Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-15

~ I ne ~ alien place, near Williston was sold on
IeI oile nist Tuesday in December. and was bid
az S-,ISo. ont, owing to ssme misunder-
stsahuing about the crop OF oranges novv on
me place, the purchaser refused to tata II
anu II VIII have to be resOId.
q Oeorge Dykes, who came to Florida from
S uSOi & ga ~ years ago and settled on the place
tuesday. He was living with his son ~, 7 af[e
Joanna. g. For many years his chief occupa-
+ " & sts ~ htlng the Indians. Eusts settle
neeS rrIsllt SIa 'lien an almost unbrOken wilder
Mss Inc gentleman was 40 years old.
Rev. III. Hudson, Of Georgia. a local E,ldar
,,lsi VI sie Aethodlst Church, has taken up his
Issiuehce az Spring Place, with his family in
beo,, nope o.. oil Tegalning his health, which has
I'LL DSch seriously affected for MANY wears bv
rheumatism. Mr.. Hudson brings high testi
fFnDnlIIs as 10 his character and position in his
lorIler nome. near Eastman, Georgia
SoIna wants railroad or tramway cOnnec-
@ elon Win orlando. There is probably an av-
eIaSe OF ten wagon loads of fruits lumber
vegetables and freights passing over the road
,ys. 1etWeen e. the tive points for every working
uay 10 the year. This is constantly increas-
ing, ana the day is at hand when betfer trans
portatlon facilities will be one Of the de-
mands. ~
r, George II. Chamberlain, of the Manhattan
Bulluing Company. of New York who is mt
ting up the Bishop buildings m PaIatka' is
making an effort TO get one of the great sound
steamers, now laid up for the winter TO he
ls,i used as a Motel for the winter. He has al
III
II is possible that the Plymouth Rock. capabIe
OF caring for more people than any hotel
falatka mad before the fire, may be brought
70 the city and used as a floating hotel untiI
permanent buildings can be erected.
Curious freaks of the Palatka fire continue
70 make ther appearance. About as strange
anu anu unaccountable one as any was
the preservation Of a string of old draw
tickets in the warehouse of Cant
Adams. The tickets had been strung
on an n oId 1sh line, packed very close together
anu thrown under desk in the office, among
lot OF other Old papers, and when the ware-
mousse burned down all the Office furniture
OH papers, the nOorlng, and even the l2-inch
sills were burned to ashes. but the dray tick
ets passed through II all with only the outer
edges burned, and so slightly damaged they
can be easily read now
At an election of officers of Orlando Lodge
No. 69, +. n \. NJ, on Tuesday nighC last.
tue following officers were elected for the
ensuing year; Joseph Bumby, W. NJ; Mahlon
Gore, ). W.; W. G. Stubblefield. j. WI A
White, l.; +. a. Richards, 5. Refreshments
were served after the evenings WORK was
completed. As an item showing how the
pre- hfcn OF the mystic tie from different sec
tons OF the globe meet together in a common
fraternity IN Florida, it may be mentioned
that upon this occasion there were seventeen
present. Or these two were from Eng
land, the other fifteen were Americans
mailing from nine different States, as follows:
New Jersey /. Maine ., Illinois 3. South
Carolina !, New Hampshire ?, Tennessee 2
New York 1, Georgia >, Michigan /.
Lake City correspondence NEWS. Dec. p:
Prof. Bently, of the Massachusetts University
took charge of the Peabody school, in Lake
city, last Monday. No child will be debarred
from attending this school for the want of
means TO pay tuition. Young men will be
prepared at tlas school to enter a collegiate
cOurse. The facilities for acquiring an edu-
cation are not eXcelled in the state, while the
health OF the town is perfectly good. There
is large area of fresh water surface that
promotes health IN the hot seasOn.-The resi-
dence OF J. B. Black, 9t Wilson, was broken
open last week and ransacked for money
Finding none. the thieves left everything
topsy-turvy.-TwO bunkO men relieved an
old gentleman last week of $40 on the cars
here.-Sneak thieves seem to be in our midst
and II Is thought that e. y. Finley's residence
was burned this morning to hide their theft
one or the unknown was seen in and about
the BOrum Hotel shortly after the 1ire.-Rain
is plentiful.