Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-20
Florida Affairs.

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About three hundred car loads of lumber
per month is shipped from Fernandina. Its
sawed at different points on the Transit Rail
road.
The Sumterville Times is the latest candidate
for public favor, published by Fl. J. Single
ton, he having purchased the Ocala Banner
Office mateTisl
The South Florida Stage Company and the
Tampa Steamship Company will pass minis
tiers over their lines to the Annual Conference,
at Monticello, and back for one fare
Pensacola Gazette: THE Mobile contractors
are progressing with their work Of deepening
the channel at Ferry Pass. 1t was expected
that the work would be completed in six weeks,
but we have it from those experienced in such
matters that it is more probable thet six months
will be consumed before the work is comp.et
| ed It is needful improvement"
The Jacksonville Union learns that the ne
groes about Mandarin have been little trou-
bIesOme of late. About three weeks ago a
strike for higher wages was made by the col
/ ored laborers in the orange groves, etc, at
Mandarin The demands Of the strikers were
/ ignored and the iarkies went back to work.
Ever since that time, however, the negroes
have been rather insubOrdinate, and within the
past few nights more than a dozen Of Mr..
/ Cranes valuable orange trees have been cut
and severely damaged The burden Of suspi-
/ cion is on the strikers
| Laborers are very scarce at Apalechic Ia
Eight hundred barrels of oysters were
/ shipped from ApaIachicola last week.
The marble SLABS for the Confederate monu-
ment in ST. Augustine have arrived.
! still ar other schooner, the Mary A. Trainer
CAPTAIN Derrickson. has been chartered by the
| Florida Southern Railway Company. She will
carry 4 5 O0O feet Of pine lumber from Palatka
! TO New York as soon as she can be loaded
| The company s mills are in fun blast.
| at the session of the Grand Chapter, A. F.
/ ". Wednesday afternoon the following Of
! hcers for the ensuing year were elected: w
/ A. Mclean, Grand High Priest; w. E Ander-
son. Deputy Grand High Priest; w. F. Scott,
! Grand King; Geo. S. Hallmark, Grand Scribe;
/ L. McConihe. Grand Treasurer; D C. DaWkins,
/ Grand Secretary, and Rev. Jno. Pinuy, Chaplain.
/ PAST Grand Master W A Mclean was pre-
/ sented with very elaborate and handsome
/ solid gold jewel by Grand Master Anderson,
/ who presented the jewel in q beautiful address.
which was responded to hy Judge Mclean in a
very appropriate address.
/ A youug negro from jefferson county named
/ scipIin was killed by the train on Tuesday
/ morning near GreenyilIe. He was stealing a
ride" when he fell. and the train passed over
him His remains were carried to Greenville.
There is a Mr.. Barlow, living near Sumter
VILE, Sumter county, who is i04 years old. He
was born in Georgia. and spent most Of his life
/ in virginia. He moved to Florida four years
ago. He was il the war Of 1872 Though de-
crepit he IS able to walk gbOut and do some
thing for himself.
| Messrs Combs & Emlens. saw mil men OF
Fran lin county, have put IN bid to furnish
20 coo coo feet Of pine lumber TO be used in the
| construction Of the Panama canal.
| Jacksonville TImess. "The meeting of Scots
{ men held at Judge Archibald's Office last night
/ TO make preparations for a celebration ia this
/ city OF Burns birthday anniversary, as hereto
I fore Announced, vas quite largely attended,
! though may persons known 10 he in sympa-
| Ihy with the movement we're una le TO be
| present. Judge Archibald presided y was
| decided. after discussion, that FESTIVAL should
1 ne given on the 25th instant, at one OF our city
| hotels to he hereafter lected. Ladies will at
I tend and tickets will not exceed 81 80 for each
1 person Persons interested in the success Of
/ the festival may communicate with ]. VI Fair
| lee, Secretary, or j. W. Archibal1, Treasurer" ="
During the month # December" says the
| Gazette There were eighty-siX vessels enter ed
F. at BHnSHGOiH. Win an HEEFtkdl6 tonnage OF
: ~ fl6. There were fifty-nine vessels cleared
/ for various ports in Great Britain, France,
| Italy. Belgium. Spain, Portugal Germany,
| Jamaca. Cuba, Central America Mexico, Bra
| I'll Uruguay and the northern ports of Al eri
4 ca. with an aggregate tonnage u s5t IS The
4 total exports during The month sum up fol
I lows: Hewn timber 4oa,I29 cubic feet; sawn
l timber t54,Q5 cubic feet; lumber, S.lb1,OCO Su-
| perficial feet There were also several car
goes Of shingles. and one of 1850 bales Of cot
| ton for Boston. There are present in port,
! loading, eighty vessels, with an aggregate ton
I nsge of $1,000"
/ The fourth annual fair OF the Orange County
| Fair Association Sill commence at Sanford on
] Tuesday. February :. and wii last four days.
I The premium list is large and comprehensive.
/ The South Florida Railroad Will carry articles
/ frr Exhibition 20 and from the fair free Of
/ chargs. all articles EausJ be marked Orange
i County Fair Grounds" Round trip tiekers
over the railroad will be sold from every point
/ on the line At half fare, viz: full fare one way
i and back free These tickets. however, will be
/ good only TO the fair grounds and back. and
/ not to Sanford The Treasurer OF the railrOsd
| will have an office witt in the grounds. from
which round trip tickets viii be sold from the
4 fair grounds to any point on the line" during
/ the fair at half rates. The road will run trains
/ at Intervals during each day from SANFORD TO
/ the fair grounds at ten cents each way per
/ passenger.
/ II. W. G.. in Atlanta Constitution. "But
/ tn re is still plenty Of room in Florida, and
i cheao lands in abundance. The State is con-
L slQrEADAF AhF ger Luau GGOFElHs duu YET lacks
/ more than million and a quarter OF people of
/ having as large population. Take one mil
| lion OF people out OF Georgia and then take
/ out about half OF what are left, then think of
| the vacant farms there would be in Georgia,
/ and add over two thousand more square miles
| of unoccupied land, and you will have an idea
/ Of the room there is ia Florida. The increase
/ OF population has not been swift as had
/ supposed from hearing so much of it. A well
informed FlOridian put the increase at about
! 90 600 for the past ten years, or about 5000
/ wear. The Increase will be much more rapid
/ ia the next ten years. because organized syndi-
/ Systematically to I'LL up her waste places Sir
Edward Reed understands perfectly Well that
I his railroads will not pay him unless the sparse
/ ly settled cOuntr through which they run is
| filed with immigrants, and Mr. Disston under
/ stands equally well that he must import pur-
| chasers for his surplus acres"