enterprising towns
men contemplate building at once. Trade too
is increasing, and such is The demand that one
or two brick stores have already been erected.
Though the cotton crop has fallen short, yet
Tallshassee bids fair to be a buster mart this
winter than it has for many years.
As an evidence of how railroads develop
untry, was informed by the Commissioner
Of Lands and Immigration that the sales of
State lands in West Florida are now far in
excess Of what they were twelve months ago.
when the construction Of the Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad was first begun. Previous to
this time the immense bodies of fine land
owned by the State were little in demand
! Now they are more eagerly sought for
| 50 1t will Oe with the United States
lands and as the United States Land
Office at Gainesville. the only one
| in the State, is already overcrOWded with
/ work, the relocation of a United States Land
/ Ofhce at this point is an absolute necessity
/ The country between the ChattahOochee and
Escambla bay is not a barren waste, as the enc
| mics Of the Louisville and Nashville Road af-
| firm. but some of the finest lands in the State
are along the line of the Pensacola ana Allan
/ tic Railroad. Where can richer land be found
| than in Jackson county Nor are Escambia,
Franklin, Washington and Walton cOun-
! ties much behind Early settlers always
| select the best lands. The first set
| Scotch colony in the Euchee valley. There the
| lands are red clay, and durable in the highest
| Elements have existed for forty and fifty
| years But, as this section has not enjoyed the
/ facilities of rapid transportation, there has
/ been but little immigration there. Now that
the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad is rapidly
/ approaching completion, new settlers viii
/ rapidly pour in. Were that region of country a
t'pine barren" as was reported in a New York
paper, there would not be that brisk demand
/ Esw road will be paying one.
/ the assertion of its enemies to the con-
( trary, and in few short years there will be a
comparative dense population in all that region
OF country. One cement OF industry in pur-
| tions of West Florida is sheep husbandry. 1t
/ is found 20 be much more profitable than cot
ton. One LADY realizes from $1,000 to 1000
annually from her wool clipping and Commis!!
| sOner Robinson, in his pamphlet, SAYS: If
| there is a land in the world where sheep, bees
and orchards will support man comfortably,
4 while giving employment to some of the most
| cultured impulses Of his mind, it is in West
Florida" Such is the country so much de-
famed in one Of the New York papers.
al last we are having cool spell. The re-
cent hot days and cool nights have had the
| usual effect of producing sickness. Fortu-
| nately. however, We have had but very few
| cases OF serious nature most of them yielding
readily TO the simple treatment for chills aud
| fever. Indeed with bu two physicians during
the entire sqmmer-and part of
the, time only one-Talahassee may
locality. Though there are three here at this
time, they by no means have their bands full,
and no young Esculapius need think that there
IS a good or ening here. In former days, when
the country was first opened, there was much
sickness, and Tallahassee supported five or six
physicians It WAS unquestiOnably, then, an
unhealthy location, made so on account of the
immense mass Of decayed vegetable matter,
caused by the Telling of trees. The
unenviable reputation then acquired is
not yet forgotten by some, who
still maintain that Tallahassee is a sickly
place" Bnt the mortuary report of the Board
Of Health does not show it to be so. The re-
port for the month of September, made by Dr.
5 L. Randolph, Secretary Of the Board, shows
that there were only ttCO deaths during that
month-One an old man seventy five years of
age, whose constitution had been impaired by
a chronic complaint; the other, a negro Chi "a a
year and half old, who died Of convulsloEs.
/ When iE is remembered that September has
always been regarded as the sickliest month in
the year, this is a remarkably good showing
But v hile we have been, and are still, exempt
from-the pestilence that wasteFh att noon
day" we are not unmindful OF the suffering
in our sister city, Pensacola. Our people have
never been deaf to the cry Of the distressed.
The Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges long since
promptly responded TO an appeal for aid, and
now our citizens are taking steps looking TO
more assistance. This will be at once
forwarded, and other donations sent
from time to time. A letter from
a former citizen Of Tallahassee, now a resi-
dent ef the plague stricken city, conveys the
sad intelligence that Hon G. E. Yonge, Ad-
jutant General is stricken down with the fe-
yer General HOnge was on a brief visit to
his home there when the fatal epidemic broke
is victim. He has won many friends here
since his sclOurn among US who await. with no
little anxiety further particulars touching his
illness.
The last Of the summer colony at St. Teresa
returned last week, and that favorite resort is
now deserted Not case OF fever occurred
during the entire season, and those who have
retuf ned are the very picture OF health. This
favorite resort has become quite noted, and as
transportation facilities increase, it will eventu
ally become quite pOpulOuS town during the
summer season. Those who once visit it are
sure to return for its delightful society, aquatic
amusements and health-giving Gulf breeze, all
conspire TO render it favorite resort.
LEON.