Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-06

the purpose Of clearing Peace Greek river
Of all surface distractions to navigation
up to Fort Meade.
The sturgeon fisheries at the mouth of
the Suwannee river were broken up a
lew days since, and operations removed
to the Delaware river.
Salvador Sutton, clerk In the employ
of the Plant Steamship Company, was
arrested in Tampa last week, under a
charge Of fraudulently embezzling $500 a
year ago at BOlin, Ala.
Mr.. Jennerson, of Fruitand, has fine
young orange grove that is fairly loaded
with fruit, thus proving an exception to
the general run OF groves. He expects
to have as many oranges as he had last
year.
Work has been resumed on the Sanford
ard Lake Eustis railroad, which is to eX-
tend from Sanford to Tavares. The road
had previously been graded to within
three miles of Sorrento, Rnd between that
point and Tavares 400 hands are now at
work.
The Seminole hotel at Winter Park will
receive during the summer an addition of
Az or 90 rooms, an elegant boat house will
be erected, the grounds will be enlarged
and beauti6ed, and many things done to
add to the attractiveness and comfort of
that favorite hostelry.
The Fernandina Board of Trade at a
meeting last week discussed Senator Calls
continued attacks upon the Florida Rail-
way and Navigation system. The board
fully approved Receiver Duvals manage
ment OF the system of railroads and adopt
ed resolutions to that effect.
Track laying has been resumed on the
extension OF the Florida Southern rail-
way from Barlow to Charlotte Habor after
suspension of work tor about two
months. About 80 miles of track remains
to be LAID, which Mr.. Gold, the contractor,
says will be completed in six weeks.
Nearly a mile and half of side tracks
have been built recently at the machine
shops OF the company in FerEandina, to
accommodate the rolling stock of the
Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany, preparatory to changing the system
to the standard guage, which will take eff
feet on June 1.
This has been a most remarkable year
for awberries, and all who have Guilt
waited them report the greatest success.
They have brought fairly good prices IN
the market from the first, and have proven
most profitable crop. The most profit
able use to which the berries can be put,
when the market price is too low 10 pay,
is to make jelly of them.
A company was formed this week for
the improvement of the Langford Mineral
springs, on Peace creek, below Fort
Meade, and the money is ready for build
ing good bath-house, erecting a large
pavilion, fitting up fine picnic ground,
making good carriage drive from town
to the grove, and putting first-class fleet
of pleasure boats on the river.
Captain Rose, of Kissimmee, started
two gangs Of men last week ditching and
draining section eight, at the mouth of
East Lake canal. The Captain will put
in about twenty miles OF bitches, thor
Oughly draining the whole section, and
when this work is completed the ground
VIII be broken up, and this fall the whole
$40 acres set out in sugar cane.
In the liquor mandamus case of Gray
& Gamble against the County COmmis-
siOners of Hamilton county, Judge Nc
Clelland decided last week favorable to
the Commissioners, and the TEMPERANCE
societies presented him with large and
handsome bouquet. Messrs. B. B. Black
well and d. b. johnson, attorneys for the
Commissioners, were also remembered by
the temperance ladies,
Bronson Times: A member of the
grand jury said, "We can hardly be ex.
pected to indict men for carrying con-
cealed weapons, when the major part of
the jury themselves are ballasted to their
seats, during their deliberations, by the
weight of a pistol IN their hip-pocket."
We think it little strange, but it might
have had its weight with the weaker
members of that body.
Fort Meade Pioneer: One year ago
James Benedict of this place had sixteen
stra wberry vines, from which he raised
enough plants to set out fifth of an acre
last fall. He has sold from this small
patch up to the present time $83 80 worth
of berries, and will run the amount to at
least 1925 before the end of the season.
Strawberries, if rightly managed. will
bear in Fort Meade cOutin uousIy for six
months, beginning with January, and the
man who can't make $500 per acre On that
crop here ought to emigrate.
Senator Call in the Senate Monday Of
fered a memorial numerously signed by
citizens OF CerrO GOrdO and vicinity, in
dOrsing his bill fOrfeiting the unearned
lands granted to the Florida railroads.
He also offered petition of the Board of
Trade of Tampa, praying that the time for
the completion of the road be extended to
March 1, 1887. The petition sets forth the
great Importance of the road, not only to
Tampa and southern Florida, but to the
whole State, and closes by praying for
the above extension. Senator
Call also introduced bill providing tor
the erection of public building at Tai
lahassee.
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