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Waynesboro, Ga., March 23, 1883.
No. 46.
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REEL A I MING THE EVERGLADES.
Savanna!) News.
Mr. Wm. Saunders, who holds an
official position under the Department
of Agriculture, has iust returned from
an extensive visit to Florida. He went
to Florida in an official capacity. He
was to examine and report upon the
eapcity of the lands now being reclaimed
in the Everglades to produce sugar
cane. He penetrated about forty
miles into the country embraced in
what is known as the drainage system,
on which he found that the work which
was begun in duly last is progressing
very satisfactorily, considering the
difficulties encountered. “The ultimate
object of the company who have under'
taken this work,” Saunders says, “is to
lower the water lines of these lakes so
as to drain all the country now partial
ly in swamps, and thus render it fitted
for eultivation. A secondary or result
ing obje tt, will be that of forming a
direct water communication from the
St. Johns river to the gulf coast. To
give you some idea of the work, it will
be necessary to enter somewhat into
details. A dredge was built at Kis
simmee City in July, at the upper end
of Lake Tohopekaliaia. It was floated
down ten miles to the lower end of tin*
lake, and there set to work to cut a
canal to Cypress lake. Communication
between these lakes is by the Kissim-
iv.ee river, the distance being, owing to
the crookedness of the river, fifteen
miles. By making a straight canal
from lake to lake, the distance is re
duced four miles. From Cypress lake
to iake Kissimmee it is by the river six
miles to lake Hat.chnaha: then five
miles across this lake to the entrance
of ihe river again, then eight miles
more of riyer, making in all nineteen
uules of boating between the lakes.—
This distance will be shortened to three
miles by a canal to be cut from Cypress
lake to lake Kissimmee ; then from thi s
lake the river will be straightened so as
to shorten it by ten miles to 'ake Okee
chobee. From the western side of this
lake a canal has been cut about ten
miles in length, which brings the lake
in direct connection, through the Caloo
:-ahatchee river, with the gulf of Mexico.
This will make the distance from Kis
simmee City, tbe present terminus of
the railway, to the gulf about 200 miles
or less.
“The rapidity with which this canal
cutting is done, was surprising to me.
From the time of commencement, July
2d. 1882, to the time of my visit, the
7th of February, 1883, a canal thirty-
six feet in width and six feet and a
half in depth; had been cut three and a
quarter miles, leaving less than one-
fourth of a mile J^^unplete the dis
tance between the lakos, It was ex-
pee tod to reach Cypress lake before the
end of the month. Progress depends
somewhat upon the nature of the soil
and freedom from accidents to machine
ry. Portions of the cutting is through
» somewhat tenacious, bard clay-like
substaiioc, which crumbles when dry.—
A duy’s work through this is about fitly
feet. Iu the ordinary alluvial deposit
and substratum of sand, from 150 to
200 feet is a day’s work, if everything
is working well. This work costs for
running expenses about# $1,000 per
mile. Hie last cutting was one mile in
twenty-six working days.
“As the dredge advances the water
follows it rapidly and spreads over the
surface, gradually finding its way to
the lake below. From a benoh mark
at the upper end of the lako, it shows
that a lowering of thirty -eight inches
has tak> n place since the work bogau.—
This lake, Tohapekaliga. eovert a sur
face of about twenty six saaare mi’es.
The oat tie owners, who were rather
NKeptloal about it, now admit that the
cuttle graze on dry ground which was
country is overruu by cattle. Tens of
thousands of cattle are fed there for the
Cuban markets. Some owners have
40,000 head. But it must be noted
that the entire country is not swamp. In
traversing these rivers and lakes, one
is never out of sight of vast pine forests
which are high and dry, affording excel
let timber and fine sites for settlements
near lake Kissimmee a fine timbered
region was pointed out, of which Gen.
Sanford has recently purchased 1,000
acres for a lemon grove.
“As to health, the superintendent of
the dredge informed tne that he had
lands and dry ground deer are plenty.
Wild turkeys are also in abundance
\s to fish, all the rivers and lakes are
t‘u‘1 of trout, as they are locally called
but they are a species of bass. They
are easi ! y captured. We caught all
we needed. Some specimens weighed
over ten pounds, but. heavier fish than
these are commonly caught. They are
a very palatable f,>od.
MASONIC T E M P L E.
Aiigiistn, <* a
kSoutliein Ifoadqti'.trt* its
TO IIEAVEN AND RETURN.
Michigan Pioneer: A very .singu
lar eas* of spiritualism, if such it
may he called, was reported to us hv
a neighbor of the family in which
employed twelve men a l summer, who throuae is located. The family in
worked, ate and slept on
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the boat, and
not one of them had lost a single day
from sickness since the work com
menced. Ail through Southern Flor
ida there is almost constantly a stirring
cool breeze. In the sun it is very
warm, but on gaining tbe shade of a
tree, or under cover of any kind, one
immediately feels the effects of the
cooling breeze. In no part of the coun
try south of 29 degrees is it more than
sixty miles to the sea, so that the sea
breeze is felt either from the Atlantic
or the gulf. I spent four nights among
the swamps an lakes, and found no in
convenience either from heat, cold, or
mosquitoes. Of course, this Mas in
February ; but tbe temperature in the
shade averaged from 75 degrees to 85
degrees. r l be pond lilies were in fill!
bloom, and it was quite hot in the sun
How it is at mid summer, I cannot say
except that on inquiry I was told thit
no great inconvenience was felt from
heat even by those accustomed to north
ern climates.”
“What is your opinion of those lands
for sugar cane—I mean the tracts to be
reclaimed by draining ?*’ asked the re
porter.
“I think from what I saw of them.”
replied Mr. Saunders, “that no doubts
ueed be entertained as to their special
adaptabili y for sugar growing. The
deposit of vegetable matter varies from
eighteen inches to several feet in
depth. Thousands of acres are even
now avuilab e for sugar cane and
much more could he made available by
merely opening ditohes so as io remove
surface water. As to the amount of
land which may be brought into culti
vation, after oomnlel ion of the drainage
system, contemplated and now com
menced, I cannot say ; but it must be
very large, running into the millions of
acres. It is stated that eight mill'ons
of acres are embraced in this drainage*
scheme. Most of the settlers through
out that region grow enough sugar
cane to supply their families with sugar
and syrup, ^
That the cane grows to great perfec
tion, and that it needs no replanting for
eight or te§ years, is well known.
Another great advantage is tbe absenee
of frost during winter, so that there is
no need for hurry in working it up. It
can grow all summer and be woiked all
through the winter, which will enable a
factory to work double or treble the
amount of cane which can be done in
localities where the manufacture is con
fined to the short season between the
ripening of the cane and its injury from
frost.
That the soil is productive is showq
by the growths which sprung up on the
excavated material on the bank. The
Superintendent had a portion of it leveL
ed and sown with jute seed. In a few
weeks the jute plants were six feet high
when the cattle found it out and de
voured it. The stomps left corrobo
rated his statemouis as to iho vigorous
growth.
“In the swamps I was astonished at
the number of rabbits—swamp rabbits,
whioh scamper th’ougb the water when
disturbed. Thtao animals are larger
than our field rabbits, and darker in
oulor. We had' one cooked, but it
question reside about five miles
nor’h of Big Rapids, the name of the
family bring House. Some time ago
a daughter of Mr. House, a young !
ladv about seventeen years of age, | p| ua t, e9 , Silks, Satins, Novelli<
was ill with diphtheria, three or four '
We keep on hand at all times the finest and lust assorted stock, and w«
h ive the most elegant store for showing it in all the South. Velvtts,
and everything desirable in Dress Goods.
ither children of the family having
died with the same disease. Af'er
Miss House had been sick four or five
weeks, she summoned different ones
to her bedside, and told them she
was going away, but would return
in a few days. She then instructed
them to leave her entirely alone, and
not touch her again until she return
ed. Then for a period of three days
Miss House lay immovable, to all
appearance being dead. At the ex
piration of three days, she returned
to consciousness, and has sine* been
in perfect health, getting up from
her bed almost immediately at the j
end of the throe days. The strangest |
part «>f the story, however, is the fact j
that when she returned to herself she j
was somebody else.
Previous to her sickness, a daugh
ter <>f an old friend of Mr. House died j
of diphtheria at Ensley, Newavgo;
county, being a total stranger to Miss !
House, yet on her return to oon-
sci"usne.-s Miss House appeared to
be the girl who died at Enslev, claim
ing the deceased girl’s parents as her
parents, and fai'ing to recognize her
own. She speaks familiarly of things
she never saw, and calls by name peo
ple of whom she never heard. She
also speaks of her visit to Heaven,
of 'he people and friends she saw
there, and says she will have to re
turn there about the 4th of next Julv.
A times she seems to he her own
self, also somebody else besides the
f ierson ab ve mentioned, having late-
y appeared ns the deceased wife of a
man living «ev< ral miles away. Her
present health is said to be perfect.
and Notions
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rally. Underwear in great variety. Cashmeres, Keiseys, Joans, Homespun*, .
Linen and White Good*. Cloaks, Dolman-, Jackets, etc. Llanketa and
Flannels. Everything in the Dn Goods line is in our stock. We offer no
trash, hut on good goods we GUARANTEE IGilCLS against every
market in the United Strtes. A strictly first-class Dressmaking Department
is a feature of our business. Orders filled promptly and carefully.
DALY & ARMSTRONG.
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COTTON DE TUR ON ED.
St. Louts, Mo., February 27.—
Twenty leading cotton factors of this
city, embracing tho principal officers of
the Cotton Exchange, publish an ad
dress to merchants farmers and tenants
of die cotton belt, in whi :h they advise
some radical changes in the manner of
fanning and doing business in the South,
The chief cause of the lack of prosperity
in the Southern States, they soy. are :
First, the present credit system, which
forces planters and lenants to pay ex
travagant prices for supplies, and to
rush their crops to market in such
quantities as to break prices, oftentimes
below cost of production ; and seoond,
the over-production of cotton. This
they think the keynote to the whole
situation, and they strongly urge every
body interested in Southern prosperity
to discourage planting a large acreage
of cotton this year. Food products,
they suy. are wbat Southern planters
most need, and they advise, first of all,
the raising ofgrdn, cattle and hogs, and
give the roiuaindcr of their time, if they
have any, to growing cotton. They
show that the present price of cotton
is 15 per cent, below tho average of the
past five years, and that oorn is 3.3 and
provisions 50 per cent, above the aver
age, thus causing the mere cotton raiser
to lose largely in two ways. They con
tend that a deorease in the production
of cotton and an increased produot of
bread, meat and other kinds of food will
bring about a more prosperous condi
tion of the Booth, and they ask mer
chants and planters to call a convention
and agitate tbe question throughout the
cotton belt.
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The patent American Road-Cart. The easiest riding and most perfict
two wheel vehicle yet produced. Leads all others. Supersedes all others.
Three quarter Trotting WagonR. Ladies’ Phsetons, ehgant styles. Coach
Material. Fine Paints and Varnishes, Saddlery and Fine Harness. Leath
er findings. Best quality Seamless Gum Belting, pure article. Leather
Belting. Lacing. Fine Trunks and Valises. Agents for Wilson, Childs A
Co’» Philadelphia Wagons, the lightest and beat. oet.6,’82.ctn.
11 Men Agree
That tbe best is cheapest, and especially is this true iq,FURNITURK.
Just see some of our prices :
P rl *r Sets ill Hair Cloth, Walnut Frame from $35 b
The best Raw Silk Set for $65 ever off*'red.
Nice Wulnut Chamber Set*, Marble Top, $55.
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he best Walnut Marble Top Set iu the market f >r $65.
WE DEFY COMPETITION FROM ANY AND EVERY QUARTER.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR,
AND FEW EQUALS, IN THE SOUTH.
Who ever heard of Cane Seat Chairs for »cv<
Extension Tables one dollar per ioo».\
On lust Friday morning a negro
<#meil McGanghey, living . near
Snow’* bridge, i« Walton county, shot
••d killed himself because
whom ha was in
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