Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-05
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Gainesville Is without ice.

A newspaper will sOon make its ap-
pearance st DeSOta. Houses, stores and
a hotel are being erected ~ a fast rate.
The Eustis postofiice has been allowed
$500 additional to pay for clerks. This
makes the total annual appropriation for
that Office 81 800.
Florida furnishes a field for enterpris-
ing spinsters. According to the census
returns Of 1880, there were 97,511 fe-
males to each 100000 males.
An eccentric Northern lady living in
St. Augustine is rather TOO eXactIng of
post office officials, as SIZE expects them
70 send letters which she drops in without
stamping, and collect their pay on her re-
turn.
Mr.. HOrange, a Norwegian gentleman.
late OF the Sandwich Islands, his family
and others, are stopping at Tallahassee.
He has purchased 800 acres Of agrl-
cultural lands and VIII engage in truck
farming aud stock raising.
There were in Florida in 1890 142, sos
white persons and 1885, 800 colored persons,
Is Chinese and 1870 Indians, or $3.50 col
ored persons to each 100000 whites, a de-
crease OF 6,6l3 cOlOreu persons to each
100000 white persons since 1870.
Notwithstanding the large plumber Of
dwellings and cottages that have been
erected 1T Palatka during toe past year
there il hardly house in the city for
rent, and all those located near the bust
ness part oil the town bring very high
rents.
Jacksonville Herdld:, Mann, Of Her
nandO, has another pet canal scheme on
the brain. and sees "milliOns in IT," just
as he did in the 'gr eat defunct Florida
ship canal" The present one ia known
-. Al nd haf fvaH NJ
Orange slough and ends at Lemon pond,
near Lime branch.
The furniture of Mr.. Sherer, which was
put out Of the Masonic building. at Pa
latka on Tuesday afternoon, under writ
OF restitution issued by the county court,
is stlll lying in the street eeXpOsed 10 the
rain aud sun The furniture Is LETT there
by the advise OF Mr. Sherer's attorney,
and a suit for damage will be instituted.
On Wednesday next, at Jacksonville,
the cOlOred Grand Lodge Of hasOns Of
Florida, escorted by Gethsemane Com
mandery, Knights Templsr, will meet At
cOlOred Masonic Hall, in Franklintown.
and march to the corner Of Beaver and
Newman streets. where the ceremonies OF
laying the corner stone Of Divinity school
(colored will take place.
The census returns present some rath-
ct lluul AACNukl uAAttos OAN hAeh ia
Orange county is reported TO have raiaed
1880 dozen eggs from twenty-five chick
ems In one year. That is nearly Ave eggs
per day, for each chicken, which IL pretty
good laying for common chickens. An.
other man in tho same county raised, ac-
cOrding 70 tue report, 800 dozen eggs from
ten chickens. IN Jackson county every
mar is reported blind, deaf, dumb and
uneducated n one Of the districts. IL the
census 90 correctly reported one man has
diel in leteesOn county with prOlapeus
uteri, and another man died during the
oatamenlal climacteric period.
TdiiaA0ssceau This section was visited
last sunday night by quite a lively gale,
beginning about II, and lasting until a
few minutes after - O'Clock. IL was al
Is highest at about 1 80. Trees were
uprOOted, fences, sugar-cane and bananas
were blown down, and houses made 10
tremble, but none were blown down nor
unr0oied. The wind blew rather high,
and damage 10 cotton was not 80
great as was at first expected. From
reports brought In by farmers, which
vary much according to locality, 10 II
estimated that not more than Ous-tnird 0t
the cotton In the field was blown out;
that Ia, taking the county all over. In
some places, however, nearly every open
boil was blown out on the ground and al
most buried by the beating rain. seven
large shade trees we're blown down about
Col. Vason's premises. Many shade trees
about the city were destroyed.