Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-13
FLORIDA.

Another artesian well Is 10 be attempted at
Live Uak.
ApalachicOla wants = volunteer fire depart
ment very bad.
Palatka has new brass band, composed of
sixteen members.
Jacksonville is to have a 2l-bour walking
match on March l..
The Amazon Paint Works Of jacksonville
have been removed TO Palatka.
a rattlesnake six feet long was killed re-
Gently about One-half mile from Palatka.
The bank at Or landO will not erect a brick
block Tor their use, As has beea contemplated.
Seven hundred and forty-six acres of land
are offered for sale for taxes in Levy county.
The keuka Land Company viii build a
fifty room hotel at that place the coming sum
mer.
4 volunteer fire department is being organ
lied In Orlan-o. There are TO be three COM
pauies.
A company is being formed in Baltimore to
20 into the stock business in Manatee
county.
a district convention OF Sunday School
WORKERS Is TO meet at Lake de Funlak, March
II and ls.
SIX hundred ard ninety-seven arrivals were
registered at the Ocala hotels within six days
last week
The Eustis post Office was turned over to F.
j. TitcOIb, the new postmaster, on Monday
OF this week.
Alligators are said to be devouring the
ducks IN the lakes of the lake region TO an
alarming extent.
Prof. Johnston. United States GeOlOgist is
at WillistOn, near Bronson, excavatIng a de-
DOsit OF petrided bones.
i large brick block is 20 be erected on Pine
aud Orange streets in Orlando. Another is to
be erected on Church street.
Two cOlOred Taftsmen, named James SIM
mons and James ClemmOns were drowned
near ApalachicOla last week.
A South Florida railroad car inspector at
sanford was suddenly taken crazy last week.
lie thought he had a divine mission.
Mrs. j. c. Clark, an estimable lady OF Apa-
lachlcOla, died at her residence in that city
few days ago Of hemorrhagic malarlal fever.
Six hundred and twenty dollars and
Gfty-fO cents has been secured toward
building Congregational Church at Pomona.
A tram OF cars now runs daily to the With
lacOOehee river. near PembertOn's ferry.
where station named WithlaeOochee has
been established.
About twenty cOlored families from Thomas
county, Ca, passed through Jacksonvi le
Tuesday for Orange county, where they have
secured employment.
The Buck mills, at Ellaville, are now. COM
pleted. The car mandatory started opera
tlOns on Tuesday last, and has at present
capacity OF ten cars a day.
The Brevard county convention for the Sc
lection OF delegates to the State convention
for q revision OF the constitution of the State
will be held at Titusville on April @.
The Industrial RScOFleF Is the name OF
new weekly paper just Issued in Jacksonville
under the auspices Of the jacksonville Me-
chanics' and WOrkingmen's association.
The Barnard Cone place, near Jasper, was
sold at public Outcry last Monday for Sl,700.
The Gerry place was bid OF at the sum OF
S35.cOO. Both places were purchased by Capt.
T.. +. Cone.
Pensacola citizens have voted to engage a
man to be stationed at Montgomery, Ala, to
board South bound passenger trains and eX-
patiate on the beauties OF Pensacola and the
surrounding sections OF country, and give all
needful information.
The Republican postmaster at Lake de
Funiak has resigned. He saws that he be-
lieves that no honest Republican sh lUld de-
sire to hold Office under Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministratIOD, and that the Democrats should !
be given a faIr and impartial trial and held |
responsible.
At the present time it Is estimated that
there will be 1900 quarts of strawberries !
raised and shipped from Orange Park. 4 he !
growers there have been shipping every week /
since Jan. !. One party has t0,OU0 plants, an
other $1,000, another 10000 and all the way
down 20 5000 in some gardens. This is cash
return TO growers in four months from the
time OF planting, and local merchants are
pay ing 40 cents per quart cash,
There are 100000 acres of land in Manatee
county held in reserve for the Florida South
eru Railroad Company rs soon as the road
shall be made to the waters Of Charlotte
Harbor. This company owns 100000 acres In
northwest Manatee, west OF what is known as
the Washington line. Fine yellow pine TIM
Der tracts, grazing lands Cnequaled for horses
and sheep raising are also owned by this
company in the Mako valley.
Inepector Williams, OF Key West, says that
be b as seized enough goods during his three
mOuths' service TO pay his salary. While
sparchiuG q trunk recently he noticed some
thing queer is the construction OF its works,
and, upon investigating. found that It con-
tanned false bottom in which was slowed
choice brandy and wines. The trunk was
soon sent to the custom house, and the gov
ernment cODfscated the property.
4 Cpban. in the last stages Of consumption,
arrived az Kew West last week on the schooner
Gertrude from KSGsau. without any money
or friends, he went ashO5e, walked all around
the town. and about sundown went on Doar1
the vessel aud asked the Captain II ne would
allow him 70 sleep on board that nlghI. Inc
Captain consented, and about 4 O'Clock Fri
daV the man died, The Spanish Consul iur-
nished the funds with which TO bHry ham.
Kew West Democrat: A colored man went
TO the fish market the first part OF the week,
bought a cOnch, and upon cracking It's smell
was ssrprised 10 find hidden treasure In the
shape Of a handsome pearl. the size OF an or
VIM. Curry for $50. Quite nlmber Of pearls
have recently been found by our Hshermen,
but tRis one surpassed all ever brought into
this market both In relation to size and
beauty
Wi. Pillow, Of Jacksonville, has so far
this season shipped in all 4,554 quarts OF straw
berries North. The first shipment was %
quarts on Jan. IS, fCr which he realized 81 =
per quart. and afterwards during the same
month he shipped rs quarts. Dnring febru-
airy he shipped 1896 quarts ana SO Iar IN
March l,SSS quarts. Mr.. Pillow says that Ior
the past two weeks the price in New York
has averaged 75 cents per quart. lie says
that the present season opened much carrier
than last year. that the prices hold up some
what better and that RlOre fruit is being
shipped.
A Chill in Store for Wales.
DUBLIN, March 12.-URited Ireland,
Mr.. Parnelrs Irish organ, says that il the
leaders persist in forcing the Prince of