Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-15
FLORIDA.

Fort Ogden wants Methodist church.
Fort Ogden wants hundred room hotel.
Land sales at Homeland are reported to
be good.
Fort Ogden wants a soda water foun-
tain and an ice house.
The new cedar mill at Cedar Key is
nearly ready for business.
Two new houses have gone up lately in
the eastern part of Barlow.
Gainesyille's City Council has decided
to divide the city into wards.
Since April 80 but one white couple has
been married in Leon county.
The Florida Southern depot at Fort
Ogden is nearing completion.
About 5000 watermelons were sold at
auction at Key West during last week.
A pavilion has been built at FernandIna
Beach for the exclusive use OF colored ex-
curslOnists.
Cedar Key is suffering from frequent
petty burglaries. The guilty parties are
still at large.
The Ogdonian is the name of a newsy
little fOur-psge weekly which has made
It's appearance at Fort Ogden.
The bridges over Little river in Gadsden
county are in such condition that it has
been impossible for the mail carrier to
cross.
A learned and respected physician at
Leesburg kept a gun loaded in his room
for burglars. Last week they came and
stole the gun.
The potato crop of Nassau county is re-
ported as being tine, and a much larger
area devoted to that crop for the present
than any previous year.
The Sheriff of fernando county has re-
ceived the death warrant Of Sherman
Davis from the Governor, ordering mis-
execution on Thursday, Aug. Il, 1886.
The Panasoffkee Orange Growing Com
pany now has 800 acres in grove, 100 Of
which is natural grove, the remaining $50
having been set out during this and last
year.
Col. +. n. Wicker is at Kew West in the
interest of the Holly Water Works to
make, if possible, arrangements with the
citizens to meet this most desirable i'm
proVement.
The orange interest is looking up lately
in Bradford county. Partially killed trees
are putting on vigorous growth OF wood
and some groves In sheltered localities
will have as large crop as in 1884. Field
crops are all nne.
Burglars gave Mr.. Taft, of Norwalk, a
visit one lignt last week, " hen they broke
into his warehouse on the wharf and Sc
cured $50 or $40 worth OF goods. They
forced an entrance into the warehouse by
breaking the locks and forcing the staples.
There bias been no clue discovered as to
who the burglars were.
Col. II. s. Hart, OF Palatka, has sold
the 10, 000-acre tract that he purchased
some time since TO strong company of
Northern capitalists, and at considera-
bic advance on the sum paid for it. The
new company, early in the fall and during
the winter, will COLOMBO il with farmers,
maialy from New Jersey and Pennsylva-
MIA.
Some little excitement on the night OF
the Fourth at church at Perry, Taylor
county, was occasioned when the pastor
was about TO close and as usual called
for penitents. One Mr.. Ragan. who was
a prisoner at the time and under guard,
arose for prayer, and the window being
handy jumped out and slipped OFF in the
bushes.
Emmett McGraw, OF Buffalo Bluff, is an
enthusiastic pigeon fancier, and has
about 100 Of the prettiest birds that can be
found IN the State, some of them having
cost him about 81 per pair. He has one
very fine pouter, whose breast measures
twenty three inches in diameter, besides
a number OF extra fine fan-tails and other
fancy strains.
The Florida Railway and Navigation
Company have procured patent steam
wracker and ehovelinR car. and have It