Savannah morning news., 1885-10-16
MAKING THROUGH RUNS.
FLORIDA TRAVEL RESUMED
AFTER FIVE DAYS.

The Interior Counties Still Deluged
and Comm unicatiOu slow and Tedi-
ous-Courts Adjourned Because Judge
and Lawyers are Unable to Reach the
County Seats-Damage to the Crops.
The fast mail train bound south went
out OH schedule time az O'Clock yester-
day morning, carrying between 300 and
400 passengers, and ran through to Jack
sonville, arriving there last night. This
was the first through train from Savan-
nah to Florida since Sunday, and carried
heavy mails. The north bound express
lett WaycrOss in the morning and arrived
mere last night. transferring mails and
passengers at the little Satilla bridge.
rhe Savannah, Florida and Western
road is now in working or
der, and the officers say there
wash-outs are being filed in as rap
idly MS possible, ami the trestles and
bridges will all be repaired in few davs.
A jacksonville special to The NEWS,
last nl2ht. SAID the road between Jackson
vile and WaycrOss is IN good condition,
aud trains are running through, though
irregularly.
Travel will also be resumed to-day be-
tween Waycross and Brunswick, on the
W
The interior counties are still deluged,
and communication with the outside
world is slow aud tedious. The Appling
county court, which convened at BRXey
early in the week, was adjourned over
until the next term on account OF floods
rendering 1t impossible for lawyers to
reach the county seat.
Several members OF the Savannah bar
returned yesterday from Liberty county
where they went last week TO attend the
October term of Superior Court which
was To have convened at Reidsville on
Monday. The entire party was water
bound at Johnston and renamed there
until Wednesday night. On Monday
morning the clerk opened the court, and
in the absence of Judge Carswell. the
presiding Justice, who was supposed 10
be on the way from his home in Louis
vile, Jefferson county, adjourned over
until the next day at 10 O'Clock. The
code provides that unless some message
shall be received from the Judge the next
dav after the court is convened il shall be
adjourned for the term. At the hour
appointed for the opening of the court on
Tuesday no word had been received from
Judge Carswell, and the clerk ordered
an adjournment until the next term,
which does not convene until April. Halt
an hour afterwards a message was re-
ceived that the Judge would reach Reids-
Vile that night. 1t arrived tao late, how
ever, and the court stands adjourned IN
til next spring. There was an unusually
large docket and seven prisoners were
awaiting trial. The delay in the
arrival of the Judge was caused by the
washing out of the roads, aud was una
vOidable. Every effort was made to reach
| Reidsyille in time, but it was impossible
| to get through, and the business of the
court will have to lay over until the next
term.
Along the coast country it will be some
time before travel is fully reOpened.
Ddrien special to the Ews says the
| wires there are in working condition
| again for the first time in 10 davS. The
rains have destroyed nearly all of the
rice crops on the AltamaAa, and plant
ers say it is the worst season they have
ever experienced. Their loss is estimated
| at about S75, 200. Darien has had no mail
since Monday, and it is not likely that
she will have any more during the week.
as there is big wash-out on the Bruins
| wick end of the East Tennessee, Virginia
| aud Georgia railroad running to Jesup.
A Brunswick special says that later ad-
| vices from the rice planters on the Alta
maha river are to the effect that all the
| rice has been washed together in one pile:
| that the weather is more favorable. and
| perhaps 30 per cent. of the crop will yet
/ DC saved.
The reports from planters in the vicin-
| ity OF Savannah are dubious. A leading
| planter on being asked last night if so per
| cent. would not cover the damage to the
| crop, said that it would he much greater
| The reports from the country south and
J west of the city are TO the effect that the
! entire lowlands are under water. The
! roads are badly damaged and will require
/ a great deal of work to put them in order.
In . 4ba I'D lor n
/ Commissioners MoynelO and Owens re-
/ port the roads IN terrible condition, in
/ many places almost wholly i'm
| passable. The work Of repairs
/ is going on, but the country
! is still flooded. and il will be some time
before the roads will be restored. The
! bridges are carried away in many places
/ and embankments are washed out, caus-
! ing thousands of dollars damage.