Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-09
Florida Affairs.

Eighty thousand acres Of land have been
bought IN Sumter county for a colony of set
tiers from Duluth, Minnesota. IL will be
called Suwannee r and Park, and has lake
fronts on twenty thousand acres with a rail.
road near at hand.
The Surf City Beach. near St Augustine, is
popular resort for bathing parties from the
ancient Hity.
. live alligator has been recently found
among the summer boarders OF the Magn oIia
Hotel He had taken up his quarters in the
back yard, and was captured on Thursday night
last
The h 7nds on the Jacksonville and st. Au-
gustine Railroad. who have been working on
the south end of the hne, have compile ed
their work, and have taken their departure to
operate on the north end OF the road.
The acht owners of st. Augustine are busy
pr pairing thei- yachts for the coming winter
season.
Mr.. William johnson is building a forty-room
hotel at MoultrIe.
There are four Iadep andent jou mails bowling
on the Independent movement in Flo ida poii-
ties, namely. the Spectator at Tallahassee, the
Florida at Kissimmee City. the Key of the
Gulf at Key West, and the Ne1Cs t Fort o OSden.
Pensacola has had an extraordinary rainfall
the past few days.
The drawbridge at Escambia Bay on the Pen.
sacola and Atlantic Raj road was turned for the
first tins on the 3lst of July. The contractors
say they will cross trains over tine bridge by
the 10Th inst. This will open forty-six miles Of
continuous track and will connect Milton by
rail with Pensacola.
A telegram has been received from the Sec
retary of the Navy ordering the civil estab
lishment (clerks) at the Pensacola navy yard
to be continued, and sratiag that the bureau
will provide a monthly allowance.
The { ensacola Advance Gazette congratu
lates the people of Pens cola on the passage OF
the river and harbor bill over the Presidents
veto, because of the appropriation made in the
bill for the continuance Of the work OF deepen
ing the harbor channel. and hopes that the
work will go steadily on to comp elton.
The corner. stone of the new Episcopa
Church at Madison was laid on Tuesday lsst
with appropriate ceremonies. conducted by
Rev. DR.. Carter, OF Tallahassee, assisted by
Rev. Mr.. Means, of Gainesville, and by Madi
son Lodge No, II, A. F. NJ, presided over by
Past Master R. NJ witherspoon.
A coiored boy, named Willie Rasburn, was
drowned of the Waycross wharf at Jackson
vile, where he was playing.
The steamers Fanny Dugan and Big Sun
fower-the latter having been reported as
having foundered of the coast-after a thirty
days struggle with the sea between New Or
leans and Pensacola, arrived at Jacksonville on
Sunday last.
The City Council OF Feraandina Cancelled on
Thursday $500 SO city scrio.
About S24.OOO were received for vegetables
ade in Leon county this season Much bet
ter than cotton.
It is the opinion of the best informed citizens
of Levy CO lnty that by next January the en-
Il e indebtedness of the county will be lIqui-
dated. This is an unmistakable sign of pros
perity ana a bOuntiful harvest
lt is reported that the hends who murdered
Mr. and Mrs. Neff' at Spring Garden Centre,
have been captured and taken 70. Enterprise.
he inform alton was brought by some OF the
officers Of the De B ry liae. The murder, it is
sal L was com -uiGJed by two white men and
two negroes-names unKnown.
On Sunday evening, July 30th. General @. L.
Anderson's residence at Port orange was
burned to the ground, with total loss. Tne
origin of the fire is not known, butt is thou hit
70 have been caused by defective due Gen
eral Anderson is absent for the SUNNI n a.
Washing o., ID c., anu b id left his property ia
charge OF 4 trustworthy man, who, with his
family, was fortunate enough TO escape from
the burning house wiJhou. injury Toe hou e
was vaued at $4.OOJ; whether insured or not
is not ascertalned.
The Bee, in reference to the cabbage chaI-
lenge," says: IAN editor is not much accOu t
the Savannah Ews ami its Fernandez cor
respondent, Pert get the money up on that
caooage business We know a young man, tenn
pOrarIly on the tripod in this office, VINO will
of cabbage. Ir we can't beat the hind sights
of OF the best Cabbage raised on the Georgia
and Carolina coast then-but we are just pig
headed enough 70 believe We can do It,
J he PAlatka Herald says: The well bored
on Lemon AM From streets springs a fountain
Of white water, flowing at the ra q OF l2,0J0
galloLs Ia JweaTy-four hou s. Our citlzens are
agreeably excited with the prospects, which TO
Palatka is invaluable; So OOJ has alrea1y besn
offered fOr the water privilege. This flow Of
water Is sufficient % supply city OF SIX thou
sand innabItants, at least. The water is
strongly impregnaied with sulphur which can
easily De scented block from the fountain.
The water Is pure. white, pleasant to the taste
and Is supposed to contain fine medicinal pro-
persies It's properties has been sent OH TO be
f.4sted. The hJw mas been so great as 10 COM
nj the authorities to run an underground
= Ver TO Fry's corner, carrying OF the ream
To Wallace & LaShen's mill lot. the bore Is
two hundred and three feet deep.
.S,lnIay.d Tribune CTampa): If it is the inten-
rion of rnrs War Department 10 aOanu n Fort
RrooEs as the military STA ION and reserVat on,
az now appears TO De the case. sOme effort
sbouId bs m ade by our citizens To secure lG Tor
the Town The portion adj .0ent 10 the 70 Fn,
and nexI 10 the river and bay, being wen
shaded with beautiful and largs live oaAs,
wouIJ make a splendid PARK; and 1t would oe a
syresr pity ia, eed, il the utluJarlan spirit OF
me age should ruthlessly destroy them ana
convert the ground into anything else IMAM
that of a park, for which nature aud the con
servative care of the government have SO Wen
itted It, We suggest that peuuon oe gotten
m Al once asking for The cleared portion or the
Grounds. at least. to be donated 10 the town,
and forwarded to our members or Congress-
the town agreeing, OF course, 20 Keep the gov
ernment cemetery in good condition.
A correspondent of the Jacksonville dtmes
AT Gainesville says: Yesterday one OF
those ightful occurrences deplored bY All
GOOD men took place in our puo1c square. A
Souug wniUe man named Coulter nad Il quarrel
with : colOred boy, aud together they had quite
n tussle Afterwards the colored boy abIsed
ms soCaQonisU with some violent speech, when
CouIler drew his knlfe AMI attacked nun, lex
inc it into the colOred BOY s NECK ana ripping II
11e,f,rds as he urew IL out, making an ugly
80 0nasJly wound. Tehre W As great exsite'
"a ~ about it in the town, bJth among wnltt
ana culored, and much feeling aDJu. 10 1his
Tnornlng. coulter escaped. he neld, oelSFe
the Dosition OF telegraph operator here de DE, L
son of Colonel Coulter, or Bronson. Inc
eoloref boy is alive, and hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
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