Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-03

Jordan, Justice of the Peace in and for Du-
val county, requesting his immediate resigna-
ton.
advanced toward completion. Already the
engine has been fired up and the tanks filled
with water. Some necessary fixtures are
awaited.
nuated preacher of the Florida Conference.
Methodist Episcopal Church south. died af ms
tiOn.
RI. Rev. Bishop Moore, of st. Augustine.
arrived IN Tallahassee on Thursday morning
ana celebrated High Mass at the Catholic
church there on Sunday.
IL Is reported that a whale between seventy
anu eighty feet long went ashore on the north
beach. near the st. Johns bar, a few days
ago.
A One-hOrse farmer of Columbia county.
seven years ago commenced operations with
ms one horse. with an Indebtedness of over
S,I,soO hanging over him. He Is to-day free of
deDf, with ample mOney.O on hand and over
year provisions to sustain his family.
\ new steamer is to be put on between Jack
sOnyllIe. Key West and Havana. She will be
built during the coming summer. She is to be
punt OF iron, Will be 200 feet in length by 30l5
leet beam and feet between decks. She will
De supplied with great power, and viii have
accommodations for 100 first-class and 40 sec
Onu-claSs passengers. and constructed uDOn a
model 10 draw only ten feet when loaded.
jacksonville is to be provided with letter
carriers, and boxes viii be placed in convent
ent places for the reception of mailable mat
ter.
\ capitalist cOntemplates the establishment
OF a large bucket and broom factory on the
island near the railroad bridge at Chatta-
hOOchee.
\ steamship line between Jacksonville and
New ork, 70 run in connection with the Flor
lda Central and Western and the Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroads, is being talked Of
Key Largo, noted for its fine pineapples and
the large yields of this fruit, is rapidly i'm
proving. and has now quite flOurishing set
tement.
In the future there will be a daily mail from
Pensacola 10 Jacksonville and Fernandina.
The Halifax Journal SAYS Doe BardseI
on saturday last, shot blue heron measuring
feet 10 inches from tip to tip of its wings, and
standing feet inches high.
The Tribune says a whale about fifty feet
long was seen IN the East Pass of the Apala-
chicola Bay last week. Undoubtedly he had
come south on account OF the severe weather
i'm the Arctic.
An artesian well is being bored in the pub
lie square at Gainesville.
The Florida Southern now runs fruit and
vegetable train to Ocala from Palatka on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
, Eggs are selling for 80 cents a dozen in
BraidentOwn.
Three hundred and twenty-five crates of
vegetables, embracing tomatoes, snap beans
squashes and cucumbers, were shipped from
BraidentOwn last week.
ApalachicOla continues to grow IN popuIa-
ton. Every steamer brings crowds of peOple
There Is not a house TO be rented
John \. Whitney. late editor and proprietor
OF the Fernandina Egpress, died in that city
last week.
\ new Catholic church, with ground floor
lJ6 by - feet. and a seating capacity of 200
people, costing $4,000. Is to be built in Pensa-
cola.
On the first inst. j. 4. Erickson retired
from the prOprietorship of the Prevatt House.
and VIII leave Cedar Key for period of some
months. This step Is OccasiOned by the deli
cate state Of his WIfe's health. He has dis
posed of his effects to Mrs. Belle Murphy a
cultured and atfable lady, who has had eXpe-
rlence IN conducting boarding house.
The orange receipts in Jacksonville for the
past week have been as follows: Post line. AS
line, $50 boxes. Total, 1925 boxes.
The total number Of visitors arriving at
Jacksonville last week was l.649.
The first Florida cHcumbers sold in New
York for 81 so.
MIR. ;. J. Revel has been appointed a County
Commissioner for Liberty county.
The liquor dealers of jacksonville and the
state have arranged to test the constitution
alIty of the new local option law.
Only one more span on the Apalachicola
bridge remains to be finished. Its completion
viii make the cOnsummatiOn of the Chatta-
hOOchee Railroad extension enterprise.