Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-26

The resurvey OF Orange Home is COM
plete, and ready FOR new settlers.
Miss Minnie Smith, of Griffin, Ga, haE
been elected as teacher at Lake Deaton.
Postmaster Harrison, Of Ocala. has re-
ceiVed and put in place 102 new lock
boxes.
The engineers on the Florida Southern
railway are now made to pay for all the
stock they kill.
Several wagons passed through Lees
Durg TUESDAY on their way to Barlow to
haul ties for the railroad.
l.. o. Gold has in contemplation the
erection o another brick building next to
the one already built at Leesburg.
The Sanford Journal is now owned by
stock company, and will be even better,
II possible, in the future than it has been
in he past.
Sheriff Bigham has gone to Titusvllle
after Frank Thomas, who is wanted for
toe murder of Robert TOwne at Cedar
Key in 1881.
Brauford is looking up. Several capt.
| talists nave been there during the past
week prospecting, with view of invest
ing at that point.
Strange faces are numerous on the
streets of nearly all the South Florida
| towns, giving evidence of the commence
ment of the winter rush.
Some energetic man with little capital
could make money by starting an eating
house at Pemberton's ferry and furnish
| good sleeping accommodations.
Two little steam yachts have been or.
dered by the Winter Park Company.
| One will be placed upon Lake Virginia
and the other upon LAKE OsceOla,
South Florida is beginning to import
| some biooded horses. Several parties in
| Orlando have recently purchased horses
at prices ranging from $500 to $1,000.
Sanford is to have a social club. The
room now occupied by the Journal and
'rguS offices is to be fitted up for the pur-
pose. 1t will be for both ladies and gen.
| Clemen.
The artesian we'll at Cedar Key has
reached depth of 1874 feet, having passed
| through the hard stratum that gave so
much trouble heretofore, and the drill is
now In soft mari.
Ed Rumley, of Keuka, formerly editor
| of the old Putnam County JOurnGl, which
was removed to Jacksonville and became
he Florida Journal, now defunct, has
become agricultural editor of the Palatka
Southern San.
BranfOrd has been incorporated with
| DR.. Simpson, Mayor; j. r. Crawford,
Marshal; j. A. lvey, Clerk; B. A. Brant-
ley, Treasurer; j. II. Ruff, j. N. Conner,
Z. A. Ivey, B. A. Brantley, A. NJ. Inger-
soil, John Swearingen, S. Zimmerman,
Charles Simpkins and j. X. w ard, Alder
| men.
One of the most complete wrecks that
has ever happened on the Leesburg end of
the Florida Railway and Navigation rail-
road occurred Friday near EldOrado. The
| freight train going south ran off the track,
| ditching seven cars and completely de-
nOlishing three of them, but fortunately
hey were empty. No one was hurt.
An artesan well drill at Cedar Key
brought to light some curious substances
AT the depth Of fifty feet a solid live oak
iog was found imbedded in the rock, at
seventy-dve feet palmetto log was
found, and below that another live oak
log, all in the solid bed of lime rock. The
wood is black. but otherwise shows nc
sign of age or decay.
I At meeting of the Board of Trade oil
Jacksonville, Friday, a circular was read
from the pfoprietors of the New York
World proposing to publish an extra
Florida edition of 100000 for $1,000, and
asking what amount Jacksonville, or the
Board of Trade, would contribute to thir
sum. The secretary also read a letter
from the, same parties proposing to pub
/ fish the matter in the Board of Trade
! pamphlet, and forward to the board 5000
copies of the World for $1,000 and also
stating that the edition would in all
| probability reach 100000. AS the repre-
sentative of the WOrLd is expected to ar.
rive at Jacksonville in a short time the
matter was laid over until his arrival
when, in all probability, special meet
ing of the board will be held to discuss
| The question,