Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-27
rees stand the cold better than the sour

"a NOo Sb0uQ Tue COlu UCllCl buan VIC oOul
ones.
The Pensacola Water Company laid
over one mile of pipe last week, but have
tackled harder ground and larger pipe
this week.
Within the past ten days there have
been made through the Waldo Land Office
real estate sales aggregating several thou
sands of dollars.
A party Of six persons from Mexico
registered at Gainesville Wednesday.
They all, with one exception, spoke the
Spanish language only.
The peach crop at W aldo is very prom
ising; he trees IN the orchard of Capt.
X. w. Campbell, are heavily laden with
fruit of considerable size.
The Pensacola base ball park has been
surveyed and work will be commenced at
once clearing off preparatory to fencing
and building a grand stand.
A report is now current in Gainesville
to the effect that new paper is soon to
be started there, with minister of the
Gospel at the journalistic helm.
The rumor is current that the Carleton
House at Jacksonville will be kept open
this summer. There is certainly demand
Tor more good hotels there in summer.
Every body admits that large hotel in
Gainesville would be a paying institution,
but it seems difficult to find person
with the necessary capital who will in
vest.
The Gainesville Guards will yet drill
two nights each week. They have estab-
llshed quite a reputation by their late
achievements, and they propose to keep
up to the standard.
Tallahassee and several of his braves
were IN kissimmee Monday and Tuesday
They decked themselves out in gaudy
cOlors, and enjoyed regular picnic in
having their pictures taken.
a seclety composed OF ladies has been
recently ,:orxaniss IN Pe1sacoia tor the
purpose '0f practice and Instruction in
vocal and instrumental music, under the
name'of Fidelia Musical Society.
The orange trees in some OF the groves
about Barlow are budding TO bloom, and
1t is predicted that there will be an un-
usual crop of fruit from Polk county this
year, both in quantity and quality.
Cards have been sent out announcing
the marriage OF G. Lopez Bailey, of Pa
latka. to Miss Rosa West, of Charleston,
5. c., which happy event will take place
on next Wednesday evening, in the lat
ter city.
VIM. McCabe, of Toronto, Can, has
60AhCu MS dkdluSb luC bdIkG uClI ,
and others, and is now the pOssessOr of
Leon spring and nearly all the hammock
land around it. His claim takes in about
ii acres of Maj. Norris grove.
j. B. StetsOn, the DeLand hat manufac-
turer, Of Philadelphia, has purchased the
GIllen grove of 20 acres, from Mr.. DeLand
for 0,O00.s Mr.. Stetson has also purchased
a half interest, for 500, 900, in TIE 40 acre
grove that Mr.. DeLand purchased last
December from o. N. Hull.
At Pensacola day or two ago a gentle
man by the name of Reid hitched his
mustang to a shed-pOst of Mr.. Herring
toms store. The horse became frightened,
and while Mr.. Reid was endeaVOring to
get to him the animal pulled the shed
down, which fell on Mr.. Reid and left
several severe bruises.
Mr. j. j. Pearce, practical farmer Iiv-
ing near Crawfordville, made 10 barrels
of good syrup on one-half of an acre and
20 barrels of corn per acre, on what is
termed common pine land. last year. He
alse made, by the aid ola little cottOn-seed
fertilizer, and a very little, four bales of
cotton on six and one-halt acres OF the
same land.
Some excitement has been created
among the cOlored citizens of the east end
OF Pensacola by some person OF persons
digging up the ground near the Muscogee
wharf in search of buried treasures, but
they have not succeeded further than to
turn up lot of old pieces of crOckery and
CHINA, and leaving a good-sized hole
which can be utilized as a tumbling place
for nocturnal pedestrians.
The Florida single industry is grow
ing into a large and thriving business.
The mills on the Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Halifax river railroad are ship
ping lar quantities of their cypress
shingles North. One schooner took away
60, 900 last week, and another is now load
ing 800, 900 at the sonth shore ferry. Cedar
shingles come TO Jacksonville from the
Eastern States. and cypress and pine are
shipped from st. Augustine to Eastern
cities.
A few days since a trunk was found on
the premises of Capt. Reid, near Palatka,
where it had probably been left by burg
lars after ritiing it of valuables, as it
had been broken open. The trunk was
turned over to the Sheriff. In the trunk
were found several legal papers indicat-
ing that its owner was a Erenchman. as
there was a certificate of honorable dis
charge from the French army dated Sept.
1888. Another paper showed that one
Desire Moulin was made a naturalized
citizen of the United States in New York.
Palatka NeIcS: The steamboat war on
our river is about the Invest thing now
going on in the State. The fare is as
tickle as a maiden's fancy, and has been
varying all the way from nothing to dol
l6r for the past two months. The Eliza
HancOx and the Sylvan Glen, the rival
boats, are being backed up by their man.
ayers, and yesterday the war reached its
climax by the Sylvan Glen giving tickets
free to all who wanted to travel by her,
and as an extra inducement gave dollar
to reluctant travellers for the pleasure Of
their company. II the war keeps up
much longer the public will take to trav-
cling on these boats altogether. as with a
free ride ard dollar to pay expenses It
is much cheaper to travel than TO stay at
home.
-------------------------
The Negro and the Photograph.
From ths a lasrtcas Ca Republican.