Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-07
FLORIDA.

hey West has over I40 street carriages.
Enterprise will bore for an artesian well.
AIicanopy is organizing a military COM
pany.
Tarpons are said to be plenty on the Gulf
coast.
The crops on the Csloosahatchie are said to
be good.
SIX colored bunzo men have been arrested
IN Gainesville
Sugar cane around Titusville Is reported to
be doing unusually well.
The estimated shipment OF oranges at Mic
snopy for the coming season is 25,O00 boxes.
Postmaster New Of New Haven. is under
arrest charged with official crookedness.
At Rey West l6 new dwellings are now un-
der construction, and "a are under repairs.
AT Key West the construction Of a drive
around the island Is now under Amusement.
The average weekly shipment Of cigars to
New York from Key West numbers LOCO 600; ;
TO the West it is near 200,O00.
About 700 go cOcOanuts have been planted
ON the keys and mainland at Key West within
two years. and aFe growing splendidly.
Tropic Is the name ct new post Ofnce on
the lower end Of MeTrltCs Island, below Rock
Ledge. and p. \. Mcmillan Is the name of the
Postmaster, having received his papers last
week.
The Postmaster General sent the paper back
90 the applicant at MiccO fOr his bonds, where
they were drawn up ON sunday. ana the peO-
ple viii have to wait little longer To get
their mail at that Office.
Louis Gardner. a cOlored farmer. writes the
Live oak BuIIsffu that he planted long cotton
on the natural land on March II. that he OBJ
served squares on it ON April ., bolls on May
81. and had open cotton on July p.
Tfm Gadson. who killed Frank Nickols some
time ago on the Florida Southern Railroad. in
fernando county. was recently captured at
Ocala and is now In jail St BrOoksviile. He
claims 10 have killed NiekOls accidentally.
Iga.fu Pive- Sun: As the hard current Of
fhf GuIf stream eompelS the steamers going
south 20 come close IN shore at present, we
see two or jhree Of them most every day, ana
ou july s The steamer City OF New Orleans
came within lls miles. We sple,i her1or some
time from the beach, and csn say that her
passengers We're a Jolly crOWd-such as V1iy
Southern lines can boast OF. At present navt-
gators say the Gulf Stream is running at the
rate Of Eve miles an hour north, SO ell vessels
s-1iug south try TO keep ont of lt 10 make bet
ter time. They take 10 between stream and
coast.
Lake City correspondence of MORNING
NEWS Aug. 3: DR.. Bass, President Of the
WESLEYAN Female College at Macon, Ca. gave
Lake 4 ..v a passing call on his route TO at
tend the District meeting Of the Methodist
EuiscoDal Church'SOUth, held at Tusteeuugga,
last week. The meeting was largely attended
by preachers and delegates from distance
ON last sunday evening Mr.. htcharu Hol-
iOWay. near Wilson. was reclining against a
post on the piazza at the residence Of MAJ.
GrII8u when the post suddenly gave way.
preclpitatiug Mr.. Holloway backward, ne
1al ing upOu his head. He died from hls IN
Jurles the next eVeninC.-FOdder pulling VIII
wind up this week. and the picking Of cotton
VIII gradually set iu.-As the sickly water
melons make their appearance chils ana
fever step m. and resort 10 the qulnlne bot
tie Is general IN some localities. w. II. VIII
son SAYS he VIII make provisions on i.is farm
at Wilson the present gear % last him zen
years, and his crop Is not urst-rate one. He
sells becves, bacon. corn. etc, every year.
That ia The kind Of country Wilson is