Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-12
FLORIDA.


Tallahassee continues remarkably
healthy.
A brass band will soon be organized at
DeFuniak Springs.
Orange trees are making their last
| growth for the season.
! Efforts are being made to establish a
trst-class school at Waldo.
! Crescent City fruit men are supplying
themselves with boxes much earlier this
season than last.
! An attempt to burn the school house at
Oak Hill, Volusia county, was foiled a
night or two ago.
| An immense pipe-organ is to be built
for the Florida ChautauquR tabernacle,
at DeFuniak springs.
Mr.. Nye, an experienced hotel man
from New York, has leased the Waldo
house for term of years.
| W. A. Ball has the largest banana
grove on the Indian river, and twill pro-
duce this season 10000 punches.
The members of the Presbyterian church
at Crescent City are making efforts to Sc
cure the services of a minister during next
| year.
On the Halifax river the orange crop is
very large on many groves, and the fruit
of good size and but little dropping or
| splitting.
B. f. Early, the Postmaster OF Martins,
Marion county, shot negro day or two
ago. The negro was very abusive and
threatening.
| A woman has recently been arrested
and bonded for appearance at Volusia
county Circuit Court for carrying con-
cealed weapons.
The Mayor of Crescent City is having
the evildoers chop down the weeds chat
have grown up in the side streets so
thrifty this summer.
A special city election occurred at Oca-
la Tuesday, and j. g. ReardOn. j. NJ.
Blair, and W. 81. Couch were elected AL
dermen, and j. A. McIver Marshal.
At Callahan, Wednesday night, two
stores were broken into and some ready
made clothing, roll-plate jewelry, per-
fumery, cigars and other things stolen.
A citizen Of Daytona has a wild grape
vine which is $50 feet in length and has
many grapes thereon, aud they are said
to he the equal of the northern Catawba
grape.
A oolored woman named Zanie Harris
was found dead in bed, at Tallahassee
! Wednesday, with her youngest child, a
babe of about 1 or 2 months old, sleeping
in her arms.
A party Of DeLandites intend erecting
on the beach near New Smyrna a club
house as summer resort. The building
will be 150x32 feet, front two stories, rear
three, and will contain 81 rooms.
A little son of L. f. Willis, Of Crescent
City, came near meeting with a serious
accident on Tuesday. The little fellow
came 81 near a man who was chOpping
that the edge OF the ak cut small cash
l Just above one eye.
The County Commissioners at Month
cello Monday awarded beneficiary schol-
arships in the literary department of
Florida university to Miss Florence An
| derson and Masters Allan Chancey and
Theodore Fairbanks.
The only church on the East coast from
st. Augustine to Key West that has pews
is st. Marks chapel, at Daytona, and
these were bought and paid for by the
good ladies connected with the church.
The pews are N ade of curly pine. red cedar,
| and black walnut, and were only recently
placed in the church.
The lumber for the Baptist church, at
Como, is on the ground, and the work of
repairing the church will be at once
pushed forward. If the plans OF the COM
mittee are carried out, the building will
have tie finest appearance of any in that
part of the settlement,