Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-25
FLORIDA

FLORIDA.
Pensaeola's hotel project is wagging along
rather slowly. "e
Only 200 bales Of tobacco have been imported
at hey vest from Cuba this month.
bout 1000 alligator pears were imported
at hey West last week from Havana
j. =. wright, OF Barlow. ordered some CO.
co9nuts last November for the CHRISTMAS
hoIuays. They arrived last week
At PENSACOLA two OF the demi-monde en-
hdsSu IN ngnt' IN which one OF the women
sla7hed the other five times with a stiletto.
II Is said that never were duIler times
AuygMn sg IN bartoW' or money scarcer. The
Iallure OF the cattle trade between there and
Cuba has much TO DO with this.
The arms for the Ocala Rifles have ar
reled Springfield breach loading needle guns
Win DayOnets, and are quite pretty.
The Register asserts that the public schools
OF BrOoksvIlle and fernando county are not
what they should be. In its opinion there is
not a hrst-class school In the county.
Two boys who have been confined in the
JAN al Lake City. and who recently made a
break Ior liberty, made another and more
successful attempt 10 escape on last Friday
night The assistant jailer was called TO
bring his prisoners water, and upon going
INTO the cell was set upon, knocked down and
Ch0ked, and before he recovered the birds had
flown.
Barlow Taformaat: Messrs. Davis and
Clay, Of Georgia. have closed a contract with
fOWefs Y DlH TO erect a hotel with thirty-sIX
rooms. two stories high, 10 be built of the best
material. and finished in the best style with
Z all the modern improvements. large halls.
I wide verandas, etc The hotel will be located
/ on Main street, east Of the Informant office.
/ on half an acre bought Of l.. Lytle. and is 10
I be completed by the first Of November"
Leesburg Ne1rs: The orange crop bids fair
10 be better this year than il has been for some
I Ilme past. The trees, so far as we can
I learn. have full crop on them. and the or
I anges are much larger than they usually are
I at this season Of the year. We have heard
{ or very few oranges bursting and falling from
/ the trees, and unless we have an unusually
severe storm IN september the orange crop in
/ the lake region will be better than il has been
/ for years.
Il is proposed to change the plan heretofore
I prevailing 10 jefferson county for the election
I Of county officers. In 1850 a Separate box was
used, and all persons who voted for the Demo-
I cratic nominees at the general election" box
received "a check which entitled them to vote
at side box for county officers and a poll list
was sept. On canvassing the votes the poll
list the checks and ballots had to tally. This
made fraud impossible. The plan now pro-
posed Is TO do away with the side box. and
only one ticket to be used for the general ana
county elections. The names of the county
candidates are to be placed on the general
ticket, not for the various Offices they are
seeking. but to be voted for as cOnstables.
Lake City Nlr: ArnOtt Foster, colored
man who lives IN this town, may be cited as
an Illustration of "A fidelity which is as rare rs
ii is beautiful. lie was a teamster i'm the In
dian war, under Gen. TwiVgs, and was with
Maj. Dade when the massacre took place
Arnott says teamsters were pressed into SER
vice. thelr ages taken and their value assessed.
lie was at that time 81 years of age and val
ued at 500. The old man cared for and helped
support his old mistress after he was freed and
mp 70 the time Of her death. About five wears
/ ago he had an accident happen to him which
ntcessltated the amputatiOn OF his right arm:
notwithstanding this he is hale and hearty.
and can do a good days plOughug. He is the
father of q living children by one wife, has
i6 grandchildren and great t-grandchildren,
and bids iair 10 live many years yet.
Lake City correspondence NEWS, Aug. p:
/ n large assemblage of citizens. composing the
most intelligent and thinking classes were
| addressed to-day from the court house stOOp
| BY Gov. BlONham and Hon. a. j. Russell.
/ Among the attentive listeners were quite a
num0er OF our lady citizens The Governor
| was introduced by Hon. William sheffield
] Ills auuress was plain. interesting ana IN
structiVe, and his arguments clear and con-
elusive; he dealt in facts. / was a listener to
/ MIR. POpe's address, a short time ago, when he
/ held up 70 ms audience the acts of Gov. BlOX-
/ nam. The Governor adverted TO every one of
Mf- rope objections ami complaints in the
most satisfactory and convincing arguments.
/ He compared the eight Years of Democratic
rule % the eight years of Radical rule in facts
and b2uTes. This illustration of itself will con-
vince every thinking man in Florida that he
| should use every effort to perpetuate the
/ Democratic rule in our State. The issue now
I before the people or Florida is the same that
/ DO was eight years 60. when our lands had
nOvalue and when the bayonetruled, and home
[ government was Ignored. wish that every
I thinking and intelligent man and woman
who has moved 10 our state within the past
/ elght years, at least, could hear our Governor
/ Illustrate the facts connected with the Demo-
cratic rule; they would be convinced who to
vote Tor. Gov. BlONham shows cOnelusivelV
/ that the DisstOn sale was anecessity-he him
I self Is opposed TO monopoly, or to the selling
I OF large tracts Of land to parties-but in this
I instance 10 was a positive necessity and re-
suited IN great good to our state. In 1870
I the writer had an order TO the school board of
Columbia county for $50 and needed some
mon Y. \ merchant in this place offered him
+ SO Tor II; to-day such paper is worth $50 in
I cash. Gov. BlOXham assured the citizens
/ that our taxes viii be lessened the present
I year. During the last four years, the taxable
I property OF the State has doubled. The adj
/ dress OF 4. J. Russell was eloquent, appIOpri-
/ ate and attentivcly listened to. The brass
band- as usual. did its duty on the days Occa-
I sion. The Savannah NEWS was on hand in
/ the person Of the indomitable Gentry, whose
/ persuasive elOquence never fails to get sub
1 sCribers TO the NEWS.