Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06

LUhADA-
NGreen peas are being shipped from Lake
City.
On sunday last large panther was killed
al Col. L. j. Whites log camp, on the line of
lhe 81. Johns and Halifax Railroad. II meas
uFed seven feet in length, and its hide was
sold in Palatka on Monday for SIS.
The South Florida Citizen, Apopka City.
founded in 1879 by Revs. Willis NJ. and \. NJ.
e. Russell, was sold few days agO TO =. r.
Prince and Page Mckinney.
The safe of Judge WitherspOOn, at the Office
of that gentleman at the court house in MatIi-
son, was burglarized and robbed OF sI75.
j. NJ. Whidden, the member of the Assem-
bly, from Manatee county, is the largest cattle
owner in the State of Florida.
The street railway at Lake City is in opera
tiOn. 1t runs from the depot to the Thresher
House, distance OF three-fourths of a mile,
ami is being extended 10 Crescent Park
half mile further.
The town OF Hawthorne, in Alachua cOun-
ty had 5000 fire ON Sunday last. The store
of Mr.. =. L. Hawthorne was destroyed.
together with all its contents. IL is supposed
TO have been incendiary in its origin.
Capt. J. 5. Parker has resigned the Office OF
sheriff Of Levy county, which he has held
since the commencement of the Governors all
ministraton. Mr.. I. 1. Nixon has been nom
mated as his successor.
The municipal election in Jasper last Satur-
dav passed Of quietly. and resulted in the
election Of w If. Greene Mayor. and T. T.
Jones, j. :. Fink and W +. staten Aldermen.
y. a. Allen Clerk, W. McC. DuBOse Treas
Urer, \. J. Barksdale Marshal.
The publishers Of the Ocaia BtRRel will pub
li-h daily paper during next winter.
The receipts for the month of February Of
frufuhT- ffaaIn vfar. ha Florida pau7nGuIa
Road We're the largest Vet known. They
amounted to over $4,000.
The eastern terminus of the Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad l. hereafter to be desig-
mated River Junction instead OF Chatta-
h0ochee-the village Of that name being two
miles distant
The owner of the II. Clair Hotel, at Green
Cove springs. has accepted the tender of 81. .OOO
made him toy the Town Council for extending
Front street over land alleged to be owned by
MN. aud the money has been paid by the
Mayor.
The Florida DisEateh saws: ssIf fnIIness and
superabundance of bloom mean anything. We
shall certainly have grand orange crop in
the fall Of ST.. We do not remember To have
ever seen Il finer promise than l. now pre-
sented.
There were in all twenty-one deaths in
Jacksonville last month. or this number
seven We're nOn-residents and live were col
ored; seven were under five years Of age and
Two were over fifty. Eight of the deaths were
the result of lung troubles.
The two cOlOred men who accidentally wit
messed the recent murder on board of the
steamer CITY of BridgetOn 4 week or two ago
are still In Jail 1T Eernandina. being held uu-
ul the next term of the Circuit Court for Mas
>au county, as Witnesses in the case.
Tampa Tribune I'VE learn from a re-
liable source that work ON the jacksonville.
Tampa and hey West Railroad viii be re
commenced ON the lst Of March-tO-d day, and
that 10 Is the intention of the company 10 push
the road through to completion a soon a.
possible"
ThIrty-One thousand three hundred and
seventyeight dollars and eighty eight cents
tsere contributed for the benefit Of the yellow
fever sufferers in Pensacola last fall S3O-sl2 Il
u which were disbursed for the pay of nurses.
help 70 destitute families. etc. S66J Il remain
on hand, which will be Ised for sanitary pur-
poses.
Il. Morrison. at Camp lizard. Marion county.
was totally destroyed by lire. Mr.. Morrison
and family were absent at the time visiting
neighbOrs, and there Is no cause assigned as To
the origin Of the fire unless it was incendiary.
The dwelling was new, and the loss Is heavy
on its owner.
senator Calls resolution. offered in the Sen
ate few days ago, requesting the President
20 institute negotiations with the Government
0f spain for a restoration of the money un-
iawfulls taken from Captain james Mckay
and other shippers Of cattle at hey West, re
Iates particularly To an alleged arbitrary and
eXtOrtiOnate head tax imposed by the spanish
Consul az kew West upon the cattle shipped
90 Cuba dnring the past few years. This tax
CaH's bill. authorizing the President to adopt
retaliation measures rs a re medy for this eN-
tOrtiCu in the future. is pending in the senate
Foreign Relations Committee.