Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-03

There are but one hundred and thirty five
convicts in the Florida penitentiary.
Another manatee or sea COW has been cap
tured near Rockledge, in Brevard cOtnty,
weighing over 1000 pounds, fourteen feet long
and nine feet in circumference.
The enrolled 'melish'' of Florida numbers
2J,9O3. During last year &c companies were
uniformed. Two Major Generals and host
OF Majors command this terrible army with
banners.
POS cOnvicts were last year delivered to the
contractors. The convicts are now leased to
Henry NJ. Wood for the next two years for the
sum of $4,000, he (the lessee paying all ex-
penses.
Maj. A. J. Adams, of Manatee, has growing
in his garden at Manatee an East India man
gostene received from the Commissioner Of
Agriculture three years ago, and at this time
it is twelve feet high and will bear fruit the
coming summer. IT is the first mangostene
ever raised in the United states.
The Florida Dispatch comes to us showing a
vast improvement in its make up and general
appearance. 1t is one of our valued ex-
changes. and we are pleased to note that its
patronage is being extended and 1t is in a
prosperous condition
The steamer Newton has just received some
important improvements and repairs, and
been leased by the Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad Company, to be used as a transfer
boat between SIMPSONS landing and Chatta-
hOOchec, at a monthly rental OF S425 per
month pending the completion of the railroad
bridge across the Apalachicola river AT Chat
tahOOchee.
The Gulf Coast Progress thus delivers itself
in reference to the appropriation made by Con-
.ress at its last session for the improvement
of the Manatee river: "Durlng the last ses-
sion of Congress an Appropriation Of $4,000
ms sod or IL Mana
tee river, and on the 30th OF september last,
proposals for performing the work were ad-
Washington. and Mr.. John Mcguire, OF Mo-
bile. Ala, was the lowest responsible bidder.
His bid, with the recommendation and ap-
proval of responsible parties in Mobile, was
forwarded to Washington, where it was
pigeon -holed. and nothing has been heard of
the matter since"
The Jacksonville Times saws: "Judge Baker
rendered his decision in the two nearly iden-
tfcal cases of Z. NJ. and W. J. L'Engle VS. the
citv OF jacksonville and the Tax Collector
thereof, and POFcher L'Engle VS.. the city of
JacksOnviIle. in which he decides in effect
that the disputed territory lying between the
two towns belong to LaNilla. and he grants 4
perDetual Injunction restraining the Tax Col
iector Of this city from collecting taxes within
the limits of the tract in question. While
Jacksonville held the tract in dispute. sup
pOsiug il to be her own. she expended large
sums Of money there. bringing the value OF lots
there from $50 up to $500 each. BY the queer
Mr. w J. VanKirk, of Pensacola, Fla, dur
ing an extensive tour through the Northwest,
in search of information Of interest to the
lumber trade Of his state, says that the most
sauguine mill men of the Northwest say that
the pine timber OF that region will be exhaust
ed in ten years, and that they Will either have
10 0uit business or move down South. The
I,f,,sDqetive value of Southern pine land is
well Illustrated by two transactions recently
made by Mr.. Vankirk. AT about the same
time ne sold 5000 acres of Florida pine lands
for 81 . Der acre. while for 10000 acres Of
Wisconsin, white pine lands. estimated 10 cut
the same amount to the acre, he received
sol to the acre. Yet the Florida lands are as
near transportation and as accessible as the
SCI Wisconsin lands.
4LtcKua AdroeqtS. ''On Sunday morning.
the 18th. the citizens of this place were in
formed that Earnest Wells, respectable col :
Ored citizen of this county. who resides about
two and half miles from here, had been way
laid on saturday night. the 21th and Killed
while on his way home from Archer. Justice
J. :. Mcdonnell, acting as Coroner, summoned
a iurv Of inquest, repaired to the scene, and
fonud that Earnest Wells, while on his way
home in a path by the side of his field and in
about one hundred yards of his house, had
been shot and killed. The load entered the
left side of his face, near the mouth. He
leaves wife and several children. He was
looked upOn as an honorable man and was a
devoted follower Of the Democratic party since
1876"
The board of trustees of the Florida Agri
cultural College, met on Thursday at Talla-
hassee TO consider the question Of the location
of the Institution, and has promulgated the
following as its official action: The Trustees
OF the Agricultural College, at the request OF
several competing localities, have adjourned
their meeting until February p, 1888. at
which time they viii locate the college, should
sufficient inducements be offered by any
locality possessing healthfulness and accessi-
biitv As the board cannot use its funds for
building purposes. there will have to be
donated suitable buildings and TO procure at
least one hundred acres OF land, four acres OF
which shall be adjoining the buildings and
four acres convenient for an experimental
garden. In addition TO the above. such
fnrfher donations as NAV be offered as an in
ducement for the location are requested.