Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-17
FLORIDA.

Falkland is new post office established
in Sumter county.
Strawberries nave fallen to 10 cents per
quart at Gainesville.
A national bank is among the proba-
bilities at Gainesville.
The Larkin House, burned in Palatka's
big fire, is to be rebuilt.
The Plant City Male and Female Semi
nary opened Monday last.
Four brick buildings are now in course
of erection at Gainesville.
The brick work on the Mann block at
Palatka has been finished.
An increase of over 10000 boxes of the
Halifax oranges is expected next season.
Tuesday the thermometer recorded "a
degrees on South Lake, near Ocala in the
shade.
The policemen who shot man at Cedar
Kew recently have been held in 5000 for
the Circuit Court.
Thirteen hundred dollars worth of piles
belonging to the railroad were burned at
Tampa last Monday week.
A horticulturist at Tangerine has
recently shipped crop OF $4,000 tube rose
bulbs to dealers in the North.
The citizens of DaytOna have sub
scribed So ,270 in cash and lands toward
having the Congregational College estab-
lished there.
Ocala has got fire engine and two hose
carts that have just arrived, but has no
house prepared for them or fire COM
pany organized.
Pine apples are coming into the Key
West market for shipment, and in few
weeks thousands will be sent by every
steamer going north.
The dispute about the Drayton Island
survey, in Putnam county, has been
settled by the declaration OF the TOwle
survey as the correct one.
Up to April II there were shipped from
Plant City 26,653 boxes of oranges, aver
aging $50 to a box, or 3,464, $50 oranges,
besides a large number OF grape fruit.
Mr.. Porter, of Westville, whose disap-
pearance some time tince exercised the
public to a great degree. turned up at his
home in Westville last Tuesday morning.
The Charlotte street, St. Augustine,
artesian well throws water 40 feet above
the casing. At depth of about 200 feet
the drill penetrated thin layer Of copper
ore.
The South Florida Railroad is endeavor-
ing to lease the Harllee and Henderson
property at Palmetto with a view Of es-
tablishing an express and freight agency
there.
f. b. Wager, of the star, announces
that he will give up the Titusyile post
office, and devote his entire time 10 his
paper. Sam Ray is recommended as his
successor.
An effort is being made 10 establish
saloon in BraidentOwn, and the feeling
ofindignation is universal. A gentleman
now residing in Tampa is the offending
party. He will not succeed.
RE. English, of Brooksville, shipped
four cabbages one day last week that
weighed twenty pounds each. The four
filled barrel. lie also shipped thirty
barrels from a quarter Of an acre.
II. Van Patten, who resides one mile
west Of Bro0ksville, has a curiosity in the
shane of two orange trees one year old from
the seed. One is six inches In height, the
other eight. Both are in blossom.
The undertaking to permanently Or
ranize a Congregationalist Church IN
Tampa is succeeding beyond CXpecta-
ton, and the work Of erecting an edihce
in the northern part OF the town Will soon
begin.
A bic rutabaga. raised by DR.. Watkins
on his place a mile east OF Orlando, was
grown from seed planted Ia November
The tuber was 30 inches In circumference
and weighed Is pounds.
Mr.. Patrick's gardener brought into the
store last Monday n head of cabbage
raised in his garden, in kisslmmee, which
tipped the beam al 10 pounds. Col. Os-
born then produced one that weighed 1864
pounds.
Wednesday morning Gulck's sawmill,
at Pinecastle, near Orlando, was discov.
cred 10 be on fire. The boiler. engine and
most Of the mill machinery were saved
almost free from damage. The loss, how
eYer. Will be about $4,000.