Savannah morning news., 1885-11-08
ELORIDA.

Young ladies go 'possum hunting in
| Jackson county.
Marion City is to be laid ont on the plan
of Washington, D. c..
FL. 7. Hartman has been appointed post
master at Crystal River.
| A hen at MOultrie. st. Johns county,
has laid 50 eggs in 50 days.
Camp-meeung at Pine Grove, Suwannee
| county, commenced Thursday.
Callahan's new hotel, the Central, is
| ready TO accommodate tourists.
| Max Bloomfield, a well-known news
| dealer of st. Augustine, is dead.
| The gas mains are being laid in all the
| principal streets of st. Augustine.
Stealing oranges from the up-river
groves is becoming quite common.
The Marion city company has added
| 1000 more acres to that ''embryO city"
The City Council Of Kissimmee refused
! to accept the resignation OF A. j. Rose as
its attorney.
The Lowell syndicate will put their
| lands IN Marion county upon the market
at an early day.
c. H. Benham killed an owl at Crescent
City last week, measuring 30 inches from
tip to tip of wings.
Three murder cases are to be tried at
the term Of the Circuit Court conYening
at Bronson on Oct. "a.
The Lake City Reporter announces the
death IN Columbia county last week of
Col. Elder in his 9lst year.
A flow of 300 gallons per minute has
been struck at depth of 535 feet by an
artesian we'll bOrer at Jacksonville.
r. H. Wbitner, OF Sanford, has been ap-
pointed auditor of the Florida Fruit Ex-
change, and will locate at Jacksonville.
Gus Bellamy, colored, was shot few
nights since while prowling around Mr..
Dukes yard in Mandarin. He will re-
cover.
Morris Benjamin, of Ocala, has sued
the Florida Southern Railway Company
for being elected from their road a few
days since.
Sanford and Palatka each claim that the
shops of he jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railroad will be located within their
respective limits.
During the month of October there were
shipped from Mariana 4,110 dozen eggs,
and 3 3,2l0 chickens. About ST., 700 was re-
allied for the above.
Frank W. Thomas, who murdered Frank
W. Towne, at Cedar Key, five years ago,
has been arrested and securely locked up
in jail at Cedar Key.
hood shipped 1900 packages Of fruit and
vegetables. Three years ago it did not
ship 1000 packages.
At Brewers, in Duval county, a lady
not long ago gave birth to four we'll
formed children, three of whom are still
alive and doing well.
Not verdict was rendered in favor of
defendants in dozen or more cases tried
the first week of the recent term OF Ma
rion county Circuit Court.
The ladies Of the Methodist church at
Sanford have raised S345 80, and expended
it in repairing and improving the church
within the last few months.
Owing TO failure to comply with the
law in drafting will, the property OF
Col. Elder, who recently died in Columbia
county, escheats to the State.
IL is estimated by competent judges that
there are more than 10000 oranges on
the $50 trees that compose tue grove Of
Dir. Spear, in Orange county.
Cincinnati is stretching out and making
exertiOns for the business of South Flor
ida. Business In real estate circles is re-
ported good and increasing daily. The
influx OF visitors increases daily.
The st. Augustine Republicans, assum-
ing the title OF ''citizens' meeting" met
to ether Tuesday evening and nominated
the following uuulClpdl Lthtks TUT
Mayor, John q. Long; for Marshal, John
Popino, colored; for Collector. Ed. Hous-
ton. cOlored.
There are eighty schools in operation in
Marion county against 81 in 1884. There
are ten more TO be put into operation by
Dec. l. The total amount 20 run these
schools this year is $4,000. All county
schools are open five months and the Ocala
schools nine months.
Near GreenVille, Monday, after the rail-
road accident, which occurred between
that place and Madison, Willie Walker,
engineer on the Monticello branch, while
returning from the wreck ran over three
cows, throwing his engine from the track.
As the engine was leaving the rails ne
Jumped of and struck bis head against
the track, inhictng serious wound,
fracturing his skull just above the left
eve. Drs. Airth and Turnhull extracted
several small pieces Of bone and dressed
the wound. They consider him in crit.
cal condition. The engine Is a total
wreck.
At Sanford, Wednesday night, four
young gentlemen, occupying responsible
positions and who are well connected,
concluded they would have little fun,
80 they went 70 work aud removed the |
signs from a number OF stores and eX-
changed them IA a most ludicrous man
ner. Policeman Williams watched the |
young men while performing this labor |