Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-02
FLORIDA.

A South Florida Exposition is on the
tapis.
soda bottling establishment is to be
started at Tallahassee.
Concord, in Gadsden county, will soon
have new Postmaster.
Large numbers of Englishmen are set
Ting around Kissimmee.
The annual picnic of the Lake City Fire
Department occurs this week.
Bartowites are making another effort
to organize military company.
A fourteen foot shark was taken off a
wharf at Pensacola day or two ago.
Palatka is going to have Board of
Trade, which will be established this
week.
The grand jury Of Columbia county re-
ports the eouuty's affairs in satisfactory
condition.
The oaks that were planted out 10 years
ago, and preserved since that time, are
now the grandest things in Live Oak.
A thief fed with 1000 orange seedlings
growing in boxes from Orange City day
or two ago. Col. Maynard is the loser.
Capt. D. S. Mills, of Savannah, has
made ARRANGEMENTS to move his family TO
Live Oak and become a citizen of that
town.
DR.. J. Franklin Appel, of Lake City,
has 40 choice varieties of roses in full
bloom now, and also has IS other varieties
just coming into bloom.
The Florida Railway and Navigation
Company paid $4,000 to Comptroller
Barnes at Tallahassee Friday in payment
for their back taxes due to the State.
A negro was found dead and floating in
the river about ten miles above Blue
Spring dock Tuesday morning. 1t is sup
posed that he is a negro lost from the
steamer Magnolia.
The following post offices in Florida
have been discontinued: Ashley, Her
nando county, send mail to Dade CITY;
Brentwood, Escambia county, mail to
Pensacola; McMullen, Manatee county,
mail to Palmetto.
The National Bank of the State of
Florida at Jacksonville has been desig-
mated by Hon. Daniel Manning, Secretary
of the Treasury Of the United States, as a
depository and financial agent for the gov
eminent in Florida.
Pensacola Advance Gazette: From Ed.
Gale Quina. Notary Public, before whom
the protest was made, we learn that Capt.
V. K. Lyles, of the abandoned brig w. J.
Phillips, has entered his protest to the
following effect: The American brig w.
j. Phillips, Lyles, master, left MaVaguez.
VI ~
perfectly seaworthy condition; on May 10
the sheathing on starbOard bow gave way
and the vessel commenced making great
deal of water; the pumps were put
10 work and kept going, but the
sheathing continued to give way and
the water increased until May %, when
the pumps could not be worked, and the
vessel became waterlOgged. A consulta-
ton was then held, and it was decided to
abandon her. This was about O'Clock
p. m. in lat. 26:3S and long. s6:5s. At
this time a sail was sighted. which proved
to be the Swedish bark Angantier, Capt.
Wallyn, from st. Thomas to Pensacola.
When within hailing distance Capt. Lvles
displayed signals of distress and asked
the bark to send a boat to the
assistance OF himself and crew,
explaining the situation, hut Capt.
Wallyn peremptOrlly refused to
render them any assistance, or to take
them on board his vessel, and only yielded
upon the strong remonstrances of his own
crew, when the wrecked crew was al
lowed to get on board the bark. On Sun
day, May "a, when about saventy-fve
miles from land, Capt. Wallen requested
Capt. Lyles ana his crew to leave the
Angantier in a leaky yawl boat, but this
they positively refused TO do, and re-
NAMED on board the vessel until she
reached this port, Monday, May %.