Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-17
FLORIDA.


A salt fishery is to be established at Punta
Rassa.
J. A. Hunter has been nominated for Mayor
Of Leesburg.
The Key West sDongers are not meeting
with success.
4 shipment of oranges was made from Clear
water, on the Gulf coast, Aug. s.
Weekly hops are given by the Gibson Social
Club at the barracks in St. Augustine.
An attempt is TO be made shortly to estab-
lish "a telephone exchange in Gainesville.
The Mariana Times says the planters in
Jackson county viii be picking cotton in few
days.
Mr.. Cameron, Of the Indian Spring mill,
lost one of his fingers in a shingle machine
last week.
The firm of Bryant & Co., Of Lakeland, has
been dissolved. r. B. Cumming continues
the business.
Two petitions for license to sell liquors were
rejected by the Lafayette County COmmIs-
sIOncrs last week.
The Republican County Convention will
meet in Palatka Thursday, Aug. 2S 1884. to
nominate members for election TO the next
Senate and Assembly.
DR.. 4. F. Brown, of BrooksYille, has raised
an ear Of corn which weighs one pound and
/ ten ounces. II is ten inches long ana nine
I inches in circumference.
Mr.. TAYLOR, OF Canada, has purchased from
I Mr.. " illiam Middleton over 800 acres OF land
I located IN MOultrie, for the purpose OF start
] Ing q colony. commencing " lLu ubIut NuAA -
families.
B.S. Pettus. while hunting near Monticello,
I came across an alligator nest and destroyed
. upwards Of fifty eggs and IN a Few minutes
/ thereafter shot and killed the 'gater, Whlcn,
I he says. was the largest ever seen IN TINS
. county.
The Orange County Commissioners, at Its
T August session. levied the following taxes;
7 For county tax proper, mills on the dol lar
I on the real and personal property Of the
T county: for bridge and county buildings, ,
I mills: for county schools, mills, and for road
I tax, -aggregatmg ii mills Tor all pur-
I poses.
I Kev West Democrat: Wednesday morning a
/ CubanEeutleman was found drowned near the
/ Fort wharf. who proved to be connected with
] thefdmily of one of the most prominent butch
I er- in this city. When found he was warm,
and 10 was thought that he had not been in
I the water long. His health had been bad for
I some time. and the suppOsltlOu Is that, grow
I ing despondent, he committed suicide.
I Apopka Citizen: a painful and dangerous
I accident happened to Mrs. Lizzie b. Stewart,
/ At the residence of her mother. While getting
into "a buggy i'm which gentleman was seated
with knife open in his hand he had been eat
ing fruit. Mrs. Stewart stumb' ed and fell upon
I the open blade. which penetrated her side,
producing dangerous wound and great hem
/ Orrhage. She Is considered to be in a critical
I condition. DR.. II. ;. Brewer has charge of
( the case.
Palatka Herald: a cOlored boy employed by
/ McLaury in his store as an errand runner, en-
=
I night and stole "a purse OF money, a fine gold
/ watch and q large amount of clothing. that
/ belonged To a gentleman who was lying in his
room with a bad attack of asthma. When be-
/ ing pursued, he went through window sash
. In the kitchen, but it stopped him not. and up
to this writing nothing can be learned OF the
I whereabouts of the boy.
Madison Recorder: From reliable infOrma-
T tiOu we learn that the short cotton crop will
only be an average crop IN this county this
! season. The excessive late rains in june
/ made both crops grow of very fast and
luNuriautly while they lasted, and after that
| the stock hardened too fast. and some scaldeC
badly, giving scarcely any bottom crop
I There has not been a great deal Of the shOrt
[ cotton planted. and without the caterpillar
I the crops will be only an average. There ha.
I been quite q large acreage of the sea island
I planted in the cOHnty. The weed Is fine; for
{ reasons above given there is scarcely any
Z bottom crop. Without the caterpillar the
I crop viii scarcely be average. There is nC
I appearance OF the caterpillar rs vet and il i:
[ thought they cannot do much damage should
they come. The estimate Of decrease Ofacreagt
I planted this year in short cotton is 33 per cent
/ and the Increase of sea island IS from 30 to 3'
/ per cent. There is scarcely any of the lanC
lying IDLE, but some of 1t is very badly cult