Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-04
FLORIDA.

Alacbua county.
A colony of a dozen from Georgia To-
Gated near Enterprise last week.
The framing for the new hotel at Clay
Springs Is about complete; next comes
the ''raising."
Within a radius Of one mile each way
from the Paola post Office there are 80, 100
orange trees in grove.
Work on the new hotel at Brooksville is
progressing rapidly, and the intention is
to have it finished by Dec. 10.
The W9kiva river by moonlight is the
attraction at Clay springs this month, at
least during these moonlight nights.
The air is full of rumors in regard to
new buildings and other improvements to
be got under way at Clay springs this
winter.
The iron frontier Endel Bros. new brick
building at Gainesville has arrived from
Cincinnati, and will be erected at once. 1t
weighs over 10000 pounds.
Charles McQuaig, of Orlando, is to erect
two business houses on the new town site
at Clay springs this winter, one to be
used as drug store and the other as a
real estate office.
A colony of six families direct from the
Wolverine State have arrived at Clay
Springs. They bring with them all the
necessary machinery for first-elass saw
and planning mill.
A building will soon be erected on the
new town site Just east of the hotel at
Clay Springs to be used as a schoolhouse
during the week, and on the Sabbath for
religious services.
If the trustees of the cOlored schools in
Bradford county keep wrangling over
teachers much longer they will find their
schools suspended until new board of
trustees can be organized.
The sheet of water known as Lake
Pleasant covers many acres of ground
and abounds in fish of various sorts. 1t
is about one and a half miles from the
post office in Apopka City.
William Parrish, while telling trees in
fernando county few days since, had
the misfortune to fell one which struck
his house on the top and crushed in the
roof. His family had narrow escape.
Capt. B. NJ. Burroughs, of Tallahassee,
has mare Is years old. Since weaving
her Youngest colt, five years ago, she has
never ceased to give heavy flow Of milk,
and has to be MIXED regularly TO give
relief.
The courtesies of the Columbia county
fair at Lake City, Dec. s, 2, 10 and II have
been extended the MORNING NEWS. The
success of the enterprise is assured, and
that great benefit to the county will result
is certainty.
improvements are continually being
made, with many more in contemplation,
and before a great while, il is confidently
expected, the space between Lake Pleas
ant and Tilden Lake in Apopka City will
be built up IN elegant substantial resi-
dences.
II runner is correct wagons from ApOpka
CITY and surrounding country will, at
some time in the near future, begin TO
make trips TO Lake Pleasant for lumber,
as it is reported that a number of eXpe-
rienced mill men have concluded to put
up large substantial mill on the lake.
Prof. G. p. Young is religiously stirring
up the people on New river, ten miles west
of Starke. He organized Christian
church there the third Sunday in October.
There will be protracted meeting there
Nov. u, to continue over Sunday. Dinner
on the grounds Sunday. This church has
been donated five acres Of land, on which
thew are arranging to build a house Of
worship.
The BrooksVille Register saws that deer
were in the habit Of eating Maxey RyaPs
potato vines In his patch in fernando
county and escaping TO the woods unseen.
RIVAL determined TO stop their depreda-
lions last week, extended the height or
his fence and left an opening with fall
10 II. Five deer passed through the
opening when the gate or fall was closed
and the deer securely penned In. AT one
ire Of RyaPs gun three Of the animals
fell dead and two more fires brought the
other two down.
The twenty-ninth annual session OF the
Santa Fe River Baptist Association was
held with Providence church, Providence,
Fla. on Oct. %. 20 and 30. The following
are the officers elected for the ensuing
wear: w. n. Chaudoin, Moderator, Jack
sopviIle: q. W. Hall, Melrose, Treasurer;
|. J. Halstead, Gainesville, Clerk. The
session was n very harmonious one, and
much good will no doubt result there-
from. The minutes OF the association are
now being printed In pamphlet form a.
the NeUS Job Office.
During the visit Of the Tallahassee gun
club TO Pensacola the subject OF shoot
ing tournament at the chautauqua meet
Ing al DeFuniak Springs was discussed by
some OF the members OF the two clubs,
and the subject was received isVoraDly
by ali who were spoken 10. The plan
discussed was the selection OF one or
more teams Of five men from each OF the
guns clubs m the State, 70 compete Tor
the championship Of the state, under rules
and regulations to be adopted hereafter,
and also grand sweepstake eompetl-
ton open TO all.
Don't disgust everybody by hawking,