Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-11

tneIn 10 drop from the trees without leay-
ing the fruit germ. He believes. however.
that the crop will be considerably in ex,
cess OF last year, and the fruit much
larger in size and of better quality.
A gentleman in the city the past week
from Key West, stated that the receipts
from the sale OF the pineapple crop this
season had not been at all satisfactory to
the shippers. and the growers in Monroe
county were somewhat discouraged, and
probably would postpone extending their
acreage as contemplated until another
season. This was caused bv Overstock-
ing the market.
The mammoth hotel being erected at
81. Augustine is not the property of a
western company, as has been stated, but
the property of a Mr.. Craft, of Boston.
who IS also owner of the large Magnolia
Hotel, near Green Cove Spring. The new
house is to cost $500. 900.
Another new hotel is to be erected near
DarDyYllle, this summer, by Messrs. Gallo
ney, Talbot IL Co. 1t will contain thirty
rooms.
The local option law, passed by the last
legislature, seems to be a little more diff
cult to comply with than was at first
supposed by the liquor dealers, but they
are still making desperate efforts to sur
mount the obstacles which confront them
on every hand. Some of their petitions
TO the commissioners are amusing to say
the least.
The millmen here are experiencing some
difficulty in obtaining force sufficient to
operate their sawmills, and two have been
compelled to suspend night work on this
account. The negroes employed at these
mills were paid about a dollar a day,
which, according to the established rules
oil several mills, was from sunrise to sun
set, about fifteen hours. The building of
new railroads in this State has been to
the negro great benefit, and the cOmpe-
ttlOn between the different roads for
IaDOrerS, caused an advance of % cents
per day III WageS-ten hours--and as a
natural consequence many left the mills
and went to the roads. Heretofore the
supply of labor at these lumber mills has
been greatly in excess of the demand,
and price and hours of labor were adopt
ed to suit the employers only,
The banks in this city have not entered
into the crusade againgt the trade dollar.
They are bought at ten and twenty per
cent. discount.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad will receive its crOss-tries for
this end of the road from West Florida,
which will be transported over the Pensa-
cola and Atlantic, and the Florida Gen.
tral and Western Railroads to this city.
AS soon as these ties arrive they will be
put down.
Teachers are very scarce here. The
few In market are of an inferior quality,
and dealers demand for them % cents per
dozen or 50 cents peck. A bushel of the
best from old Jones county, Ca, would
probably sell for So. A few bushels of
green Georgia apples are offered at 20
cents per dozen. Now see the contrast in
prices here for home fruit; Pineapples re-
tail at 10 cents each, grapes 121% cents
per pound, figs 40 cents per peck, bananas
: cents each, and melons from to 30
cents each.
Several attempts to organize loan and
building association in this city have
been made during the past few years, but
none proved successful. Another effort
is now being made in this direction, and
with much better prospects of success
than attended previous undertakings.
The association, it is said, will be organ
lied this week. Some ten years ago an
association of this kind was in existence
here, but much dissatisfaction grew out
OF It's management, and ever since this de-
funct institution has been held up as scare
crow to all similar organizations.
The half finished Reformed Episcopal
church building, purchased some time
since by generous citizens for a library,
has just been completed, and is now
neat and substantial structure. 1t will
be formally opened on the 10th inst, as a
public library and reading room, and
presented to the association.
The Jacksonville Light Infantry con-
template going into emcampment near
st. Augustine for a month.
Only five deaths occurred III Jackson
vile last week.
Lumber is being shipped from this city
to points up the river and to Tallahassee
for building purposes. These are long
distances to ship material, but carpenters
say 1t is cheaper to get lumber from the
mills here than it is to cut and saw it out
by hand elsewhere.
If all come who write that they are
coming to Florida with view to perma-
nent settlement, and those here now pros
pecting locate, the population of the State
will be doubled within the next two years.
Numbers of letters from people East and
West asking for information of different
sections and of State lands are received
here daily.
The first time public worship has been
held in the churches here at night since
the smallpox scare in May was last
evening, but on account of the heat the
whites did not turn out in large numbers.
The cOlOred people always attend night
service, and were glad of the opportunity
to fill their churches again.
Next Thursday DR.. BabcOck will return
to the city after an absence of about eighty
days. This is in accordance with an
agreement between himself and the Board
of Health, they believing it unnecessary
to longer keep the pest house open, as
small pOX is about stamped out. The
cOnvalescents and suspects will be quar-
tered in houses prepared tor them, and
attended by the county physician. If this
community is under obligations to
any one man more than another
for his efforts in dislOdging this malady
and saving the city from fatal scOurge,
that man is DR.. w. II. Babcock. His
duties have been very trying indeed, par
ticularly so at first, and many others
would have left the scene in disgust, but
the doctor has stuck to his post manfully
until all danger is past, and now returns
to the embrace of a loving wife and three
little daughters conscious of having faith
fully performed his whole duty.
During the storm yesterday a negro
woman, by the name of Wilson, was killed
by lightning mile east of the city.
CYCLOPS.