Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-13
FLORIDA.


Middle Florida will turn ont an i'm
nlehse crop OF " alermeons this year.
+. c. Brent has presented the Washing
Ton nre company OF Pensacola with 500.
L. 5. Reid was appointed Postmaster at
Nareoossee last Saturday, vice Carroll
resigned.
IL. d. Mcconnell has received mis- com
mission as Second Lieutenant of the Ocala
RIFLES from the Governor.
Ihere were ITO arrivals at the Peninsu-
lar House at Tavares during May, gain
OF % over the month of April.
capt. 5: f. Rou, Of Reddick, shipped 125
crates oil Deans of of One-sixtsenth of an
acre and received Tor same $91 net.
A leading Tallahassee merchant SAYS
mis- sales Tor May, 1886, exceed sales Tor
same month last year by more than 20 per
cent.
Iampa's street cars are propelled by a
steam engine. Tampa is always bound
10 De In the lead, and is one Of the pretti-
est spots in Florida.
GOV. A. P. X. Stafford has just consum-
mated big land sale, selling 1000 acres
between Anclote and COotie rivers to
Northern capitalists for $3l, 900.
1t is estimated that over half a million
ieet OF lumber have been shipped to Win
evidence OF continued prosperity.
The plant at the new gas works at San
ford VIII cost between $50, 0G0 and SAC, 900,
and work will be begun not later than
sept. and be rapidly pushed to compile
ton.
Mr.. Seavy, at Magnolia, has raised
some very fine red clover and timothy,
the timothy stanqing now feet high,
while the clover is but a few inches
shorter.
A novel ball costume is to be adopted
by the Fat Mems Base Ball Club OF
Orlando. 1t consists of a Mother HUI D.
bard dress, and Is said TO be cool and
comfortable if not an aid to fast running.
Orange Park claims to ship more vege-
tables TO the North than any other town
10 Clay county. Over one hundred crates
| Of tomatoes and a hundred barrels of
potatoes have been shipped from that
| place.
N. B. Baum, of LwintOn, Ca. Is in
Palatka. He is having plans made for
two new business houses TO be eI Ted ON
Lemon street, where Mrs. Mhier's house
now stands, and will begin work on the
same in short while.
The Summerlin House at Orlando is
now on rollers ready for moving. The
force used will be large power windlass.
| The building on it's new site Will be about
200 feet north of its present location, and
will face on Washington street.
Last month there were q vessels
entered and 80 cleared.a Pensacola. The
shipments during the month were as
| follows, to wit: Hewn timber AS, $50
cubic feet, sawn 10, IT5,090 superficial
! feet, lumber 9,275,000 superficial feet.
Senator Call has introduced a bill in the
| of what is known as the Hanson grant"
made by the King ofSpain and confirmed
TO the grantees by the treaty of 1919. The
survey is to be made~under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior.
BY another election -thattook place last
Thursday the people Of Orlando again de-
claHed that they do not wish to bond the
city, not even 10 build school houses
There were III votes cast, and of this
number rs were for bonds and 60 against
bonds. AS it required two-thirds vote
it win be seen tIfat the measure was lost
by Is votes.
Postmaster Speir, OF Orlando, will
about the lst OF July, place a number o.
mail boxes in various portions of the city
| for she convenience OF parties who do MOI
wish tolVislt the post'office to deposit the i
| mail. These boxes will be visited DAILY
/ just before the mails depart from Orlando
| and their contents, sent Off at the earlies
possible moment.
The following. civil appointments were
made by the Governor during the pas
| week: Francis o. Nichols, to be Notary
| Public in and for the State; G. 9. Bell, tt
| be Justice of the Peace in and for Calhoun
| county; John NJ BFoWnell, to be County
! Commissioner in and for Holmes county
A. G. Brown, to be Commissioner of Deeds
| for Florida in and fer Georgia.; George NJ
| Wyeth, TO be,NetaFy Public State atlarge
Gainesville is still terribly aroused ovel
|, repeated burgiaEies. A negro giving his
name as Nelson Turner was arrested
Friday Just as he was in the act of board
! ing freight train at the Florida Railway
and Navigation depot. A satchel which
be had with him was recognized by q
cOIored woman as having been stolen from
her Thursday. Shequietiy sent for Deputy
! Sheriff Cullen, who arrested the coon
| before he had chance to escape. The
| fact that a search revealed revolver, a
large knife and razor is evidence thai
Turner is a bad and dangerous man. He
is now in jail.