Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-20

! venting, last winter, an act being passe,
by the Legislature for the annexation OF
TINS town to Jacksonville The amount
has been paid and don't think it will be
refunded either, from fear of another like
meeting. MIR. L'Engle is Mayor of La
Nllla, and is accused of one thing and
auother as to bad management of affairs
IN MS town, but not one word was said I'm
regard TO his taking money out of his own
pocket to pay towards abating small pOx.
Not word about the time and labor de-
voted 10 ridding his charge of the pest.
ana don't think he received any thanks
Tor the danger and risk incurred in re-
moving the cOntagion from the town and
county. Some of his taxpayers declare
the 1000 lee an outrage, and to stop all
such things in the future are ready to
BILE.
Railroad news from South Florida is
OF the most cheering nature. and every
inlng has been in a stir since Colonel
names and party passed over the intend
ed route, a week or so ago, between Kis-
simmee and Tampa. About 500 labOrers
nave been put to work on this extension
OF the South Florida Railroad the past
week. Another large force will COM
mence work to-day at Tampa, and the
people there intend to have grand ioIli-
great event of receiving the first lOcOmO-
tive at that place. The locomotive is to
be used in constructing the road. The
rant investment Company is on top and
VIII probably stay there all summer.
In Orange county work on the st. Johns
and Lake Eustis Railroad is progressing
timely, and III month the road will be
completed to Tavares. A large force of
men are also engaged in cutting out the
rlght OF way of the Tavares, Orlando and
Atlantic Railroad, and additional force is
arriving on the ground daily, and work
is being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible.
a report is current that the charter of
the new road from Enterprise to Titusyille
has passed into the hands of an Eastern
company, and its construction is now a
certainty, and that work will be COM
menced July 1st.
Work is progressing satisfactorily on
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew West
kallroad between Jacksonville and Pa
latka. Bridge building and the grading
is gong ahead all along the line. Work
has also commenced, it seems, in earnest
recently between Sumterville and Tampa
on Gen. GOrdon's road.
Vegetables continue to go NOrthward.
The largest shipments are made from
points on the Transit Road, they beng
exempt from quarantine. From 500 to
500 crates per day for week or more have
been shipped from ArredOnda station.
The vegetable yield this year has been the
best ever known in that section, and
gentleman from ArredOndO last week
states that 1000 acres in Alachua county
were planted to vegetables, and that it is
now estimated 100000 crates will be
shipped from that county alone. When
the amount shipped from other sections is
added to this it will not only surprise the
readers of the News, but astOnish the ma
tives.
There is little city news of interest to
write at present. 1t is a noticeable fact
that our steamers are again leaving for
up river, heavily laden with goods. The
Chattahoochee, running in connection
with the WaycrOss Railroad, made her
first trip to Sanford Thursday. and be-
hayed herself admirably. Though heavily
loaded she made excellent time.
The burning of infected buildings still
continues. The Board of Health deter
mined to destroy every one where danger
is apprehended from smallpox. What
the authorities fail to do towards extermi
nation BOssO's Elixir will knock hieher
than kite. The negroes say, shin drink
dun cure de small pOX shure.'
Inc city is in splendid sanitary con-
dltlon, and DR.. kenwOrthy and DIR. Eche-
mendia, our Health Officers at present.
are determined upon no let up until it is
as clean as it can be made. DIR. Knight.
the much esteemed Health Officer of this
city for many years, will return tO-mor-
row to the city from the pest house and
assume charge of affairs, and he will then
have the entire city swept with broom
or combed with a fine tooth comb. but he
will have it thoroughly cleaned and puri-
fed.
The first arrest for cruelty to animals
was made in the city Friday. If these
could be made daily there would soon be
less OF 1t on our streets. But they are so
frequent the people have, become accus-
toned to see it and say nothing.
Over 100000 cigars were made and
shipped North from this city last week.
No quarantine on cigars.
Dispatches announcing the breaking
out of prisoners in the Orlando Jail Thurs
day night were received in the city Friday.
Carter and Newton, the two white muir
derers, did not escape, but two negroes.
charged with diabolical crime upon
females, did, much to the regret of every
good citizen.
The death of Hon. c. j. Jenkins last
week will be heard with regret by every
true Georgian in this State. A good man
has fallen. CYCIOps