Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-23

uen1eo as postmaster, has beer sent TO
' eno ! os1 ounce Department. Ii will be a
communication Of the Canaveral route.
me delay in the construction of bridge
wei tne ocklawaha, in Orange county, is
o@useo oy the non-reeeipt of communi-
e e;u from the SaEater County Commits
Saoti,srs fAfatlye to the time of the pay
ment Of the contractor.
Ueorse' Wv. DAVIS, of Tavares, has
9ul8a curiosity in the form of a grape
- uIt Tree, the seed OF which was planted
S q yS4E ago last April. 1t bears solitary
epeebbnen oftne fruit, which is ripening at
the Size ota medinm-sized orange.
Charles /. Fildes. formerly proprietor OF
the Galne6Yille Netcs, will begin the pub
hcacon at Jacksonville in day or two
o. morning paper to be called ths
,QgPIietot. Mr.. FiIdes promises to issue
livery paper containing all the latest news.
n. D.. Plant, the owner of the new
steamship Maeeotte, TO run between
ainpa and Havana, has invested over
$l20OO,O00 in Florida and Georgia rail-
yoads, besides controlling the passenger
steamDoats on the St. Johns river and The
0uibOf Mexico,
f 5h1ee work Of dredging the Apopka canal
Is progressing slowly, on account OF the
uimcully of making Roadway through the
ciayey bed. There are 200 yards of the
clay yet to pass through, aud the dredge
Is making 80 feet day. According to the
present outlook, the entire work will not
be completed before the latter part of
February.
The new sash and door factory of Cook
q Libby, at st. Augustine, is rapidly near
ing completion. 1t is to be thoroughly
equipped with modern machinery, the ar
rival oil which is daily eXpec ed. They
Will give special attention to the manu-
Iacture OF curly pine doors, the favorite
material for interior decorative work in
Florida.
Union depot will soon be erected on
Hing street, in the rear of DIR. Anderson's
grove, at st. Augustine, tor the accom-
modatIon Of the jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Halifax River and the St. johns
and st. Augustine and Palatka Railroads.
work Is already in progress for the eX-
tension OF the St. Johns road across the
marsh and river. The huge pile driver is
IN position, and the echo of it's heavy
thud now daily resOunds along the banks
OF the st. Sebastian.
The work OF grading the horse railway
on Anastacia island, opposite st. Angus
tine, under the direction of Messrs Fer
guson Bros, is progressing. Thirty men
are employed on the job, and about one
fourth of mile is now ready for the ties.
The road is being constructed in the most
substantial manner, with a ten-foot road
bed for standard guage track, and rails
ed four feet above extreme high tide. The
total length Of the road. when completed,
will be three and one-fOurth miles. The
Contractors expect to finish grading by
the middle Of January, when the ties and
rails will be laid for immediate use.
Rnappflv Uoru 6.
fair occurred at Orangedae, ST. Johns
county, that aroused considerable excite
ment at the time in that neighborhoOd. 1t
WAS the old story of too much countenance
being given negro carpenter at white
mans house at first, and the white man
cunning for the negro at last. The first
excitement soon abated. but is renewed
now by the unaccounted-fOr absence Of
the negro, and almost positive evidence
that he was shot in a swamp few miles
from Orangedale. An investigation is on
foot, and the matter Will be sifted 10 the
bottom, as popular sympathy seems to be
with the negro.
The sale of Villula, st. Augustine, this
week by Joseph Brainard to the Flagler
syndicate for S2S.500 composites the prs-
liminary arrangements for a mammoth
business block from st. George to TolO-
matO streets, st. Augustine, to be COM
menced early next summer. 1t is under
stood that the Flagler syndicate, in con-
junction with Lyon & Co., will erect the
building. 1t will be built of concrete
three stories high, and contain dozen or
more fine stores, in the very heart of the
city. The Sunnyside buildings are to re-
main upon the same foundation timDers
with which they are being removed until
another season, when the entire struc-
ture, including Vlllula, will be removed
elsewhere to give place to the business
block. Mr.. BrsInard continues in posses
sion Of Vilula until MAY, 1885.