Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-06

tiOn which comes OF to-day. 1t will be a
local affair, and the participants have ne
utioned the merchants 10 close their places
between and 10 O'Clock p. m. in order to per.
init their employees to indulge in the festivities.
The receipts Of oranges at New York via
Florida Dispatch Line and Express Line for
the week ending January 81 were 1900 pack
ages. Prices as follows: Floridas, 50 to 81 per
box; Messina and Palermo, 81 so to 50; Valen-
cia, s. to s. 25 per case; jamaica 50 80 to "a 80
per barrel.
The Spanish Consul at Key West has made
an appeal for aid in behalf of those persons
foods.
Key West Meas: 1.-The Savannah NEWS, for
enterprise and ability, has few equals in the
south. II IS paper which everybody can
read with profit"
The Ocala Banner Ldcoa 4: 'sThe circus was
here this week. So was the court, and so was
Colonel Gentry, the indefatagible travelling
man Of the old reliable Savannah NEWS.
In the Pensacola district, engaged in the
cOastlng trade and under licenses, there are
seventy-hve schOOners, thirteen slOOps and
twenty-One steam vessels. Total one hun
dred and nine.
Lake CITY ReDOrter. Mr.. j. F. Bava has
alone shipped over one hundred thousand
oranges 10 date, and he is only one of the many
shippers from this point. We shallsgive the
our issue Of the 9Th prOximO."
Rev. Father Lynch. who has been in charge
OF the Catholic Church at Tampa for a num-
Der OF years, left last Thursday for St. Angus
tine, 10 which station he has been transferred.
Rev. Father Peiterman. who has arrived from
81. Augustine, takes Father Lynch's place at
Tampa.
Mr.. Z. r. TraffOrd has taken charge of the
Sanford Grant, indeed of the entire landed
interests Of the Florida Land and Colonization
Company, embracing, besides the grant. a
large area and great variety of the finest lands
IN the state, scattered over Orange, Polk and
HernandO counties.
The Key West Democrat advocates reform
in the State Government il the following par
uculars: 1.-Two things are incumbent upOn the
present Legislature: first, to establish law
by which every citizen must pay a poll tax I;
second, TO abolish the fee system. Pay rea-
sonable salaries and stop public officers from
rObbing the people"
The latest enterprise of public, importance
talked Of in Orlando is a street railroad. The
gentleman who is moving in the matter has
the means and the energy to put it through
and declares his readiness to take hold OF il il
a satisfactory charter can be secured. He
will bring the subject to the attention Of the
Council at the next regular meeting.
Mr.. Lucas MuhOberaz, proprietor of the
River View House, at Green Cove Spring, died
on Saturday last from an accute attack of a
chronic complaint of long standing. Mr.. Mu-
hOberaZ was native OF RaguSa, in Dalmatia
a province of Austria, but was for many years
a resident of Cuba, from whence he came to
Florida in quest of health, having resided in
Green Cove for the past three years. His re-
mains were taken to st. Augustine for burial
The annual meeting of the South Florida
Railroad Company was held in Sanford last
week and the following gentlemen elected
board of directors for the ensuing wear: r.
NJ. Pulslfer, &. ii. Andrews, F.. B. Haskell
f. II. Rand, B. r. SwOOpe. c. c. Haskell, ].
+. Ingraham. Mr.. j. r. Ingraham was
elected President, c. {. Haskell Treasurer,
tendent, and +. IL. Rand General Freight and
Ticket Agent.
4 special Tallahassee dispatch TO the Jack
sOnville Times says: 'Mr. Jacobs, of New
FORK, and Major GrOner, of Virginia, who are
among the lncorpOrators named In the ship
canal bill, are here to remove any objections
to the bill that might be aroused on account of
the letter and telegram from Simon Cameron
denying his connection with the enterprise
They simply say that they will be able, when
the bill comes up, to satisfy all objections. The
opposition to the bill is apparently growing
weaker"
Fernandina Mirror: "A new enterprise has
been inaugUrated which promises to be Of
great benefit to our city. A market house
built on the plan of an immense refrigerator
Is being constructed on Centre street wharf
which Is so arranged with large ice chambers
and n nOn-cOnducting wall that meat, poultry,
etc, can be kept in perfect order during the
warmest weather: 1t is proposed to supply
the market with beef and poultry from New
York. not only for the use of hotels and board
ing houses, but for the use of any of our cit
Zens."
The ApaIachacOla Tribune, on the removal
Of the capitol question, says: "The question of
moving the state capitol has once more come
up for discussion before the Legislature. This
j. an idle question in our present financial
condition; and even il we were fully able 10
build another capitol building, Tallahassee is
about rs eligible point as could be selected on
account of the geographical division of the
state. What is the use Ofspending SlO0.00O for
a new capitol building when the one at Talla-
hassec is ample and the location is as good as
can be mades Bother such ideas and the men
who originated them"
Pensacola SeB1i- Weekly AdDdnce: ''The
steamship Louisiana, Captain Guger, from
New York. brought the Captain and crew of
the Norwegian bark Pauline Sehbern. from
Pensacola, January y, for Havana. with lum-
Der, to New Orleans. On January 22d dur
ing a strong northwest gale, the bark went
ashore on Marquessas shoals and sprung a
leak. After the masts had been cut away and
the deck load thrown overheard. the vessel
got afiOat and drifted until the 24th. When
eight miles south Of FOrbugas all on board
were rescued by the Louisiana. A heavy sea
was running at the time, and the bar when
abandoned, had eight feet OF water in the hold
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