Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-01
FLORIDA.


nandina.
The post Office at Braiden in Leon county
has been discontinued.
Sorrento received little boom last week by
the arrival OF y persons from Michigan, the
majority OF whom came with view to pur-
chase.
Work on the promised sanitarium at Mt.
| Dora has not been commenced vet and people
are beginning to fear that it was only a castle
| In the air.
5. stanton talks of putting on a light-draft
/ IRON steamer TO act as tender to the Manatee
running between points on Sarasota and Ter
/ raceia bays.
The contract for the building Of the Pres
| byterlan Church at Ccala, has been let to
| Mclyer Bros. The lot selected Is near Col
Gary's grove
| Il. J. Gore, residing few miles from Ocala,
one DAY last week killed two deer and two
| bears while on a hunt. One of the bears was
a very large one.
The Tallahassee EcOnO1,tst says that Presi
dent Arthur could not have named more OBJ
JectlOnable man than William Watkin Hicks
Tor SurVeyOr-General Of Florida.
Webb & Higley's mill and orange box fac
t9rY, at Hlgley, Is so crowded with work that
they are running day and night. and are max
ing large additions TO their wood working
machinery.
W. c. Neel, of jackson county. has an old
SILK handkerchief made by his mother of
jackson county raised silk, she having raised
the c0co0ns and woYe the silk herself in the
ante bellum days.
There is in jackson county near Greenwood
and the Long Moss spring purple rock which
was, during the war, used as a dye-stun for
nome made goods The rock is, at tine
present day. unnOticed. but might be util-
lied.
Wiley Robinson, of Starke, killed an Ameri-
can bald eagle last week. near the "Sink
Hole, measuring feet and inch from tn to
TIP OF wings and feet and inches from hc ad
10 tan, weight l554 lbs, with spread Of talons
OF inches.
a handsome Blaine girl. a jacksonville
@ salesiady pet a drummer 80 kisses against
new nat that Blaine would win, and the store
Keeper says that if the drummer don't give
him an order for the kisses he will quit buy
ing goods of HIM.
At Seneca, a man who was arrested as n
thief Of orange trees, was found to have a
starving family on his hands and was given
his liberty, with the understanding that he
would pay his victims so cents on the dollar
as soon as he could get the money.
It was a street rumor at Lane Park last
saturday night that our town negroes were
holding themselves in readiness for an eX-
pected attack from their brothers in black
who claim 20 be citizens of Tavares. 1t seems
that bad feeling exist between them.
One Of the young bears belonging to Sheriff
Crutchheld, of Orange county, got tangled
with his rope on Tuesday last and strausled
himself to death before assistance arrived.
1t was female aEdsever since her death her
mate has kept up a continual wall most sad
anu suIIOWlul.
J. II. johnson, of Dakota. was in Higley
last week looking up location for general
merchandise store. He will very likely put
in a $1,000 s'Ock of goods. At no distant dav
he proposes to build 2 large double store. or
two stores, > by IS each, making q double
front 80 10y IS, two stories high.
At BranfOrd, Wednesday, a horse belonging
to William \. Land and one belonging to
Hon. L. p. Chairs, both of Lafayette county,
will be run for a purse of $50 Robert A.
Iyey is stakeholder ahd is busily engaged in
preparing the track. Both horses are local
celebrities and money will freely be bet.
At Ocala on Wednesday last w D. Morton
sold TO J. +. Dunn two orange groves. one
containing 100 acres and the other so acres,
living south of Orange avenue, for $4,000.
The groves are not bearing yet, but are among
the finest in the county. 4 few years ago this
land was bought by Mr.. Morton for abOutE2O
per acre.
Nearly 100 delegates to the Baptist State
Convention to be held at Orlando Dec. II to
IA have sent on their names intending to be
arrangements will this week call on citi-
Zens to find ali who can help entertain them.
The numbers come not only from Florida. but
from Georgia, the CarOlinas, Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Kissimmee Bitter-SlCeet: While the steamer
ROsalie was backing down the canal with the
current last Saturday, the bell-line got caught
eddying current catching the boat at the mo-
ment turned her sidewise in the canal. and,
the Captain not being able 10 signal the engi-
neer, the steamers stern crashed up on the
bank Of the canal, with the wheel still revOlv-
ing, tearing half of it of and otherwise in
iuriug it. Distress whistles were blown, but
before the OkeechObee came to her assistance
the passengers had got out on the bank and
showed her of, when she flOated down the ca
nal and was taken in tow by the OkeechObee
and brought TO this city for repairs.