Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-12
FLORIDA,

TO work on the streets that lodge there.
LeConte pears retail in Tallahassee at
25c. peck. In Jacksonville at 25c. per
dozen.
The new Mayor of Ocala has forbidden
the sale OF newspapers in that town on
Sunday.
A new post office has been established
south of Lake Kerr, in Marion county,
which will be known as ChurchWoOd.
1t is estimated that by the removal of
2.5lS cubic yards of earth, at cost of
500 40, the Indian river inlet can be
/ opened.
! The corn crop generally in Jackson
J county is good, but the farmers are fear
full that the continuous rains will damage
| the cotton.
Creary & Rourke, a large mercantile
firm OF Milton, Fla, dissolved Aug. l,
George A. Creary continuing the business
as heretofore.
| The steamer Mascotte will be taken
from Tampa to Philadelphia this week for
repairs. The Whitney takes the place Of
the Mascotte.
The government Is building a break
water at Canaveral to prevent the en-
croachment of the ocean on the III ht-
house at that point.
One hundred citizens of Callahan
pledged themselves to oppose all efforts of
parties desiring to obtain licenses TO sell
liquor in that town.
| The total valuation of Orange county
property listed by the assessor up to Aug.
l was $4,T4S,63l, divided as follows: real
$685. 1853, personal S932,07S.
| Too much rain has fallen lately for the
| good OF timber men on Black creek, as it
caused considerable trouble to keep the
logs from going out of the creek.
| At Jacksonville Tuesday S. Fl. Melton
became the surety for W. c. Fehren-
bach and S. Houston, Dr., for keeping and
operating a gambling house. The bail is
| $3.50.
1t is rumored that Capt. W. B. Watson
will probably soon'tender his resignation
as an alderman, of Jacksonville. HIS
! entire attention.
"FlOrida" is the title Of new paper
| just issued from the town Of Bridgeport,
Putnam county. by joint stock COM
pauy. Dill IL. James is editor. For the
Ispresent it will appear only once a month.
1t is estimated that there are 800, 900
| orange trees in the vicinity of DeLand.
These trees will produce when in full
| bearing 1000 oranges each, at the least
calculation, or a sum total OF 1 500, 900, 900
oranges.
| Nearly all the machinery has been pur-
chased and 10000 feet of lumber ordered
| for the sugar mill at Kissimmee. 1t will
have capacity Of 10000 pounds per day,
| and if the business warrants 1t the Ca
| pacity can be doubled.
The crops are excellent in Levy county.
| Notwithstanding the heavy rains which
have fallen lately. Reports come in that
cotton is beginning to open in several
| parts of the county. The season for the
fall business is near at hand.
A young lady named Miss Florida Lin
vile nearly got drowned at the Fernan-
dina beach last Friday, and owes her res
cue to Masters Frank Pspy and Willie
Firm, two YOUNGSTERS of twelve and thir-
teen years of age, who calamity brought
her safe to land.
AT Quincy last Saturday Dennis Green,
| colored, was committed to jail on a COM
mitment issued by Justice w. q. Wilson,
charged with having entered the ware
| house of K. E. Cargill, of Aspalaga, and
| stealing tberefrom seventy-f We pounds of
flour and forty-one pounds of bacon.
Volusla county has nine newspapers.
| We propose, says the wicked man Of the
Detson Courier, that the editors of these
nine papers form themselves into a base
ball club and issue challenge to nine
Eeditors of any other county in the State
|
| pionship. a.s tta-
There are rumors afioat that the west
ern terminus of the DeLand and st. john s
| River railroad will soon be changed from
DeLand landing to Beresford, where it
Will form connections with the railroad
| and river at the,esame place. Broad
gauge ties are now being put in the place
of the narrow gauge ones along the road.
The new church being erected by the
| c0lored Presbyterians, corner OF Laura
and State streets, Jacksonville, is grad
ually progressing towards completion.
The walls are to be pressed Georgia brick,
| with stone trimmings. The building is "a
by 60 feet. will have cathedral stained
glass windows, and a seating capacity Of
| nearly 300.
Mr.. Thrasher, OF San Mateo, saws,
| after viewing the groves In that vicinity,
which have about 10000 trees in them,
that he is convinced that there is ,uuy
Jwo-thirds of a crop OF oranges on the
trees, much better yield than had been
| expected. The trees there are in the very
best condition, and are getting alon z
about as well Ss if they had never passed
through freeze.
Mr.. z. A. Road, Of Williston, Levy
county, has curiosity in the shape Of a
turtle. 1t has TWO heads. two tails and
six legs. The hinder legs OCCUPY the
proper place on the body, the two heads
being where the front legs should be, they
being further back, the other two legs be-
ing where the head properly belongs. The
| whole thing is covered by one shell about
the size OF a silver dollar.
There has been some trouble at the
Kerr City post office on account of the
spelling of the name of that enterprIsing
| village, and the non-arrival of the COM
mission OF the new postmaster. Quite u
voluminOus correspondence was INDUCED
in between that place and the Post Office
Department, and the parties at issue fail
ing to come to an understanding the matter
was referred to Congressman Dougherty
by the Kerr. City people. He looked into
the matter, satisfied the department that
il could spell ''Kerr" with two "r's,"
when the commission was promptly sent
down.
Leesburg Commercial: We were told
Monday a rather strange manner in
which the station Dragon was named.
Our informant said that when the rail-
road force were laying track at that point
little boy appeared with a gopher, bav-
Ing a string tied to its head. After stay
ing a short while, watching the hands
work he decided to go, and attempted to
force the gopher to go IN front OF him,
after the manner OF driving horse. He
worried with the gopher "A good while
without success, when one OF the negro
hands called out to the boy 10 drag 'em,