Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-28
Florida Affairs


There is demand for carpenters at Oranee
City.
There is fair opening for druggist, a ply
sician and alawyer at Apalachlcola.
In the trial of W. W. Douglass. of the Florida
Union, and F. H. Conoley. for assault and bat
terry upon G. H. Jones, Of the florida Times,
Mr. Conoley plead not guilty and was acquit-
ted, while Mr.. Douglass plead guilty and was
aned $50.
Ihere is quite building boom at Gainesville.
Some two hundred marble tombstones have
arrived at Key West for the graves Of dead
soldiers.
Mr. J. G. ireland, Of Welaka, who escaped
from the burning City of Sanford few months
ago, died in Jacksonville on Wednesday.
The new steamer Green, which is to run be-
tween Jacksonville and the Halifax river, left
New York on the nth inst. She is said to be a
hrst-class vessel in every respect, and thor
Oughly adapted to the route
The Sylvan Glen made recently the best time
ever made on the st. Johns river, running
from Jacksonville to Palatka, seventy-fve
miles. in four hours and fifteen minutes. and
on the return from Palatka to Jacksonville
four hours aud twenty minutes, making Green
Cove Springs and Tocoi both ways
One hundred and fifty tons Of iron are now
being discharged from the steam schooner
Louis Bucki for the Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Halifax River Railroad, on their wharf
at Jacksonville. Captain Smith reports over
thirty miles as graded.
The work on the jetties at the mouth of the
st. Johns river will probably be commenced
by the new contractors in about ten days. or
as soon as clrgo Of stone is received. The
bulk Of the work will be done on the s,uth
jetty. l. is stated that since the recent storm
the course Of the south pass has been changed
so as to undermine the south jetty near the
beach, but no serious trouble is appreheuded.
It is said that over one hundred acres of cas- |
sava will be planted in the vicinity of Tavares
the coming winter. number of persons in
Leon county propose TO engage in the cassava
Industry, and gentleman familiar with its
cultivation, and the capabilities of the land,
asserts that seventy tons per acre can be pro-
duced in Leon county.
Tallahassee FLOTididn ''MaiOr J. NJ Bitch
of Starke, a representative of the Savannah
NEWS, spent day at the capital. For the past
two weeks he has been with General Finley in
the Second district, and gave encouraging re-
ports as to the progress Of the campaign and
the prospects Of success in November"
Key West Key: "a man named John Florat,
and called spanish John, was knocked over
board by main boom and drowned on Mon
day night OF last week, near Mangrove Kew.
lie was picked up the next morning and buried.
Florat's wife was on board the boat, and her
cries were heard on shore. A boat was sent to
her relief"
Tallahassee FLOrfdidn: During the gale of
October 10th, Abram Edwards left st. Teresa
IN the sloOD Lizzie going westward, accom-
panied by his little son aged about ten years
Latest information from the coast says that
nothing has been seen or heard of the parties
or the boat since, though diligent search has
re- mn Ia al fha aN.-
island. Edwards was a colored man, famil-
iarly known as Captain Bum, was for many
years pilot on St Marks bar, and, always
owning a small sail boat, was generally en-
ployed by fishing and pleasure parties from
this city. with whom he was very popular"
Lake City Reporter: THE number OF bear
ing orange trees put down for the entire county
can almost be counted in the city limit Nearly
every farm house in the county is surrounded
by some dozen, twenty or fifty orange trees.
The census gives us a yield, as q county, Of
only l57, $50 oranges. Take minimum of three
hundred farm houses, surrounded by the aver
age OF twenty-five trees and we have 1880
bearing trees in the county, instead of 436, and
yield or about 2,250,OO0 oranges. This esti-
mate leaves out altogether the large number
of groves that have been started in our county
within the past five years"
jacksonville Times: ''The astronomical event
of the year viii take place on the 9Th of No
vember next, when the planet Venus will pass
directly between the earth and the sun AS
tronOmers everywhere will watch this transit
OF the Queen of the Planets before the face of
her august lords, and the French Government
has sent en- expedition to Florida to observe it
from the classic battiements' of old Fort San
Marco, at St. Augustine. They arrived in the
city last night, bringing all scientific instru-
ments with them The principal officer of the
expedition was detained in Washington. but
viii arrive here next Saturday. Captain Def
FORCES, second in command, with nine others.
are now in the city and will leave for the An
cent City tomorrow. The scientific apparatus
is in seventy cases, and weighs thirty thous-
ands pounds. Some of the boxes were so
large that il was with difficulty they were
placed on the cars at Fernandina.''