Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-17
FLORIDA.

Coal for fuel is delivered at Gainesville
for So per ton.
The fruit growers Of Volusia county
met yesterday.
W. 2. Butts Is to soon operate at Sor-
rento brick and tile machine.
Altamonte Springs will be the post office
now called AltamOnte Station if the de-
partment has any regard for petitions from
those most interested.
Travel over all three of the railroads
going to Gainesville is 80 per cent
better than it was a month ago, and very
much ahead of what it was this time last
year.
Three boys reached Tampa last week
from Texas. They had come all the way
on top of cars or underneath on the
trucks. One said he had travelled all over
the Western country that way.
1t Is reported that a passing train of the
Florida Southern road, while in fernando
county last Sunday night, was pelted with
pieces OF iron. The mail case was de-
mollshed and few windows broken, but
no one nurt.
Some drunken or maliciously Inclined
person fred bullet through one of the
large show windows in Meador a. Steen-
berg's hardware store at Gainesville
Tuesday night. The damage cannot De
iepdheu lOI l6sS budu SlUU.
G.. W. Knight, OF Plant City, has n
tree on mis- place the fruit of which par
takes OF the nature of both the lemon and
the orenRe-having the ridged appear
ance Of the lemon and slight lemonish
taste, but being in other respects a sweet
orange.
A man named Coachman took a con-
tract TO put mp an iron fence around the
Ocala court house, did some work and
then left. The County Commissioners
sent to Cedar Keys and had him arrested
and brought back. He had received 81, 00O
on the contract.
1t 10 said that about all OF the machin-
lists, blacksmiths and carpenters OF the
Florida Railroad and Navigation Com
pany, formerly employed in the shops in
Jacksonville, have been discharged, and
that in future all work IN these branches
will be done at FernandiDa.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway Company are laying out
fifty acres OF the Enterprise junction into
lots OF various sizes, and about twenty
men are engag ID in clearing streets, etc.
il Is the intention Of the company 10 es.
tablish new city ~ that point.
In Circuit Court which convened at
GAINESVILLE Wednesday, after an adjourn.
ment since last Saturday, no business OF
general interest was transacted. Loyd
Williams, for the murder oil Willie Saun.
ders, was sentenced to the peultentlary
for life, 70 which place he will be taken
this week.
Fred T. Myers, Of Tallahassee, has been
appointed General Land Agent OF the
South Florida railroad vice Col. Walter
Gwynn, who resigned several months ago.
Mr.. Myers has been in the employ of the
Plant Investment Company and the South
Florida Railroad COMPANY for two vaars
past with headquarters at Tallahassee,
his duties beng TO look up deeds, titles,
etc.
Col. John g. Gibbs, of the United State.
secret service, arrived in Jacksonville
Wednesday, bringing with him very
unique hustle. 1t was captured at lamps
recently, from lady VINO had just ar.
rived from Havana, by the custom house
inspectors, and will be preserved as a Gu
rlosity. is now on exhibition 10 one Of
the windows OF Messrs. Marvin, Lamar d
Co.'s store. 1t 10 made Of tin ia the shape
OF n crescent, so as TO fit snugly. A.
either end it Is very thin, but Is expanded
so as to be about an inch and half wid'
about the middle, and being hollow inside
holds exactly one gallon. When discov
cred by the lady inspectors at Tampa, the
owner had IL on In It's proper place, anC
II answered admirably for the purpose fo
which such things are used, but unfortu
nately for the owner 1t was found to con
tain q gallon OF fine Cuban rum, which
she was evidently endeavoring To smu &
gle. The hustle, rum and all we r,
seized, and the liquid poured out where /
would do the most good.
A committee OF five of the st. john
resbytery-Rev. II. Keigwin OF Orlando
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