Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-13

FLORIDA.
Key West viii shortly have a new banking
house.
The Presbytery of st. Johns meets at Or
landO April 9.
Florida Strawberries are going North in
large quantities.
Three freight car thieves have just been de-
tected at Fernandna.
The Baptist congregation at Tallahassee are
repairing their church.
Nater from the artesian well at Magnolia
mas been introduced into the hotel.
sponging at Key West has suffered recently
from bad weather and muddy water.
steps are being taken to organize a suitable
library Tor the East Florida Seminary.
Tallahassee formerly had seventeen liquor
saloons. They have been reduced to four
A rattlesnake seven feet long and having
fifteen rattles was killed near Lake City re-
Gently.
The saw mills of Fort Dade are being
pushed To their utmost capacity to supply the
demand for lumber.
The citizens of Fort Dade are improving
their town lots and enclosing them with new
and handsome palings.
1t is said upon good authority that the new
town OF Prevatt Is to have hotel and thirty
houses erected within the next six months.
ship carpenters were busy laying the keel
Tor the De Barry Baya lines new boat at the
ship yard dt jacksonville, Monday.
The Agricultural Society of Fort Dade has
appointed their next meeting at Chipco in re-
sponse to an invitation of the-cltizens of that
place.
All river mails for points along the Jackson
vile. Tampa and Key West Railroad and also
for points south of Palatka, are now carried
over that road.
The people of Lake City were greatly
troubled last week on account of the tlOated
Spanish grant. Some of the poorest have
lost their homes.
DR.. Il. IL. McIlvaine. agent of the owners of
,.Ihe SuWanee,' has purchased the Gulf
House property at Cedar Key. Papers were
signed on the 4th inst.
The post Office at the Villa of Enerslie is
now settled fact, and hereafter the mails
viii be regularly received and conveyed from
that place twice a week.
Near Ocaia one day last week a lightwood
knot was thrown through the window in the
cab of an engine on the Florida Southern in
Jurng the engineer badly.
Mariana farmers are as a rule. hard at
work planting their crops and, notwithstand-
ing the scarcity of labOrers the acreage will
be as large or larger than last year
4 hotel IS soon to be erected at Center Hill.
after which a tri-weekly hack line will be es-
tabllshed from that place to Leesburg and one
also between that point and Wildwood.
Mr. Merideth Hartsfeld, an old resident Of
Leon county. died at his residence last Thurs
day in the 6Sth year Of his age. He joined the
church IN lSfO and for upwards of 20 years has
been a deacon.
1t is stated as fact that a large body of
lands situated near the line Of the Transit
railroad, consisting Of about 100000 acres. has
been sold by Mr.. Yulee to the Disston com
pany at 45 cents per acre.
NJ. q. johnson, who was robbed last week
of money and jewelry at Jacksonville. re-
covered his lewelry Saturday night. Whip
DIe and Pacetti informed the police where
they had buried it, and it was recovered and
returned to the owner.
The annual meeting of the Regents of the
Florida University occurred on Thursday Of
last week. Two of the Regents, whose time
would expire next year, We're reelected,
namely: Judge Byrd and Governor Walker
The first year of the University was not only
very harmonious. but eminenty successful
Nearly 100 students were in attendance in the
two departments.
The MORNING NEWS correspondent at
Frankland, Alachua county, under date Of
March 9, writes as follows: mot long since
daughter of y w. Polk, of this place. was
seriously burned by the explosion of kero-
sene can The girl Is yet in a critical cOndi-
ton, but ii Is thought she will perhaps re-
cover. Mr.. Polk was filling up a lamp and
ms daughter was holding fire torch in close
proNimity.-We are having fine weather and
the farmers are busy planting"
The Scotch party, consisting of Mr.. era
hame, prominent banker of Glasgow, and
Nr. Bett, factor for the Marquis of Breadal-
bane, have finished their personal eNamna-
tion of the 500. 600 acres bought bv the Scotch
syndicate from the Florida Land and Mort
gage Company, located mostly in the western
part of the state, and are highly pleased with
the purchase. They expect to return to Scot
land and arrange for large Scotch mmigra-
ton to occupy and improve the lands.
\ company has been organized and Kew
est expects to be lighted by gas in the
course of few months. The firm of Macy &
Co, engineers and contractors, of New Y Ork
have agreed to erect complete gas works
for the manufacture of gas from crude petro-
leum for the sum of $4,000. the works
to be complete within nine months
from date. They are to have a daily
state standard gas-having ~ miles of main
and construction pipe, which is to be laid
through the principal streets of the city. They
also erect 30 IRON street lamps complete. The
lamps are to be lighted, eXtinguished and kept
IN repair by the gas company. Each lamp is
TO burn 2,2O0 hours per year. according to the
American meter companies moon time table.
The price paid by the city for each street lamp
is $50 per year.
\ cOlored man went to the Jacksonville
post Office Tuesday night to mail letters and
parcels. One of the latter was too large to be
put through the opening intended for letters
and the man raped on window to attract
the attention of those on the inside. Walter
WetmOre, one of the mail carriers, was at
work, and on hearing the rapping at the win
dow called out to the man to stop it. The man
raped the second time and told him what he
wanted. WetmOre again ordered him to stop
rapplng, and notified him that the Office was
closed The man raped the third time, tell
ing WetmOre mot to be so smart" when the
latter gathered up large orange stick. walked
outside 10 where the man was and struck
INN blow ON the head. cutting an ugly
cash. from which the blood flowed freely The
other employees of the Office rushed out in
time TO prevent Wetmore from striking the
man another blow with the stick. WetmOre
was arrested, taken before the Mayor. and
fined s. and costs, and was suspended by
Postmaster Ledwith-he having no authority
TO discharge him-for his conduct. The Post
master reported the affair t. Headquarters
and il Is expected that Wetmore, who is a
member of the Legislature from this county,