Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
FLORIDA.
Travel to Brooksvil.e is increasing.
Milk is worth % cents a quart in Tampa

Travel to BrOOksvile is increasing.
Milk is worth % cents quart in Tampa.
Florida contributed to foreign missions
last year 1857 "A.
A chalybeate spring has been discovered
at Lake de Funiak.
lydia Mosely, colOred, aged 105 years,
died at Palatka Tuesday.
Along the coast now hunting for turtle
eggs is a iaVOrite pastime.
Two men at Fort Myers caught a gigan-
tc Jewish Weighing "A pounds.
The Adrdnce- G0zefte wants to inclOse
and beautify the plaza at Pensacola.
Wh0oping cough is on the rampage in
Tallahassee, but no deaths are reported
yet. ah
The Marine Guard, stationed at Pensa-
cola, have been ordered TO Brooklyn,
\. Y.
John Hill, a native of Leon county, has
lately become a maniac craZed with re-
ligiOn.
Two gentlemen in New Bradford have a
couple of bear cubs which they are trying
to tame.
In the late disastrous fire in Melton
only 4 business houses were left standing
out of ID.
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been raised toward Jacksonyille's public
park project.
Preparations are being made in Lees
burg to commence the building Of the
street railway.
Mr.. Douglas is now in the North COM
pletng the details for Kissimmee's new
200-roOm hotel.
The Marshal of Plant City has sum-
noned the male citizens Of that place to
work the streets.
Subscription papers are being circu-
lated to raise funds for colOred Baptist
church at Kssimmee.
The Newport Springs, in Wakulla
county, are used by the citizens there
as a cure for rheumatism.
The col0red people of Tallahassee last
week decorated the graves Of the Union
soldiers buried in the CITY.
Two little boys, named Henry and VIII
liam Pa9rtz, living near Tampa, were
burned 20 death last week.
Miss Isabella Graham, Of Hamilton
county. has recently finished quilt con-
tanning $3.50 pieces Of cloth.
Parties are preparing Ia start a bank At
Kissimmee this fall with ~ least $50, 600
and probably 100000 capital.
Rev. W. Watkins licks, Of Guueau
fame. us exhibiting IN The different towns
IN the state his stump puller.
A large bear was recently killed on
ShinRle creek. in Orange county, after IL
had destroyed 2p hogs and dogs.
The Cypress Lumber Company, Of Apa-
lachicola, are having u system of wells
bored to supply water l0r their boilers.
Mai. Marks. Of Orlando, IS going 10
Great Britain and EGr0pe tins summer ia
the interest Of South Florida real estate.
Miss Fannie Perry. who bias just re-
turned from boarding school. Is spending
some time in the capital with the Gov
ernor.
The trial for the Sarasota assaSsins Will
bp held IN Manatee on the first Monday In
Jane. Judge Mitchell, of Tampa, Will
preside.
To-day the So. Johns river steamer De-
Barry viii be taken OF until September,
and during the summer she VIII undergo
thorough repair.
The recent fair at Clear Water was not
so good as the previous one, owing 90 the
lateness In the season. 10 would have
been better two or three weeks earlier.
A Chinese merchant ON route lrom iia-
wanna 10 Key West WAS buried at the lut .er
place. Last week his body was cxhumed
anG shipped % Hong Kong.
Twomocking birds got into ight Tues
day In Tallahassee. aud heaame so ABB
s1rbed in the combat that little negro
boy ran up aud threw bis hat over them
aud captured both.