Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-15
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A new wharf is being erected at Mana
tee.
Lake Worth has just made a shipment
of watermelOns.
The new wharf at Braidentown is rap
idly progressing.
Pine Levels new Baptist Church will
soon be completed.
Many new buildings are in progress of
erection at Palmetto.
Willemsenberg is soon to have a book
store and circulating library.
A century plant at DaytOna has grown
ninety-seYen inches in six days.
The shipment of fish from Pensacola
now averages sixty barrels per day.
Pensacola timber merchants say that
the demand for tonnage exceeds the
supply.
The first building in the burnt district,
on Intendencia street, at Pensacola, has
been commenced.
A fire on the reservation at Tampa last
Sunday week destroyed young orange
grove and 800 yards of fence.
W.P. Robbins, of Atwater, Manatee
county, claims to have killed II op0ssums
at OhC ohOb q 10y VI wv dEOs
The first case of cruelty to animals was
brought up before the President of Pensa-
cola Saturday and the party fined SO.
Burglars have been operating at Ponce
de Leon during the past week. One safe
was blown open ana about 500 secured.
The Marshal and a policeman at Pa
latka have been arrested for shooting a
negro some months ago while arresting
him.
New stained glass windows have been
put into the Episcopal Church at Eustis,
adding greatly to the appearance Of the
edifice.
The bodies of the deck hands drowned
! last week near Green Cove Spring have
been found and brought to Crescent City
for interment.
A few vegetables have been shipped
from Live Oak. The dry weather has pre-
vented anything like good crop, and the
acreage is small.
The old jail building of Brevard coun-
ty Is being torn down, from the remnants
of which, with the addition of new mate
rial, the new building will be constructed.
Ed. Mickler and Peter Segui. of st.
Augustine, went fishing recently, and
caught 1877 cayalia, weighing from three
to five pounds each. 1t was the largest
catch of the season.
A pineapple which weighed liz
pounds, measured q inches in circum-
ference and was 151& inches to top of
crown, has just been grown on Mr.. Geer's
place on Lake Harris.
The large new school house to be built
at Barlow will be commenced soon. The
board already has $S,000 and will prob
ably realize as much more from the sale
of the land given for the purpose.
ParsOn Wyatt, living near Manatee, has
some 30-year-Old orange trees which
bloomed last August, and now (last of
April) have full grown oranges on them,
green as this years fruit, which will ripen
in May or June.
The slate for the roof of the Presbyte-
rian church at Palatka has arrived and
will soon be put on. When finished up
the Presbyterians of Palatka will have a
much better building in which to worship
than they had before the fire.
1t is rumored that the drv docks at Pine
! Level will be removed to Key West next
month. If true this will prove a serious
loss to the Manatee river, as it will have
fewer vessels coming in and many ship
carpenters will be thrown out Of employ
ment.
Mr. Bronson. formerly Of Sara Sofa,
row Of Ocala, has been spending some
time at his old home on Manatee Bay.
He will this year ship between 10000 and
10000 oranges from his place. He has
been offered $4,000 for his grove, but re-
fuses 20 sell.
There are 1G9 registered voters in the
Pine Level district, and during the cam
pain there was no place in the country
where the necessity Of a new constitution
was 50 strongly urged, and yet only
twenty-nine votes were cast at the re-
cent election.
The dstrict conference met at Palatka
Methodist church on Tuesday and Will
continue in session until Sunday, trans
acting the business before the body dur
ing tie day and holding religious services
at night. About thirty ministers are in
attendance, among them some Of the ablest
d vines In the State.
An English colony is being formed in
London for the purpose Of making "A set
Element up the 81. Lucie. The proposed
colony have already 80 families who will
come in November next. They are piip-
cipally small farmers and gardeners.
some Of them have had experience in
semi-troplcal countries.
j. =. Willemsen, Of Willemsenhurg, dug
from two square rods Of pine land
bushels 0fIrlsh potatoes, and SOLD them for
81 per bushel. one acre at the same rate
would produce 400 bushels, worth $500.
Jonas Smith. OF the same place, raised ON
one square ROD Of pine laud 5 bushels Of
tomatoes, yielding at the rate Of 500
bushels per acre, which would In North
ern markets be worth from SO 20 50 per
bushel.
W. X. Franklin. OF Plant City, was up
before United States Commissioner Crane,
Of Tampa, last week Wednesday, for tam.
pering with the mails. Franklin had sold
some oranges 20 William Startling. who
authorized Franklin 70 open his Star
ling's) mail from the commission mer-
chants 10 whom the fruit had been
shipped, and 10 attend 10 the matter for
him. Startling also told the Postmaster to
give his mail 70 Franklin, who opened the
/ letters and gave the drafts 70 Startling as
they came 10. Franklin also sent tfacers
! after lost ttuit for stailiaE ehd elgned