Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-23
FLORIDA.


The present police force is considered
the best Ocala has ever had.
Young ladies in the Halifax river coun-
try capture 400-pOund turtles.
A garfsh feet in length,and weighing
40 pounds, was caught near Tampa last
week. "a, ID. s5,.r....
Last week at Milton five people stuck
needles in their feet aud two stepped on
nails. a3ra-..st
Florida Camp No. "a of Confederate
Veterans was organized at jacksonville
Monday night. .,...
Mayor Rice imposed fine of 500 on
German grocery clerk who sold liquor at
jacksonville Sunday. o."
Key West has 122 factories for the manu-
facture of cigars. employing 1900 cigar
makers, and $500 shippers, clerks, etc.
The Fantville picnic promises to be the
biggest ever held in Marion county. 1t
will be the winding up affair oi'the season.
Work is soon to commence on a hand
some warehouse and depot for the Blue
Spring, Orange City and Atlantic railroad
at the Blue Spring dock. .'m-a
The Presbyterian Mission sabbath
school of East Jacksonville CONNECTED
with the Newman street church, Will
soon erect mission church.
The Bagdad sash factory has secured
the contract for furnishing the sash,
blinds, doors, balusters, handrails, etc,
for the new Leon hotel in Tallahassee.
The express train north from Ocala Sat
urday night took up three ears Of Florida
cattle from the plains OF Bamboo, twenty
miles south of Wildwood, 10 Savannah.
Paymaster Jordan has been again as
signed TO duty in the naval station at
key West, and Paymaster Ball has been
ordered to settle accounts at Washington.
The acting Mayor Of Key West day or
two ago sent a sailor named Hayes 10 Jail
for 10 days for being drUok and disOr-
derby in the city. He claims 70 be a
nephew OF ex-President Hayes. rr
An error in the Florida column Of the
NEWS day or two ago credited Orlando
with being on the point Of securing a
number of important manufacturing es-
Establishments, which are TO be located at
Sanford.
The clerkships in the main Office Of the
custom house at Key West haye been
graded. Before Collector Eagan Jeff be
made the recommendations TO the dgpart-
ment, and they have been granted, The
clerks are rated from $1,000 TO $1,000 per
annum. .,em
In the case OF the city Of Gainesville W.
j. +. Collins. charged with selling whisky
on the Sabbath day, seven witnesses les
titled that no whisky was sold or drank
on the day referred 70. Mayor Brown,
! however, fined Mr.. Collins Sa5 and costs
for having his doors open on that day.
One reason why so many watermolons
are consumed IN Key West is that the
! Cubans make bets on the color OF the In.
side OF the melon. A half dozen or more
will enter fruit store and commence To
! bet on the color Of the melon, After the
bets are made the melon ia cut, aud The
one That loses pays the price set by the
dealer. sometimes they are eaten, and
| very often they are thrown IN the garbage
barrel and carted away. ft...arI
Dayt0na journal; Commodore Van Rem.
selaer Morgan arrived here Sunday VIII
| fourteen men, en- route 20 the new house
OF refuge mt the sheldon trail on the south
/ peninsula. Besides this one, the four new
\ ones below are under hig superintendence
/ Tor construction. The material for nearly
al has been landed. The one at BuiOw,
] just completed, Is a handsome structure