Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-15
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
A new ice factory is to be erected at
Orlando.
Another pencil factory is soon to be es-
tablished at Cedar Keys.
Seventeen square rugged vessels were
in port at Pensacola Thursday.
Plum trees are in bloom and orange
trees are budding at Lake City.
From Oct. to Jan. 81, there were 6.s91
guests registered at five hotels in Orlando.
s. K. Chandler has commenced work
upon the bridge across the OcklaWaha, at
TaVares.
Ten carloads of furniture for the new
hotel at Rockledge arrived in TitusVille
last week.
The steamer City of Palatka made the
run from st. Augustine to Nassau, N. P,
in 81 hours.
HOvoron g. Burwell have contracted to
make complete survey and map or
BrOOksVille.
The formal opening of the Peninsular
house, at Tavares, will take place on
either Feb. y or %.
Work on the new church at WelIborn
is temporarily suspended, but will be re-
sumed again shortly.
Prof. Webb, who went to Ocala last
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school, died Tuesday last.
The new artesian well at Magnolia is
supplying bountiful flow of water from
a depth of less than 800 feet.
The City Council of Palatka has ordered
a special tax of One-half of one per cent.
in addition to the general tax.
The steam pile driver which sunk at
Green Cove Spring on last Thursday at
the railroad wharf is afioat again.
DIR. j. E. Moore, an old resident on the
Indian river, died last Friday at Rock
ledge, after an illness of some duration.
A Manatee, or sea COW, was captured
recently at AnkOny Heights, Breyard
county. Its estimated weight was 900
pounds.
The railroad wharf at Green Cove
Spring is being extended into deeper
water than is had at the present head of
the wharf.
An attorney writes from Live Oak that
the cost of the special term of court held
there to try BOgue Selph was s., 213 90,
and not $4,000 as reported.
The Ladies' Aid Society at Pomona will
give a fair some time next month for the
benefit of the new Congregational church
which will be erected there.
A post Office has been established at
Bells mill, Columbia county. X. I. Bell
is postmaster. The mail will 20 from
WellbOrn by special messenger.
A company OF New York gentlemen has
been formed, with a capital of $40, 900, for
the purpose of building and operating a
fishery at New Smyrna, on the Atlantic
coast,
Randolph Caldecott, of Chester. Eng.
and a distinguished artist on the London
Illustrated Graphic, died at the residence
of Dr. H. @. AlOggett, in st. Augustine
Saturday.
John O'Connell will commence work at
once upon his three-stOry brick building
at the corner OF Orange avenue and Pine
stree 8, Orlando, and will complete 1t in
time for next fall.
Gen. j. L. Chamberlain, the President
of the HomOeassa colony, purchased the
steamer Mistletoe, which is at present at
Tampa. He intends running her between
Cedar KEYS and HOmOsassa.
A negro man named Alfred Howard,
aged about 80 years, fell dead at Pensa-
cola Thursday while at work at winch
on board the British bark Queen of
Beauty. Death was caused by apOplexy.
Two hundred and twenty tons OF cotton
seed were shipped from WellbOrn this
season. At least 100 tons more would
have been sent, but the price was not high
enough to induce parties TO haul 1t eight
or nine miles.
Hon. Hamilton Disston was heard 10 re-
mark at Jacksonville Saturday that IL he
had 500 600 10 invest to-day be would put
IL immediately into lands in Middle and
where the future boom will be.
The lots upon which the Tavares ceme-
terry is located having been sold, the ceme-
terry is TO be removed, as soon a. the
bridge across the Ocklawaha is compile
ted, TO ten-acre lot IN sumter, which
Capt. Abrams has donated for that pur-
pose.
Postmaster Childs, OF Leesburg, has re-
ceiVed a notice from the department at
Washington That hereafter the letter "hv
will be added Ia the spelling of Leesburg.
A petition is being signed ny our citizens,
and will be forwarded 10 Washington, re-
questing that the letter IN" be dropped
from the name.
Gen. l.. Chamberlain has secured the
control of the Gulf Coast Telegraph line.
running from Cedar Key 70 HOmOsassa,
BrOOksyille, AnclOte aud Wildwood, con-
Meeting at the latter place with the West
ern Union. This line will Immediately be
put ia operation at sucn portions Of the
line as Is required by the business OF the
HomOsassa company.
George ID. Tyler has just transferred bis
valuable tract Of land OF 1850 acres on the
Blue Spring run 20 Mr.. Sandimen, OF Glas-
gov, scotland. The consideration was
$40 cash. This property was not owned
on It's new purchaser over three hours
when he was offered third more than be
gave. Mr.. Tyler homesteaded the land,
and pre-empted II from the government
for 81 % per acre.
The colored man, Plummer Randolph,
found drowned Ia the river at Jackson
vile Friday, was the party who caught
and held. until the arrival OF the officials,
the negro who shot another negro on
Cbrlstmas day in East Jacksonville.