Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-09
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An annex to Green Cove's school build
Ing is being erected,
The work of renovating the st. Angus
post office is progressing rapidly.
The post office assistant at Plant City,
lady, has quilt containing 16,S40 pieces,
Judge A. W. Weaver, of Cochran, Ga,
but who had adopted Orlando as mis- home,
died in the latter city last Friday of fever.
Frank Smith, of Mount Dora, has pur-
chased a sail yacht and row boat of st.
Augustine parties to put on Lake Dora
for pleasure parties.
The planning mill OF Smith e. Co., at
Apalachicola, was destroyed by fire last
Friday. The loss is $1,000, with no in
surance on the property burned.
Starke is soon to have a tirst-class beef
market, in which will be kept variety
of salt, dried, picked, smoked and spiced
meats, together with the best quality OF
Florida and " estern Deeg.
The Gainesville post office was moved
into it's new quarters Tuesday after office
hours. Postmaster Sheldon has spared
no expense in fitting up the new office
after the most approved fashion.
Mr.. j, B. Collins, Grand Representative
from Florida, leaves Tallahassee next
Monday for New Haven, Conn, where the
National Division OF the Sons of Temper
ance Of North America cOnvenes July Is.
Capt. r. J. Adams, of Palatka, has a
Yucca plant in full bloom The stem con-
tanning white flowers, in size about same
as those of the bayonet plant, is ten feet
in height, and presents curious fOTma.
ton of stalk.
The city OF Gainesville is going to be
divided into wards. The City Council
has appointed a committee to establish
dividing lines and report an ordinance to
that effect. The committee will report to
the Council.
Denver will soon enjoy the facilities of
a telephone line to Crescent City, a tele-
phone and express office. j. M. Crime
has established first claes hack line at
Denver for the purpose Of conveying per-
sons to any part of Fruitland.
Nj. Kingman, of Mt. Dora, has studied
Florida crops for three years, trying to
pick upon profitable product. He has
finally concluded to clear Off two acres of
land and put it out to straw berries, being
convinced that there'G "milliOns in it,"
The following persons were caught out
in the bay IN the storm at ApalachicOla
and lost their lives: Nicholas Comforter
and his son Willie, William Anderson
James Norman, Jessie Raney and Walter
johnson. The two last named were col
ored men.
At kissimmee Tuesday in the base ball
game between the Jacksonville and kis-
simmee clubs, the representatives of
Jacksonville won. The score at the end
of the game, which was only seven in
nings long, stood, JacksonYilles So, KIs-
simmeeS D.
The unknown man who died in the Or
lando calabOose TWO weeks ago has been
identified. The Fernandina Mirror says
ne was one Owen Kelly, formerly car in
pf Th q do Poi
cation Company IN Fernandina, put late
ly employed in the same capacity by the
Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic railroad.
At Longwood Willie Park and another
boy were playing with some gunpowder
last week, and had put some in mole in
the ground and covered it with sand,
when Willie, in adjusting a match IN the
end of a stick, dropped it on the powder
train. His face was badly peppered with
sand and powder, and it was feared that
his eyes were destroyed, but we hear that
they are likely to come out all right.
Green Cove Spring: The present season
has demonstrated to the writer that the
Peen-tO peach is very ordinary in its line,
either as an early bearer or weil-haVOred
fruit. 1t is not generally known that
there are earlier varieties Of peaches than
the Peen-to, but we are assured by our
leading fruit grower, Mr.. j. Nj. Moss, that
he has twelve different kinds that rlpen
before the peach named. In losing this
championed feature the Peen-to will occu-
ply an inferior rank in future.
DR.. Gillen, of Port Orange, has a little
three-year-old daughter. the pet of his
home. She was playing on the front
piazza OF the Port Orange Hotel last
Tuesday. when she accidentally fell over
to the ground below, a distance of 10 feet.
She lit on her right cheek, and the only
serious injury done was 10 knock few Of
her teeth loose. DIR. Mears, of that city,
attended to her, and reports her in a fair
way to recover. 1t is said that the fall
would have killed an ordinary man.