Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-03
Florida Affairs.

Florida Affairs.
Capt. R E. Lloyd, with about thirty hands.
began to lay iron-on the Chattahoochee exten-
sion Of the Savannah. Florida and Western
Railway at Cbattahoochee on Wednesday. The
work on the bridge over the river is progress
ing more rapidly now, and within few months
the iron horse will go through from Savannah
to Pensacola.
Work on the Sanford and Indian River Rail-
road is progressing very rapidly, and the win
ter tourist can this year comfortably take in
large section Of the State heretofore almost
inaccessible.
The Democrats Of Polk county failed to NOM
mate candidate for Representative in their
recent convention, and the result will be q
scrub race in that county at the election.
Mr. j. o. Andreu, proprietor of the Gulf
Coast Progress has decided to move his pub
fishing interests to Maaatee and publish his
paper under the name of the Manatee Progress.
Judge E. NJ. Graham, fluent and able writer,
will occupy the chair editorial.
Mr.. A H. D'Alemhute, Reporter Of Bay
Lodge No. 2505, K. of H, Pensacola, writes W.
J. Wood. Grand Reporter OF Florida, as follows,
under date of October %: 1--WE have had twen-
ty brothers down. Lost three so far. Mem
bers OF families Of brothers that have been
sick, fifty-six, Three brothers wives and six
children have died. No decrease in fever"
There are fourteen post Offices on and near
Indian river. as follows: LaGrange, Hauloyer
Titusville, Cape CAnaveraI, City Point, Rock
bridge, GeOrgiana, Eaugallic, Melbourne. New
Haven, St Lucie. Eden. Waverland and Lake
Worth, which is eight miles south Of Jupiter
Inlet
The orange crop is ripening rapidly, and it
viii be moving to market il quantities from
all sections of the State by the 18th of this
month.
Mr.. Hartman. OF Apalachicola. was out in a
sail boat a few days ago at Indian Pass, when
a monster silver fish weighing perhaps 500
pounds went through the mainsail of his boat,
tearing it into tatters.
The Jacksonville, st. Augustine and Halifax
Railroad is now progressing quite rapidly. The
wharf at the river terminus is nearly compile
ted, the rails are spiked down for long stretch
in the piney woods, and the double ender"
ferry boat is en- route from New York, a1d ere
long the iron horse will be snorting along the
track from Jacksonville to toe Ancient City"
The first cargo Of oranges shipped this year
to Chicago were shipped last week from Put
nam county. It is said that the oranges this
year are brighter and freer from rust than for
many years past.
The people of Mariana will indulge in the
luxury Of a fair on the 18th Of December next
The young ladies of Mariana, with their
characteristic bsnevolence, have raised over
one hundred dollars for the afflicted at Pensa-
cola.
The gratifying news is heralded by telegraph
that the yellow fever is abatng in Pensacola.
The Republicans OF Jackson county have
nominated three colored men for the Legisla-
ture. They believe in the gentlemen in solid
black Two Of them are SINNERS men and one
a McKinnon man.
There are thirteen candidates for Commits
sioner OF HiIlsborough county. and all the pre-
cincts are not yet heard from.
The Florida Transit Railroad, now within
eleven miles of Leesburg, will be ironed TO that
place by the middle Of December. The iron
for the purpose is now on the way.
There are three English vessels lying at May
port loaded with bananas, pineapples and
Southern islands.
The work Of cuttirg canal from Lake
Tahopekaliga to Lake Cypress is progressing
rapidly, and Captain Rose. who has charge of
the work, predicts that it will be accomplished
by the 18th Of November. The canal viii be Of
an average width of eighty feet and six feet
deep.
The latest addition to Florida journalism is
the Florida Republican, publ. he'd at Kissim-
NEE City in the interest of Bisbee. 1t is edited
by E. W. Henck, of Longworth. and the me-
chanicaI work is done at the Florida office in
Kissimmee City.
The South Florida Railroad now runs two
trains daily between Sanford and Kissimmee
City, making it possible to reach Kissimmee
from Jacksonville in two days, avoiding the
nights lay over either at Sanford or Orlando.
This change of schedule has been compelled
by the increase of travel and freight business.
At meeting of the directors of the Live
Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad, held in Jack
sonviIle on Monday. they made arrangements
to push forward the Road from Rowland's
Bluff to Charlotte Harbor. At present there
are about three hundred men at work on the
road This number will be increased to three
thousand after Christmas,
The Florida Dispatch estimates the present
orange crop at 47,OOO,OOJ. The Agriculturist
thinks the figures should be s1OO0OO0. aud the
Tavares Herald thinks 100000 will come
nearer the mark # nothing unforeseen happens
to the crop.
The number OF cases of yellow fever so far
reported at Pensacola aggregate nearly two
thousand, and the deaths to about two
hundred. The death rate is about per cent,
which shows the malignity Of the scourge.
Lieutenant Arthur L. Wagner. Sixth United
States Infantry, and detailed as Professor at
the Gainesville Military Academy. has received
notice from the War Department OF his pro-
motion to the rank Of a First Lieutenant. He
is native of Illinois, and was graduated in
1873. The citizens of Gainesville fear that his
promotion viii remove him from his post at
the academy, and restore him to duty with his
regiment.
Apalachieola Gazette: ''Oysters scarce in the
market. The recent gales have killed the BIZ
valves-so say the oYstermen-and we may
look forward to an oyster famine"
Daytona has twenty-five driven wells from
seventy-five 10 ninety feet deep. One well
near there spouts out the water at the rate of
two thousand gallons per hour.
Jacksonville Union: "On Sunday morning
Mr. Otto ID. Friedrich arrived in this city with
his wife and mother. Mrs. Friedrich. young
lady OF twenty-one years, was suffering from
heart disease She had been quite sicEsNorth
and came to Florida as a last resort When
the train arrived it was found, or surpassed,
that the lady was dying. She was taken { the
hotel and DIR. Burroughs summoned, uivkhe
had passed beyond earthly assistance and v 10
O'Clock breathed her last. Her remains &re
embalmed and forwarded North last nj n.
Mr. Friedrich Is one OF the wealthiest andT ut
influential citizens Of Grand Rapids, New =