Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-30


line of the savannah. Florida and Western
Railroad, have maugurated a rigid quarau-
tine.
80 great was the crowd of colored people
seeking vaccination in Tallahassee last week,
that the city physician had to adjourn from
day to day.
Religious services are held every afternoon
i'm the open air at Lake City 10y ministers of
the different denominations. y brass band
di-cour>es sacred music.
senator Call will MAKE a most valuable
donation of books, maps and public documents
10 "a public library If one Is organized in
Mariana.
Tallahassee has a good crop of measles
among the colOred population, but no small
cured.
1t is announced that the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad will build the Barrancas
Railroad during this year, rs a feeder and
outlet To its Florida system.
one thousand three hundred and fifty per-
sons have been Vacclnated at DR.. Webster's
drug store in Brooklyn. jacksonville. at the
weeks.
The Lake City Reporter advises the farmers
of Columbia county TO plant more rice. \
Lake CITY merchant has a standing order for
$1,000 bushels Of good rice ut one dollar q
huShel.
The publication of monthly sunday school
journal will soon be commenced in Manatee
by the News Publishing Company, with the
Rev. +. Lee as editor in-chief, and DIR. George
Casper Cooper and PrOfs. c. Z. Able and \.
Nolkhauseu as associate editors.
I'm Indian woman who cooked for Andrew
Jackson when lac headed the engineers cut
ting road through to Florida, and still has
the pots and kettle used in that peaceful cam
paign. Is living at Fitzpatrick. Alabama, aged
one hundred and twenty years.
The seal buoy originally placed bv the gov
ernmcut near Mosquito Inlet has drifted not
less than one thousand feet southwark. The
authorities were notified long ago. but the
matter has not been attended to. Where the
buoy now Is it Is a detrlment instead of a
benefit.
The Clay springs property, which has be-
come somewhat famous IN South Florida. is
about To he put on the market. The property
hS- been in litigation for a long time and this
fact has prevented Improvements being made
upon IL. The several claimants have at last
compromised among themselves.
The election held at Orange City on Satur-
day last for the purpose of getting the sense
OF the people as To whether or not the Coun-
ell should have authority TO raise $4,000 ON the
real estate within the corporate limits of the
city for school purposes. resulted in majority
OF four i'm favor Of raising the tax.
smith Island, in smith Lake, two miles
northeast of Lake Weir, containing eighty
acres. thirty-iive Of which is an orange grove,
was bought 10y Colonel Robert Bullock last
week from Mr. 4. I. Gibson, the cOnsdera-
tion beng $4,000. Five wears ago the same
island could have been bought fOrS7OO.
There were disposed Of IN Jacksonville mar
kct during the week ending Saturday. 81
Florida becveS, - Tennessee sheep, 1000
ltouud- New York sheen. Is hogs, 5000 pounds
Tennessee beef / 800 pounds New York beef.
80 pounds sausageS, YealS, saddles VenlsOn,
GGj pounds chickens. 20 pounds geese. l,l9O
dozen eggs. 600 strings fish, 30 salt mullct, llj
tcrrapins, vegetables, etc.
The Liquor Dealers Protective Union of
E-camhia county was organized ON Monday
night last. and the following persons elected
as officers: Otto GOldstuker. President; }. NJ.
Krvger. Vice President: John Dunn, Treasu-
rer: G.. VI. Ohen, Secretary. This society Is
said 10 be in harmony with that recently
formed in Jacksonville and others Of a SINH
lar character throughout the state.
George T. Brown an emplOve of the gov
ernmant and connected with the ordnance
department. committed suicide by shooting
himself i'm the head with pistol on Wednes
dav evening last at Pensacola. The deceased
has been known on the Reserve for the last
thirty wears. II has been noticed for some
time that he was in a state of melancholy.
and hence the act Is that OF an insane man.
The Florida Southern Is now finished to
Brewer. -iN miles beyond the late ter
minus al Gainesville. and tiftyhye miles from
the ~ Johns at Palatka. The grading Is fin
i-hcd 90 Newnansyille. ten miles beyond Brew
er. The Ocala division Is IN operation from
the main line at Perry forty miles from Ia
latkaI 10 Ocala. thFty-tWO miles, making
cighty-seVen miles of road now in operation.
The spring Garden Centre folks are about
% cut g channel from near Crow Bluh land
iuw To- Lake Woodruff. which viii stralghten
the 81 Johns river and shorten the distance
between NolusIa and Deland's landing some
seven miles. This cut will bring spring Car
den Centre within two miles Of the river.
whereas now il l. nine miles, thus bringing
into market at once several thousand acres Of
land now unavailable. The scheme is being
put through by the spring Garden Dock Com
pany.
sheriff Hutchinson arrested Hilliard White
head colored. last Tuesday. and put him IN
iaiI on indictments from jackson county, for
breaking into and entering house in the
night time and also for grand larceny. White
head Is a very prominent cOlOred citizen OF
Pensacola. and was formerly, If not at this
time. President Of the cOlored steVedore's as
sociatiOn: he was member OF the Jury IN the
recent trial Of Henry simmons and William
Isaacs. for numbering Annie simmons. Ihe
arrest has caused quite ripple in cOlored cir
cIes and was very unexpected. Hillard will
he held until called for by the jackson county
authorities.
.The Internal Improvement lands donated
b,- the Legislature fOF-the relief of the bonded
counties are. saws the Monticello COnsttutt0H,
..as follows: West Of Apalachlcola River, %
9S0 acres. Alachua County. 81. l.l30; Bradford.
54n. Brevard. $50: Columbia. $3.50; Hamilton.
6 $50: Hernandez $3.50: Hfilsborough, 1850;
jefferson. $3.50: Lafayette 2s,g30; Levy,
10 77O: Leon. 40: Madison, 3.SoO; Marion, 3,VyO;
Manatee, l.O50; Orange, ll.I%; FOlk' MS,
Putnam. 2OO: It. Johns. 800; sumter, O,SOO;
Suwanee, p, 40: Taylor, 23,693; NOlusla, 9,o5G,
Wakulla. ], l20; making total OF I6,lt2. II
is hoped the trustees will designate and place
these lands on the market at an early day, SO
that the counties interested can have the
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