Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-08
Florida Affairs.


Gadsden county farmers are purchasing large
quantities Of guaho.
Forty pound bass are taken with hook and
line from the waters near st. Augustine by
anglers.
The telegraph wires in Key West are being
laid under ground to guard against breaks
during the prevalence Of storms.
Mr.. O'NeilL OF Nassau county, has sold two
hundred dollars worth OF celery within the
past mouth.
A colony OF PennsYIvanians will settle in the
Mobley neighborhood. HiIlsboro county.
The Tallahassee FIoridiaR publishes notices
Of incorporation Of nine new railroad compa-
nies.
Trains are running on the Pensacola and At
lantic Railroad from Pensacola to Escambia
Bay, distance OF ten miles.
1he Supreme Court convened at Tallahassee
again on Tuesday. 1t has large quantity Of
business yet to dispose Of.
VIM. ]. Gum, coIored, Of Tallahassee, has
just graduated in the medical department of
the Central Tennessee College, at Nashville,
Tenn.
Mr.. Robert Jones, of Spring Garden Centre,
was thrown from his horse last week and had
lis iAGA III AC6 uAOhCA Al NnO pAACCGs
The mills-in Pensacola and points adjacent
employ one thousand men, whoss weekly wages
are about $4,000.
W. T. Little, an escaped murderer from Rich
land parish. Louisiana. was captured last week
at Milton and taken back to the place where he
committed the deed for trial.
Manatee county claims to be in good f1nan-
clal condition. With only Se,2OO debt and an
assessment Of over $4,000, they expect to be
ahle to strike a balance and have surplus to
spare.
The DeLand Agriculturist says that S2.OOO.
900 have been paid in to the credit Of the
Palatka and Indian River Railroad, and the
work will be pushed on vigorously.
Key West shipped 4.64O,OOO cigars, 1917
crates tomatoes, and 5000 pounds sponge to
New York, New Orleans and Galveston, from
January 5th to February 2lst, 1882.
A large number of cross-ties for Mexican and
South American railroads are being cut in
Levy, Bradford, Clay and Alachua counties.
1t is rumored that the Florida Southern Rail
way will connect with the South Florida Rail
road at sanford.
The Indian' River and Jacksonville Railway
is to cross the Florida Southern Railway some
two miles west Of Palatka.
Several Gadsden county farmers have patches
OF corn. which were planted last month, that
is now five and six inches high, and Is as fresh
and green as any could be in the midst OF July.
Colonel VIM. McWilliams, Of Palatka, has
made a contract with Hon. d. l.. Yulee. to
make one million brick at Sugar Grove eigh :
teen miles from Fernandina, on the Transit
Railroad
One night last week a thief stole from Won
Claims store in Jacksonville, a watch and
other articles. 1t is supposed that the thief
was locked in the store, as neither the doors or
windows were broken.
1t is stated that contracts have BEEN let to
grade the line of the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West Railroad from Tampa to the six
mile creek, and that fifty hands are at work A
force OF one hundred hands are expected to be
at work soon.
Hundreds Of immigrants are pouring into
Volusia county, and thousands OF dollars are
being invested, and hundreds of new orange
groves ere being planted out The coast towns
Of Daytona, New Smyrna and Port orange are
receiving new citizens ana growing rapidly.
The price now paid colored laborers by rail-
roads and timber cutters in the counties along
the line OF the Transit Railroad is so much in
excess OF that paid by farmers for help that
they decline TO hire them on their farms
From 81 to 81 80 per day is about the price OBJ
tained.
Mr. W. H Holden, of Orange comfy, has
for two successive years taken the special
premium of 500 offered by General Sanford
FOR the largest and best display OF Iarm pro-
ducts grown by the exhibitor. At the recent
Orange county fair he had about one hundred
articles on exhibition.
Gainesville Advocate, 1st inst: "Mr. Beach,
of Newnansville, informs us that the house of
Mary johnson, a cOlOred woman living near
that place, and three Of her children, one two
years old and two infant twins, were burned
up on last Thursday evening. The mother
went of TO visit q neighbOr, and returned only
in tine to find her house and children con-
sumed."
Colonel Cotton Rawls, Of Marion county,
died on the 18th ult., in the 10th year OF his
age He was a native or Scrlven county Geor-
sia but had resided in Marion county since
child A gallant soldier OF the Indian war OF
1885. and OF the COnfederacy. He was impris-
oned in the fort at St. Augustine tnree months
after the close of the war by the Federal Off
cialS.
The Pine Level Signal and Advertiser is re-
i0iced at a schooner being run regularly from
Key West 10 Fort Myers, Hickory Bluif, hun
ter creek and Winder, in connection Win the
schooner Emma White. and under the same
management. This viii give the people IN tnat
section direct communication with New Or-
leans, Key West and CEDAR Aey. 1hls n, - ene VI.
best transportation that they have ever en-
JOyed-
Jacksonville Union: "Count de Barry is
making arrangements TO build a nne new
steamer to run in connection with MS line De-
tween Lthis city and Sanford. Inc steamer
will be Of iron l65 feet in length, % feet beam,
and will draw three feet Of water. She Will os
supplied with two engines, with iorty y-%incn %
will be spleodidIy fitted up and coptain thirty
state rooms. The new steamer VIII De equai n
every respect tc the steamer De Bary.
Quitman Free Press: From Mr., L. S. Wood,
who has Just returned from Taylor county,
Florida, We get the following horrible account:
A Mrs. COker. with her three children, In an OK
cart, was going home from Perry. The road
they travelled passed through very rank wire
grass which had been set on fire. In trying 10
get out OF the way the cart and oxen became
fastened among pine logs and the fire over
took them. The cart was consumed with Two
children inside, and the oxen we're burned to
death. The woman attempted to escape with
her infant, but her clothing caught fire and
she and the other child were so badly burned
that they have since died"
Jacksonville Union: During the month Of
February there were 5,27s.s92 feet Of yellow
pine lumber shipped from this port, against g.
"a sSf feet for the same month last year, 3,405,
05O feet for February, 1880. OF this amount a..
SO. coo feet were skipped to domestic and co.,
g92 feet TO foreign ports. me above does not
dina over the Fernandlna and Jacksonville
Railroad The shipment OF lumber Is certainly
on the Increase, and il the increase continues
duriog the remainder OF the year tne sdS 9lI
Of lumber shipped from TINS por. III looS VIII
surpass anything ever anticipated.
zSIadison correspondent Florida. Union i. Our
usually quiet village was all excitement wed
nesday morning when the news OF Lne elope-
meut Of Daniel f. Withers with Miss e. barrott
was told by one person TO another. Inc groom
is a man who has held a high and honorable
position here for two years, though OF late mas
been a little of He is known as Professor,
Is q teacher Of the young and mouloer OF
public opinion and IS about forty-two years oL
age. He leaves q wife. Miss Barrott, who has
borne a high reputation, Is the daughter OF en
here several years ago and engaged in the mill
ing business. He, with the mother, an excel