Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-11

completed. \ force of hands has been on
gagged for grading from Palatka north to meet
the force now in the field and grading south.
near McCoy's creek. General Gordon teIe
graphed friend that he bought in New Yorl
Friday, steel rails for sixty five miles of road
An Internal Revenue officer has been inves-
tlgatlng the internal affairs of M9dison;s
'lIuEslsts- Ihey were Obliged to take ont Ii
some distance D"e'>
A new steamer is to be put into the Halifax
nshery. She Is seventy five feet keel. seven
teen and half beam, and draws seven feet
oIle mas h1teen inch cylinder and five foot
propeller.
-Four hundred and nineteen barrels and
crates Of vegetables were shipped from Braid
entOwn last week.
earn & Co., Of EllentOn, have realized $500
from one acre of land planted in beans on
January Sd.
Thomas Bryan, of Jasper, had a horse killed
by lightning during the storm on Sunday week.
Lots 5Oxl50 feet, which were thought too
high at $50 each at Orange City two years
ago, are now selling at from $3.50 to $500 each.
\ Florida alligator culturist has over 1000
little reptiles in stock to fill spring orders from
the North.
\ Southern journal says there are three
seasons in FlOrida-the orange, vegetable and
invalid: the last paying the best. In the sum
mer the FlOridians live on vans and sugar
cane. and in the winter on Yankees
The Quincy School Board meets the first
Monday in May next, and will then adont an
uniform series of text books to be used in the
public schools for five years from that date
in accordance with an act of the last Legisla-
ture.
Last Thursday evening John DOzier was
cutting timber in II. =. Hands clearing near
iDaytona. \ tree lodged against another, and
IN attempting to dislOdge it, it slipped and fell
across his body and injured him severely
tracturing bones and bruising him. DIR. Gar
rlson attends him, and he is doing WE'LL
The pile-driver from Tampa is at AncIote
and was to commence work on the new pier
IN nine feet of water of Anclote river. The
pier Is TO be triangular, and will have l00-feet
sides. warehouse, 80 feet long, will be
placed there. When this is completed the
larly.
Negotiations are pending between the Gulf
Coast Reserve Company and Boston capital
Isl Tor the purchase of 900 acres Ofland on the
Nekiwachee. The purchase will include the
famous springs of that name, and il is intend
ed, IN case the sale is effected, that a company
be formed and another place of resort, with
hotels, etc, added to the numberO on this coast.
The jacksonville Times Union saws: s.Sinee
the report made by the Health officer Satur-
day night, there have been but three new
cases OF small -pOX reported in TIE city and
suburbs, all cOlOred. This makes in all twenty
eight cases, and all have been removed TO the
pest house. No deaths from this cause have
been reported since Saturday evening, though
two of the patients at the pest house are eX-
pected to die"
On Tuesday the steamer Baya was ap-
preaching the wharf at Green Cove Spring on
her down trip. with the Sylvester about one
mile astern. The Baya did not reverse her
engines at the proper moment, and her bow
struck the lower end of the wharf while
moving at the rate of alb tut ten miles per
hour. The wharf was crowded with people.
who rushed away as the collision was seen to
be inevitable. \ portion of the northeast
corner of the wharf was carried away, and
several of the strong pieces and sills running
along the structure were twisted and warped.
The Baya's guards were somewhat damaged
but she received no serious injury.