Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-21

Efforts are being made to raise sufficient
capital 10 establish line of steamers between
Jacksonville and the West Indies.
The Jacksonville police pulled down all the
bill boards that had been recently mt mn
around the ST. James Park in that city.
Nearly a thousand young coffee trees vrero
brought from Havana on Thursday last con-
signed to Mr.. NJ. Diaz, for TRANSFORMING at
Key ANest.
\ two year old orange grove belonging IN a
Mr. Laherty. near City Point caught fire
from the burning forest and was completely
destroyed.
The United states steam dredge has
workea out the appropriation at Tampa, and
gone 10 Manatee for the purpose of tleepenInC
the channel at that place.
Two new state Attorneys have recently
Decn appointed 10y the Govcrnor-M aior w
II. Milton IN the First and Hon b. B. Black
well IN the Third Circuits.
Inc biggest oyster of the season was brought
up from the bar At Tampa one day last week
by William GOrt- II measured 81 inches in
length by inches IN breadth.
The Key West sponge fleet, numbering
seventy vessels and about six hundred men, is
OUT ON a cruise. \ large catch OF sponge
brings about $SO0,00 into the city.
An Indian woman l30 years of age has re-
Gently been unearthed in Alabama, who was
Gen. JacksOn's cook when the old hero was on
the war path in Alabama and Florida.
An order from Escambia county for 81. 40
was paid IN currency Wednesday morning by
+. L. Brent, banker. Mr.. Leonard. the cash
Ter, says that such thing was never before
hcarrl Of.
\ dwelling house belonging 10 J. y. Morri-
SON. near Barlow. was destroyed by fire while
the family were at church. The loss was $4,000
The building II supposed 10 have caught fire
from burning tree.
The steamer san Antonio, of the Mallory
line, has discontinued lis route TO Matanzas
Nassau and Havana. and will hereafter run
Detween New ork and Fernandina, begin
ming on Tuesday the l7th inst.
some $500 or $l.7OO was substantiallv
pledged this week towards the establishment
OF a school Of 4 high order at InterlaChen to
be Incorporated under the laws of Florida the
property 10 be vested in board of trustees.
Ihe proposition l. 10 nave Il building TO cost
from $500 TO 5000, with provision for the
primary, grammar and high school grades of
instruction.
The steamship Western Texas. which sailed
Hom ternandina last week for New York.
carried elERty-hVc passengers and the fol-
lowing cargo: Sli eases cedar. $40 logs cedar
loo white boards, LOSE packages vegetables
20' barrels rOsin, Is barrels spirits, u bales
moss. II empty kegs, Il packages fruit, los
packages merchandise. ] refrigerator berries
and horses.
The Orlando HeJ0rter has the following:
Another railroad project is attracting tic at
tcntlon oi many OF our people, and while il is
iltlic Too carly 10 agitatc its construction,
yet II Is a project which will command atten-
ton at no remote lay. This time it is a street
or dummy road starting at the new Alte-
monte Hotel. thence to Maitland. skirtinr The
south shore of Lake Maitland for a long dis
taucc, thence through Winter Park, crossing
the Peninsula between Lakes OscCOla and
Virginia, Rowena and Highland, to Orlando
anu on 10 the heal OF Conway. The day is
coming when such light dummy railroads
VIII supcrsedc the sand public roads for all
purposes IN the more populOus portions of the
state, ami II l. altogether probable that the
region above mentioned will bc the first To
adopt such improved means of getting about"