Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-20
FLORIDA.
Trade is good at Apopka.

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A street railway is among the PROBABLE
tiles in Apopka.
Apopka wants more houses. Tenants
In plenty are promised.
The Thermometer at Key West is daily
among the ninetIes.
Ice brought to Key West from Havana
sells at loo. per pound.
The Apopka mail is now brought from
AItamonte instead of Longwood.
Work is progressing on the Rock Ledge
hotel. 1t will contain los rooms.
Several important improvements are
said to be on the tapis at Clay Springs.
The dredge formerly at work in Hills
borough river started for st. Augustine.
Saturday.
The holding of State exposition is
being talked up by the Florida Fruit
Growers Association.
Key West had no mails last week, in
consequence of the mail steamer getting
ashore in Tampa Bay.
The health OF Key West is excellent.
only two deaths were reported last week,
both from natural causes.
The Lake POlnsett Wharf COMPANY. of
Cocoa, has decided to extend the wharf
800 feet, making it u feet wide.
Many places are being improved and
considerable land is being cleared at
LovelPs landing on Lake Apopka.
Ordnance Sergeant Davis has five men
employed lacquering the guns, shot and
shell at Fort Taylor and the batteries.
A racy scandal is at present exciting
the good people Of Olustee, but particli-
lars are withheld until further devotion
ments.
AT Key West. United States Commits
sioner, John 7. Barker. has been taking
testimony in the case of the Alamo during
the week.
The location of the Apopka depot on the
Florida Midland railroad is an absorbing
topic of interest just now among the
citizens Of the town.
The brig Marena, Capt. Evans, cleared
rom New York on Aug. for Key West,
WIN genera cargo and the iron pile
lighthouse for the Rebecca shoal.
The college building at Lake City is
nearing completion, and contractors
Henseley d. Emmons will probably turn
1t over to the board by September Is.
The laying of the Cornerstone of the
81. James Baptist Church, colored, at
Key West, took place, Monday, in the
presence of large number OF persons.
Lake Pleasant is beautiful location for
sawmill. 1t is heavily timbered, and
lies conveniently to the T. O. d A. r. r.
1t will pay for mill to be moved there.
Arrangements for the Columbia County
Fair are progressing finely. Twenty-Five
hundred dollars have been already sub
scribed and the race track is now being
LAID off.
The tirst-story walls Of the new addition
or the Jacksonville grammar school are
up, and work is progressing rapidly on
this public building. Many building i'm
provements are in progress in the city.
Mr.. Hunt, late clerk in the Key West
custom house, returned FROM New York
on the Mallory steamer " ednesday MORN
ing. He has been made clerk to the
Paymaster at the Key West naval station.
At Key West day or two ago Inspec-
tor J. z. Williams seized several bottles
of rum found in various parts of the
Goodwill, and among boxes brought for
persons in Key West from their friends
in the Bahamas.
j. II. Weatherford, of Key West, says
he will pay $40 reward to any one who
will furnish evidence sufficient to convict
the person or persons who wantOnly tore
down and cut the emblems of mourning
for Gen. u. s. Grant over his clothing
store, on Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing last.
The Cochran brought to Key West Tues
day 1876 bales of tobacco and the usual
amount of fruit and vegetables. She left
Wednesday afternoon with - passengers
and returned Friday morning with y
pas sengers, q bales of tobacco, baskets,
fruit and vegetables, and casks of ice for
city dealers.
Fire was discovered in a small house at
Key West. When first seen by some of
the neighbors the mosquito bars and bed
ding were in full blaze. In the bed was
a little boy, ahOut years old, fast asleep,
ton by one of the men from the next
yard he was almost sutfocated.
Arrangements have been made by the
Postmaster General at Washington so
that mails will be made up at the post
office in Key West for the Bahamas and
British West Indies, and mail matter for
these places must pass through the post
office in the future. Under this order the
Goodwill took the mails on Wednesday for
Nassau.
Representative Davidson says be has
things pretty we'll Strengthened up in his
district. except the cOllectOrship at Apa-
lachicOla, a nomination for which VIII
probably be held up some time yet-poss-
bly, until the entire delegation get together
in Washington in the fall and have q con-
sultation with the President and Secre-
tary Manning.
Sheriff Holland, OF Duval county. has
been appointed Deputy United states
Marshal for the Sorthern district OF
Florida by w. G. Bird. Mr.. Holland Is
now Sheriff of Duval county. Deputy
Sheriff for the State Supreme Court,
Deputy Collector of Revenue for Duyal
county, aud last, but not least, Deputy
United States Marshal.
George Magruder, OF Rock Ledge, came
near losing an eye from having II struck
by a cork from soda water bottle last
week. He was uncorking the bottle, ana
the cork suddenly came out, striking him
In the eve with considerable force. ann
causing mach pain. A physician re-
mained with him all might, and viii prob
ably save the sight Of the injured MEM
Der.
AZ jacksonville, Monday, five Italians
were arraignod before Acting Mayor Call
for disturbing the peace sunday night.
They we're fined 10 an amount aggregaung
S32. and in default Of payment were sent
20 iaH. One finally obtained his release
and went 20 work 10 get bis four con-
federates released. and In one way ana
another succeeded In getting enough
money 10 pay their fines. II was a rare
demonstia alton Of true friendship.
The following joke is told on Mr.. l.. G.
Emery, OF Jacksonville. His four-yehr-
Old child, who has been spendinga month
with fta nothqr nj the bar. returned 20