Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
FLORIDA.

All the real estate agents are making
money In almost every county in the
State.
A building boom seems to have touched
Eau Gallie. Several new houses are
being put up.
Before the postmaster at Ocala had been
appointed week he was besieged by nine
different men to be made his assistant.
AT Palatka the case of the State VS..
Erastus Shaw, charged with rape, was
postponed until the next t-rm of court.
government boat arrived at Palatka
Friday, and will look after the buoys on
the st. Johns river and put them in re-
pair.
The petit jurors of the present term OF
court at Palatka have meant business
from the start, as nearly every criminal
tired before them has been convicted.
Mt. Pleasant, in Gadsden county, is
having boom. The contract has been
let for new hotel, and several new stores
and dwellings are soon to be erected.
The schooner Panecuh, 7S1 tons, is the
largest sail vessel that ever entered the
port OF Apalachicola, and she will carry
from there 10 2Aspnwall 100000 feet of
lumber. OF IT,
The State Of Florida, through Gov. Per-
ry, offers 4 reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction Of any party who may
ave caused the death of G. L. Simms,
nearlSanfeFd.
"a go9d botepis among the immediate
and pressing wants of Enos. Enos is To-
Gated two and half miles north Of Mar
roWsgost Office, and IS as yet dependent
thatpest Office for its mail.
O0laltaines has accepted, on the part of
the governments, the construction of the
houses ofreft1ge at Pepper Haulover, and
has started to superintend the ones to be
erected at Indian river inlet.
A curiosity in vegetable growth may be
seen on the town plat of Enos-a double
headed cabbage palmetto. 1t branches
about twenty feet from the ground and
each branch 1s about ten feet in length.
The dwelling house of A. b. Palmer at
Federal Point has been consumed by fire,
with nearly all his furniture. The loss is
about $1,000, which is partially covered
by insurance in company In Virginia.
Tom Moore, colored man in the en-
ploy of Z. E. Wager, killed large boar
and cub at his cane field on Banana creek,
last Monday. These animals prove to be
most destructive enemy to the sugar
cane.
Frank Allen, of Enos, has his steam
launch completed, and she fully comes up
to his expectations. She draws 25 inches
Of water, is 80 feet long over all, and ~
feet breadth of beam, and is said to make
II knots an hour in still water. She has
a 6X6 BOrdentown engine with condenser.
Quite sensation was created at Eden
recently. A canoe with young,lady as
Its sole occupant was seen approaching
Eden. And as such a sight is veryTare
in that vicinity, all eyes were watching it
closely { the fair occupant more than the
boat). The young lady seemed to be a
skillful manipulation Of the paddle,
but just as she was making ready
to land at the Eden Grove
wharf she lest her balance and cap
sized, the boat turning completely over
and covering her. 1t was then that gal
liant young man residing at Eden showed
himself hero by jumping overheard, and
assisting the young lady to eXtricate her.
self from the vexatiOus dilemma into
which she had so suddenly and accident
ally been thrown. The young lady went
ashore at the Eden Grove house, where
she was supplied with dry clothing and
was soon in good humOr, and laughing
heartily over the affair.