Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-10
Florida Affairs.

| Vegetables are scarce in St. Augustine.
There was a slight fire in LaVilla Wednes-
day. The prompt efforts of the citizens avert
| ed a serious conf lgration.
| Fernandina is enduring the COW pasture
plague.
Isaiah P Kimball of Bath, n. H. died at
Formosa, Orange county, last week, from the
effects Of drinking ice water while heated.
! The Norris grove at Spring Garden will yield
| 1000, 900 oranges this year
The Masons OF Orlando Lodge No. SO are
preparing for a grand basket picnic on st.
Johns day, June p, 1881.
Arrangements are being made for an ex-
cursion from Orlando, Maitland. Sanford and
other points to Sc. Augustine and return on
the l4th instant. Special rates have been Sc
| cured.
number Of new settlers from Wisconsin
will arrive in Volusia county early in the fall.
preliminary survey of another new rail-
road from Orange City to Blue Spring has been
made.
The Spring says that Messrs H. NJ. Moss, G.
T. Butler and R R. Thompson, Of Green Cove
Spring. while on an alligator hunt on the Ock-
Iawaha last week. had the misfortune to lose
pair of $3.50 mules. II is not known whether
they broke out of the lot of their own accord
or were stolen.
In Volusia and contiguous couaties the sea
sons, says the Orange City Times. have been
excellent so far, and there can be no complaint
from the farmers either about the seasons or
the weather. On the other hand Middle and
West Florida are sorely in need of rain.
There were shipped from Welborn, from May
1st to 9th. S84 crates of vegetables, mostly
beaus which sold at two dollars and three dol
lars per crate.
The new Baptist church at Apopka, fifty two
by fifty three feet. is quite good sized build
ing. The frame is up, and the material on the
pIaee The contractor expects to complete
the building within one month.
From the 29th Of April up to June ist there
was shipped from Live Oak 1 ,446 crates Of
vegetables, weighing A. .44s pounds.
2,.4sS crates. amounting 10 1882 ,7Si oranges
we're shipped from Tampa since the 9th of oc-
tober by the Tampa Steamship Company's
vessels. few shipments of oranges were
made in other vessels. 1t is thought that dou-
BILE that amount will be shipped next season.
Tampa Tribune: "One thousand three hun
dred boxes OF pe.cil boards have been shipped
from this port in the past six months. There
are but two mills in the county cutting cedar
at DroSent-thoSe OF MT. II. N. Due, al
Alafa. and L. NJ. Ballard. at Shiloh"
Sanford Journal: THE Church Of the Holy
crnss nj Sanford is nearing completion, and
We are infOraed the dedication services Will
take place on Sunday. June l2 Next week.
however we will endeaYor 70 place the par
ticulars before our readers
A faw NIGHTS ago Mr. " T. SummeFgill was
t-nocILed down and robbed Of his money and
Hratcb on Pine street, Jacksonville. 1t seems
that he had been asked to change quarter by
a couple OF oOlored boys, aged aooqt eight1een
and nineteen, and when he took out MS pocket
hook for the purpose of making the change
they knocked him down and robbed MIN.
ran,na Tribune: 1--WE have seen letter
f-on, the limited States Commissioner or Lands
in washington. stating that homesteaders VINO
made their entries anterior 10 March, 1927,
thin fha six or fifteen miles limits OF tne
sront of United States lands TO Mr. uiee-s
5Sasd 70 Tampa, are not required 20 pay - %
per acre IL they commune anu tns tr,,S,tsd -
vile Office in this state mas oeen instructor W
correct its errors Ia this respect
,t.r;orna Courier: tine only case Of any
va-TicI1Iar Interest before the court Was tnat OF
COY for rape The person upon WON ns ~
raT,a vas attempted was the qaughtef VI t4e
rrIsoreF. This case was brougns 70 oue t Goerp
~ Change Of venue from Washington county.
The family Is one Of reSpectabillIy, hu .ne
,1risoner was esteemed a. respectaole man
,rrsno a little 'moonshine' distieFy. he be
came yery much addicted to drink. COZ; ~
the campaign of 1878, was an independent
.a0d;date - for the Legislature in Washington
county. and received a fair proportion tl. OF the
,-ote The trial was one or absorbing interest,
FOt1 9 .ha avtdence against the prisoner vas OF
she l1.e most convincing and conclusive eharac-
ter"
The Jacksonville Union is informed that the
rrr,.TIa Mil was not destroyed, as previously
reported The mill burned on sne iII I'm IocsssS
one known as w. L. Fingers nsE ls 1lass ioS"es -
n,ss, RaiIroad. which totally destrSy yed
By fire. together with about tbs sshOonsr
per; WE EoIson, now II ing at Fernandins- II.
M.nne n a. has bought the property saved ,, rom oT
~ ire, and viii at once rebuild tne onsb mi and
pecng complete ac + n spSTs noT Vaa engaged Ia re-
placing the lumber p9Fnee,