Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-07
Florida Affairs.

The Pensacola and Atlanta Railroad will
soon be completed from Pensacola to Chatta-
hOOchee When thus completed it will entitle
the company to the odd sections Of United
States lands for six miles on each side OF the
road.
Only eight miles remain to be graded on the
Jacksonville and St. Augustine Railroad.
The Waldo and Sante Fe Lake steamboat
canal. is nearing completion. The Gainesville
AdUocGte says it will play no small part in
bringing the lake region into notice and ad-
ding ten fold to its present energetic and pros
porous population.
All the prisoners escaped the Jail at Quincy
a few days since.
Mr.. r. V. Dahoney, of Baltimore, assumed
charge Of the railroad shops at Fernandina on
Friday last.
The following postal notes and changes have
taken place in Florida: W. v Futrell has
been commissioned Postmaster at Yellow
Bluff, a. Crowell at Mohner, and Frederick Z.
Humphries at Pensacola. A post office has
been established at Eden, Brevard county, and
one at Winnemus sett, Volusa county. Ben
jamin Peachamp has been commissioned Post
master at lola and Thomas G. Richards at
| Eden A post office has been established at
/ hi-clel, 'iu county, with Abraham
I l-.tslel a ster. James E. Blackburn
| hss c.ac t,sloned Postmaster at Cerro
q a-. 14l E. Robinson Postmistres at
ea-rsood
4Ae Coroner jury and inquest on the shoot
.s and sfilng Of Savage and James seems
70 oa trying ,o ferret out the guilty parties.
Three Of che illnesses reside seventy-eight
miles from aiison, and subposnas have been
issued for aaTscal who reside in jacksonville
The maio g f the witnesses are colored.
4 yOuns ul4l by the name of Altman was
caught Ia ae main belt of Baskins &
Acost- u D at Sugarville, on the Pensacola
Railroad, miles from Ocala, on the 29th
ult, and so verely injured that he died a few
hours after ards
The census of st. Teresa, taken last week.
gives 4 ist llvorite resort population Of 21O,-
15s white I'D 27 colored.
Rev g. F bowman, who will shortly assume
his dutie Emory College, Ca is now on his
Last round As Presiding Elder Of the Tallahas-
see 5istrce.
Ca a. Mosely has been appointed an Off
Ger OF tla City Board of Health Of Tallahassee
20 carry 1t the instructions of the board in
reference % quarantine regulations, etc. He,
RanGopa who has been appointed post physi-
.iar 8l IT. Marks has gone to that place for
the purpose OF cooperating with the authori-
les OF Wakulla county in enforcing rigid
luars tius at that port.
Nearly Our'hundred shares have been taken
d the nsv organization known as the Jack
slnviHe temperance Coffee House Association.
Among he shareholders are some of the best
citizen of Jacksonville. One hundred more
shares ill secure the success of the organiza-
ion.
an ordinance z i'll be introduced at the next
meeting Of the City Council of Jacksonville,
with "a view of remOdeing the entire system
OF the ire department.
Nine vessels were at the Pensacola Quaran-
tire station Friday last.
Palatka will vote on the 9Th of October on the
question of the issuance of $4,000 of city bonds
for the purchase Of a steam fire engine.
L.essburg has elected for its Mayor Mr.. N. c.
stevens and for Aldermen Messrs. F. G.
McClendOn and Martin Racket
The following civil appointments have been
made byl&he Governor and duly commissioned
the past seek: John A. Hunter, to be Notary
Public in and for the county of Sumter; G. H.
Tohns~' 10 be County Survey or in and for the
count OF Manatee; NJ. S. Thimon, to be No
tsrv Ir' ic in and for the county OF Monroe;
Wni6 Sims. to be County Surveyor in and
tor th Z unity of Alachua; John Raymond, to
,e Not ary Public in and for fernando county;
". A:Page, TO be Justice OF the Peace IN and
for the county of Putnam.
Jacksonville has ouarantined against Pensa-
ola. as will be seen by the following procla-
ton by Mayor Hurter: THE Board of Health
of the city of Jacksonville and Duval county
having declared the city OF PENSACOLA, Florida,
an infected port by reason OF yellow fever eX-
isting at that place. this proclamation Is here
hv issued, quarantininE against said port Nc
uarsOn or persons will be allowed TO enter the
fIa of nuyol aouainor
from said port under pain Of arrest and reten-
IN at quarantine grounds. No railroad enter
ir z Duval couRty viii be allowed to bring any
eight from said city or any that mas passed
tFous h the city Of Pensacola "
An Orange City correspondent Of the Jack
sOnvile Times, under date of September 3,
writes that samuel b. Hunter and Frank Las
singer have been arrested on the charge of
laVing participated in the murder of the Neffs.
They have been suspected since a short time
after the murder aud have been watched by a
detective, but the arrest was premature, so the
detective says They had been up at Sanford
cutting cabbages for the palmetto brush fac
tory, and learning that they were watched,
they came down the river but upon landing
they were unwisey arrested by a Justice of the
Peace Contrary statements made by them,
and cireumstantial evidence, will lead to their
being bound over to appear at the next term OF
court but up 10 the present the evidence
SVouId NOT be sufficient to convict. The pre-
Iimiuary e1 animation was adjourned on last
Saturday until next Wednesday; The states
Attorney. Mr.. ST OlalF- -ADFdLlss HAS OCOh SoHt
for. and is expected to be present to conduct
the examination.
Tallahassee FIoridiGD: The following letter
contains Information Of general interest 70
10 FIOridians. " e cheerfully give IL q place lh
w. W. s4TSaToS HEIGHTS, NEAR CHIcAeo, Ill,
August %, 1882.
Hon. c. Dreto state Immigration agent jack
sOHUiIle, Florida: ..- ,,,o,s.r,
as [ intend to settle there aIter NIUE.
We have in our vicinity great many DUEL t
gardeners. / think 1 could induce some oA
them to think favorable OF moving IA your
State as manS of them are selilng out anu
going where they can get land cheaper. s ne
land is now W rth from one 10 three thousanu
dollars an acre and of course taxes
are too high to raise garden stun on II.
IL has long been faVorite idea with me 70
get few HOllanders to em1grate 20 Florlua
and engage in winter gardening. you knew
there are none so skillful gardeners as they,
at least around here tChicago). They seem 20
understand Just what any soil, will do, and what
TO do with it to make il the most productive.
These, after seeing wnat they could do ana the
prices they could get for their stuff, would re.
port to their countrymen here and so divert
some Of the thousands who are going to the
Northwest into Florida. They enrich any
country in which they settle by their industry
and saving habits
IF you think 1t worth while would like you
to tend me some documents in regard to set
| tling in Florida to aid me in carrying out my
/ idea. Very truly yours,