Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-31
FLORIDA


Efforts are being made at Orlando to
organize German club.
The Gainesville Guards are daily ex-
pecting the arrival of a new outfit of
arms.
number OF new dwelling.houses are
being erected upon Lake Copeland, near
Orlando.
q. l.. simms, aged is years, mas mys-
teriously disappeared from PaoIa, and
foul play is suspected.
A band stand is being erected on the
ohlne lot, at the corner of Pine street and
Orange avenue, Orlando.
Davidson & Scott, grain dealers of Or
lando, have dissolved cOpartnership. Scott
h Grady are the successors.
Sever al residents Of Augusta, Me-, will
visit Gainesville this winter with the
view OF investing in property.
Z. c. Culpepper has had a pile driver
busily at work for about week past driY-
ing new piles around the Sanford wharf.
Mrs. Q. 5. Tarver, Who is teaching the
Orange Ridge school, reports having AZ
scholars on the roll, with an average at
tendance of 80.
MIR. Hout, of Fernandina, is shipping
heavily in yellow pine TO Philadelphia. He
also has a million feet to ship to South
American ports.
Mr.. Bohlen, of Jacksonville, has 'pur-
chased the bottling business of Kuhl
Bros, Of Orlando, and will take charge
early in November.
The Sunday Democrat is the name of an
illustrated paper which has just made its
appearance at jacksonville. The first
number is excellent in every respect. 1t
will appear every Sunday.
}. p. Shannon, of Toronto. Canada, has
purchased the lot between the Lake View
hotel and the Southern Florida railway
track at Sanford, and will begin at once
to erect a handsome hotel.
Baroness de Renthal, of Buenos Avres,
and her brother-in-law, E. S. Hopkins, an
officer in the United States navy, were
among SanfOrd's late distinguished visi-
tors. They will locate in Florida.
County Superintendent Bee&s Is en-
gagged in making out his annual report of
the Orange county public schools and
will soon have it ready to forward to the
State superintendent at Tallahassee.
Isabella, the 16-year-old daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. r. d. Dunbar, dropped
dead at their residence in HansontOwn,
near Jacksonville, Wednesday night. The
cause is supposed to be heart disease.
County Surveyor Fries is engaged in
making a map of the Clay Springs prop
erty, for the purpose OF making a division
of the property among the owners in &C
cordance with an order from the court.
Two lime trees owned by j. G.. Stovin,
Winter Park, produced six boxes of fruit
andinetted the owner $36. They are of the
Tahiti seedless variety, and very large
and uniform In size-equal to q medium
Sicily lemon.
Messrs. Carlton & Co., who lately pur-
chases Mr.. HencheOn's place on Lake
Buchan, south Of Forest City, will erect
a very pretty residence in the near fu-
ture. This property could have been
bought for $4,000 last year, but sold last
month tor $4,000.
1t is said that 5 acres Of land bounded
by Mangoustine and Avocado avenues,
and Sixth and Seventh streets, west of
Sanford, have been set apart for the round
house, repair shops and machine shops of
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway, and for all shops Of the S. & L.
E. railway.
Gen. Bentley, manager of the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West railroad, has
agreed to establish depot at Astor june
tion at the request of the citizens Of En-
terprise. Side tracks are to be laid, and
as soon as the main track is completed TO
the junction the road will begin to trans
port freight in carload lots.
Orlando Sentinel: We know OF a man
who this week received an offer of 500, 600
cash from an English gentleman for his
very prosperous and fourishing grove.
He declined. The party who made the
offer requested the owner to place a price
on it. The figures named we're S125, 900.
The agent only being empowered to offer
the former price the price set has been
communicated to the Would-be investor.
TdilGbasseedn: Mr.. Slorah, the Saratoga
tally-ho man, arrived this afternoon and
will examine the road between this
place and Thomasville tomorrow. He
gives il as an off-hand opinion that twen-
ty-four horses AMI two tally-hOs will do
the work. Six horses to the coach
changed one time between places, he
thinks, will make the trip in five hours.
Two mules and a wagon each way will
carry the baggage.
A serious wreck was caused last Thurs
day night to the nOrth-bOund freight train
on the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic
railroad, eight miles from Orlando, by the
trucks of q nat car becoming detached
from their fastenings and jumping the
track. derailIng seven cars and piling
them into an inextricable muddle-block-
Ing the track until Saturday. In the
meantime passengers and mails had 70 be
transferred. Everything is now moving
smoothly aud on time.
Pensacola Commercial: To Mr.. +. G..
Shepard, Division Ticket and Passenger
Agent Of the l.. aud n. and p. and A.
railroads, we are indebted for iniorma-
tion concerning the cost OF delivering coal
by the government vessels at the yard.
Under the rules governing these m alters
nothing but anthracite coal can be used
by the Yards and government vessels, aud
this coal, Mr.. Sheppard informs US, can
be delivered by vessel at the yard much
cheaper than by rail, the cost In the
present instance being little over ~ per
ton laid down. Steps are in progress by
which IL will be possible for these
vessels 30 use Alabama coal, and II this
is accomplished Pensacola will come IN
for share Of the business Of delivering
this coal.
The Desoto Springs Courier OF Oct. %
saws: LAST Tuesday company was
formed in this place under the name OF
the DeS0to Springs Fishing, Hunting
and Boating Company. 1t Is the Intention
of this company 10 supply the markets OF
this section with fish, yenison, ducks,
turkeys, and. in fact, ali kinds OF game:
Extensive fisheries are 10 be established
al Spring Garden lake and az Lake Oex-
ter. and a steam yacht and several sail
boats will carry passengers 70 and from
All points on these lakes, thus ahording
passengers an opportunity 10 visit these
fieberies. Experienced Northern Usher
men have been employed 70 superintend
tbaao Hahorfaa "A nOOu as the railroad