Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-15

J. {. Kern, Of Astatula, is dead.
Hamilton county is to have a new Jail at
A new hotel at oxford, Sumter county, is
The Herald wants the houses of Tavares
numbered.
The steamer J G. speer has been launched
FIFTY ailigators are on exhibition at a store
IN GAINESVILLE.
Tramps at jacksonville demand food a. tho
point OF the dirk.
The spOngers at Key West report clear wa
ter and bad weather
Fairbanks, in Alachua county, expects to
have new hotel soon.
Plne Mount, in Suwannee county, has a new
saw mill and warehouse.
SUGAR canes, pumpkins and oranges were in
the hey West market last week.
NJ. ;. COrnellis, of ireland, has gone to Leon
county TO engage IN stock raising.
ID. r. Mcclure shot two fat deer near
Brooksyille. Thursday of last week
+. Z. Swan will build hotel of thirty
rooms at New Boston near Penryn.
PensacOla's street cars are said to have
proved profitable investment so far.
The Pensacola Cotton Compress Company
Will begin operations on Monday next.
Madison Is in need of cottages. and quite a
number OF new ones are building there
sugar bOlllngs are in full blast in all parts
Ducks are fat and plentiful along the coast.
and qualls abound in millions everywhere.
An orange tree in HillsborO county, six
miles from shiloh, has borne 10000 oranges.
O'Brien, in Suwannee county. is to have a
post office, with Sim Z. Collins as Postmaster
y Suwannee county log required sixteen
mules 10 haul 1t and made $4,000 feet of lum-
Der.
Three hundred and thirteen bales of derelict
eot'on have been picked up by small vessels of
Key West.
Fishing operations along the Gulf coast are
at a stand still. Cedar Key fish dealers are
sailing many.
;. X. Casseau. of Wal1ulla county, has made
twenty EIGHT barrels of syrup from half an
acre OF ground.
A large number OF visitors are reported to
be at Key West, where the flowers are bloom
ing luNurIantly.
La Crosse district, in Alaehua county. has
nine public schools, five for cOlOred and four
for white pupils.
Most of the $500 assessed by Orange CITY
Tor school purposes were promptly paid into
the town treasury.
The schooner James Bayles sailed from
Cedar Key last week loaded with railroad ties
for IampicO. Mexico.
The State Fair will be held at jacksonville
from February u to Is inclusive. The pre-
/ mlums aggregate $4,000.
Middle Florida farmers are taking advan-
tage OF the dry weather to haul muck out of
the ponds for fertilizer.
Last week at Oxford Sumter county. a Mr.
! Finney bought of Mr.. Barry ten acres of land
for which he paid $500.
An old lady by the name of King, living
lev miles north of Gainesville. died last week
al the advanced age OF l07 years.
II. Carpenter has laid out an addition to
Barlow, on the west side of the town, and ex-
tending from the Tampa road to Mrs. Mann's
place.
:. X. Causscaux. Of Wakulla. raised tvcn
barrels vna
half acre OF ground, in spite of the continuous
drought.
Work began this week on Dr. Bruce's hotel
and sanitarium on Polk street, in Tampa.
The building, when completed, will contain
80 rooms.
w. NJ. Humphrey, of Madison, killed pig
last week which was is months old and
weighed 30 pounds net. He was of Berkshire
and Essex stock.
II is reported that a great part of san Pedro
swamp. which has become dry since the
drought set IN. is now on fire. The smoke has
been borne as far as Madison.
Charles 4. Hunt. of SOmmerviIle Mass.
consumpuve, scrOfulOUs. Incorporate and
weary of life, cut his throat from ear to ear
at Tavares a few days ago.
+. :. Carew last week planted out 1850
fine strawberry plants on the old Fort Brooke
reservation at Tampa. He reports the plants
as looking well aud growing finely.
The old Convent at Key West is said to be
fine site for the location of a Sl500O0 hotel
q n.
the fort and harboT, and is admirably adapted
20 modern hotel purposes.
The entire upper story OF Nos 6, s, 10, y,
and II Reeds block, Jacksonville. has been
leased for number of years by the lei Modelo
Cigar Manufacturing Company. This COM
pany has just been established. Herman
Myers, of the firm of III. Myers 4 Bros, of
Savannah. Ga. Is the President and Mr.. sligo
Myers. of the same firm. is the Secretary and
/ Treasurer.
The northward bound construction train on
the Florida Southern Road was thrown from
I the track near Leesburg Wednesday by
loose rail. The accident resulted in instantly
I killing FlaskO Hilton and Robert Sims
cOiOrcd men, and wOunding Ed. Rilev,
white man, and Oliver Robinson, Wade
Harris and William Little, cOlored. 4 colored
man who was stealing ride was also in
jured.
Following Is a statement Of the business
transacted at the United States Land Office
at GAINESVILLE last month: Number cash en-
tries made, 24S; area, q, ,269 acres. Number
/ hOmesteads entered, l79; area, 20967. SO acres
Number pre-emptiOn declarations, 35. Num-
her final proofs made, IS; area. 5.442. "a acres
Number warrant locations, ,; area, l20 acres.
Area cOmmuted hOmesteads, ,4S3.9l acres
area hOmesteads purchased under act of June
Is. 1850, 3.6li.23 acres; acres selected by the
state Of Florida as swamp indemnity. $50 .63 !;
acres selected by the State of Florida under
act of September 2S, 1850 (swamp grant, 53I.-
1871. Whole receipts of the office for the
month. Si3.339 "a"