Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-08

SANFORD has &-Ilt IN ncr treasury.
lamps orange trees are fl Of blossoms
Mayor Pearce. OF Tails hassee, declines a re-
I nomination.
Phuadelphia brick are to be used in the
( con1struetiono theHew CO ri house at Gaines
I vile.
Plum tree aJoN Jacksonville are bloom
/ ing which iz e EktniRtero OF the approach Of
The youngee en- OF Lakeland have or.
I gauiLe& a Social club. and will erect q build
I log for clUb purposes.
/ Lots are selling rapidly al Winter Haven,
Y the new town on the Barlow branch of The
South EiOriC2 Railroad.
One bali the entire orange crop Of Florida
is raised wit . radius Of tWenLy-fOur mites
around GcalG, Marion county.
Charles Smith, cOlOred. broke INTO James
Green's house, at SaRioi few nights ago,
and stole 81 in money and a S25 watch. Green
traced hlm, and bounced on him at the citv
dock just as he was leaving on the steamer
Fox. and Marshal Campbell arrested him.
Sixteen dollars OF the money was recovered,
but the watch was gone.
President Arthur's gardener, T. Fister. is
looking fOI Florida 'ocati0n, and il is quite
probable that he Will invest with his friend
Nenden Bergen, Of Switzerland. near Barlow.
superintendent OF Agricultural Gardens
saunders OF Washing on. mas recently pur-
chased sevez acres IN that locality. which he
viii Improve and make one OF the most at
tractlve places Ia The S.lte.
Lake City correspondence NEWS. Feb. 5:
In consequence OF a Ettie stir IN the Iegis-
lature az Tallahassee IN regard To the railroad
to DE bUiit from Lake City south, ] learn that
the work just commenced here, making ready
for the building OF the road, has been sus-
pended until u can Cc seen what action Will
be taken by the Legislature. We have had
long suspense ana Irst about the time work
is about to cOmmenCowc are thrown of the
track 1t IS hoped that our members viii
facilitate and not hold back such an impor-
tant enterprise.
Palatka Eesrs: We know little black
girl WhO-e name sounds like this, Harriet Ann
Cassia Ann Betsy Baldwin Hanover Ann
Berklev. Another Is called Mary Martha
MagialaBe PaUunaAnn Iaulida Green. sui
another Is Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Red
River Thompson. And some years ago there
was an old indian scua4v IN Dade county who
rel0iccd IN the name OF tIty-Walk-ln- the
water-same-shape-a the way -tOWH--f foot
just-iIkc- a board. These are all names tnat
were or have been ia actual use, except that
we Despair OF giving the sound of seminole
gutUrals by means OF English letters, and
therefore translate the S4Uaw's name.
\ day or two ago g passenger ON the
steamer Port Royal by the name OF Gus Os-
trandeF q barkeeper gt Green Cove spring
for J. j. EdgCrton. WGs noticed 20 be acting a
little strange. and to ask nOnsensicaI qUcs-
tlOus about different things bus Is vas 40 first
thought he was only attempting to be witty
or make a little fun. At everv opportunity
he would ask the Captain of the steamer Ii
there was not about 10 be mEtIny. which, Of
the Captain. The demented passenger seemed
TO become quite excited just after he steamer
left Hlbernia, a.d instantly drew his pistol
and ran up to a cOlOrcd man by the name of
John. who was at the helm, and shot him
through the throat, fOrtUaa.el- nOt wounding
him seriously. Ostrander then became so
violent that he was at once dIsaTned OF his
pistol aud bowie knife by the mate. who kept
him in confinement until reaching Green Cove
SPRING when he was taken charge Of by
friends. lie was still insane at last accounts,
and believed that there was mutiGy on board
the steamer Port Royal.
OrmOnd on the Halifax, olusia county,
claims the boss grange Of the state. l.. i.
Summers, Of that place, has a III Umber OF fine
trees that bear excellent fruit Of good ship
ping qualities, aud he has for years watched
them and kept record. One tree for five
years has borne medium sized orange OF
bright yellow color. skin not very thick but
smooth and tough. The pulp of the orange Is
fine and has the most exquisite flavor. nos one
% the nat sweet kind. but Eas character Of
ITS own, and VIII be readily picked out from
the others. Wien good shipping fruit went
TO ruin this orange would go through i'm good
this tree known until after he hal given it
most thorough trial and had experimental
with 10 in shipping, and everyone knows now
ca-llv one can experiment in shipping from
the Halifax river. Mr.. Summers WGUid not
bud with this tree until this year. Vow being
satisfied. me VIII bud all OF his young trees,
ms neighbors following isut, calling the
orange summers ChO'ce-'
Paldtka @eira: Nature has done much &c
hedutiy and make attractive the vicinity
about falatka- and our delightful breezes
wide. N0t satisfied with her good work. ma
turc has made another effort, and the Gem
City bids fair to become famous from her "hOt
spring. Some time during Saturday mig 6
peculiar spring burst forth on Kirby street,
in the bottom Just this side West View Gene
terry. The water and sand gush out Of q hole
about three feet In diameter. making quite q
respectable little stream rs the water runs of
into the swamp, and comes up with such force
that it threw piece Of scantling, which was
forced into the aperture. several feet.
nearly clear Of the water. There Is q con-
slant ebulliti0u going on. and columns of sand
are thrown up 20 a distance Of slN or eight
inches above the water level. The wateris is very
warm. about the temperature that would be
desired for 4 bath on q cold morning. Those
who drank some of the water differ in opin-
ion SIS 20 its properties, some cOhtendins that I
it is strongly impreguated with sulphur,
while others say tlat IL tastes strongly OF 4
iron. There Is no doubt but lt contains Nalu-
able medicinal properties. and the water I
st Nd De analvzed and the result m&qe I
ki. ia. The spring is situated IN the m.ddie |
o. street on the side % steep nil. ana OF I
tL-i .tlTc1s who visited X sunday and Non /
day. ne have been able 10 satisfactorily I
ac'3u Tor lis appearance or the pecOiiat |
~ arm4.4 u the water. The spring has proved 4
q verltt-plc curiosity to the Ealatklans, ana 4
large uFIrg beers OF f1fnu7 have Vi5- ted