Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-23
Florida Affairs.

/ The sponging schooner Clyde was struck by
! lightning during squan OF Key West, and
three Of her pIanks just above the water line
torn of. The cook, who was sleeping on a
bunk in the cabin, had the legs Of his bunk
torn from under him. letting him gently down
unibjured.
A reward OF $50 has been offered for the ar
rest OF the wh'ddens. who murdered Mr.. Thos.
Jones at Cedar Mills. Sumter county, some
time ago.
G. NJ. Roberts. of Fort Dade. offers to give
oue-quarter Of an acre Of land to each Of thirty
persons who will erect buildings and improve
meuts thereon to the value Of $500
The town Of BrOoksvills has a Mocha palm
/ in bloom Il is said to be the only tree of its
| kind in the United States. This tree is twenty
Eve feet in height and the trunk fifteen IL ches
in diameter; it was planted eight years ago
from the seed.
Seventeen hundred aud eighty-five head of
cattle were shipped from Key West to Cuba
during the past week.
| immigration from the West Indies to Key
/ West is going on at the rate OF one hundred per
month.
The dengue fever has departed from Key
I
I and the city is now exc aptiona'ly healthy.
The iron drawbrdge at Milton has been
swung and trains are passing over it.
Track laying on the florida Southern is pro-
/ crossing between Gainesville and Newnansville.
A large number OF tea plants, set out by
I Commissioner LeDuc, at Enterprise, are doing
finely.
A rich deposit Of silver ore has been dis
covered near Lake Apopka, Orange county.
The Middle Florida Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association, at their annual fall fair. will
offer about : 1000 in premiums. The premiums
/ for the speed ring will aggregate S1,1OO.
W. ~ Bacon was elected Marshal Of the
I town Of Live Oak Monday. 18th, and resigned
the next day.
Colonel ander. OF Kansas. has sent par
/ ties ahead to start the town of Mt. Dora in
| Orange county.
Mr.. W. l. Bond will soon commence the
erection Of q cotton seed oil mill at Bailey s
mill. Jefferson county.
The case Of E. G. Anderson ct al vs. the
Jacks ruville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad,
the Florida Central Railroad Company ct al.
in the matter Of the petition Of NJ S. Little
/ dald. is engaging the attention OF the United
States District Court at Jacksonville.
The Thomasvfle. Tallahassee aud Gulf Rail
road Company have petiti0ned the City Couu-
I cii of Tallahassee 70 i've them the city re-
serve" comprising about tweGty five acres.
upon which 10 build their depOts and shops.
To consideration of this donation the company
sill enter into Obligations TO have the road
completed from Tallahassee u ThOmaSville on
or before the drst day OF January. 1884. The
council appointed committee to consider and
make report upon this matter. and at a meet
ing the council Monday night they agreed to
rna sarfaenrWaf' nr0Tlle0 the railroad is
built
The Mayor OF Jacksonville has vetoed the
ordinance amending the ordinance in referen e
G the opening OF places of business on the
announcing his veto. If the amendment
should b. c me law the city would be without
an ordinance prohibiting the opening of stores,
shops and, in facr, ell places OF business save
those places where SpirituOus or fermented
liquors are sold by the drink, To such an emas-
culation Of the present law / cannot give my
consent. The election bv virtue OF viii h am
to-day your Mayor was fought upon the princi-
pie involved in this law, and recognition on my
part Of an ordinance that destroys that princi-
pie would be doing violence to sentiment
that was a potent factor at the polls am in
a ord with that portion of q e amendment
which c'oses places Of business that are con-
nected by any entrance with places where
hlnOrS are sold bT the drink. ana il would give
me pleasure 10 approve such an amendment
ss addition 70 TIE present law, but not as it
/ now stands"
The rIoridfan saws: The surveTIng party
reschei Wakula Spring last Tuesday evening,
havirg run l3lS miles south from Tallahassee.
on Wednesday they returned % this city. and
filed a map of the proposed route, accom-
panied nv the engineer certificate, in the State
Land Ofice It IS proposed TO make three sur
vryS from Tallahassee TO ClraOelle, and three
% rhomasvi'le as follows: Bg Wakulls Spring
ami CrawfOrdville TO Carabee; distance 4y
m les. The central route will pass west OF
l'raWf0rivilie and reach the Cult in " miles,
while the western route will run near the head
waters Of the SopchoDpy river. aud make
| Carabelle in IS miles. The meridian route to
| Townsville will pass east Il Lake Jackson,
cross Iamonia Lake east of the slough. and
20 nelr lamonia, making the line thirty
seven miles long The central route will
l BE- located between BradfOrdvlle and
| Ceutreville, via Sunny Hill or IamOnia and
thence 10 Townsville. distance thirty-f1ve
aud a half miles The third route will he
direct tom this city to MiccOsukie and then
I q ssviile-distanOe not known. These
several routes viii be UlnvasSed for dOueti0ns
| of land. ct =. and the route offering the most
substantial and liberal aid will secure the road.
NJ ". T. BaBnsrman. County Surveyor, is the
authorized agent Of the company to solicit
contributions between Tallahassee ami Thorn-
asville. He left this city last Friday for the
/ pa pose of canvsssing the meridian route 10
I Townsville and will return via the central
I route on ths same mission. As quite number
a the people living adjacent TO the several
\ proposed routes realize the Importance OF Sc
curing this rcai, there will probably be some
liberal bidd NJ by the advocates Of the differ
ent routes"