Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-12
FLORIDA.


Creal. a negro murderer wanted at Quincy,
IS reported to have been run down at Madi-
son.
steps are being taken to incorporate Plant
CltF- The town possesses far more than the
necessary number Of voters, but. unfortunate
Is, many Of them are not registered. and un-
Ger the recent decision cannot register until
october. IL may he found advisable to wait
| until the voters can register.
cOiOred citizen of Madison. Amos Savage,
died very suddenly Saturday. and Isham
saunders remarked to his family as he arose
I from ms supper table that he would go over
| and sit mp with the corpse that night. He
Waiked down the steps but after he stepped
/ on The ground fell and died in a few minutes.
| Tampa Tribune: The County Commission
/ eTs. at their meeting this week, made the fol-
I lowing tax leries for the year 1854: County
/ tax proper. mills; county school tax mills;
I road tax, y mill; total for county purposes.
I ~ mills. The state tax proper is mills
| state school tax, mill; making total for all
I purposes, both State and county, of go mills.
/ W. NJ. HussOn was busy the past week
/ surveying zoo acres of land on the slipper
/ for the Florida Stock Farm Company. In
| making the survey he came across a poplar
/ tree that was cut down which measured l3
/ Ieet ln diameter and was solid to the heart.
] Tie discovered cypress that measured 30 feet
/ N circumference and was free from ali de-
I fects.
! There have been 1923 crates Of vegetables
] shipped from EvinstOn depot, On the Florida
] Southern Railway, since March 20, up To july
/ !, this season. By express S,l32. by freight
/ b.lgl. This does not include barrels, etc.
] The shipments were made by % shippers.
/ living within miles of the depot EvinstOu
/ Is situated near the northern boundary Of
/ Marion county in rich and fertile section Of
/ hummOck.
As the freight train which left Sanford at 6
/ O'Clock Saturday morning reached a point
| between LOnCWOOd and MayO station, the
/ engineer discovered a man walking on the
/ track in the direction the train was moving.
] : criun ~
/ approached him, but continued to walk on
/ unt5 Overtaken and Knocked of the track,
/ receiving injuries. mainly internal, from
/ which he died. Examination disclosed that
/ the unfortunate man was an old gentleman
I by the name Of J. G. Britt, who lived near
4 Geneva. He was very dear and always car
I rleQ tin ear trumpet with him.
/ Tampa Tribune: There was quite a sensa-
/ ton In town for several days this week over
/ the unaccOuntable disappearance of l.. D.
/ Green. He left his home on Tuesday, aud has
/ not been heard of since. He had been drink
/ ing heavily for some time previously, and his
\ mind was probably il an unsettled condition
/ from tins cause, and on account of recent
/ family Affections. Inquiries have been made
/ m every quarter where it was at all likely
/ that he would be found, but no intelligence Of
I his whereabouts has been received up to the
/ present writing. Vague reports of the find
| ing OF his dead body have been in circulat on,
/ but have turned out to be, thus far, without
/ foundation.
/ The late d. f. Sullivan. OF Pensacola. left
! very large estate. consisting Of nearly
/ Sl.O0O.O00 in United States and state bonds
/ bama and Florida, several steamers, the PEN
/ sacOla Opera House and Bank building and
/ other properties. He left $4,000 in Gifted
I states. and $4,000 in Alabama State bonds to
/ his two young daughters. His personal prop
/ erty and $4,000 in AlaOama State bonds 20 to
| his wife until her DEATH when the same is to
revert To hi brother, NJ. II. Sullivan, who gets
/ the rest OF the estate, with the exception OF
/ $4,000 IN legacies. The wife of the deceased
and his brother are appointed executors and
/ trustees, without bond.
/ Pensacola CozamerciaJ: The completion of
| the contract for dredging under the supcrin-
/ tendeuce OF Capt. g. W. Lcrd, was celebrated
/ on the Sth by the members OF the Board of
/ Trade, who, with their friends took a trip TO
l the bar SOundin IS showed 25i5 feet of water
on the bar at mean high tide. The eNpendi-
/ Iure for the whole work from the beginning,
/ Including the Jetty work, has cost about S200-
! llo, and Jhis includes also the expense Of sur
l veys aGd Of removing the wrecks left on the
4 bar during the late war. Major Hanes
] thinks that S2J0,CO0 more will complete the
/ work both on the inner ami outer bars, giving
! DEPTH at mean high water Of z6 feet, in
/ cludng the completion Of his jetty
| system which will make it permanent. and
I also Keep and advance the shore line at Fort
| Mcfae. and prevent any further abrasions in
/ front of the lighthouse. \ survey and esti-
/ mate wall be made OF the outer bar. which VIII
! be forwarded through the proper channels, and
/ III approved VIII result in a recommendation
/ Of the department to the next Congress for an
appropriation Of the S2O0.O00 necessary to com
/ plete the work and give the port Of Pensacola
I a working channel of twenty-siX feet. The
jetlies built by Mai. Hajncs are eminently a
success. The shore line in front OF old Fort
I Mckae has been advanced at least 800 feet
I and the surf line between the fort and the
lighthouse, m equal distance, entirely arrest
ing all abrasion in front of the lighthouse.
! The completion OF the work will, from what
| we saw, result in the entire filling up of the
| bayou back of the fort and the turning Of all
/ the water into its old channel. The present
| contract closed on Saturday and the new con-
I tracts will be opened next Tuesday, under
the $4,000 appropriation Of the last Congress.
| The $4,000 now appropriated will fully com .
nle'e the present project and enable the
/ Uu ed states to retain and use the site Of old
/ FOr McIs3c as strategic point in the defence
of the navy yard and the city of Pensacola.