Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-21
FIOrida Affairs.

Florida AHalrS.
Six clerks att. ched to the Pensacola navy
/ yard, according to recent order, will be de-
capitated on the 1st pIoximo.
Mr. Arthur Marcum, Of Columbia county, has
two acres Of sugar cane which will yield eight
thousand pounds Of sugar.
Ire Florida and Cuba trade in beef cattle, it
is estimated, brings into South Florida
monthly the nice sum Of one hundred thou
/ sand dollars.
Oc ia is progressive little city, and its City
| Council are not composed Of dead heads. The
| Council has resolved 70 have the proceed ngs
| Of its meetings and that Of the City Court pub
lished as advertisements in the local journals.
| New York and Philadelphia capitalists have
purchased large bodies OF land on the Suwan-
! nee and Santa Fe rivers.
The track OF the Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad has been completed from ChattAhoo-
chee westward for five miles.
Cira established a ne Masonic lodge on
Saturday last Its roll embraces the names Of
| the best men in the community and county.
A number OF Georgians propose to excurt to
Heroando county with the view to permanent
settlement in that favored ana productive sec
/ ton of the State.
| A Quincy merchant has manufactured $50
/ gallons Of blackberry wine this season, from
which he expects to realizs one hundred per
cent
Dir. Vim. r Mills, Of Fort Dade, has gener-
ously offered to give two acres upon which TO
/ erect a higa school building at that place, and
/ two sores for church site.
| The Brooksville Crescent viii shortly be
/ printed on a new power press, and, as little as
/ may be thought Of the announcement, it indi-
Gates the p ospsrity and Importance Of that
| portion Of the state.
The fourth aud last section Of the Pensacola
! naval dry dock has reached that city. and
work will shortly commence in making this
/ important feature OF the government works
/ there profitable
Lake City is perhaps one among the highest
points in Florida, b ing two hundred and three
feet above sea level The highest point in the
State, according to recent surveys. is about
eleven miles northwest of Lake City, near
welIborn. being two hundred and nine feet
/ above sea level
An epidemic of dengue or broken bone fever
prevails in Tampa, and though not dangerous
is nevertheless a very uuweicome visitor in any
community.
The Tropical Railroad surveyors finished
their work on the l3lh inst, and returned from
| Hflsborough county to Ocala.
Eighteen months ago carp four inches long
were put in pond near Ocala- They are now
over two feet in length, and many of them
weigh eight and ten p5un1s
The shooting Of the worthless ours within
| the corporate limits of Jacksonville has called
/ forth petition to the city authorities to have
| the ordinance modified so as TO obviate the
/ danger erofindiscriminate shooting in the streets
Why not adopt the Macon plans first catch
| them in a net. then pound them, and if not re-
deemed within a specified ime by the owners
/ taking out badges or collars for them, take
them cut and shoot them. We think there
ought to be enterprise enough in Jacksonville
| TO start glove mandatory, such as are COM
mon in the city Of Paris, where the skins of
ice. poodle. ours Of low degree, cats and rats
are daily utilized.
The mortuary report of Jacksonville for six
months ending July 1st shows seveutY-eight
deaths Of which there were thirty y-nine whites
and thirty-niue colored. The estimated popu-
latiou of the city is about ten thousand. 10
the above number is not included non-resi-
dznts who have died in the city Of chronic dis
eases before visiting the city.
A speciaI meeting Of the City Council of
Jacksonville was held on Wednesday for the
purpose Of calling in Sl1,OOJ worth Of sanitary
bonds. there being enough money on hand in
the sinking fund for that purpose
The Senate has confirmed Mr. W W. Dew
berst's nomination as Postmaster at st. An
gustine-
The steamer Captai7 Miller is now regularly
on the route between Milton, Pensacola and
Warrenton.
In Pensacola, on Tuesday last. VIM. PfeiTer.
coIoreG. in crossing the railroad track on Ear
syossa street with a wagon and valuable
reau OF mules was run into by an engine The
wsgon was smashed up, and the team barely
escaped demolition, but was completely de-
mOralized.
The Governor has made the following civil
appointments dur ng the past week: A, P.
! uilv to be County Commissioner in and for
the county Of Wakulla; John ". Lees, OF
Sumter. 10 be Notary Punnc IN and for the
/ Srafe af-lsrge: James Paramore, Of Orange
county, to be Notary Public in and for the
State-at-large.
John FuIlenlove, who murdered James Pas
call az Hawthorne, about three weeks ago has
thus far eluded arrest. He made flight imme-
diately after c. c-mmitting the deed, and mis-
Whereabouts has not up 70 this time been as
/ cert aimed. The Gainesville Bee learns that Dr.
+ 0 PASCAL and three other brothers of de-
ceased offer a reward OF 500 for the arrest Of
the fugitive.
The Tavsres hotel when completed will be
one Of the largest II not ths largest hotel in
Florida It will have a frontage Of go feet on
two streets and 80 feet on two Others and is TO
cover whole block, built around an open
court in which will be fountain, croQUet
grounds orange trees and shrubbery. The !
HerdIi says the ground is being cleared pre-
paratory TO building.
The Kew West Democrat says: Up and TO the
first of this month. cattle Shippers nave paid
on the fifteen thousand and twenty head Of
cattle registered in this custom house and
shipped TO Cuba, six thousand and eight dol
lars This amount has been paid 70 Senor f.
RizzO SDanish Consul at this place. before he
would sign the necessary papers This amount,
forty cents per head. i. in addition to the duty
per head which shippers have TO pay as import
duty to the custom house II Cuba.