Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-02
FLORIDA.
Orlando vans a town clock.
Barlow In tnhaya an ice factory.

FLORIDA.
Orlando vans town clock.
Barlow is tohave an ice factory.
Alachus farmers report excellent crops.
The Ocaa Rifles are TO have new uni
forms.
sumterplle is anxious to have can
ming factGy established in that town.
The Enporia Advance wants Volusia
county Gu up into two or more counties.
An Orlado gentleman is preparing to
start snail strawberry patch of $4,000
plants.
Gainesville is to have new Methodist
church to est 81, 500. Gen. John Varnum
is the CONTRACTOR.
The editr of the Fort Myers Press
chronicles he receipt of some lines as
large as Sidly lemons.
The Democratic Convention OF Levy
| county mees at Bronson Sept. TO
| nominate Snator and two Representa-
| tiyes.
Cotton is beginning in Levy county to
come into maxet pretty freely. The crop
| promises to beDne of the largest ever pro-
duced in the county.
Henry Williams; colored, raped an IL
| year-old daughter of James King at Mon
| tIcello last week, Friday. He is in Jail,
but lynching isfeared.
The Peninsullr Gazette is the name OF
| the successor cf the Fort Ogden News
| and Ogdenian. Elan B. Carlton is editor
and K. NJ. Poeer publisher.
A party of hunters from Cocoa, on In
dian river, recently ran into school of
| man atees at the mouth of the st. Lucie
| river, but failed to get one Of them.
Lamont Bailey. of Tampa, has resigned
bis position 81 city editor of the Tribune
| to give all hif attention to the office of
| city clerk, 10 which he was recently
elected.
The Enquirer, the new weekly OF Ma
| rianna, has made It's appearance, 1t is
an eight-page, forty-eight column paper,
| neatly printed and well edited. George
A. Baltzere is editor.
The Mariana Enquirer learns that the
cotton crop q Jackson county will be
considerably less than last year. The
corn crop will be much larger. The Su-
wannee crops are doing we'll.
The oranges about Bronson are looking
! finely and the crop Will be much larger
than was anticipated last spring. The
trees are growing thriftily ana are doing
as well as could be wished for.
The post-o1ice at Eilerslie, in fernando
county, was burned Thursday night. The
| fire was of accidental origin, and the
| building. with all its contents, including
the mail and the mail pouches, we're to-
| tally destroyed.
A survey of the elevations between
| Tampa and Lake Bellows shows that the
carry water INTO any building in the city,
and it will probably be chosen as the sup
| ply point tor the new water works system.
| The seasons have been peculiarly IA
vorable to newly set orange trees about
Waldo. and the growth has been wonder
full. The orange trees are as vigorous
| and the foliage as luxuriant and green to-
day as of yore. In fact many groves pre-
sent tar better and more attractive ap-
pearance than ever.
Maj. st. Clair-Abrams addressed meet
Ing at Palatka last Thursday evening in
favor of the proposed Tavares and Palatka
railroad. At the close of his remarks, on
motion, the chair appointed a committee
of seven to canvass the city for subscrip-
tiens, composed OF Messrs. J. &. Vertrees,
Peter Gardner, s. U. Hammond, NJ. Loeb,
Martin Griffin, Jr., c. 2. DevereuX and
W. j. Webb.
The bridge crossing the Tomoka, three
miles west of Ormond. was completed last
week by the st. Johns and Halifax Ratl-
way Company. The track is ready fer
use and trains will be run to Ormend 10
about two weeks. After that one month
will be required for the completion of the
road to Daytona. The terminus there
will he on what is known rs Jackson's
Island, an island in the Halifax at the
north end of Daytona.
Cedar Keys has bored persistently for
artesian we'll water. The work of drill
ing commenced one year ago, Aug. II.
Three different wells were commenced
and abandoned for various reasons before
the present bore was commenced. This
has been steadily prosecuted now for over
eight months, at an expense of manv
thousands OF dollars, and has reached a
depth of over $50 feet. The drill is still
in a hard yellowish rock Carbonate of
lime) and goes down from two to three
feet day.
The work of lowering the waters OF
Lake Weir began last week under Maj.
Couper's supervision. Thirty-fve men
are now at work. Tine Ocklawaha canal
will be cleared and lowered three feet,
and when done it is thought it will keep
the waters of the lake from encroaching
on the Florida Southern Railroad track
and reclaim much valuable land now SUBJ
merged by the high waters. At present
the track along the lake 10 very insecure
from the washing of the waters, and trains
run ONGI III WIN
SumterviIle Times: A noticeable pecu-
lisrity in the bearing of older orange trees
this season is that most of the fruit is
borne IN clusters in the tops OF the trees,
where the branches we're most com pletely
denuded OF their leaves last winter. win
some horticulturist explain? After all,
| the conjectures that have been INDUCED
| In, and all the statements that have been
made pro and con, we now have ample
authority for saying that there will be at
| least three-fourths of a crop of oranges In
! this portion Of Sumter county. The heav-
lest Yield will, however, be by young trees
| that have not hitherto borne much fruit.
| Thus the greatest benefit aocruisg from
the crop will be enjoyed by those who have
not heretofore derived much profit from
their groves. Considering the profitable
! Improvement in the prices Of oranges over
last wear, it is thought that the general
value OF the crop will be equal to that Of
anv former season. The trees are in
splendid condition and the fruit remarka-
bly, line.
A Residence Burned.
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