Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
FLORIDA.

me settlement az Ank0na Heights is
building up rapidly.
In Volusia county there are over 700
names on the delinquent tax list.
The brick for the new city building of
Orlando is arriving and being placed
upon the ground.
A Chautauqua social circle is being or
ganized at Pensacola. The object is the
intellectual improvement OF its members.
The Sheriff has been engaged nearly the
whole week in selling out the stock of
goods belonging to Stafford Bros, of San
ford.
Building operations don't seem to be
given any standstill in Orlando. Fine
residences are going up in number of
directions.
The first COW on the Jacksonville and
Atlantic railroad was killed by the con-
structiOn locomotive last week, for which
bill of 81 has been sent to the directors.
A man living several miles from Titus
vile hearing that there was going to be
an eclipse of the moon took his family to
own that they might see the phenome-
lOn.
W. Il. Kane, the expert accountant,
md several others who have had long ex-
,erience in finance and accounts, VIII es-
ablish in Jacksonville a monthly finan-
lial magazine.
Jim McGar, the last of the Schmidt muir
lerers, according to the statements of
lancaster and Jones, was captured at
i've Oak q few days ago, and is now
Iafely in Jail at Orlando.
On Monday last the three fire organiza-
ions of OrlandO-the engine company,
book and ladder company, and hose COM
mnv-met and effected a general Organi-
Atlon by the election of officers.
Rev. G. G. Sailor, pastor of the Congre-
@tiOnalist church at Tampa, left Friday
br his home in New York. Owing to the
recarious state of his health he will not
return. Rev. FL. L. Kelsey. of Sheffield,
Conn.,, has been called to the pastorate,
and accepted.
At meeting of the directors of the
Jacksonville and Atlantic railroad, the
contract for the building Of hotel on the
beach was ratified, end it was decided
hat the committee on town improvement
should go down this week with an engi-
leer and stake off lots preparatory to
commence making improvements.
A meeting of the City Council of Talla-
hassee was held Wednesday night for the
purpose of discussing and acting upon the
proposition submitted by Maj. l.. d. Ball
to erect water works to I'LL the require
ments of the city for fire and domestic
purposes, and not to exceed $25, 900.
Several members were absent and there
not being a quorum present the Council
adjourned.
Last Sunday Floyd Blaekman and Alb.
Morrill,, who live in the vicinity of Good
Range, near Milton, got into difficulty.
Alb. Morrill, cut Blackman on the side of
the neck, making an ugly cash four
inches long. Blackman walked TWO
miles and fell from loss of blood. DIR.
Judge was sent for and his wound, which
is quite serious, was dressed. Blackman,
however, had a close call.
Lake Underhill is to be lowered some
four feet. Money is now being rails ed to
cut the drain which shall accomplish this.
The water is to be conveyed to the ''sink"
Just southeast of Orlando. If the water
is lowered as much as is contemplated
the effect will be to reclaim broad belt
of valuable garden land about the
lake, and also to give good sand beach
drive way at the waters edge.
The new ship yard of Drew, Hazeltine
d Livingston. at Jacksonville, upon which
work has been in progress for the past five
or six months, is rapidly approaching
completion, and it is expected tnat within
the next three weeks it will be ready for
business. This is one of the largest ma
rine railways anywhere in the South, and
will have a capacity for taking out Of the
water any class of vessel of not more
than 1900 tons.
Tampa Tribune: For big cats, little
cats, Old cats, young cats, black cats,
white cats, yellow cats, gray cats, brindle
cats, brown cats, timid cats, gentle cats,
cheeky cats, smart cats, and lazy cats;
for bob'tail cats, tom cats, Maria cats,
tabby cats, ring-tail cats, One-eyed cats,
knOck-kneed cats and shOrt-eared cats,
and for the most loud, long, ear-piercing,
soul-rending, eXcruciating feline concerts
and prOtracted nocturnal fights, friend
of ours puts Thtnpa against the State.
Work on the artesiaa well at Orlando
still goes on, and the indications still con-
tinue favorable. For the past few days
the drill has been working most Of the
time in the hardest kind of flint rock,
where progress was made at the rate OF
half an inch to an inch per day. Water
rises in the pipe to within six feet Of
the surface Of the ground and remains
stationary, showing that there are no sub
terranean passages to convey the water
away when flowing vein is finally
struck.
A beautiful poem, rendered in sympa-
Thy TO GOV. Perry, has just been written
~ tue obdle pehlLenLlary AT 1--we Ohhs
The author is an old man about 60 years
OF age, and IL now serving out term of
five years under the charge Of robbery.
He was sentenced at Gainesville upon
purely circumstantial evidence, and 10 Is
the general Impression that he il limo
cent OF the crime. An effort for pardon
is being made. He is too feeble 70 do
much work, and devotes all his spare mo-
ments and All the paper he can procure to
writing poetry.
The Signal Service officer at Pensacola
has been expecting an assistant 20 he
sent him from Washington. A short time
ago he was informed that bis assistant
was on the way 20 Pensacola, and he en-
gagged board NJ his clearinghouse and
made every arrangement 70 welcome The
coming guest. Saturday p ourly negro
walked into his Office. and a6ter some little
chat pulled the papers on him and an
nounced himself as McGNiran's promised
assistant. The signal officer refused 20
recognize him, and a. result las been
ordered 70 Washington 70 givenn account
OF his action IN the premises He will
leave IN few DAYS, and the OWL service
negro Is In charge OF the Office at present.
John Grice, who lived eight miles west
OF lamp3, wac cut hunting Monday ac-
by his dog. w ednesday even
INK the dos came home and acted very
strangely. lie wouldn't let anybody
touch him, and went back Ia the woods.
ABOUT this time. Nc. Cant, neiEhb0r,
came up and Mra. firioo told bin OF her