Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-14
FLORIDA.



y project is on foot to give Sorrento one Of
the finest cemeteries in Florida.
\ project - afOOt 1t Pensacola to build two
large brick cisterns for fire purposes.
\ number of German emigrants fron Penn
syivania have settled three miles southwest
of Apopka.
Work has been begun on the Presbyterian
Church at Palatka, which was burned in the
great fire.
Work Is being rapidly pushed on the canal
from st. Augustine 10 the Halifax. Only
eleven miles remain TO be cut.
A Pensacola negress has just given birth to
four children Another in the same CITY
comes 10 the front with trIpiets.
The Bishop a Kean block, at Palatka. is a
subject Of litigation, Mr.. Bishop not having
made an account Of the expenditures to Miss
Mean, who has an interest IN It.
Cigar manufacturers have paid taxes on
J',uuu-U10 cigars during the year 1881 The
present year VIII largely increase this num-
Der II the prospective commercial treaty does
not interfere with the present status-sav
from 90,O0O,U00 to l00.0OO,OOO.
II is necessary that the strait CONNECTING
Clear Water HarbOr with BOca CeIga Bay he
dredged out TO make continuous steamboat
channel along the western coast of the Clear
Water peninsula between the mainland AMI
the islands leading into Tampa Bay.
Waldo 4 AdCertiser. Thirty years ago Gen.
Earl purchased IN the city Of Charleston. )
g., s0me very excellent italian ORANGES Ue
brought these 10 mis- home IN Florida and
planted the seed from them. and he now has
one OF the finest groves on Lake Santa Fe
Lake City Reporter: 4 few years ago money
cOuu be loaned on good security i'm this conn
ty at from 60 per cent month. Just be-
cause lt was scarce. Now il is difficult to
loan Do "a Is per cent. per aunum Twelve
nfr cent may be called the ruling rate of
interest.
Respondent Of the Fernandina Mirror has been
TO theJ Jacksonville FAIR, and. writing to that
sp.cY little gazette, under the nom dc DIl1as
OF "a. g.. gives some very valuable iufOr-
melton about bees and honey. He says in the
issue of Feb. Z; But one exhibit especially
interested your cOrrespnndent-that OF bee
products by Mr.. W. =. Hart. of New SMYRNA.
This gentleman, now one of the acknowledged
bee masters IN the United states. commenced
only year ago in Florida with two hives.
soon he had elghty-eight colonies that have
now increased TO III, and have yiclde1 fifty
i've forty gallon barrels OF extracted honey,
besides six tons Of wax" Now. Nr. Editor,
| am poor man. and what is called Georgia
Faukee az that, and I am looking out
for Just such bees as "A c."
the able correspondent. descrsbes, for
! estimate that at fair price for the product
putting the price Of the first TWO hives at S25,
"a high estimate, that on a capital OF s25 these
bees have made IN increase honey and wax IN
one year as follows; 10000 rounds. soc. per
pound, $1,000, 2,200 gallons honey at Soc per
gallon, Sl.lO0; increase Of ll5 colonies a s.
each, low price, S5T5: making s5275, which is
cent per annum on the capital invested.
want some Of these bees. one hive will do for
the present. / don't want two. for | would
not rest in ease, because the rapid accumula-
son might make the stinging things as
troublesome as the locust that plagued Egypt
or the grasshoppers that hoped away with
growing crops Of the West some years ago.
GEORGIA YANKEE.