Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-20
FLORIDA.

Incorporation is being agitated at
Titusville.
Green corn is now in the market at
Br0oksVille.
Eau Gallie will have a yacht regatta
about June 1.
V. N. Lockwood is just completing a
large store at Daytona.
Measles prevail at Brooksville, several
families being afflicted with the disease.
Henry Thomas shot a fine deer about a
mile west Of BrooksVille Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr.. Dod's select school at Brooksville
Is IN prosperous condition, some thirty
scholars being in attendance.
A great many vegetables are being
shipped from Gainesville Notwithstanding
the damage done by dry weather.
The Post Office Department refused to
name post office after a State, so the
name of the new town of Virginia. Orange
county, has been changed to Grasmere by
vote of the citizens.
Capt. j. f. Johnston has on his place,
about two miles south of Gainesville, one
of the best developed grape vines of the
Concord variety in Florida. 1t is three
wears old, and has on it 256 punches of
fully developed grapes. He also has hun
dreds of cuttings from this vine, which he
put out in December last, and which had
on them from three to five well developed
lunches of grapes, but the continued
drought caused them to drop off.
James Godsden, a prisoner at Brooks
Vile, on leaving Jail for the chain-gang,
asked the authorities to return him a
watch which they had taken from him
when arrested. The iaiIer handed him
one which he threw on the floor, and with
disgust depicted on his face exclaimed:
"That old rat-trap is not the one taken
from me-" He refused to accept the
watch and left it in the jail. The Register
asks an investigation of the affair.
Maj. ID. M. CofFman, special agent of the
Government Land Office, who has been
located in Florida for the past year, has,
in company with G. W. Speer, of Lake de
Funiak, and A. S. Major, of Gainesville,
entered into business for the purpose of
working up immigration for Florida. The
mode of advertising will be TO travel by
special car furnished by the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, and having their
Office, with maps and all kinds of printed
matter for distribution, on their car. They
also have over 900 Florida views which
they will represent ON canvas by calcium
light.
Ocala correspondence NEWS May IS:
A block of old wooden houses on the
northeast corner of the public square We're
consumed by fire this morning. The fire
originated in an empty store building
owned by Julius Israel and recently Occu-
pied as a restaurant. The fire was dis
covered in the back of this building about
3 O'Clock this morning and was soon under
full Roadway. The fire department was
slow in getting on hand and the
engine could not be made to take
water until the fire was over. The
following buildings were destroyed: A
twO-storY store, used as a restaurant,
known as the old Benjamin store; one
story confectionery store, with a bakery,
occupied by e. Moeller; an empty two
story store, photo gallery. a one-story
small building, and a One-story dwelling
house, used as a colored restaurant
The total loss is about $4,000. MOeller
had $500 insurance and lsrail a small
amount. There was no other insurance
The fire was of incendiary origin. Sew
eral attempts have been recently made to
burn other places, and it is feared we
have some desperate fre-bugs in the
place.