Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-27


The SANFORD journal is agitating 4 history
+ of Orange county.
Mr.. Harris. the orange king of Florida, re-
ceived this year $4,000 for his crop of fruit.
Mr.. 5 NJ. Hawkins has resigned his position
sheriff OF Madison county. Captain Smith
Parramorc takes his place.
Ex-senator ConOvcr, Of Florida, is practc-
ing medicine in Philadelphia, at the Office of
the Marine Hospital. Next year he expects TO
return 10 Florida.
The Sanford water works have been thor
oughly tested and have proved a success. An
inch and half stream was thrown over the
Sanford House on Monday.
At the recent term of the Circuit Court at
Perry. Taylor county, the grand jury found
indictment. and The total cost of the states
Witnesses before II was only Tt>25.
Florida contains in round numbers thirty
eight millions of acres. one quarter million
more than tine state Of Georgia, and six mils
lion more than the state of New York.
The Ldlf9 of FIDtrers says J. c. kcmper
killed five Of his Florida raised pigs recently.
The heaviest ncttSl 80 pounds. From the
five pigs ne saved 200 pounds of sausage meat,
1000 pounds of good clear lard, saved enough
pork to supply his family. and sold enough to
pay for the raising of the pigs.
j. e. Ausley. Esq. of South Carolina, has
purchased and leased from the Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad 1900 acres of pine land
near Argyle: he will go into the turpentine
business and viii begin operations by the first
OF May. He viii pay the Pensacola and At
lantic Railroad over $4,000 freights the first
year and over $1,000 each subsequent year.
The PUtuGat EoHntV Journal gives state
ment Of arrivals at the Putnam House, in that
place, from January II TO April ll-4,SS5 in all.
of this number I,5Tl, nearly one-third, were
from New York. The New England states
furnished S61. more than half from Massachu-
sets. Connecticut only sending 81. From the
West there were l,lJO, more than One-third of
whom were from Illinois.
-Four thousand three hundred snappers were
F landed at the Pensacola Ice Company s wharf
last Saturday. The yield on Monday was also
very good. The company are in receipt OF
orders for the usual spring fish, that Is, Span
ish mackerel, blue fish and pompanO, but
owing to the prevailing high winds, are un-
able To procure them. These fish can only be
taken in calm weather.
On Friday last the locomotive ''SeminOle,"
of the South Florida Railroad, blew up while
standing on the track at the Sanford depot.
The explosion was tremendous, breaking
pancs of glass In windows OF nelghbOrlng
houses. The explosion was due, II is thought,
to a leak i'm the boiler The seminole was
the first engine ever run in south Florida.
Fortunately no lives were lost.
Last Saturday night fifteen car loads 800
head of cattle arrived at Pensacola on the
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad and IN less
than twenty minutes were billed, shifted ana
ready for shipment on 10 New Orleans. These
cattle were bought up IN Florida, and are be-
ing shipped by Messrs Houston and Hines,
their destination being Wichita Falls, Texas.
These gentlemen viii buy up fYe thousand
head Of Florida cattle for shipment to Texas.
ono dav last week a most brutal murder
occurred at the L. x L. Railroad camp Just
/ above Palatka. in which both were cOlored.
I A crowd had assembled near the river to
| await the order OF the paymaster, who soon
/ sent for them to come up and get their pay.
/ One of them. Alfred Davis, negro boy,
/ started of ahead Of the rest. Buwell lvlson
I then drew revolver and ordered him to
come back. Davis, seeing that he was angry
I and in earnest, Obeyed, but As he got within a
few feet of him IvisOn fred, the bullet enter
. ing Davis bowels Davis was taken to Pa
{ latka and sent 10 his parents, near McMeekln,
Z where he died on Friday. The murderer Is IN
/ custody. He gave himself up and then at
I tempted to escape.
/ The Pensacola Commercial has the follow
/ ing: VIM Isaacs. indicted by the last grand
T iury of completely in the killing of Anna
Z Simmons and subsequently discharged, cele-
t brated his triumph in this city and then pro-
/ ceetled to MIllview. ON the same night OF
/ his arrival gentle tap was heard on the door,
which on being opened, Isaacs, so rumor has
( itfOund himself confronted by some unknown,
/ who asked him to- step outside, as nc had
+ something to show him. Isaaes quit the house,
/ bat had proceeded but a few steps when ms
I gaze fell upon a coffin. the full size of man,
I bearing the following inscription; = ou nave
/ six hours to get ont of the nelghborh00d.
I This was too much for Isaacs nerves. and he
3 stood not upon the order OF going. but went
1 in a hurry. leaving his family behind and has
not been heard of since. The warning was
Z fon crave like.