Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-05
FLORIDA.

The Strengthening of Gainesville's
streets continues.
The cornerstone OF the new Methodist
Church at Gainesville will be laid TO- NOR
row.
The Orlando Guards will formally open
their armory on Dec. II with a grand
bail.
There is an average of 1000 letters
mailed daily from the Gainesville post
office.
Hereafter Palatka Will receive three
mails from the North daily and two Will
be sent out.
Wednesday an election will be held at
Mariana for a Mayor, three Aldermen,
a Marshal and Clerk.
1t has been reported that gentleman
who owns large hotel in Jacksonville
coutemplates erecting at Gainesville a
200-room hotel.
Mr.. Simonson's new opera house. on
the corner OF East Main and Union
streets, will be the only house IN Gaines.
Vile having a cellar.
At Leesburg, during the past week, the
large double brick stores fronting on Main
street, and known as the Gold block, were
sold TO a gentleman in London, Eng, for
the sum OF IS, 600 cash.
There is located about two miles west
OF Palatka what 10 known rs the Belt
heImery egg farm, which Is one of the
most successful institutions OF the kind in
the State. Tnere are about 400 hens on
the farm. and the average weekly product
is about fifty dozen eggs.
The indictment against WI. Wingate.
or Volusia county, for the alleged murder
of his son-in-law Crews. about fifteen
years since, was quashed last week al
Pine Level. Manatee county, and, on ac-
count OF the absence OF Witnesses, Mr..
Wingate was bound over to the next
grand jury.
On Friday last the steam ginnery locat-
ed at the plantation OF A. Merrett, near
Mariana, was totally DESTROYED by fire.
The fire originated from a match in the
seed cotton, which in passing through the
gin igDited Too loss of engine. gin and
house ~ estimated At 81, 900, besides four
or tive bales OF cotton.
V. s. Studer. OF Savannah, has pur.
chased two acres at Orlando, opposite &.
+. Rogers residence, for which be paid
3 600. MI. Studer made a small invest
mont OF land last June which paid MIN
about 100 per cent, and the prospects are
that ne will make "A number OF invest
ments in Orlando this winter.
The building aud operating OF an ex-
tensive furniture and wagon factory at
Gainesville is no longer a matter of con.
lecture, it IN an established fact. The
ground on which the building is 10 be
erected has been purchased, and arrange
msnts are being perfected for the inAu-
guration Of the enterprise at an early
day.
The estimates for Florida's share OF
tho river and harbor bill, as prepared by
the Secretary OF War, are AS follows:
Mouth Of st. Johns river, $500 900; st.
johns, above the mouth, $4,000; suwan-
nee and Withlaooocnee, $40, 900 each;
Manatee, $4,000; Sabrago Bayou, 50, GOO,
Escambia and CbOctnwatchee, $4,000
each; Apalachicola bay, $25 900: Cedar
Key, $4,000; Pensacola harbor. $40, 1000;
Tampa bay, $4,000.
AT ST. Augustine Friday w. W. Wing
(white), foreman OF George Myers a. Co.'s
saw mill, while adjusting a belt on the
feeder, got his Tight nand caught In the
machine, and, before any assistance could
got TO him, was carried two or three
times arouud and through the air, break.
ing his arms and legs and sustaining a
compound fracture Of the skull. from