Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-23
FLORIDA.
Key West wants a board of trade.

Ocala wants her town square inclosed.
The coast surveying steamer Blake is
in Key West.
The st. Lucie people are looking for a
new postmaster.
Immense hail-stones fell in ST. Johns
county last week.
A new clergyman for the Episcopal
Church at DeLand is expected.
People in Brevard are experimenting
with the Mexican tree tomato in grove
form.
The wharf for the light house depart
ment at Key West is being speedily fin
ished.
One hundred dollars will cover all the
paid attorneys for the past year in Wal
ton county.
Judge Landrum, from Santa Rosa, is
the oldest man elected to the Constitu-
tional Convention.
The work of connecting the Matanzas
and Halifax rivers by canal will be CON-
pleted.in November.
The Hopkins estate, one mile east of
Tallahassee, was sold this week for Sc, 900
to an English gentleman.
Asyndicate of cigar manufacturers in
Key West are purchasing property in that
city to colonize, something after the plan
of Gainesville.
Plantains and sugar cane have Teen
brought In such quantities to Key West
from Havana that they have glutted the
market in that place.
The Key Westers saw the electric light
for the first time last week. 1t was dis
played from the yard-arm of the British
cable steamer Dacia.
The City Clerk Of the "Ancient City,
has just completed the statistical work
for the st. Augustine directory. 1t will
be published this tall.
Sugar cane measuring 1875 inches in
length, with 80 matured joints, was
shipped to Hamilton Disston, grown on
lands reclaimed on the Kissimmee river.
Capt. r. II. Mcclure, Of Klssimmee,
went out for sport one night last week
and succeeded in bagging three 'possums,
a 3O-pound soft-shell turtle, 60 pounds of
fish and five alligators.
Ut. Roberts, of Tallahassee, shipped
about 300 barrels Of Irish potatoes Tues
day. AS Irish potatoes have just gone up
to so per barrel It is likely that Mr..
Roberts has struck it rich.
The old wood crossings about Tala-
hassee are being torn up and substantial
brick work is being put in to stop the
washes and the bitches are being filled in,
so that bridges are unnecessary.
The work on the new hotel at DeLand
has commenced In earnest, and is being
pushed forward rapidly. The hotel Is to
be fitted up with modern improvements,
and supplied with gas and water.
A committee of philauthropic ladies' has
been canvassing the city IN ST. Augustine
during the past week obtaining sigma
lures TO an appeal to the Constitutional
Convention in behalf of temperance.
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decision as 20 the purchase Of "A fire engine
until after the election on the question of
Issuing bonds for city Improvement. A
majority Of the Council are favorable 70
the purchase Of an engine.
The Florida Railway and Navigation
Company has agreed to give John 7. Brad
ford a side track at his mill on the Ock-
lOckonee, and he has shut down for a
while to drive pilihgs to protect the rail-
road bridge and TO improve bis mill gem
orally.
Contractor Hewlett is pushing things"
on the jetties at Mayport with bis accus-
toned vig0r and energy. Work on the
south line Is discontinued for the present.
The north line Is being rapidly extended
toward deep water. Under favorable cir
cumstauces Mr.. Hewlett expects 20 have
the present appropriation worked out by
Aug. /.
The Winnemlssett people arc working
hard 10 build up their settlement and give
II the advantages OF older communities.
Tomorrow they hold meeting 10 raise p
fund 10 build house Of worship on the
lots given by c. r. Pollard. DR.. j. II.
Griffith will preach, and addresses will be
made BY DR.. G. j. johnson, Mr.. II. A. De-
Land and others.
At 81. Augustine, Saturday, as Sam
Jordan, a col0red man, was exploring
around the foundation OF the old spanish
lighthouse. on Anastasia Island, be dis
covered, while digging away some rocks
and earth. the skeleton Of man, appa-
rently well preserved and standing In an
upright position looking seaWard. As