Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-01
FLORIDA.

From the LIST of January to September
18th there were 5,342 deeds recorded in
Orange county.
W. R. Thomas, Of Gainesville, has Sc
cured Peabody scholarship in the nor
NAL school at Nashville, Tenn.
Mark Wheeler, little boy at Plant
City, was bitten on the leg by moccasin
snake last week, but whisky and cordage
saved his life.
The new colore6 military company, of
Jacksonville, the Perry Guards, have re-
from AGjt. Gen. Lang.
Between 80 and 100 passengers were ex-
pected on the steamer City of San AntO-
MIA of the Mallory line, due at Fernan-
dina yesterday morning.
A family by the name Of Penson, near
Tampa, eat white cranes, and assert that
these fowls are equal to chicken. There
are more bones than meat on these birds.
The Oak Hill life saving station is COM
plete and waiting for a Keeper. Tie
broad sheet Of water hitherto known as
Mosquito lagoon is hereafter to be called
Cleveland bay.
DeLand has a shooting club, a hook
and-ladder company. an engine COM
pany, gentlemen's club, au Odd Eel
lows lodge, two Masonic lodges, lit
erary club, a choral union, and brass
! band.
John Miles, while telling trees in SUI
wannee county few days since, one
tree fell against another. glanced and
struck him between the ankles and knees,
dislOcating one and badly bruising the
other.
A car load of household goods, chickens
and cows, arrived at the Wavcross depot
at Jacksonville, Monday, from Peoria,
| ILL.,, bound for Belmore, Fla. The man in
! charge had come all the way in the same
car, and had been on the road Just one
week. He was quite Disguised with the
| trip.
A detective hired to q man in Lafayette
| county to pillow last week, by the name of
Williams. Williams had wife and six
I children. When the detective got the
drop right he arrested Williams, and has
| carried him back to South Carolina,
where he murdered lady twelve years
ago for $4,000, and where he left a Wife
and two children.
| Monday the members of the Independ-
/ ent Order of Good Tenplars OF Jackson
! vile Lodge No. made af1idavitin Justice
! Belisarios court against the following
| liquor dealers for selling liquor on the
Sabbath day, in violation of the law :;
! Messrs. G. j. Britt, j. 3. Togri. Fred.
! Bettelini, Hines & Green, Bennett & Null
roy, HELEN & AcOsta and Joseph Scott.
Warrants for their arrest were then
| issued.
A tax of IA mills has been levied in
| Nassau county for the use Of the board of
health In erecting suitable buildings on
Tiger island for the quarantine officer.
! and Tor the pay of the sanitary inspector,
etc. The quarantine charges, over which
SO much complaint have been made. will
| be merely nominal. The quarantine Off
Ger is 10 occupy the buildings provided
by the board during the summer season,
and is to receive a salary instead of fees,
as at present.
/ The Daytona journal, which recently
had visit from the chief officials OF the
/ Florida Coast Canal Company, learns
that the numerous difficulties which the
company has met in the past are rapidly
vanishing, and nothing is surer than that
i before many months transportation and
! mail facilities will be furnished by this
line which will only require twenty
| four hours to make the trip to Jack
| sonYille. The new dredge Alabama is
! worEing up the most sanguine eXpecta-
tions. A new steamer for the Halifax
river is now on her way from Whining
| ton, Del. A good road has been con-
/ structed across the Mstanzas neck, to be
followed as soon as possible by the rail
road. The work is now systematized,
| and so much has been learned by past eX-
! perience OF what ia required to accomplish
| it most readily that faith in the early
| opening of this route to St. Augustine and
| Jacksonville is stronger than ever.