Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-27
FLORIDA.

The walkinE match ania has struck Or
lando.
The Orlando Episcopal Church is to be en-
larEed.
Dicey is the name OF anew suwaunes coun-
IS post Office.
The new market at sanford will aecommo-
date ten stalls.
Crops about Ocala are doing finely. Corn
wiz suou bc laid by
Al2-pouud channel bass was caught near
keruandina last week.
Candidates for Senate and Assembly viii be
nominated at Enterprise on July ls-
Ocala Is the first town in the state to pay
is Aldermen. They are 70 have s. for each
attendance.
70 is said that Gen. q. f. Babcock, recently
drowned at Mosquito Inlet, had 5000 insur-
ancc ON his life. y pretty dear death 10 IN
surance com p1uies.
Under the new system the KEY West mails
VIII ue about twenty-f0ur hours later than
usual an consequence Of having TO convey the
mails part of the way by stage.
Thomas r. Wilson. Esq, OF sylvan Lake,
has produced on pine land, without fertilizer,
turnips weighing thirteen pounds, beets
weighing SIX anu enjoys weighing two and
quarter pounds each.
on two occasions lately. while Capt. F.
MeZarOus. who lives three or four miles from
sanford, was absent from home, his house was
burElarized amt robbed OF money and other
property 10 the value Of $50.
The Tallahassee Postmaster is authorized
20 advertise ten days for proposals 10 carry
the mails in a safe and suitable steamer, three
times wceE, both ways, between ST. Mar Is
and Apaiachic0la, touching at Carrabelle and
st. Teresa.
The pineapple season at Key West is on the
wanC. There has been q fair supply OF the
fruit for consumption and shipment. but
owing 10 the long continued dry weather The
pines have not been as large. but rather of
under size.
The American Baptist Publication Society
has delivered TO the Executive Committee Of
the Florida Baptist Association something :
% le distributed by the missionaries employ
cd D. that board.
The United States surveying schooner
PharOs, Capt. Anderson, which sailed from
baltimore for Mosquito Inlet. Fla, on May q,
fhe unfortunate trip on which Gen. Bah
cock aud others lost their lives three days
later. passed OF the Jacksonville bar Satur-
day morning bound TO Baltimore from Mos
: quste Inlet
There viii be 4 walking match under the
auspices Of the West Florida \ gricuttural and
Mechanical ASSOCIATION in Tallahassee. on
Thursday. fridas and Saturday. July 3. 4 and
8. Tie walking VIII take place in Galle's
Hail, and consist Of Q l2-hCurs g0-as-you-
please FOR whites on Thursday, ard a u or
4s-hours match mot yet decided which,. free
= all, on Friday and Saturday. the Ath aud
Sth. Entries VIII be received from any part
Of the State in both matches.
Thepeople OF Anthony, Marion county, are
guessing whether Willie smiths bird IS a
snake or birtl as viii be seen from the fol-
lowing correspondence Of the Oeala EInaer;
.Oue night this week when Master willie
smith carried his m0cking- bird cage into the
house for shelter. the light Of the lamp en-
abied him % make the startling discovery
tnat his bird was no longer bird. but a snake
about two and a half feet long. One theory is
that The plru was a specie Of q chryeaiis and
thus became g snake, and another Is that the
reptile had made meal Of the little songster