Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-10
FLORIDA.

Pensacola has no fire alarm bell.
Eustis' broom factory is in full opera
ton.
Ex-Sheriff A. B. Crutchfeld, of Ocala, is
dead.
The late frosts have nipped the banana
trees in Sumter county.
Ned e. Farrell has been elected Mayor
of Waldo by majority of four to one.
Chauncey Wells has declined to accept
! $4,000 for his orange grove near Tampa.
The post Office at Pemberton's Ferry,
with F. w. Bower postmaster, is fully
equipped for business.
Cabins on presumption claims In Her.
nandO county are being burned by whole
sale by unknown parties.
The work of laying the concrete founda-
ton of the Ponce de Leon hotel, at st.
Augustine, has commenced.
The Apopka fruit growers association
have offered reward of 500 for the arrest
and conviction OF any person caught steal
ing oranges.
Ordinance No. As of the town of Tampa,
prescribing the duties and providing for
| the emoluments of the City Engineer, has
been vetoed by the Mayor.
All the church bells in Orlando were
tolled Tuesday of last week between II
l.
man, Thomas A. Hendricks.
There is a pecan tree in Hamilton
county that has forks about three feet
from the ground, and the nuts on each
fork are very different in shape and size.
Tampa is soon to have a school building
to cost $4,000. The county board has al
ready about $4,000 on hanG-$l, 900 of
which will be used in ornamenting the
grounds.
VIM. Cooper, OF Ireland, has purchased
of Miles a. johnson the plantation known
as the s'Carpenter place." on the Lake
Jackson road, in Leon county, and con-
tanning 270 acres.
A legal luminary from Leesburg. who
went to Gainesville last week to attend
the session of the Circuit Court, was put
in the lookup three times in three days.
Too much barleycorn.
There are now 81 post offices in Her.
nando county, and one or two more will
most likely be established before the close
of the present year. Six years ago there
were only eight post offices in the county.
Thieves entered Walter Bunting's room
| in Madison, Friday night, and carried off
his trunk, containing his wearing ap-
parel, 5000 in money, and jewelry, which
belonged to his parents, valued at about
81, 900.
Nancy Miller, colored, OF Madison, re-
ceived a murderous blow on the head with
an ak in the hand of a negro, whose name
is unknown, Friday morning. The wound
produced a fracture of the skull, and may
| produce death.
Two young gentlemen from Los Ange-
les. Cal, have purchased land at Lake
Thonotosassa, and intend starting an
orange grove. Considering the fact that
Los Angeles is an orange-growing section,
| it speaks we'll for Florida when Califor-
mans emigrate to the State to engage in
orange raising.
Madison Recorder: Mr.. j. e. Win berly
and MIR. Alex. Tuten became involved in
an ARRAY near Moseley hall last week, in
which Mr.. Wimberly used a stout stick
with telling effect over the head and
shoulders of MIR. Tuten, when the last
named drew his revolver and fired two
shots at his adversary at distance OF six
feet. Both shots took effect, the first in
| the right side, going through the coat
sleeve at the elbow, and the second in the
hip. Strange TO say, however, neither
penetrated the skin, nor produced any
wound, as they stopped in Mr.. WIS
clothing. He afterward found one Of the
bullets in his pants pocket.