Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-27


Dayiona is to have a new railroad depot.
Owens is the name Of a new post office in
Manatee county. AZ
| terprIse and sanford.
The Weekly Chronicle is a new paper inst
started al Gainesville.
NOlusia county has doubled ber r,o,,1.t5l,,
since the census Of lsSO.
One policeman in jacksonville has To ,,uar9
sixty. O''i
Lake Jackson Is slowly recovering from the
eASCt7 on tue long drought, and has risen con
si'crauly since the recent heavy rains.
a. e.. Brown, of sunny HlU. lost his store
anu warehouse, with their contents, by fire
| recently Store and fixtures insured for s775.
stock s 900.
Parties on Indian river are now holding
their oranges awaiting favorable rise in the
market prices. The shipment Of large uuan-
Titles OF green oranges has caused the fancv
buyers 10 be rather suspicious OF investing.
Two Tallahassee ladies recently sayr "a
Haming advertisement Offering TO send a very
unreasonable amount of goods for s. and
lorthWlth they pooled their issues raised the
20 anu forwarded 10 the address given. This
week the goods came, and consisted of 25O
fire crackers.
The hogs in the suburbs Of Jacksonville. es-
pecially IN East Jacksonville and Oakland.
are dying very rapidly with some disease. the
exact nature of which Is NOT known but IN Is
supposed 20 bee cholera. On asccrtaiufno the
facts DR.. Knight Immediately notified the
dealers ln fresh meats IN the market to he
very cautious how they purchased pork for
7alc To the ciJizens- In fact, not to buy any
unless they have examined the animals before
lcalh ami ascertalncd that thev were per
tectly healthy.
Lake city correspondence NEWS, Jan. %: 4
,'-u wave slrucA our people last evening. but
tempered 20 "a warm rain and fog. Orange
trees are looking well. no damage having been
bphe To them tins winter. There has been so
H I'm
ii9lWlng ma OF oats--Cotton Is HAT at q cents.
Many of our citizens are holding their lands
from market, and thus preventing the coun-
Try from settling with good. thrifty farmers
Columbia county VIII have a splendid exhibit
40 the exposition.
The Ihurshy grove at Blue Spring produced
the pas. season "a little over 800 boxes of fine
lrutt. These 200 boxes Of oranges came from
N5 trees. These are old bearing trees and the
proprietor refused the offer of Messrs stead
Co. OF jacksonville, I'm November. to take
the whole crop, picked, boxed and delivered
On the d'ck at Blue Spring, at s. per box. II
NE had sold even at that price his trees would
nave brought him little over S2l each, but
ms returns are nearly 80 per cent. better than
the price offered last November.
Quincy HsrdEd: Mr. Ross Harriss has in his
possession quite "a relic-probably the only one
/ iu cXIstcuce-In the shape Of a change biil for
| twenty-five cents ot the town of Quincy. Of
date Of June l6. ls31. The head line Is - The
Better urrenCy.' with the figures .-2O'' in
/ tGc upper lcft hand corner. followed by No
/ .-l.' t4it- IttlAllt Ul e cow. anu the words.
'Ihe Corporation OF Quincy VIII paw the
bearer, ON demaud, - cents. in current bank
llli-- 10 ls signed J. Il. Harriss. Intendeut
anu -- Arml-tcaI .thc ink has nearly faded
/ OUT Secretary. IL ought 30 be filed among
lhc archives Of the town as AN interesting
relic Of the past.
Both the savannah, Florida and Western
ami the Florida Railway and Navigation
roads have rendered dtheircOmplimentary ser
vices 90 the Florida Press Association for a
TRIP % NeW orleans covering Florida Day
ant Mar'tI Gras. Vice President Chipey, OF
the Pensacola and Atlantic, also tenders the
editors the Courtesies of his road. and will
nave ms agent meet the party at River june
ton on the evening of Feb. - and give passes
to al who hold the certificate OF the President
and Secretary Of the Press Association The
party Will arrive in New Orleans on the morn
ing Of Feb. I3- 4 his viii nccessitate leaving
Jacksonville early on the morning of Feb. T..
The Palatza Ns,Cs SAYS that in the vicinity
of heuka are about forty members Of the
German Baptist Church, who are commonly
called nunkaris IN the North, and are verv
numerous IN some of the States. At keuka
they nave cOmmOdlous church house. and
regular preaching and sunday school on sun
days In their habits and dress they some
what resemble the Quakers-ncver take any
part in war and have very little to 10 with
politics At their church they have appoint
ing 40 p- M Jan. -. At this meeting as is
Their customl they viii practice many of the
sc" Testament ordinances as they believe
John xiii, the Lords supper, the breaking of
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