Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-28
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FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
A teachers institute will be held at
Milton June 8.
The carpenters have commenced work
on the Baptist church at Kissimee.
The Tampa steamship company has
Withdrawn their line of steamers between
Tampa and Cedar Key.
The Hon. c. c. Banfill, President Of the
Lake de Funiak company, has left with
party for the exposition.
Tallahassee is steadily improving, and
the beauty of it is that all the improve
ments are being made with home capital.
Gilbert Hankins, of Madison, a day or
two ago killed fine buck gong at full
speed, with Winchester rifle, go yards
of.
Miss Birch, principal of the Florida
Chautauqua art department, has left for
Europe to purchase art features for the
gallery.
j. II. Ahern challenges anybody in
Tampa of his weight-l93 pounds-or APP
prOXimating, it, TO skate from minute to
a week for 800.
The United States government has Sc
lected a military and naval sanitarium
site at Lake de Funiak for the Gulf troops
during the summer.
The location of sanitarium on the
coast near Tampa or Manatee is being
considered by a syndicate of wealthy
Northern physicians.
Several thousand crates of vegetables
will be shipped from Manatee county this
season. HillsbOrOugh county will also
ship a large quantity.
The contract for carrying a semi-weekly
mail between Orange City and Port
Orange has been awarded to Mr.. Ii. ii.
Neal, commencing July 1.
The erection this summer of a brick
hotel containing 200 rooms is among the
probabilities at kissimee. The town
already has two good hotels.
Volusia county has $4,000 in her treas
ury, and has built within the past eighteen
months new Jail and almost a new court
house, costing over $4,000.
Five lots were sold in one day at Seville
last week. At the same place a large and
handsome store building is soon to be
erected, making the fifth store at this
place.
Barlow is not only enjoying all kinds of
garden vegetables-home raised-while
Strawberries became an old story weeks
ago, but is also luxuriating on buckle
berry pie.
A special derrick had to be built to put
the enormous stone door-iambs, weighing
nearly four tons each, in position at the
PalafoX entrance of the new custom
house at Pensacola.
jacksonville has II policemen, and the
people complain that there are too many
when the available resources of the city
are considered. Pensacola has 16 or Is,
and there is talk of detectives besides,
while both the population and resources
of Pensacola are less than those of jack
sOnVille and the debt of the city greater.
Capt. G. W. Adams, an old citizen of
Santa Rosa county, but until very recent
ly employed in operating dredge boats at
the mouth of the Mississippi, has COM
pleted a contract with Capt. HOXie by
which the Baylie, one of the most power
full dredge boats now in use, will go to
work at once on the bar of Pensacola bay.
The Baylie is especially adapted to sea
work, has no lighters, and works by sue
ton, handling all matters connected with
the work on her own bottom.
A valuable specimen for relic hunters
was found some three weeks ago by W.
A. Patrick's hired man on Paradise
Island, about a mile and half from Kis-
simmee. 1t is an old rust-eaten ak or
very large Ratchet, the blade of which re-
sembles the pictures of the tlaring blades
Of the old Spanish battle axes, while the
back, instead of running to point like
them, is fiat like the axes of to-day. 1t
was found sticking into an old stump
about two feet under ground. Where it
was manufactured, by what race it was
used, and how long ago, are questions for
our scientific theorists to speculate over.
Another similar one, but somewhat
larger, was found some time ago at the
mouth of the KisSimmep river.