Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-20
FLORIDA.


There were six funerals at Jacksonville
Sunday.
Court will convene at Jasper next Mon
DAY for the fall session.
An amateur dramatic club is being or
ganized at Gainesville.
Orange City gets for its pro rata of the
public school fund $500.
A new ferryboat, the Glenada, is to run
between Sanford and Enterprise.
$500 to 5000 cords of wood are burned
every month by st. Johns river steamers.
The double daily line of coaches be-
tween Tallahassee and ThomasYille is
assured.
The Orange City public school opened
TINS week with sixty-odd scholars in at
tendance. ,+,t ..
Between 60 and 20 pupils are in attend
ance at the Douglass Home school at
Gainesville.
A saw-mill with q capacity of $4,000
feet per day is to be erected two miles
east of Lake de Funiak. ue
Rev. M. ID. Hesrick, Of Orange City, is
In possession Of an ancient French coin,
the date on which is 141S. g aA
There were 2,262 arrivals atithe st. Au-
gustine hotels from June 1st to Sept. Both
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Il. L. Felkel has resigned the Office of
superintendent Of Leon county schools,
and W. W. Woodward appointed to sue
coed him.
Alachua county's commissioners have
subscribed 500 toward defraying the ex-
penses of having the county written up
in the New York World
An attempt is to be made to have a
schoolhouse built at Oriole, one Of the
rapidly growing towns OF fernando
county, near BrOoksville.
The tide at Cedar Key during the recent
storm lacked four feet of reaching the
height of the September gale three years
ago, and the damage is very slight.
A good crop of oranges will be harvest
ed in Wakulla county this season, not
withstandIng the section is far above the
frost line and out of the orange belt.
Stray bullets have been flying around
promiscuously about Fl. Meade, danger
ously near to some Of the Inhabitants,
who decidedly object to such proceedings.
A man from Alabama has created con-
siderable excitement at Lake Butler by
marrying lady there and then clearing
out with some goods, which he obtained
by forging letter.
The application of the white of an egg
little Florence Masters, in st. Johns
county. She was bitten twice on the foot
by ground rattlesnake.
Apassenger in the steamer San'Antonio
of the Mallory steamship line, died on the
trip between New York and Rernandina
from seasickness on her last trip. His
remains were consigned to the deep.
Work on the new Ponce de Leon, at st.
Augustine, is to be pushed rapidly. 1t
will be 34S feet 10 inches on hing street,
449 feet 10 inches on TOlOmatO street, and
the same on Ponce de Leon avenue, to be
opened on the west side Of the hotel.
Mr.. Prendleton, of Micanopy, expects
to go to Gainesville this week for the pur-
pose OF having his right leg amputated
just below his knee. This action has been
rendered necessary by wound received
during the war.
The third bore of the artesian well at
Cedar Kew came to grief on Wednesday
at about 115 feet depth by getting the in
side casing damned so that it broke in
the attempt to draw it out. This necessi-
tates a new start.
Mr.. Morgan reports $4,000 subscribed to.
the Tallahassee and ThOmasville Tally-ho
line, and $1,000 more promised by two
prominent citizens. He feels that the
success of the enterprise is assured, but
will not reject further contributions.
The son of the late NJ. S. Higbee, of
Orange City, is named in the will as the
executor Of the estate, which is supposed
to be valued at from $4,000 to 100000, a
large portion of which is located in the
State of Minnesota, where the son at
present resides.
During the storm last Sunday the sea
rolled high at New Smyrna, ana the boats
were iammed and smashed generally.
The steamer Athlete was pressed up to
the ocean view by the driving wind, and
it was almost impossible to move her
against the high water and wind.
Palatka Herald: Palatka is nice
place for young men to come to. Two
thirds OF the wealth of the town is to be
inherited by young girls with orange
groves. Their fathers have no sons and
no poor relations. These groves will aV-
erage an income Of $4,000 clear of all
expenses.
Hon. E. C. F. Sanchez and others, of
Gainesville, have purchased a valuable
piece of property on Tampa bay, known
as Paups landing. 1t is the only point on
the bay where deep water runs up to the
shore, the depth of water at this point
being about % feet. 1t is surmised that
PauPs landing will ultimately become
the terminus of the Plant system of rail-
roads.
On the Hudnall place, in Gadsden
county, Tuesday, Dalma Hudnall was
shot and killed by David Hardin, both
colored. The deceased received load in
his right side from an army musket at
distance of about 30 steps, fred through
crack from the house Of the slayer. There
was a difficulty between the parties about
debt. After the killing Hardin went TO
Quincy, and was arrested. The prisoner
was committed to Jail without bail.
SOUTH CAROLINA.