Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-28

The first frost Of the winter visited Palatka
Tuesday morning. but u was not heavy
enough to do any damage.
Pomegranate trees may be seen in ITALIA
hassce with ripe and half grown fruit. and
buds and blooms on them.
The first frost of the season was visible in
some of the valleys of Leon county on Nov.
81. None has appeared on the Tallahassee
hills as yet.
II. IL. Levy is preparing TO erect q cOmmo-
diqus store and dwelling house at Newnaus-
vIlle- HIS store Will be 30 by 20 feet and two
stories high. HIS dwelling Will be a model Of
architectural beauty and viii contain all the
modern improvements for home comforts.
Camph0r trees are growing thriftly on the
premises Oi Col y. II. NJ. DaYid-on at Quincy.
The larger Of the trees is about twenty feet
high. amt multitUtes of plants have sprung
from seed which have dropped from them.
fhe plants were obtained in Washington by
Col. Davidson.
\ lady i'm Augusta Ca. Monday morning of
lass week mailed her husband a letter inform
ing him that she would arrive at Tallahassee
on Thursday Tuesday she sent postal to
the same effect. She left Augusta at 10 O'Clock
p. m. on Wednesday. and the lady. letter and
postal arrived on the same train Thursday.
Lake Eustis and Dead river are said to be
fun of Wild duck During the day they are
out on the lake, but when night comes they
flock into Dead river, and spend the night
there. \ favOrite time and place to shoot
them is at daylight in the morning, before
they have gone out of the river.
lr. D.. r.. E1alUefI. oil IHNdles. mas succeeded
i'm his endeavOrs to have lodge of the order
Of Knights Of Pythias established there. The
requisite number of charter members has
been secured and the charter applied for.
The necessary regalia has also been ordered,
and as soon as the charter comes the members
Will he ready for installation.
4 flock Of six wild ducks was noticed Tues
dav afternoon on the river opposite Mr.. Teas
daie's wharf. at Palatka. when NJ. IL. Dalton
procured a shotgun. and went out in a row
boat to interview them. BY gOOd luck he
managed to get them in lIue, when he turned
his artillery loose, killing 1--WE outright, and
breaking wing OF the sixth.
Tallahassee Ldnd Of FI0,cers: 4 rather di-
lapidared wagon. containing family of i'm
migrants, drawn by PAIR of Jaded oxen AMI
the same old horse THAI Noah carried into the
ark. passed through the city Tues lay, bound
for HernandO county. The driver said that
they had come all the way from Iowa, but had
been on the way so darned long That he had
forgotten when they started.
Joe williams. colored, who, on the night of
Aug. y. shot and killed J. ". Cannon, a white
man. night watchman at the ChOctawhatchie
bridge on the Pensacola and Atlantic Rail-
road. was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree at the fall term of the Holmes county
Circuit Court and sentenced to be hanged.
The Governor has named Friday, Dec is, as
the time for his execution, when ne VIII be
hanged al Cerr0 GOrdO.
ROckIedge sun: Through carelessness or
otherwise, some one was the cause OF doing
much damage to property on the island by
setting ufE 10 Lue WOOus lal5b L uNlAoldNs y
large fire was burning. and when discovered
had such a start that II was almost impossible
to get it under control. and not until It had
reached the grove Of Mr.. Howe, killing 80 or
100 trees and iniuring others. was the fire
stopped. It came within ten feet of the
house, and nearly reached Cleveland's grove.
Had the fire not been discovered when II was,
two groves with houses, at least, would have
been destroyed.
Palatka Herald: Col. Dan ey SAYS: 81 have
lived here 40 years and have undergone eX-
pOsure Of every kind, and never even smelt
calls or bilious fever. l nave had - chlluren,
and never paid $40 doctors bill for them
never had a case of chills and fever in my
family up to the close Of the war. If man
lives decently well anywhere on the ST..
! Johns river he need not have chills. And IN
other portions Of Florida my experience
proves the same. In 1885 | was ordered by the
/ limited states Government to repair the Old
military road from 1T. Augustine to Ialla-
hassee / began the work ON July 20 with 10
| white men and continued the WORK up to No
vember. The men had no shelter except
/ light canvas covering, and were often wet,
bnt none were ever sick. But they were sun
| phed plentifully with good, wholesome food y
Within the last year there have been erected
/ in Sanford seventy-elgnt DuiIulngs' costlng
/ S9S.0O1. The lots on when tney stanu cost
/ $4,000. and the aggregate estimated Nalue OF
i lots and buildings is Sl5l,OOO during TINS tliAe
| there was expended for general improvements
/ Sl3.5O0. The mistakes in the survey OF lhe
/ Fort Reed section extend over four sections,
| from gen. Finegan's place down TO Lake Mon
/ roe. The only way of correcting the same i
| to have all the parties interested join in nav :
| ing every section for itself correctly surveyed
/ and mapped. After that by quit-claims 70
/ each other the parties can get good and valid
] titles to their present claims. The cost would
/ be small compared with future lawsuits and
/ troubles. One thing must be understood, that
| under no circumstances an angreement to
| consider a certain point or line as division
| between different tracts Of land can upset the
| original government surveys or change the
/ nlaces for division corners according to that
/ survey.
! Fernandina Mirror: The soil of Florida is
! considered very favorable for the fine leaf
/ Uvranper used in the best Havana cigars.
/ The Havana leaf commands IS cents per
| Douud. when the broad leaf raised generally y
/ in the United states Is worth but IL 10 IL
| cents. The demand for cigars has increased
| beyond any other product. In 1868 the mum
| Der of cigars manufactured was ABOUT zVO,-
| OOO.OO9-in 1888 the number was 3,S67 .6i5. 0OO'
! or nineteen times as many. The prOduclloh
| Of tobacco in 1853 was -, So, ,3S4 pOunus-ln
| 1883 il was l70.36l, ,55S pounds, an increase ol
| seven and half times. It Is said to exhaust
| the soil more than other products and
| ALWAYS commands ready sale for cash.
| Gadsden and Marion counties once
| Drodnced considerable quantities of the light
| Havana leaf raised from Havana seed. IL the
| farmers of Ohio. Indiana and Missouri can
| proftabIy raise tobacco. we see no reason
| vvhv the farmers of Middle Florida cannot do
| so with profit. Florida in lSS3-s4 manufac-
| tured a. $50. .625 cigars, but New YORK manu-
factured over 200, 100000.