Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
FLORIDA.
WlldWOod wants an nrster sa


tall.
Young orange trees in Madison are dvinq
Tor want Of rain.
Wild ducks are becoming plentiful IN vari-
Gus portions Of the state
The effort to secure an artesian we'll al Tai
lahassee Is being renewed.
hne dock is being built at the DeLand
landing on the St. Johns river.
The First National Bank Of Palatkai is doing
business IN temporary quarters.
1ainesyille's pub ic school has been in one
ration only seven weeks, but il already has an
attendance Of l70 pupils.
prominent citizen Of Tampa is 0uofed as
saying that he hoped that Cleveland would be
Killed before taking his seat.
.. IL Humphress found at Smiths grove. al
CAahuhikee. a gigantic specimen Of the care
less weed that was 3 feet high.
The Tampa Tribune saws that II is onlv 2
question OF time when that place will meet
The Tate OF Palatka unless precautions are
taken.
At Palatka Monday 7. Brigham Bishop
purchased the Larkin House lot. paving
SzJ-uuJ- u Is his intention 10 build on the lot
magnificent hotel the ground to he com
posed OF lare storge-rOOms, fronting on River
and Front streets.
sumter county farmers have commenced
krlnulnS sugar cane, and syrup "biings" are
now In order. The dry weather mas cut the
crop somewhat short, but in that section of
the country enough will be made to go
round" !"
\ peculiar feature of the orange crop now
being gathered Is Its remarkable freedom
from rust. The fruit is generally smooth.
bright and beautiful. The prOtracted dTv
weather has caused the trees to drop a gOsd
deal OF their fruit, but liberal crop remains.
the excellent quality Of which ought to make
10 bring satisfactory prices.
". e. Moore, well known IN Palatka. owns
a farm and grove near BOYd's landing on the
Ochlawaha. Mrs. Moore had been an invalid
Tor some weeks and occasionally suffered Sc
Verely from nervous headache. On the night
of Nov. a she was in great pain for some
hours, and then sunk into troubled sleep.
That everything might be perfectly quiet the
husband and friends went into an adjoining
room. where they listened for the least sound
from the sick bed. An hour later they looked
in, only To find the bed vacant and the side
door leading from the house open. Wild with
fear, they summoned help and began a search.
In the early morning the unfortunate lady
was found, two miles from home, in the
scrub almost insensible, clothed only in a
night-dress. She could only ask family for
water" She was warmly wrapped up, hot
drinks were administered, and she was placed
IN vehicle 10 be driven home. But. despite
all care, the unfortunate lady died before
reaching home.
The following Is = list OF the insurance COM
panles and the amounts they lost by the Pa
latka lire Nov. g: Ktna, S30.550; Springfield.
SZu.o5u; sun Fire, $40, 500; Providence. Wash
lngtOn, Sl9,475; Hartford. $lS, 200; Western,
$500; New Orleans Insurance Association,
$4,000; New Ork Underwriters. $1,000: Citi-
zens Mobile, $1,000; -Etna. West Virginia,
$1,000; Commercial, New York, S3,5OO; Ma
tiOnal, New York, $500; Mechanics and Ira
ders, New York, $500; sun Mutual, New Or
leans, $4,000; Hibernia, New Orleans. S5.2-O;
Crescent, New Orleans, S. $50: Western, Phil
adelphia, $4,000; Artisans, Phladelphia,S4,l 100; ;
German-American. Philadelphia, $2,5O0:
BOatsman, Philadelphia. 1000; Queen. Eng
land, $4,000; Pelican, New Orleans, s.. $50; PeO-
pies, Philadelphia, s., 600; Phmnix. New York
Sll,5OO; Phenix. Hartford, $1,000; Humboldt,
Philadelphia, $500; North German, s., 900;
Liverpool and London and Globe. $500;
Home, New York, $4,000; Germania, s., 900;
Imperial, Sc, 900; Scottish Union and Western.
5000: southern Mutual. $500: Georgia
Home, $1,000; Commercial Union, 81. 500: Plan
ters'. Tennessee, -, 90; Standard, London,
$500; Merchants. Kentucky, 81, ,750; Alabama,
0f Mobile. 1900: Lafayette. New York, 81. co;
Hope, New Orleans. $500; Niagara. New
York, Sl,500; Farragut, New York, $l.500;
Hamilton, New York, 81, ,250; Security. New
Hampshire. Sl,250; Mechanics, New York.
SL2j1: MOntauk, Sl,25O; Empire City, Sl,25o;
Southern. New Orleans. 81 600; Western Cali
fornia. $1,000; standard, New York. $3.50;
North American. New York. $500; scattering
insurance. $4,000. Total, S306 SIS.