Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-21

EX-GOv. BloXham has rented his Talla-
hassee residence for the summer to Gov.
Perry.
Convicts are working on the streets of
Gainesville for the first time in the city's
history.
The Florida Fruit Growers are thinking
OF making Capt. W. b. Watson their
President.
Cotton crops around Interlachen look
exceedingly well, and, in fact, everything
does, owing to the rains.
The Circuit Court, which has been in
session at Gainesville for the past two
weeks, adjourned Tuesday.
Two men from Ocala have shipped to
! date 10000 quarts of Strawberries, the
prices obtained ranging from 40 cents to
81 per quart.
The Ocala Free Press is a new weekly.
IL is issued from the Daily Item office, and
is as pretty IS printers taste can make it.
The revival of the Item is promised.
The Lyman Bank, at Sanford, has start
ed ten-cent contribution fund for the
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, and over six
ty-fVe persons contributed in one after
noon.
The Gainesville Guards presented a dia-
mond pin to Lieut.. A. S. Wagner, OF the
United States Army, Tuesday night on
the eve of his departure for his new post
in Utah.
Another new town has been laid out on
the Green Cove Spring and Melrose Rail-
road. The name of this future burg is
Belmore City. A party of Chicago people
are interested.
Parties who have been prospecting
along the Aucllla, Wacissa, and St.
Marks river in Middle Florida, say it is
! fO 6nl -l,NN he 10 DO
near these streams, and if they are for
sale.
Gov. Perry appointed as delegates-at-
large from the State to the National Com
mercial Convention at Atlanta eX-GOv.
Drew and Maj. Dial, of Madison. The
jacksonville Board of Trade appointed
Messrs. Charles H. Jones and ID. G.. Am
bier as delegates from Jacksonville.
These gentlemen are now at Atlanta.
Interlachen is booming. Mr.. Halrs mill
IS running, and now the town boasts Of
an actual whistle. The band is fully Or
ganized and plays very nicely. X. l..
jackson has commenced dwelling, and
several others are going up in the east
end. Mr.. King, of Maine, is building
very fine residence on a beautiful situa-
ton in Young's addition. The hotel is
also progressing.
The Gulf Coast Progress, of Braiden-
town, appears on the half shell this week.
Mrs. Lucie NJ. Buckner, that was, tells
the story as follows: Mr.. Camp-I was
married this morning, and am therefore
compelled to resign my position as editor.
have no further interest in the PrOdreSS,
and do not care what you do with it.
Wishing you every success. Lucie
Vannevar. May ., 1885,
n. B. Harwood died at his home at Har-
vHrGn an ho oil f.,xy x.axr Thn
cause of his death is thought to be apo
pleXy. His age was about 81 years. Mr..
Harwood was apparently well the evening
before his death, and was engaged during
the day at work in his grove, and went
up to his room about dark and laid down,
saying that he felt tired. He was called
for tea, but said he did not care for any.
Before the household retired for the night
he was visited again, and seemed to
be resting quietly, so he was not disturbed.
Next morning he was found to be speech
less, and he expired before medical as
sistance could be summoned. Mr.. Har-
wood was defendant in a suit Just decided
in the United States Supreme Court. 1t
is thought that the loss of that suit
preyed upon his mind and fastened his
death. He owned one of the most desira-
bic orange groves in FLORIDA.
Hamilton Disston, writing from Cali
tOrnld, May o, SAYS: ut IL well to know
what our competitors are doing, and Cali
fOrnia is certainly Elorida's srrOng rival.
Only to-day | had 1t with a Californian,
who said that he would not give one sec
ton Of land in Southern California for the
entire State of Florida, to which | re-
piled: i will pick out a section or land,
or many sections, in Florida that will pro-
duce better crops than any similar sized
bodies that you can selectin California for
money! but he would not put up" Mr..
DisstOn says that the country is being
thoroughly advertised from one end to the
other, and every effort made to divert the
attention OF the Northern people from
Florida to California. They seem to think
out there that they have an advantage
over Florida in climate, soil and every
thing else, but, as will be seen from the
above extract, are not sufficiently certain
Of it to put up their money; in fact, they
have too much sense for that.