Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-20
Florida Affairs.

Florida Affairs.
There were but eight vessels in the port of
Jack Sonville on Saturday.
The fine steamer Magnolia has been placed
on the St Johns river, and viii make her first
trip up the river to-day.
| Harrison Carter, convicted at the LAST term
OF the Circuit Court for the murder of Lewis
Adams at Baldwin some time ago, has made a
full confession of his guilt.
The society event in st. Johns county hap
pened on Wednesday last, namely: The nuptials
Of Mr. John A. Foster. Of Darien. Ca, and
Mss Essie Floyd. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Mr.. Root, rector of Trinity
| Church, st Augustine Mr.. Foster is one of
the Foster brothers, who are among the
wealthiest owners of mill property in the State
of Georgia, owning twelve mills. with large
trsc.s of timber land. The bride is well known
throu yhout Florida. ami is the sister of Mrs
May Floyd Graves, whose serial stories in the
Savannah WEEKLY News have attracted so
much attention.
/ The skeleton Of a woman was found in Great
San Pedro Swamp on Friday last 1t is sup
| posed to be the remains OF half witted negro
woman who came from Georgia to Mosely
| HUI last year, and who suddenly disappeared,
leaving no trace behind her. The opinion is
that she wandered into the swamps, where she
died.
! Apalachicola records her claim as thu future
/ lumber port of the world. and the Tribune
| heartily indorses it and thinks that there will
/ be as many as sixty yes sells in the bay at one
time during the coming winter.
/ Tae D1ds Messenger failed to make its ap-
| pearance last week in consequences of the lack
OF paper. The issue before US. however.
makes a fair typographical showing and its
matter is quite interesting. 1t will be publish
ed weekly by the Fort Dade Publishing Com
psnv.
Pine apples are plentiful az Cedar Key. and
are retailing at 10 cents each.
The LeUV Enterprise. now Florida weekly,
wi soSu be published st Bronson. The press
and type have been purchased by an adopted
citizen of the county, Mr.. Mitchell, of Illinois
All the churches in Cedar Key have bell at
tachments. and when the parsons told the sex
tons and the sections tolled the bells it made it
/ quite lively in that little town.
| Green Cove Springs is now the favorite water
/ ing place, and excursions and plcnics are Of
daily Occurrences, ren4eTing the Springs quite
lively for the summer months.
A case OF smallpox is officially reported at
| the village OF WO0lsey, near Pensacola. 1t has
| been Isolated and other necessary steps taken
as will prevent the further spread of the dis
ease.
The Sl.ElGHd Tribune announces that the
/ Peru High School closed on the 1st OF June
| WIKI two scholars in at the death. mil h4bet
| in!eIx paupertas durias in Sc guam quot ridi-
/ c1lo' homines facit-"
| The jetties for the protection of the harbor
\ OF Fernaudina ere well nigh completed -Four
/ thousand cubic yards remain to go on the
/ work. whcE it is thought will be completed
within a month.
/ Three full passenger coaches and a combina-
ton car. passenger and bsgg age. nineteen fat
| cas- and fifteen freight have been constructed
since the shops we're opened at Sanford. q
The grand jury OF Lafayette county in their
/ general presentment say: We NUT con
| gratuiate ourselves and our citizens generally
/ upon the great decrease Of crime in our county
it beir our duty. with the lights before US, to
/ only hnd two true bills against offende r.
i a. his term Of court, and we find az another
| -vide lce Of prosperity and cause Of cOngratu-
| lati3us the app rent decrease Of immortality
| 10 our county. and indulgence by our citizens
/ IN intox .caung liquors. especially on public
| OCCASIONS, hoping that at no far distant day to
be- able co say that drunkenness is a stranger TO
/ our people.
The Townsville. Tallahassee and Cuff Rail
| road Company have applied TO the City COun-
/ ell for a donation Of the city lots lying south
/ NJ the city on the st. Augustine branch, aggre-
/ eating twenty five acres. and known as the
| civ reserve On this they prop 0Se to erect
| lhelr depot, shops, etc. As a provis0r to the
/ above donation the company agrees to have
/ the road between this city ami Thom 4sville
| graded. cross-tied and lroned b,fore the LIST
/ lay OF January, 1884. A committee of Coun
| cilmeu have been appointed TO investig te and
/ 'nsiIer the proposition aud report at a meet
\ ing to be called for that purpose.
Ihe first ehnual session Of the Florida Grand
/ Lodge Knights of Honor was held at Fernan-
| dina on Tuesday and "wednesday of last week
| The following officers we're elected for the en-
/ suing year: Grand Dictator, ] RUSSELL
/ Jack sonvile; Vice Grand Dictator. II. J Stew
/ art Jasper; Assistant Grand Dictator. II. J.
/ Mccall. MAIDS IN; Grand Chaplain. Rev. E. s.
i Tyner, Madison: Grand Reporter. W. }.
/ Woo1w ird. Fernandina; Grand Tressur-
| IT, J. H. Aucrum, Jasper; Grand
/ Guide William BloUnt, Pensacola; Grand
i Guardian, Hermann GlogoSky, Games
/ viue Grand Sentinel. W. II Garland, Fernan-
/ ina; Grand Trustees, A. o. MacDoneil, Fer
/ nandiua jacob HUFF. Jacksonville; g. Gal
/ .aher. Live Oak: State Medical Examiner. DIR
/ J. u. Fernando Jacksonville; Representatives
| 20 Supreme LOdse, A. o MacDonell, Jacob
/ HUFF Alt, rn tes, r. J Mccall, William Rlount;
/ Sitting Past Grand Dictator, A. Q. MacDonell.
| The Sanford Journal relates the following
/ narrow escape from drowning in the Indian
/
/ consisting Cf Mrs F.C. Schoonmaker and child,
| Nessrs Duncan and Whitfield and Dick
| Wright. the colOred mail carrier. The boat
/ they were in struck snag which tore hole
| m the bottom. causing her to ill an sink.
| They were one mile and a half from
| -hoTe when the accident occurred
i Part Of the distance could be waded and
| the balance had TO be swum. The gent eTnen
| managed TO q ashore, ore OF them rs Fdly be
/ ing able to swim at all aud Wright took charge
/ Of Mrs SehOonmaker and child. The child was
Il .NNs- s1.as- and A9FC Srhs
/ maker held TO his back, and in N S wsy he
| managed to save both OF them. He was almost
/ exhausted when he reached water that he could
| touch bottom il. Dick showed great deal OF
bravery, and deserves credit Tor the noOe
| deed
Tavares Herald. 1.-The engineer corps of the
/ Lsesburg aud Indian River Railroad completed
he survey on one Of the two lines TO Dead
| River on Tuesday, and have moved their camp
mack towards Leesburg to complete the curves
| on the other route The route just completed
/ is the one known as the Lake Harris ronte,
/ rur n ng along the northern shore OF the lake,
/ through or near the immense orange groves
1 owned by Cunning ham, McClendon. MiiaIn,
Embry. johnson and others. On TINS route
here are miles of orange trees 10 run bearing
bordering on the lake and extending osek
/ into the hummocks and rolling pine LANDS.
The annual product OF these groves amounts
/ 70 q good many thousand boxes or rrult, ana
/ the facilities for shipping, il this route is de-
termined on. will be of the greatest import
ance to the orange growers there The otner
/ route which is now being surveyed, is known
a the Lake Griffin route. and VIII pass through
/ Orange BEND. The quar- tity Of fruit grown
here i not so greaE as on Lake Harris, out sum
Il Is very large, Either ronte will secure TO Inc
Company an immense tonnage ~ Iregnt 10
I orans es alone. It will probably take ten days
4 10 finfsh the survey OF The SECOND line, when
ona of the two will be at once determined on
aud the work Of grading begin"
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