Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-29
FLORIDA.

A new church is to be built at Seville
at once.
The watermelon outlook at Ocala is very
promising.
Blackberries are now in the market at
Gainesville.
A Methodist parsonage is to be built at
Piersonville.
Another town election is to be held at
Crescent City.
The present sanitary condition of
Gainesville is good.
The new mill of the Seville saw mill
company has started up.
A trucker at Lawtey received 50 per
bushel for his cucumbers.
st. Augustine has never had better
season than the one just closed.
There were 1854 arrivals at the Astor
House, at Astor, from Nov. l to April Is.
Two acres of land at Volusia were sold
by Mrs. Lungren to lady in California.
Two or three large brick buildings are
to be erected at Ocala during the summer.
The Brock House, at Enterprise, ac-
commodated over 5000 guests during the
past season.
Twelve new members were received
into the Presbyterian church at Gaines
vile Sunday.
The Jacksonville lumber industry seems
at last to be growing a little, after a lull
Of year or so.
The Primitive church lot at Piersonville
is being cleaned up preparatory to build
ing operations.
Palatka is to the st. Johns what New
burg is to the Hudson. Sanford is the
FlOridian Albany.
They say a man is not counted anybody
at DaytOna unless he can manage a sail
boat or a caucus
Feaster e. Moody have about completed
their new billiard hall and skating rink.
This is the finest building in Seville.
j. T. Dismukes has decided to change
his residence from Quincy to st. Angus
tine, where he will go into business.
Miss Addie LINER, of Seville, has a
grape fruit only four inches high that is
now in full bloom and is looking well.
Salamanders have been discovered as
the pests iniuring the LeConte pear trees
in Suwannee county by cutting the roots.
The Eustis bank has been opened but
about two weeks. Already It's deposits
are over $4,000, and it is doing a good
business.
In riot between negro railroad hands
and black gamblers at Tavares six
negroes were shot, two of them being
fatally wounded.
A Titusville negro, who enforced his
demand for money by pointing a shot gun
at any body who refused to comply with
his request, has been lodged in Jail.
LabOring men are beginning to arrive at
Enterprise in large numbers to work ON
the Enterprise and Titusville railroad.
Work will be provided for 500 men at 81 %
per day.
The editor of the Callahan Record is a
native of Ireland, the business manager
a native Of North Carolina, the local a
native of Alabama and the devil native
of Florida.
Mrs. Lungren, of Lungren, has sold
during the past winter and spring
81 800 80 worth of real estate-all cash
all small lots of her own land-and has
bought 1870 acres.
Three new houses have been put up at
PiersOnville within a few weeks. The
lumber for five more is now on the ground,
and they Will be put us as soon as the
material is sufficiently dried.
The st. Augustine water works COM
pany have laid half a mile of their two
miles Of piping. The 6-inch artesan we'll
south of the post office. and on the north
side of King street, will supply the water.
In 1877 G. w. Kingston set out some
mulberry cuttings at DaytOna. All of
them are now quite large. but one in par
ticular measures 10 inches in diameter
three feet from the ground, and has a
spread Of over 80 feet, and is loaded with
delicious fruit.
Piers0nville is within feet of being the
highest point Of land between Palatka and
Sanford, and is located on the line of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail-
road. 1t is within AZ miles of Lake
George and miles from Yolusia, on the
st. Johns river.
The location of the new Congregational
College will front Lake Virginia, Orange
county. The ground comprises ten acres
and is already being cleared, and it is ex-
pected that the college will open in OctO-
Der. The intention is TO construct the
main building of artificial stone.
The way they catch mOles In Suwannee
county is thus described by the Live Oak
Bulletin: Take two old cow-horns and
place them point to point, turning the
hollows outward, in the track of the mole,
and then replace the earth over them. The
mole will come along soon and crawl into
the horn just as far as he can 90, and re-
main there trying to get through, as he
cannot turn round, and moles never 90
backwards. Scratch up and examine your
horns occasionally and you will soon have
your mole.
Several members of the profession of
civil engineers in Florida have been for
some time past agitating the formation of
a club or society of members of the pro-
fession in this and adjoining States for
the mutual improvement Of the members
and the advancement Of social inter-
course among them. Such societies are
numerous in the North, East and West,
and are productive of much good in the
interchange Of opinions and the bringing
together and acquaintance OF the men,
bers of what is now a numerous and
rapidly increasing profession.
John Anderson, Of Ormand, writes 10
the Emporia Gazette as follows: "The
fruit on which | took the premium at
New Orleans for the 'best collection of
five varieties in the world, and the best
- and the best 10' In the United States,
was grown on what is here called rather
light soil, assisted with semi-annual APP
plications Of Walton, Whann&CO's pillow
brand manure; which Is the kind of ferti-
liZer used almost exclusively in this
section when any is used. The heavy
hummocks here produce the same quality
of fruit without any fertilizer"
Al Astor Capt. Tucker, conductor, and
Joe Whitney, travelling salesman, began
bantering each other, and kept at IL until
both got angry and resorted 10 little
fsticun exercise. A few moments later,
and after they had parted, Capt. Tucker
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