Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
FLORIDA.

A street railway is to 1e built at Fort
Meade.
There are $50 pupils enrolled in the pub
lie schools at Tampa.
Burglars are working Jasper, Hamil-
ton county, but with poor success.
The South Florida Telegraph Company
has opened an Office at Haines City.
A. S. Lee, brother of the former proprie-
tor, will have charge of the palatial San
ford House, at Sanford, this winter.
W. S. Campbell, one of the oldest set
tiers in Alachua county, is said 10 be dan
gerously i'll at his home few miles north
Of Archer.
The inlet at Jupiter has widened con-
sderably, and has now about six feet OF
water in the channel. 1t is working to
the south~ ard.
The windows contributed to the Con-
gregational church at Tavares, through
Mrs. j. S. Burleigh, of South Berwick,
Me-, have arrived.
An attempt is to be made to push the
building of railroad from Waldo TO
Lake City. Chicago capitalists are being
interested in the matter.
At Gainesville the real estate business
is now beginning to look up, and, al
though few sales have as yet been made
this fall, parties are beginning to look
around fO- investments.
Messrs. Blakesly and O'Brien, United
States inspectors of bulls and boilers,
were in Pensacola Monday, on their way
to Milton to inspect the new steamer
OkolOosa, lately constructed there.
The Seminary Board and Trustees of
the Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Gainesville failed to agree on the terms OF
their contemplated property trade, and
the new church will likely be built on the
site previously selected for it.
When the train on which Senator Call,
Col. Davidson and hundred other pas
sengeTs, who had been to Plant City last
Tuesday to attend the Davidson meeting,
was running between Cork and SPARK
man, one OF the windO vs. of the passenger
coach was suddenly smashed in and the
glass sent flying in all directions. Opin-
IONS differ as to whether the smash was
caused by rock or other missile thrown
or shot fired into the train. 1t is certain
that some miscreant did one or the other,
and as a we'll known gentleman says that
he saw the flash and heard the report of
the gun at the time, the shooting theory
seems pretty we'll established. Fortu-
nately no one was hurt.
The following civil appointments have
been made during the past week: G. S.
BeerbOwer, Nathaniel Niles, Jr., VIM. j.
CdlllCk anu I1eIDHEL L. bailey, 10 De
NOtaries Public in and for the State at
large; Il. Il. Poston. to be Notary Public
in and for the county of Volusla; r. II.
Sanders, TO be Justice of the Peace in and
for the county of Brevard; Robert Greer,
to be Justice OF the Peace in and for the
county of Manatee: Edwin l.. Janney, to
be Justice OF the Peace in and for the
county of Levy; David Herring, to be
Justice of the Peace in and for the county
Of q h.
OF the Peace in and for the county of Or
ange; e. n. Dimick, to be County Com
missioner IN and for the county of Dade.
Prof. ID. L. lngraham, of the United
States Geological Survey, called at the
Tampa Tribune Office last FRIDAY to OBJ
tain copies of papers giving accounts of
the earthquake experiences at Tampa and
Bay View. MIR. Ingraham is prosecuting
inquiries on this subject for the depart
ment throughout South Florida, and In
the course of his Investigations has made
an observation of great value. Nearly
everyone will have noticed that the Sc
verify of the shocks experienced in locali-
ties quite near to each other has varied
very considerably. What amounted to an
alarming shake in one spot would be but d
very mild vibration in others only short
distance away. This has been puzzlIng
the observers considerably, but Prof. In
graham has made suggestion to the de-
partmeDt that appears to afford a COM
plete solution. He has observed that
wherever the shocks have been most Sc
we're the underlying rock is comparative
ly near the surface, and that in proper
ton as the thickness OF the everything
stratum OF sand or soil increases, 80 did
the intensity of the vibration diminish.
These observations of his, as soon as re-
ported to the department, found ample
Confederation in the experience OF other
observing scientists, and the theory may
now be said TO be fully adopted.