Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-19

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Capt. r. +. Rose, Of Kissimmee, has re-
signed the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Oke-
chObee Drainage Company.
The Atlantic Pavilion. on Amelia
beach, e ~Fernandina, Will be opened
about the first OF next month.
D. Y. Hoyt, of Umatilla, was elected
president of the Orange County Teachers
Association at ApOpka last week.
During the excitement at the fire at Or
land0 last Wednesday, Marshal Hodges
lost Sl45 in bills out OF his pocket.
The pagoda over the we'll at the court
house at Orlando, which was torn down
during the late fire, is to be rebuilt.
Plans are being drawn for adding one
hundred rooms TO the Strathmore hotel,
on Amelia beach, near ~Fernandina.
There are in the vicinity of Monticello
6OO acres planted in Irish potatoes, 500 in
Watermelons, and 800 in vegetables.
Hundreds OF people will 20 to st. Au-
gustine during the next month to see the
Indians incarcerated at Fort Marion.
Charlie Sweet sent in his resignation
last week as chief of the fire department
OF Orlando, and the Council accepted it.
Pensacola has about eleven miles of
piping laid for the waite supply, and eX-
poets that the work will be completed by
April %.
The insurance companies have settled
with Editor Vaughn, OF the Orlando Sem
tRet, on account OF losses by the late fire.
They pay him $500.
Miss Myrtle Warrock, of Seville, had
her body and face badly burned last
week, by her clothing catching fire while
near a burning brush pile.
Quite an enlarged area of tobacco has
been planted in Columbia county this sea-
son, and the young plants will soon be
large enough to transplant.
The large new safe for the County
Clerks office has arrived at Madison and
placed in position. 1t is about six feet
high and weighs over 1000 pounds.
The street railway people at Orlando
are busy getting their stock taken. The
line is an assured fact, and the prospects
are that work will be commenced upon it
at an early day.
Tobacco and workmen have been
brought from Havana and Key West to
YbOr 4 Co., at their new factory at Ybor
City, and they expect to begin turning
out cigars in a few days.
James Walker, the negro now in Jail in
st. Augustine under sentence of death, has
given public notice that he will apply to
the Board of PardOns at Tallahassee for d
cOmmutation of his sentence.
North Gainesville continues to i'm
prove. Several new residences have re-
Gently been erected, lots fenced in and
otherwise improved, and this section is
now one of the most attractive portions OF
the Central City.
At a recent meeting of the St. Angus
tine School Board the treasurer presented
his report tor the month ending March 81,
showing that during that time he had re-
ceIved $2,6l1 Is, aud had disbursed
S2,5S7 20, leaving a balance on hand Of
500 81.
On July 5 the Jacksonville Light Infan-
try, Monticello Light Infantry, Gem
City Guards and Clay County Guards,
which form Capt. W. B. YOung's batta-
lion, VIII go down to Pablo Beach and
spend a week, which will be devoted TO
military exercises.
A gentleman from the cold North, who
has been stopping in Madison for a time,
recently saw some gOurds for the first
time in his life. He imagined them to be
a species OF tropical fruit, and his amaze
ment knew no bounds when he was told
they were monkey eggs.
The financial condition of Lake City is
even better than the people thought.
There is but 81 104 - of scrip in existence
n $50 of That is in the treasury. There
Is $1.3Oi . of property tax uncOllected,
licenses are falling due, and the Mayors
courts should pay the Marshal's salary.
The old board reduced scrip 500 y.
The citizens and taxpayers of Live Oak
have held a meeting TO nominate candI-
dates for the coming municipal election
there, and they had put afull ticket in the
field. The nominations are as follows:
For Mayor, Captain j. G. Small; for Clerk
and Treasurer, I. A. Cobb; for Marshal
ord FH,- IFDUlanAnn n EoaaN,- -
three Aldermen.
When the Key West fire was raging at
its worst, 1t was threatening the stone
church and parsonage-Rev. K. n. Bar
nett. pastor. When hope seemed to have
vanished, and the possibility of saving
the ediice had passed, Mr.. Barnett and
DR.. Watson went in and prayed for de-
li~verance, and the fire turned from its
course ana the church and parsonage
were Laved.
From the following from a Key West
paper 1t would seem as If the fire at Key
West proved very Temunerative TO some
as well as a loss to others: Marcus Oil
Vieri sold about $500 worth of drinks in
one day. Indeed, it is said ina his arm
was so tired Of taking in money hat from
very fatigue he closed for the day. AS
his was the only saloon remaining down
town he had the field to himself"
At Callahan Wednesday the old depot
on the Florida, Railway and Navigation
caught fire from the sparks Of a passing
engine and there anne near being "A Sc
riOus cOnfiagratiOn, as the wind was very
high. Fortunately the flames were eXtin-
guished bv James Atkins before gaining
u Roadway. The same engine set fire
to b. Matthew's clothing, but it was also
e~xtingUished before any inconvenience
was experienced by that gentleman.
Crustacean curiOsities have recently
been brought up from the deep waters OF
Pensacola bay, among which is "A horse
shoe crab, the body Of which is a perfect
representation Of a horseshoe; the eyes
are compound with heXagOnal facts, and
are elevated on stalks, which are short,
without any power Of motion, as can be
discerned, and attached to the body a tail
about a foot long. Besides this as a Curl
osity, is a shell Of the whelk variety Of
mollusks taken from the stomach Of a
siX-foot grOuper.
Senator Call has written TO several par.
ties in the state relative to locating a SOL
diers' Home in Florida, and soliciting
their opinion as 20 the best location aud
most accessible point. Several cOmmu-
mites are desirOus OF securing the loca-
ton. and have been busy for a few days
in obtaining signatures TO a petition for
that purpose. A letter from Eustis states
that quite an effort Will be made to have
il come there. Tie bill has been prepared
and will be introduced in Congress early
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