Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-22
The only saloon III Walton county was

The only saloon Ia " alton county was
closed last week.
Work has been resumed on the new
bank building at Ocala.
Thousands of ducks are now seen on
Lake Alto, Alachua county.
Twenty-four people from Tecumseh.
Mich, have recently settled near Sor-
rento.
The Teachers association of Hillsbor-
oaeh county will meet in Tampa next
Thursday.
Contractor Hahn began work on the
new public school building at Gainesville
Thursday.
A party of Kissimmee fishermen took 6S
trout from Lake Tohopekallga in ? ~ hours
on Friday last.
About 80 Scotch families intend settling
at sara Sofa, and large number of houses
are to be put up at once.
The county Jail at Gainesville shelters
twenty-One persons from the storms of
winter and the gaze of gaping humanity.
N. G. Motley contemplates the erection
OF brick business house in Orlando
nearly opposite Bumby's grain ware
house.
The fall term of the Circuit Court for
Orange county convenes in Orlando on
a
business at this term.
Lightning has struck and killed one of
the finest orange trees in the grove sur
rounding G. A. BOOne's residence on Lake
Lucerne, near Orlando.
At Orlando Judge Bryan on Tuesday
issued letters of administration to Mrs.
Gen. Finegan as Administrative of the
estate OF the late Gen. Finegan.
Fell Il DavIdsOn's new steamer, now in
course OF construction at Orlando, is about
completed. and Will be put IN the trade
between Kissimmee and Narcoossee.
The vacancy on the Duval county board
of education, caused by the res gnation
of Maj. Sherman Conant, was filled by
the appointment of Gen. W. NJ. Ledwitn.
A drummer, who has been in South
Florida for the past week, says that the
beef in that section is so tough as to rem
der 1t almost impossible to even stick
fork In the gravy.
t. Stephenson's 3-story, 50-room hotel
at Clay Springs, is going up very rapidly;
the frame is all up, and there seems to
be no doubt but that the building will be
completed by January 1.
The Orlando Daily Ne11s, under the
management of Spier, Matthews Il Co.,
suspended publication last Monday, the
sherln closing its doors under several at
tacnments issued against the publishers.
President James e. lngraham of the
South Florida railroad has commenced
the erection of a handsome dwelling a
Fort Reed, on the site of his former resi-
dence, which was consumed bV fire some
months ago.
A new steamer is now being built by
the Florida Railway and Nav cation Com
pany, which will be placed on the Ockla-
vahD ri hsfu - 4
Leesburg this winter. 1t will handle
freight and passengers.
There are two brothers in DeLand,
twins, who are so much alike that their
own wives do not know them apart.
Wnen medicine is ordered for one the
other takes it by mistake. One of them
has twin daughters. one Of which has TO
be marked to tell which is which.
H. j. Newberry, who lives about twenty
miles northwest of Tampa, on the An
clote, killed two deer at one shot on Mon
day. He was riding along when he saw
the deer and dismOunting crawIed up
within about 100 feet to where they were
standing. They were both bucks, and
weighed when dressed It's pounds.
A family by the name OF Ramsey, from
Va dOsta, Ca, have resided IN Gaines
lie for the past six months, during which
time it has been a continual struggle
with them to secure the necessaries #
life. MIR. Ramsey has wife, who is not
physically able to work, and a little girl,
AGED 10 years. They are greatly In need
of assistance.
A young man at Palmer imagined few
nights since that some person had entered
the yard with malicious intent, where
upon the young man quietly seized a shot
gun and opened fire on the supposed in
truder. But instead of having the blood
of fellOwman on bis hands, ne so COM
pletely perforated one of his own shirts,
which had been washed and hung out to
dry, as to make it look like porous
plaster.