Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-12
Florida Affairs.

AT the State Land Office at Tallahassee,
S4.766 O8 worth of land was sold on last satur-
day.
colony Of Pennsylvanians have located in
Manatee county, few miles from Fort Ogden.
Sweet potatoes shipped from Tallahassee to
New York, last week, sold for $6 per barrel.
The average Florida cracker is anticipating
with pleasure the advent OF Goes circus, which
proposes to take in Tallahassee and other cities
in Florida during the month of October.
Florida sweet potatoes are selling at Palatka
at IS cents per bushel, while Northern Irish
potatoes are bringing 70 cents peck. This is
not right, and we call Brother Pratt's attention
to the evident unfavorable discrimin alton in
favor Of Northern products. Why don't the
Palatka folks confine themselves to the con
sumption of sweet potatoes, and thus encour
age home productions
Twenty thousand copies Of the State immi-
grafton pamphlet will soon be distributed The
edition is now in press and will be ready for
distribution about September Goth.
The Florida Methodist has discovered a new
and cheap mucilage, which is made from pal
metto gum by melting it in a cup, adding
water thereto until it is of the proper consist
ency. Put in bottle, cork tight and use as de-
sired. DJn't forget to label 'F1orida Methodist
Mucilage" These Methodist people are great
stcklers for economy in the arts Of living.
In a few weeks the AIachuG advocate will be
enlarged to a twenty eight column paper. which
shows the enterprise and progress on the part
of the publishers.
On Tuesday the sth, at Gainesville. Professor
Axtell. of the Gainesville Seminary. was made
the subject Of brutal attack by young man
named Dorsey, who met Axtell on the street,
made some insulting remark to him and finally
slapped him in the face The assaulted indi-
vidual, who is physically very light, did not re-
sent the outrage. Dorsey was brought up be-
fore the Mayor the next day and fined $40 and
costs.
Cotton picking is now the order of the day
among the Middle Florida farmers.
The Supreme Court Of Florida will convene
in special term on the Goth Of November next
No clue has as yet been obtained as to the
party or parties who committed the fearful
crimes of robbery, murder and arson at Spring
Centre, Volusia county, on Tuesday last. in
which Mr. and Mrs. Nef were the victims, as
detailed in this column Of the News. 1t is
earnestly to be hoped that the authorities will
not cease their vigilant endeavors until the
criminals in this horrible tragedy are brought
to justice.
Crops and cattle are looking fine in Nassau
county. and everybody is jubilant
The steamship Alabama carried, on her last
trip from Key West for Havana, 519 head OF
beef cattle.
The surveying party of the Leesburg and
Indian River branch Of the Florida Transit
Railroad are now running the 'feeler" or pre-
liminary line from Tavares to Sanford. They
were at Sorrento on Monday. and will be at
Sanford the latter part of this week.
The engineer says he will cross trains over
the Escambia bridge on the Pensacola and At
lantic Railroad on the 10th inst. This will open
up 10 miles of continuous track from Pensacola
east.
Last week during a thunder storm, says the
Orange City Tunes. Mrs. J. F. Palmer narrowly
escaped being struck by fash of lightning
Near the door one OF the largest orange trees
was struck, a current then passing through
the house within foot or two Of where she
was sitting. scOrching her face and neck.
Three youug men from Apalachicola few
days since captured a saw fish in the Gulf that
was fourteen feet six inches long. forty two
inches across the body, the saw forty-one
inches long and seven across the centre be-
tween the points of the teeth, weighing five
hundred pounds. They first harpooned it and
then shot it.
At a meeting of the Fish Oil and Fertilizer
Company. held in Tallahassee last Tuesday, the
following officers were elected: captain P.
HOustoun. President; Captain A. = Willard.
General Manager; Captain B. III. Burroughs,
sec etary; Mr.. Z. W. Blair, Treasurer, All the
stock (S IS OOO has beea taken and fifteen per
cent paid in. The machinery is purchased.
and as soon as the necessary buildings can be
erected and the machinery put in position, the
company will commence operations.
The aggregate value OF the taxable property
81 ,5l4, S3U, and a tax on this amount of 1884
mills will aggregate S3S, 769 43, OF which Sll,-
997 81 is for State and SS6.77l 81 for county
purposes The Monticello Constitution says:
1T is an enormous taxa terrible drain upon
the meagre resources of our people-and its
effect will ba felt during the entire year Of
1858 It will require the proceeds of nearly
one thousand bales of cOttoa to pay it.
In an interview with Col Frank b. Papy,
General Freight Agent OF the Florida Transit
Railroad system OF Florida, reporter or the
Jacksonville Times CLEANS the following facts:
ssThe line 20 Sanford will be completed by the
list Of January, and the line TO Tampa viii also
he vigory y,lsly pushed forward. The road will
~ hI1iIt To Charlotte HarbOr. Ii is the pur-
nose Of the management 70 go as far down the
peninsula of Florida as deep water eau De
found, 1. E.. water deep enough ~ ~ ,
lei of ths company being 20 make the tme as
ssbort as possibie between New York and Cuoa
and the ports OF San Domingo, Puerto klco,
jamaica and the Spanish main. The oundlng
~ fhe Connection between darts ROAD 10 the
Macon and Brunswick Road is being pusneo
IL is already located beyond the 81.
Marv's river. and will be constructed as rap
i5iy a. possible In reference to the contem-
nlated construction by the Savannah, Florloa
and Western. Railway OF line from quit
mSn 10 Montieello. and from Rowland's
Bjuff south, Mr.. Papy said: We have kept
onrseIves rully advised Of the movements OF the
Ssvannah Florida and Western Railway. AS
- the effect the construction OF these lines
will have remains to be seen. Mr.. willard mas
saticinated this move. and the East Florida
and e@eOrfria Railroad, between Harts Road
and Buffalo Blu1, iG is ordered, Will pc ex-
tended into the city Of Savann sh, thus anoro-
IN ; tbe entire railroad system tn Florida, from
the Kissimmee 70 the Chattahoochee. as wen
ss the Brunswick and albany and the Eaet
Virginia and Georgia Railroad. an
entrance into savannah What
~. Florida roads lose," continued Colonel
BsT.y .sbv reason OF the savannah. Florida ana
~ ass,arn Road entering their territory VIII oe
r.oTe tban % ade up 0y the advantage wnicn
.tsie lines running into savannah VIII give
49,, ste- The distance between Savannah ana
Isc-senSils viii be greatly Iesssneo, ana tne
Ssase : Florida and Georgia Roeu whl De tne
short line 70 all points north ana "ess.'
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