Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-27
that if Florida lands are not worth 81 Is per


ed an association for the purpose of making
an organized effort to improve and beautify
/ the streets OF the town. This is an expert
ment which will, we hope, be successful. and
/ II so 1t will work out some marked improve
ments and bring forth good results.
There are eight prisoners confined in the
! county jail at Santa Rosa. two whites and six
| eolored. One Of the former Is a Swede who has
been there some months, charged with mur-
/ der. He is a tailor by trade and has been per-
mitted to pursue his calling in the jail, and
being good workman, has much to DO as
he can attend to.
A thirty thousand dollar hotel is to be To-
Gated at TarpOn Springs in Hinsboro county.
The cotton crop Of Gadsden comfy has been
disposed OF, and but few bales remain in the
! warehouses at Quincy.
The receipts Of oranges at Jacksonville last
week from all sources amounted TO 5.Bl3
boxes.
Mr.. Robert II. Nolan, who has resided in
Pensacola for the past three years, has had
wlndfall in the shape of $ls5,GOO, which has
Deen tied up in the Chancery Court at Dublin
| for siNty-dve years. Power of attorney was
sent some time ago to Robert Dillon. Queens
Consul at Dublin, to collect the amount due
Nolan, as above stated.
One Ichabod DOugherty has sued the city of
| DeLand in damages of $4,000 for false impris-
Onment. Thus one by one the growing towns Of
Florida put on city airs.
/ 1t required two eleven ton schOoners to car
/ ~ The freight TO Cedar Keys from Dunedin on
! the lith, oranges being the principal ship
| ment.
Ii is stated that water communication has
| Deen opened from the kissimmee To Lake
| alk-ln-the-N ater, in Polk county, and boats
can now approach within twenty miles of
! Barlow from the east.
The election for town officers of Talahas-
see which took place on Tuesday last, re-
I suited IN the choice of Mr.. +. Lewis as
/ Mayor, Mr.. Henry Douglass, the present OIL
! Ger, as Marshal, Mr.. Demilly as Clerk, and
/ Mlessrs. ". NJ. Mcintosh. {. L. Pearce, LeROv
I ID. Ball, W ID. Coles, and Edward IellOwhair
| as COuncIlmen.
! Mariana Is on a boom: the train is making
/ regular trips from here to the ChattahoOchee
! river, connecting with all the boats up and
! down the river, and they have transfer boat |
l at ChattahOOchee for all passengers and
| freight from the Florida Central and Western
| Railroad, which will continue till the bridge
at that point Is completed.
On Wednesday, the 2Sth inst, there will be
| meeting OF the residents of Esmeralda and
| Altoona, at the latter place, for the purpose
! of consulting together as to the prOpriety and
| eXpediency of constructing railway between
! Altoona and Esmeralda. If it is the opinion
! of the meeting that such road shall be built
| steps VIII al once be taken to insure its con-
! strUctiOn.
On Wednesday evening last, as the steamer
sylvester was making landing at Jackson
| board by an accident. A colored porter,
| named Richard, went over after him, but
| being unable to sustain him, both were in
danger Of being drowned. Mr.. }. ii. Morgan.
the Purser of the boat, then went overheard
/ to rescue them, and the three were struggling
in the water when they were picked up by "A
I small boat.
Last Wednesday, Charles Wilson, a seaman
/ on board the American brig Belle of the
| Bay, lying at Pensacola, fell from the cross
trees OF the main mast to the deck Of the yes
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| White, who IS attending him, says that both /
jaw bones and several ribs were fractured.
| besides Internal injuries of a very serious ma
ture. The wounded man was taken TO the
marine hospital and, atlast accounts was i'm
proving slightly.
The act locating the Agricultural College at |
Lake City contains the following conditions:
That good and sufficient titles be executed to
the board Of 100 acres of land donated by the !
citizens of Lake City: that the sum of $4,000 |
cash. as rendered, be made available and
placed at the disposal of the board within |
three months, ana an additional $1,000 made
I available within SIX months. Lake CITY pro- |
posed TO furnish $4,000 cash and 100 acres of
/ land for the buildings and I20 acres in differ
ent tracts in the county. There is a general
feeling Of satisfaction with the decision Of the
/ board.
The charter of the Florida ship canal was
| signed by Governor BloNham on Saturday !
last The Times Union says: ''it is less liberal
/ than we thought ought to have been cheer |
/ fully granted to men of such standing rs the |
! proposed incorpOratOrs, and who were will |
1 ing 10 put their money into an enterprise |
/ whose success would confer inestmabe bene-
fits upon Florida. 1t is sufficient, however. |
/ for all present purposes, and we are assured /
/ by those who have had the matter IN charge /
| that the company will be At once organized /
/ and the preliminary work promptly begun. /
The commencement of the work viii make /
| Florida centre OF interest in the monetary |
| world for many years to come. and its com
pletiOn will put us on one of the great high
| ways of the worlds commerce.
Orange County Reporter: 1.-The steamer Ger
/ trude, Captain Tom Bass, has successfully |
| made the passage from kIssimmee down the |
| kissimmee river, through OkeechObee, and /
I down the CalOOsahatchie. She was the first /
steamer TO make the trip through the new /
I canal. She took the DisstOn party, number !
/ ing about twenty men, and safely reached !
/ Fort Myers on the 18th. The success of this |
/ first steamboat expedition practically solves |
the question Of wafer transportation from /
| kissimmee 10 FHnta Rassa. whether the /
! project Of draining the lower portion of the /
I peninsula viii prove equally successful Is yet /
/ TO ba determined. An early and practical /
solution of this important problem is of great !
/ importance 20 the State of Florida well as /
/ to the gentlemen who are financially inter |
essed IN it,
] Altoona Aryus. son Monday evening last a /
/ serious cutting and shooting affray occurred |
! between two nesrSSss Bill Jones and Pink |
I Schnell. The fight between them was con-
I tinuatiOn Of a previous quarrel, in which /
/ mutual threats were mdulgcd IN. On the |
I evening named above Bill Jones was leaning /
/ against 2 counter in Mr.. W. VI. Nettle's store, /
/ when PINK Schneil entered the store, passed |
| in front of JOnes, and without warning gave |
/ him fearful thrust in the side with a knife. |
! Jones struck Schnell in turn with weight, |
\ and drawing his pistol pursued Schnell. firing /
thfea shots at him as he ran, the last shot tax
\ ing effect IL Schnell's leg just above the knee.
! The thrust received by Jones was immediately |
1 Under the arm pit, and penetrated the lung. |
I For q time his life was despired OF. SchnelIs |
wound is also serious one, and amputation
I NAV be necessary. Schnell was placed under 1
/ arrest, but owing to his serious condition was
I not removed 10 JAIL
The editor Of the jasper County Ne,cs, an
sWering some questions Of an inquirer as to the |
/ manner Of dealing with the liquor question, /
/ saws: ave should cease to lay the fault at the
/ door Of those who deal in intoxicating liquors, !
| and strike at the root OF the evil by plotting !
/ from Our statutes every letter of law that /
| licenses oE8 citizen 10 take advantage OF the /
weakness of another, Well says one, how |
I are we to accomplish so muehF How can we /
I strike out that which law and society has so
Y long tOleratedr / answer, we must walk up |
I to the ballot box like men, and elect men /
/ who will have nerve TO ehange our statutes.
I Down with the fatal deluslon that /
/ il world be rObbing our people OF liberty to |
/ make il "a Eenal Ofense to poison our fellow |
| man bv degrees Uith whisky. If the sale of /
/ liquor is a curse to mankind, we have just as
/ much right and as good reason 10 restrict the
I sale OF II as we have to restrict the sale OF |
/ arsenic, we should make no war upon those
/ who engage IN the manufacture ana sale un-
| der the Law that m$kes il honorable, but we /
/ should blot that law Out OF eSlstence ana then |
make war on law breakers"
The Monticello Constitution has this to say |
in reference to the agricultural products OF JET
i for the gear 1882 in all probability realized |
$500 900 in easIs, aud il is upon this crop almost
/ entirely our population rely for revenue TO /
meet cash expenses for twelve months. OF /
/ course the proceeds of the cotton crop are IN /
/ adequate to meet the necessary demands OF /
{ The farm. the labOrer and the household, and /
/ the consequence is the planters, farmers and !
( everybGdF e&se are compelled to purchase i
/ their supplies 0B GFeeIt, and thus. year aIter
I year we have q terrible struggle to make ends |
! meet And vet we produces in this county di- 1
I versifed crops, the excess Of which, over and |
[ shove what is necessary for home consump- |
/ ton il properly prepared and utilized, would /
| hiring a cash revenue fully equal to that real /
/ i1ed from the cotton crop. Take the one item 1
! - svrnn The amount produced is enormous, /
I ead we doubt whether twenty barrels are |
I Sbin,ea ont OF the county. but If properly /
,,.lnytsred n would be in demand IN all the At
/ iantfc cities ~ fancy prices, q year or TWO % |
/ ago a leading merchant OF TINS town was au-
/ Vfsed nv prominent merchant OF Northern
| eitv that if he could ship him nye lhQusanu
barrels of fiFst-ciass syrup, put up IN uha@iori1 @
/ packages and the quality guaranteed, al least
/ one dollar per gallon would be palq tnf Tue 1
/ same of course the merchant could give no /
/ euarautee, for much Of the syrup tnat /
| Ss manufactured is of such inferior /
/ ouaIitv that il will not even bear shipment 10 1
/ Savannah In fact. a few years ago we pur-
] cbssed a barrel Of new syrup that soured |
/ rtsyiil,n t=reuty-fOur hours after delivery. |
1 NosT II Farmers would exercise care IN the l
/ msnufactnFe Sf tLe Gene into syrup, making |
I n of uniform consistency ana haFOr tnere |
/ vonId he no trouble in realizi6e e.emuneratlNe |
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