Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-30

An arteslau we'll IS hclng bored at ST. Au-
gustne.
shidizuoka. the new town on LAKE Jackson,
Lake City is to lease q lot on which To erect
town house.
The Marion county court house is fast near
ing completion.
The Port Orange hotel has been crowded
am winter with guests
Much interest Is being manifested ln , con
county i'm tobacco culture.
4 French lemon tree at Daytona, Nolusia
county. has 1900 lemons on 10.
sYster works ON the Holly plan are coutem-
plated at Crlando, Orange county.
The Pensacola Adgquce- gazette Is to be pub
Nshed but once a Wee- instead of semi
weekly as formerly.
Al eaademy Is to be erected Immediately at
BrooksEitls. fernando county. IT is to be
placed ON Saxon hill.
john Allen. of Moui,rie. has refused $4,000
for his tine young grove, WhiSE he offered q
Jew years ago for $1,000.
The Commercial Telegraph Company wires.
rla the Florida Southern Railway. are now
-~tapieted 10 LeeSburg.
-'eeilo. Jefferson county, is now free
Nom Nd hos q surplus of several nun
from qeDt a.. treasury.
'ie. ao,lar7 ~ tDe tue case Of the State
vs. Thomas Dolby for murder
dered "a verdict Of mot guilty." e..
Many Of the farmers of Jackson COUNTY wel.
ousiiy engaged in plowing last week. 4 large
acreage of oats was also planted.
The foundations of the new Ocala House
are all ready and the walls viii bc built as
soon as the brick for them arrives.
Sawdust is being used extensively in sandy
south Florida towns upon the streets 1t
makes an eNceIien, covering for sand.
There have already been i'm orted this
month from Havana 60 hev West 2lO bales of
leaf tobacco and LAG gallons of wine
W r TQaEpfr has r1ova1 g., A,.a,,r-.. ..,.-,,t--
near Sanford, where he has fallen heir to n
half interest In $4,000 orange grove.
Nine new houses are now in course of cree
i'on In DeLand, Eolusia county. that have
been com nenced within the last two weeks.
The Savage grove, adjoining the Dunlawton
lands nj Port Orange, has been sold Ia MIR.
Hlllmau, from Nashville. Tenn. Tor S9C0O
cash.
Last Tuesday was said to be the coolest dav
hey Westers have felt for many wears. The
thermometer stood at 81. In 1870 Ii fell as low
rs IS.
The artesian wei Mt DcLaud is down to a
depth of $50 feet. and no spontaneous flow of
water Vet. Ii costs the protector SIS Der dav
TO feed the well with water.
John L. Bradford has purchased the interest
OF his partner James Holland, at Tallahassee
and Is now conducting their extensive milling
and lumber business on his own hook.
The mails. says the Lake CITY Re9orfsr.
reach tins place at such hours that the public
suffers considerable Inconvenience. We are
not disposed to grumble, but would prefer the
old schedule.
y stock company has been formed at Ocala
Tor the manufacture of ice. The capital stock
Is Sz5.vuJ- The machinery for it Is now being
made In chicago and Will have "a capacity Of
ten tons day.
There are $50 prisoners i'm the peDitentiarv
-l55 black males. females: is white males
and temaleS-z2 of this number are in for
life white males for murier; white fe
males for lntantlcides; and the others colorad
Port Orange. George Moody. of Tockport N
y p, shot and Killed pOrp0ise last Saturday.
The fish was brought ashore for inspection
and found to measure eight feet in length and
four feet in circumference.
Col. Carlos Aguero's arrest at Key West.
Thursday, was made IN compliance with a re-
quest contained in a telegram from the state
Department at Washington, as a fugitive
from Justice, claimed by Spain under the
treaty of eXJraditiOn. and held under the law
TO await the arrival of evidence.
The following was picked up on Matanzas
beach, Is miles south Of 81. Augustine, Mon
day. II was found floating In a match box.
\ raft composed Of vessels matches was
found IN the same locality. "AT SEA Nov e.
lse3.-Please write to New York Herald Nf
S;l5 p. M. snip Cracker SIX went down. All
hands on raft. Do not know II we viii reach
shore or not. No provisions or water Have
had 10 sight .Of landl for eight davs" This
was written on the back of D ank bill of the
pilot boat Kate. OF Brunswick. Ga. and
signed .'Bill ScOper. Master" The paper Is
somewhat mutllated from having been in the
water: and the name is also somewhat indis-
tinct.i
The st. Augustine Press says: Bishop Ma
nucy, OF Corpus Christi, Texas who has re-
Gently been appointed To the Catholic diocese
OF Mobile, Ala, Is native of st. Augustine,
He has been the means of erecting churches.
converts and schools in different portions of
Texas. He has about 10000 Catholics in his
Texas diocese. The Bishop was born in St.
Augustine December y. 1923. where he re-
ceiyed his early education. He was educated
for the priesthood at Spring Hill College
Mobile; ordained priest August IS, 1850. anc
assigned first to " NarrentOn, Fla. where be
built the first church, and then 10 Apalachi-
cola, Fla, and afterwards to Mobile and Mont.
g0mery, Ala"