Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-03

FLORIDA.
A large hotel is soon to be built at Plant
I City.
MouItrie viii soon resound with the buzz ol
/ a new saw mill.
The lemon and guava trees are still bloom
I ing in and around Tampa.
Eggs were quoted at 40 cents per dozen at
I ApOpka during the holidays.
/ truck farmer near Arredondo is said tc
/ have contracted FOR the sale of his strawberry
! crop al 81 per quart
Fred Snelfer and family, lately of Marion
I o., have Just settled at Mango. He brought
/ several Jersey cows with him.
/ Frank Saxon, of Brooksyille, has cluster
/ Of fifty-tWO oranges on a limb less than three
/ fOurths Of an inch in diameter.
! Rev. Pere Hyacinthe and wife, Nine. Hya-
cinthe lOysOn, with their son Paul. will ar
/ rive in Jacksonville during the next few days
/ 4 child Of Hester Smith, living near Tampa,
was probably fatally burned few days ago.
Her clothes were lgnited by an overturned
kerosene lamp.
/ new town called Stanley has been founded
/ on Peace river. in Manatee county, thirty five
miles above Fort Ogden. 1t is the head OF
I deep water navigation.
| Capt. /. G. Dennis has bought the Airing
/ ton House at Gainesville, paying $4,000. The
new proprietor has placed Captain Avery in
| charge, with L. Wallace as chief clerk.
! L. r. Harris, recently OF Fernandina, is
/ about To become a permanent resident in
Gainesville, having recently purchased a half
I interest in the DOig foundry and machine
| shops. This Is the only foundry in this section
/ Of the state.
The fish business viii be quite slack for the
! remainder of the season, the Cedar Key En-
/ terprise saws. and the amount may be expect
] ed 10 dWlndle to One-hfth or One-siXth Of the
l proportions attained during the early part Of
I the season.
\ well attended public meeting was held at
Sanford Thursday night of last week to dis
| cuss the Improvement Of the St, Johns, and
/ TO urge upon Congress the necessity Of max
| ing liberal appropriation. \ committee
was appointed 10 draw up resolutions and
/ forward them, and to cooperate with any
l similar committees which might be appointed
I from other localities.
Il is rumored at Jacksonville that II. A.
| Young, one of the owners of the old st. James
l Skating Rink, has contracted with Mr.. Dingee
/ for the erection OF an opera house on the Site
I of the rink at the corner of Laura and Duval
/ streets. 1t is understood that the house will
I have a seating capacity of over one thousand,
and viii he elaborately finished and cOmforta-
/ bly, arranged. The stage, which was built
| there last spring, will remain as it is.
Attorney General B. II. Brewster, Assistant
Attorney General W. A. Maury, Hon. W. NJ.
! Wilson and Col L. NJ. Terrell, OF the Post
| Office Department, arrived at jacksonville
Monday evening. AtlO'clOck yesterday morn
ing they left on a special train. consisting of
engine, baggage car and Pullman coach, for
Pensacola, over the Savannah, Florida and
Western and Pensacola and Atlantic Roads,
and were slated to arrive at Pensacola at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. 1t was the first
through train ever run from jacksonville to
| Pensacola.
The MOultrie correspondent of the st. John $
Weekly published at st. Augustine, wrote the
/ the following "MOultrie Is but a few miles
| from st. Augustine, which has the third deep
/ est bar without dredging, on the entire FlOri-
/ da coast If perfectly dredged il would ad-
init vessels drawing from 20 to 23 feet. We
think 10 Is high time that our Senators at
Washington should have their attentions
called to this matter. as there has never been
an appropriation made for this bar, while
other cities ON the Florida coast have had hun
drcds of thousands of dollars appropriated
and used to deepen their bars With a few
thousand dollars the St. Augustine bar would
be greatly benefited
Fire broke out in the store of w. NJ. Net
/ ties at Altoona Saturday at midnight. From
/ there it spread to the general merchandise
/ store of j. W. Jones 4 Bro, from whence
\ IL lcaped TO the post Office building. There
/ the Altoona Argus, the post office and NJ.
/ Markwalter, ieweler, were burned out. The
/ fourth and last building which burned was
/ the barr0Om. The fire was then prevented
/ from spreading further. The losses as far rs
/ can be asccrtained are as follows: j. W.
I Jones & Bro, $1,000, insurance $4,000: W. N.
Ncttles, $1,000. Insurance unknown; +. j.
I HinsOn. post Office building. $500, insurance
500; Altoona Ar1Us Sl,500, no insurance: Nj.
! Markwalter, $400, no insurance, and on the
building occupied by the barrOOm, 500. no in
( surance. Total loss Sl0600 Nothing what
/ ever was saved. es