Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-10

begin to clear the criminal docket. 1t is
thought with the double court in opera
| ton the dockets can be almost cleared at
this term of Fulton superior court.
FLORIDA.
Wilcox wants depot and an express
office.
Temperance has taken fresh start in
Tallahassee.
Fifteen Englishmen have recently set
tied near Orlando.
The burglars are at their old tricks In
Palatka again.
Gainesville has twenty grocery stores,
with prospects for more.
Many improvements in the building line
are in progress at Pensacola.
1t cost 81, 600 to tow the dredge Alabama
from Tampa to Mosquito inlet.
The Gainesville Guards have received
new arms and other accoutrements.
Propositions for the erection of water
works are being submitted to Pensacola.
An effort is being made to organize
lodge of knights of Honor at Tallahassee.
w. K. Turner, of Volusia, has pur-
chased the VOlusia and Daytona hack
line.
Tampa proposes to pay her three teach
ers in the public school $4,000 for eight
| months.
A sawmill is being erected near Haw-
kinsville by Mr.. Douglass, Jacksonville
lumberman.
One man will ship from Pensacola in
the next two weeks, on five vessels, 1,000,-
600 feet of lumber.
Posters are being tackled by the Leon
Moss Works to the effect that they want
100000 pounds of moss.
Channel ranges are needed in Pensa-
cola. The Lighthouse Board will be re-
quested TO look into the matter.
The remains of the late eX-Gov. Broome
will soon be removed from YOlusia county
| to Tallahassee for Refinement.
A fire occurred at MelrOse, Tuesday, in
which ten tons of hay were consumed in
a storehouse belonging to T. J. McRae q
Bro.
The land where Winter Park is now, be-
lOnged to the general government, and
the Indians roamed about st pleas
ure.
The local page of the I'aIJdhdsseGn is
one OF the best in Florida, and the other
departments are run on the same high
standard.
A new canal, to connect Tampa 81
Charlotte Harbor has been surveyed and
will probably be cut. The distance is
about 100 miles.
The remains Of Walter Lloyd, an aged
citizen of Lloyd's station, were taken to
Tallahassee, Sunday, and buried from the
Methodist church.
The Board of Trade OF Jacksonville is
trying to work up direct steamship COM
municatiOn between that city and New
York and other Eastern ports.
,,,ootf,,V Of tho offi1cuc Of TalTabaaaa0
will be held at the council chamber next
Tuesday evening, to take into colsiders-
tion the visit OF Rev. Sam Jones.
Mrs. Charlie Levy, OF Leon county,
killed large rattle-snake last Friday on
Ler farm, while it was in the act OF
swallowing a halEgrown chicken.
The travel in the direction Of South
Florida continues 20 increase, and the
railroads and river boats are crowded
with passengers on most every trip.
The public school in Tallahassee, con-
Quoted by Mr.. Woodward and Miss
Waucbope, opened, Monday, with seventy
four pupils, torty-three boys and thirty
one girls.
One of the st. Johns river steamboat
men saws that he was Of the opinion that
the frst-class fare Of the steamers this
winter would be 81 from Sanford to Jack
sonville.
The first steamer TO be placed on the st.
Johns on the new line, by Capt. Watson
in connection with his Enterprise & In
dian River Railroad, Is expected at San
ford to-day.
TdLlahdsSean: Hundreds Of acres OF
land are now lying idle in Leon county.
Divided up into ten-acre lots they would
make comfortable homes and be Of great
benefit to the county.
A Methodist campmeeting is TO be held
at Lakeland, commencing Oct. 10 lasting
week or ten days. IL 10 expected that
Sam Jones, the great gelist. and Other
prominent speakers will be present.
I. is said that negotiations are pending
between the new steamboat line and the
Florida Land and COLONIZATION Company
looking 20 the erection of a new wharf
between the Sanford and the railroad
wharves.
The iron bridge across the Ocklockonee
river, near Tallahassee, Is In very dan
gerous condition. II looked so much like
falling In at once that negro was put
there Saturday night 10 warn people not
10 drive over IT,
A meeting has been held at Tallahassee
with view TO organizing Chautauqua
literary circle. A committee was az
polnted 70 select n suitable name for the
circle. and report bylaws AZ meeting 70
be held next Tuesday.
Capt. Mat. Tierney, OF the washington
Signal Service Office, is expected 10 ar
rive In Pensacola In a few days, accom-
panied by his wife. He was an attache
OF the office there about ten months ago,
but was promoted and sent to Washing
ton City.
The Sanford House in Sanford is likely
10 be moved across the street and planted
on the beautiful grounds lying between
the street and the lake in front OF II AFTER
the winter season has ended, that tne
ground now occupied by u may DC useu
10 build business houses on.
1dllahasssdR; We were shown sorle