Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
LAKE CITY ITEMS.
The Prospects of the Town for Becom-
ing Railroad Centre.

ing a Railroad Centre.
Correspondence 0f the MOyniR0 Nel0s.
LAKE CITY, Fla, Feb. 27.-The sur
veyIng party of the Plant Investment
Company camps near Lake City tonight.
The present survey was commenced mid.
way between Fort White and Itchtucknee
river, eighteen miles from Lake CITY on
an air line. We are also expecting the
surveying party through from Macon via
NaldOsta and White Springs by the 1st of
March. May we not expect yet to be the
Atlanta of Florida as well as the Athens ,
The Arredondo grant, recently removed
OIL the lands lying in and in the vicinity
of Lake City, has resulted in some excite
ment. Entries have been made by indl-
Ylduals that reach the lands of the old
denizen-and hence a little fiutter The
Mayor and other functiOnaries returned
from GainesYille-Land Ofice-last night.
where the proper steps were taken to
properly adjust the old claims. OF course
more or less ahXety t % . p partes eseSe
That is all there will be OF it.
Lake City will put on her temperance
garb in March. "Uncle DaYie'' is prepar-
ing his wedding suit. The ladies are
manifesting an interest. Your cores
pOndent has been waited on by the ''cOm-
mittee of ladies" ter an address. OF
course 1.-The address" was prOmised-hOw
could it be refused? Since the saloons
disappeared from Jasper, Fla, it is said
the town has improved in appearance.
No tanglefo0t gentry are seen on the
streets.
The dengue fever has retired from Lake
City. There is nothing like it as "a fat
producer. Brother Charley Finley re-
minds one that is ''fUll forty and fat'' and
every day is adding to his avOIrdupois
and increasing his rOtundity. Well, den
que has made him pOrtly looking fellow.
Numerous inquiries are daily coming in
about lands in this section. Real estate
Is advancing. / claim that the Savannah
NEWS has done much for our Florida.
When the wicked ruled us with an iron
rod we sent UP TO Heaven our wailings
through the NEWS. That paper never
turned us away. The writer was then a
regular correspondent Of the News, and
was refused space for his articles in local
papers in our town because they were po-
litical, and could not publish them unless
they were paid for, but the News pub
lished them, and the News was read by
our Florida people. W. II. w.
LAKE CITY, FLA, Feb. 29.-Editoy
Morning NelCS. Col. Reynolds, civil engi-
neer, arrived last evening from Savannah
and Joined the surveying party from
NachOOchee at this place. A good deal Ol
interest is felt by parties to know where
the contemplated road will be located
This question cannot be answered at pres
ent, and our good people will have to
await further developments. met Mr.
Reynolds at the Thrasher House and in
tervieWed him for the benefit of the anx-
ious and curious, and obtained the fact
that the present line is only random
I line. / presume Col. Haines will give us
/ all a railroad just as soon as possible. In
times of yOre we wanted railroads to stay
away from Florida, for fear they would
kill a spike-hOrn yearling or run over a
raZOr-back hog. Now, all of us will take
a railroad. Well, why not? live in an
age Of progress.
Last night was pretty cold, but l hear
the vegetables survived the cold, though
1 learn there was ice. February and March
are best months in the year to save hog
meat. l never lose any hog meat killed
since / have lived in the State, and find
the weather in February and March best
adapted to preserving it. l am killing
pigs now under y months old that weigh
as much as 1S5 pounds net, and that has
not cost 1 cent per pound to raise and
fatten. Bermuda grass is the finest grass
for stock that can be planted in this sec
tion. 1t furnishes good grazing nearly or
quite every month in the year, and every
species of fowl and stock feed upon it
with avidity. 1t is next to the orange in
Importance for US in this section. One
acre of orange trees and ten acres of Ber-
muda grass will furnish a handsome CON-
potency for a hard-fisted son of toll.