Savannah morning news., 1885-10-12
FLORIDA.

StArke's schools have q large attend
ance.
Itis rumored that stsrke will soon have
q bank.
Several robberies have been attempted
in Live Oak of late.
The church at Orange Bend is sp-
preaching completion.
The heavy rains are demoralizing the
wells in Orange county.
The organization OF a building associa-
tiOn is talked Of in StarKe.
LAGRANGE needs hotel, a newspaper,
circulating library, and debating
society.
The Guaya wine manufacturing firm of
Ward Edwards, on Lake Griffin, has
gone into liquidation.
Judge Blackburn has just about COM
pleted a map of Live Oak. This is the
first plat of the town.
Abbott & Osburn killed twenty-five rats
at their warehouse at Leesburg, Friday.
1t was cold day for rats,
Starke Institute is nearing completion,
and, when finished, will be one of the
handsomest buildings in the State.
The immediate postal delivery has re-
suited in the delivery of only some half a
dozen letters in Pensacola so far.
Rev. Duncan McRae, of New Harmony
circuit, M. Z. conference, will become a
resident Of Live Oak week hence.
The new two-story school building at
Lisbon is completed. School will open in
it, conducted by Prof Laine. to-day.
The Orlando public school opened on
Monday in Hyer's block, west of the
court house, with an attendance of 157
scholars.
RnOinpioo, with T,oedov not o1 4bo
steamers of the Mallory line will perform
a semi-weekly service between New York
and Fernandina.
The new city Jail and Council chambers
has been turned over to the city of Or
lando by contractor LeMoyne. The build
ing is situated on Oak street.
A few days since shanty made of poles
and covered with poles and earth for the
railroad families in Orange county tum-
bled in and killed N. G. Mitchell, colored.
An attempt was made a night or two
ago to assassinate a colOred woman in her
house, at EmeraldO, by a man who fired
into her house four times from the out
side.
ANY man who gets out a better weekly
for his local constituency than the editor
of the Leesburg Nel1S would have to be a
prodigy. No one is doing it in this part
OF the country.
The Commissioners Of Levy county at
their meeting Tuesday, suspended the
collection of 81 mills of the school tax
assessed for the present year, there being
enough money without this to run the
schools.
Gen. Hopkins cornered a negro who
was prowling about his place at Jackson
Vile night or two ago, and at the point
OF pistol marched him to the police bar
racks. Incendiarism or robbery was the
object OF the negro.
Samuel Glass has received notice Of his
appointment, by Secretary Whitney, as
auctIoneer at the Pensacola navy yard,
upon the recommendation of Senator Call.
Mr.. Glass has been an auctioneer for
many years at Warrington.
Prof. A. j. Dexter has leased the Lu-
cerne house in Orlando, at a rental of
$4,000 per year, and will take possession
Of it about Nov. to 10. 1t is his purpose
to convert it into a sanitarium and hotel
for wealthy people, and in order to make
it attractive to this class Of people he will
spare no pains or expense.
Pensacola insurance agents have re-
ceived the following telegram of the sec
retary of the South Eastern Tariff AssO-
tion, which is composed of all the fire in
surance companies doing business in the
South: Crates will be reduced % per
cent. and loss clause abolished if city will
provide efficient fire department and
ample water supply"
ORLANDO Reporter: Capt. Buck PARA
more, who is a native Floridian, is the
owner OF horse born and raised in this
State; the buggy to which he is driven
was made by II. II. Berry, Of this city,
who is also a native, while the harness
worn by the Florida raised horse, driven
to Florida made buggy by Florida
grown gentleman, was made by ). Price,
who is also a Florida production.
r. Mcknight. travelling salesman for
a Cedar Key fish house, was arrested at
GAINESVILLE day or two ago while selling
goods in that city, charged with
burglary, and was not informed of the Of
tense charged against him until after ly-
ing In Jail IS hours. He was brought to
trial and, of course, acquitted. There
was no good ground for the accusation
and suit for damages is contemplated.
On Monday morning o. r. Richards, a
young man employed at the furniture
works OF Messrs. Cooper b Thompson, of
Orlando, came very near losing his life.
While endeavoring TO fasten a belt he
was drawn under the fiy-wheel which
made a terrible bruise on his back and
cut a cash some three inches long on the
back of his head; the side of it was terri
bly, bruised and the blood was running
out OF his ears and nose. His arms were
also bruised and one hand badly lacera-
ted. There is now some prospect Of his
recovery.
Elias Walker, living two miles from
Bronson, went hunting few days ago,
and killed wild cat that measured four
feet from tip IN tip, a large "four-pronged"
buck, and found huge alligator nest con-
tanning twenty-seVen eggs. He destroyed
twenty-siX of the eggs at the nest and car
ried the other home with him, and laid it
on a shelf in the pantry. As he was sit
ting at the table eating his dinner, he
heard noise in the pantry, and going in,
found that his young 'Raitorship had
hatched out, and was making survey Of
the larder, tossing the bottles and other
things out Of his way.
A man named Cherry, engineer at the
Mayo ice factory, was in Orlando last
Saturday night with a horse and buggy.
On his way home some negroes by the side
Of the road fired pistol which frightened
his horse and IL ran into the woods, throw
ing him, and severely injuring him.
The horse went home without him,
and his friends at once instituted
search for him, fearing that he had been
murdered Cherry lay in an uncon-
sciOus condition from Saturday until
Monday noon, when hard rain revived
him, and he got q drink Of water from
small pool at his side. The afternoon
train passed down, and by this he located