Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-02
FLORIDA.

AeIS o~dIuIOdy.
FLORIDA.
Young quails are plentiful about EN-
pOria.
A Mr.. Mason is going to build a $4,000
cottage at Seville.
Six hundred and seven head of cattle
were shipped North from Kissimmee last
week.
rot y years old, and for which he has re-
fused $500.
Y. H. Williams, Of Hillsborough coun-
ty, a few days since killed q fine buck
with a pistol.
Sam Wilson has received the appoint.
ment of deputy county surveyor of
Falusia county.
The people of Kissimmee have raised
$3.50 5Ofor the purpose OF paying a teacher
ana repairing the school house.
Bakers hotel, at Bakersburg. is now
completed, and it is a handsome, conve-
nient and beautifully located building.
The Echo says the evening after the re-
cent storm the roar of the surf twenty
miles distant was distinctly heard In De-
Land.
A building boom has struck Beresford,
and great improvements are going on.
The last addition is a $1,000 house for
Capt. Alexander.
George S. Miller was arrested a few
days since for stealing goods from a house
IN NOiusia county, and emf to Jail in de-
fault of $500 bail.
The colOred people of Tampa have Or
ganlzed an aid society known as the "a.
NJ. K. Zion Mutual Aid Society of Tam
pa" It's object is TO E'care for the sick
an6 RI htrrv rho aoo.y33 ~ Sc ,,o~,Lo,1
The Seville Company are now pushing
their improvements right along. A large
force are at work finishing up the hotel.
and will soon have it ready for business.
Several streets are being opened.
G. j. A. Knowles, of Hillsborough
county, recently saved himself from
drowoing by takinga large demijOhn from
his capsized boat, emptying the drinking
water and tightly cOrking it, and holding
on to il as a life preserYer.
Frank Burmeister was drowned in the
Halifax river at Daytona last week. He
was polling a raft of lumber and the pole
broke while he was pushing on it, letting
him fall into the water. Beng unable to
swim, he sank Immediately.
A house in the southwestern part of the
city, belonging to A. l.. Markey, was
burned Sunday night shortly after dark.
AS bHb DOuNt WAS u~uUCCuplbu. IU6 IRE
was evidently of incendiary origin. The
loss is about $1,000. The insurance is
5000.
The people of Beville district, Hamil-
ton county, yesterday celebrated the COM
pletien of In iron bridge across the Ala
paha river, at a point six miles from
Jasper. Speeches were made by Judge
Stewart and others, and those present en-
joyed the barbecue that was the impor-
tant feature of the day.
Several members of the profession OF
civil engineers in Florida and adjoining
States have expressed a desire to form a
society or club OF civil engineers of the
South for mutual advancement and social
Intercourse. All members of the profess
sion in the South are invited to join in the
movement. A meeting is to be held in
jacksonville Sept. "A.
1t is said that Hon. J. G. Sinclair, OF
Orlando. has been requested by Senate
Cali to accept the position of Receiver Of
Public Lands for Florida. the position at
present held by John +. Rollins, Of DuYal
county. Mr.. Sinclair, who is nOw in New
Hampshire, has declined the offer for the
reason that he can't afford 10 give up his
own personal business for a salary Of
$4,000 per n
Titusville Star: A singular freak of
lightning was witnessed near this place
last Thursday afternoon. During the
heavy showers the Oldest boys OF NJ.
S. Jones and A. A. Stewart were return
ing home. The lightning struck the AK
MIR. Jones' boy had on bis shoulder,
knocking II to the ground and shocking
him somewhat. The effect on his com
panIon was entirely different, causing his
face 10 swell in such a manner as 10 cause
alarm. The effect On Mr.. Jones' boy was
rather to contract the features, which was
Numerically of al opposite effect to that
produced on Mr.. Stewards son
There were 2.477, 900 feet OF yellow pine
lumber shipped from Jacksonville to do
nestle ports and none TO foreign last
month. Last month there we're $3.50, 900
feet shipped to American ports. and for
the same months last year, S,5'3.OO0 feet
were shipped. Besides general merchan-
disc freight there were brought INTO the
port OF Jacksonville per sailing vessel and
one steamer last month 5000 feet dressed
oak and 1000 feet white pine lumber FROM
New London, Conn; i've kegs steel nails.
$500 bundles orange box snOoks, 1000
bundles hoops, 1.7S0 tons jetty stone, l,9bl
tons and 3, 1914 steel rails. 80 tons and 25O
kegs railroad spikes, 800 bundles angie
plates. 3j tons car wheels. 1881 tons OF
ice, 800 barrels coal oil, go tons ANA 1913
bales hay. $50 tons coal, and 1888 barrels
lime. Shipping: During the mouth 81
vessels arrived in port, OF which I'D were
steamers aud u we've sailing vessels, aud
all from domestic ports. Last month
there were 81 e~ntrances-S steamers ana
IL s%chOOners. For the same month last
year q steamers and - schoOners entered,
all from domestic parts.