Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05


immigration, last week, to raise the price
of swamp and overfowed lands to 81 per
acre.
Mr.. Jones, of Webster, near Leesburg,
had 1920 to 1,400 quarts of straw berries
just about ready to pick and ship when
the freeze came. He did not pick or ship.
He has his vines left.
The Orlando Reporter has lust issued a
handsome 16-page trade issue, which sets
forth the advantages of that section OF
the State In way which is sure to prove
OF great financial benefit.
At Madison Tuesday Miss Margaret
Stephens, sister of John Fl. Stephens,
agent OF the South Florida and Western
railroad at Jacksonville, was fatally
burned. She died that night.
Commissioner Myers sold at Evinston,
the junct on OF the Florida Southern and
Micanopy railroads, on Monday last,
twenty lots of land, ranging from two to
thirty acres per lot, at an average price
of 500 90 per acre.
Juniper inlet is now closed by a huge
bar of sand, and will remain so during
the coming summer season in all pr0ba-
bility, and when high water comes next
season IL will be opened by the people of
Lake Worth and vicinity.
Some time last Saturday night, after the
asleep, sneak thief entered the bedroom
81 H. y. Bennett, at Pensacola, and stole
Sl3 which tnat gentleman had slowed
away in his pants pocket.
At St. Augustine, Elliott Church, car
penter, while at Work on GenOvar's opera
house fell to the ground, the scatfod
breaking, and broke his leg and arm and
sustained internal injuries from striking
on the floor timbers of a passage way.
Capt. James Mckay, of the steamer
Cumberland, has inau0urated a semi
weekly service between Mobile. Warning
ton, Fort Barrancas, NJ lltOn, Pensacola.
and Bagdad, leaving Mobile on Mondays
and Saturdays at O'Clock p. m, each
week.
The schooner Liberty arrived at Apa-
lachicola from the reef Monday with the
first cargo Of sponge this season. She
brought III lunches to Il. Ruge & Sons.
which sold for $3.50. The schooner AlfOnzo
arrived from the reef last week with 80
punches.
A curiosity in the shape of part of the
skeleton of mans hand, consisting OF
tue wrist and metacarpel bones, imbed-
ded IN the shells and in a good state OF
preservation, was found near Palatka
few days since. The bones, no doubt, be-
longed to some gallant Indian.
President Ingraham, of the South Flor
ida Railroad, has sent to Havana for some
Cuba tobacco seed, which he will dis
tribute among the farmers of South Flor
ida, to get them to undertake the culture
of tobacco as an experiment, in the hope
that the products of South Florida may
be divers fed.
Thomas J. VIM and Robert W. Staple
ton, while hunting in the hummock about
three miles north of BrOUksville a lew
bo
on white shot pouch, was mistaken
through the thicket for deer and shot.
Two shots took effect, one OF them through
the lungs, proving fatal in lew minutes.
A body was found in Pensacola bav
near PalafOx Wharf Tuesday. 1t was
identified as that of Oliver Peterson, car
penter OF the British bark Lille SOulard.
The deceased has been missing about
two weeks, and when last seen was
ashore drunk, and is supposed to have
fallen overheard in trying to get on his
vessel.
The Sanford Publishing Company has
been awarded the cont act of publishing
for four years the FiUrLJd Christian A
COcdte, a new paper started IN the inter-
est of Methodism. The paper will be ed
tied by Rev. J. p. DePass. a prominent
Methodist minister, and this new publ
cation starts out on its career with a
bright pFOsnect.
Steps have been taken to organize a
base ball league in Pensacola. Stock to
the amount OF nearly 81 900 was raised
with very little effort, and it is proposed
to increase this to $500 or $4,000. A
meeting will be held TO effect perma-
nent organization. 1t is intended that
application will be made for adm issiOn
iutO the southern base ball league. The
subscribers propose to buy grounds, Mt up
a grand stand, and provide all the neces-
saTy cOnVenienceS and appliances for first
class games and entertainments.
Messrs. Carswell and Simmons arrived
at Pensacola from Woods Hole with 800
900 young Goldfish Monday morning. The
fish stood the journey well, about 10 per
cent. only dying. They were transferred
to the revenue steamer Forward and taken
81 miles off shore, Just outside of the 100
iathOm curve southeast OF Pensacola.
where they were deposited in the deep
basin. A few thousand were then taken
east, opposite the mouth of Noodle Bay,
and deposited in deep water. The trans
fer and planting have been successful,
and the members of the Fish Commission
express themselves as satisfied with the
first results.
The Postmaster General has appointed
the following fOurth-class POstmasters for
Florida; Francis NJ. Rlchs ards at Abe's
spring. Calhoun county, vice William
CLARK; W. A. Sheppard at Blanche, Polk
county. vice James A. VOyles; II. p. Bust
at Chatfin, Santa Rosa county, vice Fran
els Z. Chs ffin; j. NJ. Taylor at Cypress,
jackson county, vice j. A. Garrett; A. G.
Tippin al Ferry Pass, Escambia county,
Vice George IL. Stewart; A. p. Higgins
At Wewahitchka. Calhoun county, vice
Geo. W. Wilburn; d. +. Weaver at stein
hatchee, Lafayette county, vice j. 4.
Hart; Lafayette 4. Weaver at Sopchoppy,
Wakulla county, vice John Q. Hodge; II.
B. Carter at Rural. fernando county, vice
Walter X. Dean; Henry j. Blaisdell at
Oakdale, fernando county, vice William
r. Shoemaker; +, G. Winhams at LoYce,
HernanGO county, vice j. II. Shively; M.
NJ. Morrison at Limestone, Walton coun-
w, vice A. Ramsey; John NJ. Trammell al
Holmes, Eolmes county, vice w. b.
O'DOnohue; L. W. Anderson at Home
land, Polk county, vice j. T. Hancock,
Jr.; Frank W. Black at lola, Calhoun
county, vice g. Il. Bell.