Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-10
FLORIDA.


orange shipping is falling of now.
orange. 'u"0e
v-A, a white deer has just been killed near
OF and9,5 new paper, the Sentiael, has made
some Of the peach and plum trees about
f Tallahassee are in full bloom.
Land sales in Marion county are booming.
/ anu property Is steadily growing in value
Or.ancO Is to be the scene OF a teachers IN
s'Ltu te curing the week commencing March s3.
KAN lnteriered with the Mardi Gras festivi
sacOla. ."
Rev. Jones, OF Kissimmee. will be pastor Of
Ihe neN Presbyterian Church to DC bliit at
+ Ten thousand dollars worth OF real estate
( last week. go
The orange crop around Bronson has nearly
az Decn marketed, as is also the case in nearly
( every section Of the State.
Orlando now has two banks. the second
Delng the Orange County Bank, which COM
menced business on Monday.
mile IN seven minutes was the time made
by q young lady, who is comparatively a
novlce on roller skates, at Lakeland a night
or two ago.
The saw-mill OF Capt J. d. GRAY. at Shin
yaru Point. near FreepOrt. has been entirely
destroyed by fire, together with large guam
tty OF lumber.
Dr. Henry Foster, OF Clifton Springs. y. Y.
anu LaSc Jesup, Fla., spoke in the Orlando
opera House, on sunday night last upon the
subject of temperance.
The subscription paper is now in circulation
al orange City for the citizens to donate what
! theS can ahord toward the location of the
congregational College at that place.
The cornerstone Of the new Catholic
Chufca et PensaCo.a was laid sunday with
.pprtpflalc ceremonies. 1T. Rev. Bishop
Oh rnN toll Il.
Five stores are now 10 operation and two
more are projected at Lady Lake. Every
dwelling has changed hands within the past
two months, and this means new house in
each case.
AT Pensacola the United States grand iurv
I has indicted Williams, who served the gov
ernmeut some time since ia the capacitv cf
Deputy United States Marshal, with head
quarters az Pensacola. Ihe indictment
charges Williams with crOOkedness in Office.
The indictment found at Pensacola against
Capt. Neil Mcclellan, master of the Err -ish
bars Lady ROwena, by the United States
grand jury, was quashed Friday in court on
motion OF W. y. BlOunt. This was case Of
alleged violation Of the shipping law. the
captain having been charged with issuing
advance notes 10 seamen.
Some miscreant fired bullet through the
{ front door OF the Catholic Church at Ocala
recently. The ball struck the railing around
the chancel and fell on the naor. Several
/ orange trees which were thriving arOuud the
church were stolen 10y some one ii few nights
I ago. thorough investigation Of these affairs
/ will be made by Father O'Riley.
/ Z. II. Marks, the widely known and popU-
/ lar real estate dealer Of SANFORD. Will super-
/ intend the auction sale on March II of tine IA
J nous Markham parE prOperty.On the 9utSkirtz
4 OF Sanford. Mr.. Markham, the owner. is well
known IN Georgia rs owner OF the Atlanta
hotel bearing his name. The property is dI-
vidcd into town lots, ami its sale Is expected
I 70 be instrumental in furthering the building
/ boom which Sanford is now enjoying.
/ 0eal1 Item: The taxes due the county from
{ the Florida Railroad and Navigation Com
I pany amounted 10 S4,30l 81. The company
I owns = miles OF track In the county which,
/ including the rolling stock, is assessed SO7. =
~. Not one cent Of tax from this road has
/ passed into the hands of the county or State
I Treasurer during the past three years The
tlorIdS southern Railroad has 80 miles of
{ track aud Is assessed S2I5.G55. The tax on
tins road amounted TO s3.0I9 Is. This com
I pany Is very prompt IN paying its taxes, ard
there are 10 back taxes due from 1t.
Orlando Sentinel: Oscar Rashard. who is
employed a Macy's carriage shops, was shot
at Friday night through the window OF his
room as he was retiring for the night. He
ran out and discharged his revolver after the
man as he ran, and was dred upon in turn by
another man IN the opposite direction. Seven
shots were fired at him and he retalIated with
three. The first shot just graZed his arm. and
tins was the only injury he received. He j.
( unable % explain the cause Of the attack, and
thinks 1t must have been intended for some
other man. y family had recently removed
in the house for only few nights. The night
before he was called to the door by uns nOwn
parties, Du5 refused TO comply with their re-
quest to go out of doors.