Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
FLORIDA.

Key West last week for the oars.
A swan has been recently seen in the
waters at Turtle harbor, on the guilt.
The smack Blackburn was fined $147 %
at Key West last week FOR smuggling.
George V. Hatcher is erecting a $4,000
residence on Lake Weir, near 1T. L. c.
Hood.
Robins and Northern due. have made
their appearance in large numbers at
Oca.a.
The Mascotte IN her trip from Key West
to Tampa made the run in a little over IA
hours.
The rooms OF the Sanford Social Club
have been finished and viii be Occu pied
Immediately.
The entrance buoy to the north channel,
Tampa bay, has been changed to q first
class bell buoy.
A small building occupied by barber
at Lake City was burned last Thursday.
The loss was small.
The tax collector of Pensacola has been
authorized to receive % per cent. OF the
taxes of 1888 in scrip.
OF the eighty-seven newspapers in
Florida forty-three came out on the half
shell Christmas week.
The invitations for the grand ball at
Ocala Jan. 20 have been issued and sent
out TO all parts of the State.
Hamilton Disston offers $50 as a pre-
MUM for the best display of vegetables at
the South Florida Exhibition.
The ladies' of the Methodist Episcopal
church Of Crawtordynle, have organized
good working Sunday school.
The United States steamer Dix is ready
for sea at Key West, and will sail on her
accustomed rounds in a few days,
Capt. W. H. Sharpe has just completed
a new dock 600 feet in length, in front of
the Rocky Point house, at City Point.
Gen. r. II. Mason's surveying corps
have finished their new survey OF Seville,
and will have the map ready in a few
days.
The passenger coach shed at Sanford
blew down in the gale last Saturday. 1t
fell over the track, but no trains were de-
layed.
There has been $40 deeds recorded in
the clerks office in Marion county, for
lands of the Silver Spring Park land COM
pany.
JIG. Howells barn, near Barrsville,
Columbia county, was burned last week
with all Of his winter supply of corn and
fodder.
-Four handsome residences and a COM
mOdiOus building for the Gazette are un-
der contract at Seville and Will soon be
erected.
Considerable coal is now being con-
sumed as fuel in Gainesville. Crates and
coal stoves are taking the place Of the old
fashioned wood tireplaces.
The Sanford Council has authorized
several ire engine companies 10 send ma
chimes to that place to be tested, the best
one to be bOUQht bV the CITY
The laboratory, arranged by DR.. kOst at
cost of S25. 900, and attached to the Ag
Ticultural college, is said to be the finest
individual laboratory in the South.
Mrs. Mary Overstreet has recently
plucked three oranges, all about Of a size,
which measured II inches IN circumfer-
ence one way and 4 inches the other.
The material for the laying of Sevilie's
waCer-w0rks and sewerage system has
been shipped from New York. Work on
the trenches will be commenced very
soon.
The entrance buoy at the northwest
channel bar at Key West has been
changed to a tirst-class bell buoy, marked
with white and black perpendicular
stripes.
Thirty thousand acres Of Polk county
land mas recently been sold to Pennsylva-
MIA and New York capitalists. Polk and
fernando county lands are daily chang
ing ownership.
The war on freight rates among the
ChatJanoOchee river boats still con-
tinues. Five cents per barrel from Co
lumbus to ApalachicOla, distance of
49j miles, is very cheap.
A 4O-acre tract of pine land at Williston
was sold last week for $1,000. WillistOn
is situated near the Marion county line,
and the lands in the neighborhOod are
commanding good prices.
Rev. A. 2. Ashurst, formerly editor and
proprietor of the Ft0rlG0 Baptist Witness
at DeLand, having sold out his interest
in that paper, viii probably shortly re-
move his family to Gainesville.
j. 3. Jobson, engaged in the Jewelrv
business at GAINESVILLE, made an assign
ment a few days since, but his liabilities
are not large, and it IS said he will be able
to resume business IN short time.
The American and European Invest
ment Company has bought all the lands
belonging to Samuel A. SwaBu-s0me
10000 acres-in Levy county. There is
considerable frst-class land in the lot.
1t was rumored at Palstga Wednesday
that the steamship Atlanta had been lost
at sea, but the rumOr could not be con-
frmed. A lot Of the furniture and num-
Der Of dOmestics for the Putnam house
were on board.
IL is reported that surveyors will COM
mence, in about ten days, TO lay out the
town Of "Jafiray," two miles north OF Sc
Vile. About 400 acres VIII be plated
This land Is located between Lake Louise
and Cow pond, on the line Of the railway.
Edward Snowden, an esteemed citizen
OF ST. Augustine, died very suddenly on
Saturday. BE was on his way TO the city
from bis residence on the smell road
when be was taken sick and rested at
neighbor's. where he died after a few
hours illness.
Seville GazeHe: A livery stable would
nav here. TIE seville company has q tine
large stable. which they viii rent for that
purpose There is great deatot hauling
10 be done. aud every day we meet some
one who wants 90 hire horse and buggy
or a saddle horse.
Wednesday morning Of last week the
body of a negro was found on the railroad
track near the depot 40 De Funiak Springs
terribly maneled. His head was the only
part not crush d. II is supposed that In
attempting 90 steal a ride be fell between
the boxes and met bis death.
Ex. Mayor Alba, ofSt. Augustine, nearly
lost his life sunday night. 10 appears
that the doctor was suffering from some
illness al ihe 50. Augustine Hotel and
cot up 10 get some remedy which was On
Tho table. ana took "a dose Of extract OF
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