Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-09

There were only lOS foreign immigrants
landed at hey West during the last month.
There were 9lS bales of leaf tobacco i'm
ported at Key West from Havana during the
last month.
During the past week the steamers Of the
sea island route took l.520 bales Of cotton
from Fernandina.
some oranges are already going into market
m south Florida. but they are most too green
to bring any price
Rev. William F. Woods. OF Key West. has
baptized and taken into the church recently
over forty members.
negro at Tallahassee, who stole money
order Tor So, attempted to get it cashed, but
was spotted and taken in.
A large new freight depot for the Louisville
and Nashville Road is to be built at Pensacola.
IL VIII be 235 feet long and 80 wide.
A musical and dramatic entertainment will
be given at Gainesville in the near future in
behalf Of the public school Of that place.
\ COW killer was arrested near Ocala last
week ana lined Sf5, with 60 days imprisOn-
ment, as were four others implicated in it.
At Key West, in the case Of the bark Sully
the crew Of the King have accepted the
amount OF $500 salvage offered by the Cap
The Florida I1azaigranr formerly published
at Tallahassee, has been revived. Charles A. {.
Choate, OF that city, is interested In the en-
/ tcrprise.
The French steamer recently ashore on
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list Of over 500 emigrants bound for the Crcs-
cent City.
1t costs as much to get package Of freight
Of any kind from Sanford to Barlow, 80 miles,
as 1t costs to get it from New York to Sanford,
about 1000 miles.
The outlook for the orange crop of Putnam
county was never better than at present. The
trees are well loaded with fruit, which is of
good size and fine flavor.
The house of ". ;. Appleton. station agent
Of the st. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway at
Mount Homer, was entered and robbed Of the
most valuable part of its contents on Sunday
night.
The cotton crop this season appears to be
Lloyds about 30 bales have been shipped to
date, falling OF Of l7j bales as compared
with the same date last year.
There was an exciting boat race Tuesday
afternoon in the harbOr at Key West. The
Glance. Hero and Three Brothers were the
competitors, and the Glance came out first
best. She belongs to A j. Kemp.
ON Monday last trio of colored men went
INTO Iavares and arrested a negro named
Pmckney, anu started back TO Leesburg with
hum. IL is sand that he is wanted there to an
swer to a charge Of rape on a cOlored girl.
Z. +. Higley shipped 70 boxes Of oranges
from his grove at Georgetown Saturday. This
Is the llrsL Shipment OF any size this season
from Putnam county, and is the fOrerunner
OF the many thousands that are to follow later
IN the season.
AAtlEc " dEItls foreman oil a section on the
Pensacola and Atlantic Road, was arrested at
Lake lie Funiak Monday on a warrant charg-
ing him with seduction. He was taken to
Eucheeanna, and on preliminary hearing was
held in $500 bail.
Pine Level Times: Mr. Faraby saws the
| railroad surveyors are at his house, about l3
miles from this place, and that they will be
here on next Thursday. Nine hundred men
are now wOrsing between Plant City and
PanasOnkee. The company will commence
work at the southern terminus as soon as the
survey Is finished, and the work will progress
from both ends of the railroad. The citizens
will doubtless hear the locomotive whistle in
a few months.
DaytOna journal: The Halifax water is now
exactly the color of wine and is very fresh.
It's usual sea color and luminosity are lost.
The larger fish, such as pOrpOises. sharks ard
saw fish have deserted this vicinity for the in
let and the HiisbOrO. There are few and
| small schools of mUllet, while bass, trout,
nOuuders and other catable fish are hardly
plentiful enough to supply the market. How
ever the tides are commencing to run lower,
and when the salt water dIsplaces the fresh
| the river viii again swarm with fish.
Key West Democrat: On last Tuesday, while
| Henry Kemp and Thomas Henson were cruis-
ing along the coast near Sugar Loaf Key, they
were unexpectedly struck bv a whirlwiDd
which capsized the boat and came near caus-
ing a loss of life. Henson STAYED in the water
all night holding on to the boat, while Kemp
swan ashore and walked three or four miles
| To the schooner Asa Eldrldge, which lmme
diately rendered assistance and the boat was
saved. Henson lost ali his clothes, and saws
| $50 would not repay HIM for the damage sus-
tanned.
Tampa Tribune: From a private letter
| from Parrish post Office. in the northern part
/ Of Manatce county. we learn that James
/ Hand. an old citizen of the county, was shot
/ and killed on the afternoon of sept. 30, while
| grubbing near his cane patch. by some un-
| known person concealed In tho cane. He was
| shot with a rifle, and his neck broken. Sus-
piciOn rests upon certain parties, who are
known TO be the only ones IN the neighbOr-
/ hood who owned rifles, and with one of whom
/ the murdered man short time before
/ had difficulty, resulting in a lawsuit. No
i arrests have yet been made.
| Tampa Tribune: The 3-masted schooner
| Scotia, Capt. Shearer, which our readers will
/ remember as one of the vessels that visited
| our port last year with material for the con-
| structiOu of the south Florida Railroad, and
/ which landed the first locomotive ever seenl
I Tampa. again arrived in our bay on Sunday
l last, this time bringing the material for the
/ erection of Tampa's first brick building. This
/ will be the large 3-stOry building Of Messrs.
| Amber, Marvin 4 stockton, to stand on the
4 lot on the southwest corner of Washington
/ and Franklin streets, purchased by them
1 some time since of Miller Il Henderson. The
/ Scotia sailed from Philadelphia on sept. l,
I but encOuntereL very rough weather, and her
voyage was unusually prolonged, lasting y
4 daVs. On sept. Il. when little south OF Sa-
/ vannah, a severe blow came on and lasted
/ three days. On Sept. 10 one of the men at the
/ wheel was washed overheard and drowned.
/ The wheel, which is of iron, doubled up and
/ WAS badly damaged, and the cabin sky-hghi
| was stove in. a portion OF the deck load,
| which was composed OF brick, was lost. and
| much that WAS saved is IN such condition
| tbat il can scarcely be used on account OF the
! corners and edges of the bricks being ground
| on bv the constant rubbing and grating caus-
| ca br the motion of the vessel. The cargo Is
| now -beltr discharged bv means Of lighters.