Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-25
FLORIDA.

Watermeions are hourishiug in Volusia
county.
Gadsden's potato crop, it Is thought,
Will be immense.
The public schools of Daytona closed
last week Friday.
Columbia county farmers are preparing
TO increase their potato acreage.
Mail matter is some times four days in
going from Savannah to Gainesville.
Port Orange is putting a race track In
order for the races which take place there
| July next.
A young colored man named Sol Will
liams was drowned in Black creek last
Friday while fishing.
Fruitland now. has three stores, which
are conducted by s. X. Causey, G. G.
NOyes and Mr.. Jennings.
An ancient superstition saysif 1t rains
in Florida on Jane 26 it win'rain on forty
consecutive days thereafter.
The new depot and freight warehouse of
the st. Johns and Halifax railroad, at
Rolleston, is about completed.
The melon crop In Columbia county
will be about three weeks later than
usual. A largeacreage hasbeen planted.
Gainesville shippers of fruits and Vege-
tables are taking united action to secure
cheaper and better transportation from
the railroads.
A very heavy rain storm visited the
southern part of Putnam county OnySun.
day and Monday. Vegetation looks green
and watermelons are luscious.
Four hundred shares, at 500 per share,
have 6een takenin Gainesvilie's new loan
association. Two Thousand shares is
what the organizers wish to dispose of.
Nearly one-fOurth of the resident popu-
lati0n of Gainesville is now out of town,
many OF them having gone North, while
quite a number are recuperating at
Florida resorts.
An appropriation of$200 from the NJ. e.
Church Extension Society has been dona-
ted for the completion of thechurchbuild-
ing which was commenced some time
since at Green Cove.
The Gainesville Guards have concluded
to not attend the State encampment at
Pablo Beach, beginning on July s. as it
will not be possible for many of them to
leave their business at that time.
Joseph Simms and Surveyor Bailey, of
Alachua county, while surveying a line
in the Ocklawaha swamp last week,
found an immense cypress tree which
measured SO feet and 8 inches in circum-
ference.
scene of suicide, ID. z. Daily, of that
place, having cut his throat with razor
He cut his throat in the presence of his
wife, and no cause is assigned for the
rash act.
Unless there is a Communication Of sen.
tence, John hardy will hang in the Jail
at Gainesville next Wednesday. A petit
ton is being circulated which will ask
that either a new trial will be granted or
the sentence changed to Imprisonment for
life.
Three hundred and fifty colored chill
dreu, pupils at Union Academy, walked
along the street at Gainesville, Wednes-
day, in pairs, on their way to Simonson's
Opera House, where tney were addressed
by Rev, f. j. Grimke, pastor of the
colOred Presbyterian Church at Jackson
vile.
At Cedar Key heavy northeast gale
set in Saturday afternoon. 1t increased
steadily throughout Sunday. From Sun
day at 8 a. m. until p. IN. Monday, the
wind from northeast to south was terrific.
The maximum hourly velocity was 45
miles. Five minute gusts showed a rate
of 70 to so miles. Such storm was never
known on this coast at this season. All
the telegraph lines went down. The dam
age in Cedar Key is small, but 1t is feared
Joseph MARQUES brought into Pensacola
last Saturday the formidable weapon of n
huge sawfsh. THIS saw" or bill, was
about four feet in length and was thickly
studded with sharp teeth on both edges,
the teeth being from half an inch to two
inches long. The fish measured some
twenty feet, and was caught by Joe and
his party while SEEMING near the mouth of
Perdido bay last Friday night and made
a fearful fight when captured, efsctually
breaking up the fishing frolic for the
night.
Levy County Times: In trip through
the granary Of Levy county-the section
between Levyville and JudsOn-last week,
we saw some Of the finest crops we have
ever seen in Florida. Corn is IN fine con-
dition, and will make a heavy yield, and
cotton is growing nnely; blooms are plen-
tif1l. numbers Of young bOlis being OBJ
serVable. The farmers IN that part of the
county are thrifty and enterprising, their
stock all looking sleek and we'll kept, aud
their crops we'll cultivated. An unusu-
ally large crop OF cotton will be made, and
a surplus OF several thousand bushels OF
corn will be the result of the crop OF this
year in that section.
Green Anderson. a negro man, was
committed TO jail at Quincy last week on
a warrant from Justice W. u. Sims. Of
Chatt ahOOchee, in default OF $500 bond,
charged with having committed a rape on
ella Ellis and shooting at Aleck Ellis,
her husband, with "A musket. The clt-
zens Of Chattah0Ochee are very much en-
ragged and made an attempt to take the
prisoner from the officer while en- route
for the depot to take him 10 the county
iail. The officer says the lynchers were
in mask and numbered about fifteen, and
that he and his assistant fired four shots
TO scare them of, and the fire was re-
turned without any effect.
The Green Cove Spring, TO show that
truck farming pays, cites the following
instance. furnished by a gentleman OF that
place: Commencing with peas in Feb
ruary. two crops Of this vegetable were
grown, when IL was supplanted with snap
beans: this crop was followed with To-
matoes, which are now bearing fruit.
When the tomatoes come of the gentle
man expects 20 follow with other crops,
six different kinds OF whloh he claims
that be can harvest before the time Of FIRST
commencing 10 plant mas again rolled
around. The gentleman kept account Of
the Weld OF a small plat OF this ground, q
piece fifteen feet square, and the follow
ing were the returns: Fifty heads let
tuce, twenty heads cabbage. one bushei
irish potatoes, aud from the encu mbera
now maturing and the newly set tomatoes
be expects 70 reap bushel 0f each.
Pensacola Adyance-Gaz8tte; From
Sir, Lou Bennett We learn u q daring az
tempf OF some sc0undrel - enter the
hcuse OF Mrs. Qulgley, Mr. BENEFITS sis