Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-17

A-lAeAD a
rsements Of Hinsborough county


The disbursements Of Hillsborongh county
1 last year were g, Isl 2S.
/ Twenty-nine was the nearest the ther-
| mometer went to zero at Ap0Dka.
An old-time sugar foot dance is one Of
| the recent dissipati6ns al Key West
The Cork post Office has been removed to
| Plant City. and its name changed accordingly.
| The company Of the Tampa ice factory ex-
| poets to be ready 10 manufacture ice by the lst
i Of next month.
! Mrs. R. H. NJ. Davidson. wife Of Congress
/ man Davidson, died last Thursday at her
| home in Quincy, Fla.
! MIR Collier, Of Marco. recently shipped to
/ the North 300 bushels of tomatoes, from which
/ he netted s. per bushel.
It is reported that the late cold snap did no
| injury to the oranges hanging on the trees in
/ HillsbOrough county.
The services Of Rev. a. +. Randall. as pastor
of the Baptist Church, at Tampa, have been
| secured for the present year.
number Of new buildings are soon to be
/ built in the northern part Of Tampa. Most Of
| pleted by spring.
ssThe average number of pounds OF fish
shipped from Cedar Key per week is estima-
ted at l25,00O pounds, at four cents per pound,
| amounting to $500"
a daily evening newspaper, to be called
Tie Aelcs, IS shortly TO be started al Palatka.
by Benjamin Harrison and Eugene p, Speer
1t Is 10 be Democratic in politics.
At Tampa, Sunday night, Rufus King who
was boarding at NJ. Prevatts, went 10 bed,
complaining Of feeling little badly. and on
| Monday morning was found dead in his bed
\ farmer on the Alfalfa river. while grinding
sugar cane the other day, got five and one
! half gallons of Juice from ten average stalks
Of cane. This vas second year stubble, and
grew on pine land.
The Speer grove OF six acres, near sanford,
viii yield this year nearly. if not quite. q
million oranges. NOsuch crop has been known
I IN for fara f. arra rrIaf q ia
thousand dollars per acre.
At Key West. last Saturday. the schooner
I Rosebud was offered over 400 for sponge
gathered in a six weeks cruise. but refused to
sell. The spOngers upon the bars are doing
remarkably well 50 far, some getting as high
as l500 bunches.
The Iiillsb0rOugh County Commissioners, at
their meeting last Monday. appropriated the
sum Of $3.50 to aid in the construction Of the
/ bridge across the Anclpte river. near TarpOn
| Springs. The citizens are to make up the bal
ance OF the amount required, and are 10 have
/ the bridge built.
Captain Vogel. of the City of Palatka, re-
/ ports that new channel has formed at the
mouth of the st. Johns river, running parallel
/ with the South Beach. and about a half mile
/ distant from the channel in for the past
/ four years, which has entirely closed up. The
| depth OF water in the new channel at half
| tide is from twelve to twelve and a-half feet.
The annual meeting of the Grand Division
| sons Of Temperance convened at jacksonville
I elected for the ensuing term; Prof. William
/ \. Sheats. q. ". P; Mrs. G.. G.. Mclean. q.
| W. A; DR.. J. NJ. Fairlie, G.. 5; Joseph
I Thomas. q. T.; William G. Andruss. G. G. :;
| Mai. y. j. Russell. q. Chaplain; Rev. L. W.
Kickliter. q. c.; William Wright, &. 5.
The conductor on the freight train bound
| from Fernandin2 to Cedar Keys, on the Tran
/ sit Road. while at Brandy Branch. was at
/ tempting to couple two ears, when the three
/ first fingers Of his left hand We're caught be-
/ tween the bumpers and mashed flat. He
[ took the train on to Baldwin, where he was
relieved by another conductor, and returned
! to Fernandina. The general impression is
/ that ;he three fingers VIII have to be ampu-
/ tated.
The Tampa Guardian says: ''Mr. Joseph
/ B0urqUardZe brought TO our sanctum this
week a strange looking fruit of the citrus
/ family. which grew on a tree in Mr.. James
| Madre's grove, at Clear Water. To look at
| the fruit one would suppose that they were
/ luNuTics. but the taste of it is more like the
grape frutt, only far more dainty and delicate
| in flavor. They grow in clusters and are Of
bright, pretty color, and look as II they
might be a cross between the seedless lime
| and sweet lemon. At any rate they are a very
1 delicious juicy fruit, and would be well worth
/ cultvailng extensively, as the tree seems to
/ De quite harty aud prolific bearer. Mr.
/ BoTquardze thinks Mr.. Madre's tree which
Z he took the cluster from that he brought us,
( has all of ,000 on it,"
The Grand Lodge +. and 4. " .. of Florida,
/ assembled i'm annual session AZ Jacksonville
/ Tuesday. The Grand Master announced the
] following committees: Returns and Creden-
/ tals-Drudy, Harris and Richards. Uniin-
| ished business-C4runthal and Slayer. PropO-
I sitions and observation-disclosures WHY, Liv-
! iugston. Lee and TunmOns. Finances and
/ Accounts-Endell, Delaney, Robinson, Hall
/ mark, Fox and Bynum. Dispensations and
] y-Laws-Stivender. GlOgOwski. Miller and
/ Bynum. isprudence-AndersOa, Russell,
/ Long. Mclean, Stewart and Pasco. Visitors
! Hallmark. Schwerin, Thorn and Hicks.
/ Education-RUssel, Caldwell, stark and Ma
/ gruder. Printing-DaWkins, Robinson and
! Mclean. Foreign COrrespOndenee-Daw
/ kins, Waegate, Pasco and Baltzel. Memo
/ rials-Weler, Wasgate and Perry. Grand
/ Secretary Dawkins Chrirman Of the Commit
| toe History of Ereemascnry in Florida. stated
/ that during his researches he had discovered
\ that a lodge of Mas0ns existed as long ago as
/ 1868 at st. Augustine, working under char
/ ter from the "Grand Lodge Og the South
/ ern District of North America" ="
/ The Past Masters Degree was conferred in
/ Jacksonville Chapter. Past Grand Master
/ Wasgate "a r. W. Master. 4.