Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-23

are bewailing their calamities, and are
sorry they did not stay home. The heat
up there is much more oppressive than in
Florida.
The hardware house of q. A. Boone Il
Co., of Orlando, have in their employ nine
statesmen, none of whom drink intoxicat-
ing liquors of any kind and only two use
tobacco.
The office of the County Judge and
Sheriff at Orlando, was broken open last
Saturday night but no great harm was
done as the thieves could not find any OF
the wealth.
Joseph Hirst, Of Bronson, who was
uperintendentof the machinery hall at
the Centennial Exposition, has the key
that Gen. Grant used in giving the signal
to close the exposition.
The Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, Of Waldo, Fla,
has been invited by the session TO occupy
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at
St. Augustine during the summer vaca-
ton Of the pastor, DR.. Wilson.
A thief who entered the sleeping apart
ment OF Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Macy, at
| Orlando, night or two ago, obtained SIS
or $50 in money before the occupants OF
the room could apprehsnd HIM.
Col. r. b. Norment has purchased an
interest in the business of Waterhouse 4
Russell al Orlando, and henceforth these
gentlemen will do business under the firm
name of Warehouse. Russell Il NormenJ.
According to the United States census
of 1880 the population of Orange county
was 6,6lS. The census of 1885 has just
been completed. and the official figures at
this time are 10, lib, an increase of 9,113,
or nearly 1000 year.
The new Methodist Church at Or
lando is going up rapidly. Work on NOV
| ing the Baptist Church is also In progress.
A lot on Orange avenue has been pur-
chased by the COngregatIonalists for the
| purpose of erecting church upon it.
The Trustees of the Pres byterian church
at st. Augustine, have offered the MethO-
| dist congregation the use OF the church
! building on st. George street, while the
Methodist church is undergoing repairs,
and which has been accepted by them.
Allen Geary, against whom an indict-
ment was already pending, was arrest
| ed last Saturday for breaking open and
entering the stOre-house of Stith Jack
son, at Maitland. Allen confessed and
says that two or three others assisted him.
But for timely discovery the Charles
ton house at Orlando and probably sew
eral otner buildings would have been de-
strOyed by fire a day or two ago. An in
! toX'cated guest had fallen asleep and a
cigar stump fred the bed. Had the house
burned the guest would also have perish
ed.
Rev. G. W. Arnold, of Working College,
Working, Surry, England, hasI purchased
a 160-acre tract OF land east OF Orlando
known as the Beal place. The cOnsidera-
tion was $4,000. Mr.. Arnold will leave
England in few days for Florida and
will bring with him several prospecting
young Epgishmen. He will locate upon
and improve his property.
The Orlando Sentinel covers the local
news of the place in an exceedingly thor.
Ough and readable manner. and the peO
pie of that thriving little city should be
proud of it, as we'll as of the Reporter
and Mem iSO2th, which are also hard &c
beat. Taken all in all 1t is doubtful il
any section of country in the South car
boast of q better list of weekly papers
than those published along the line of the
South Florida railroad. There is not ar
unenterprising or poorly edited one in the
whole list.
A proposition OF the South Florida rail
road to carry Sunday mail out en- theil
regular Sunday morning train from San
ford has been accepted by superintendent
of railway mails, L. III. Merrell. The
service will begin to-day. Through
pouches VIII be delivered to the trair
from the steamer for Longwood, Orlando
and Kissimmee, and President ingram
says that if local postmasters along the
route will make up Sunday pouches the
service will be local also. This is op
tiOnal, however, with the postmasters.