Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
FLORIDA.

A post Office has been established at
Sellers Lake, Orange county.
The Temperance Society at Jasper now
numbers more than seVenty-tiVe mem
bers.
The calaboose at Jasper has not had
visitor for more than six months the
fruits of dry town.
A. Shattuck, at Orange City, has a
cassava root which is about seven feet
long and fifteen inches in circumference.
The shipments of oranges by citizens Of
Lake City, who preserved them in dry
sand during the January freeze, still con-
tinue.
The wires of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company are up between Tavares
and Orlando, bus there is no direct com
munication as yet. Messages now have
to be sent via. Sanford.
SumteTville the shipping OF cabbage
has been going on quite lively for some
time, and the business will open up in
earnest this week. Some beans are also
nearly ready for shipping.
Several attempts have been made to
wreck the trains on the Savannah, FlOri-
da and Western at Jasper lately by plac-
ing different kinds Of distractions on the
tract, but, it being in town, they were re-
moved before any train came along either
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same place each time.
Lake City Reporter: AS l., W. johnson,
of this city, has demonstrated the fact
that AK handles can be manufactured at
a profit in our county, why cannot some
of our mill men engage in the manutac-
ture of good furniture from the I'M
limited supply of yellow and curly pine.
There is we think no better paying enter
prise.
AT Welborn Friday an alteration took
place between David Padget, white, and
Armistead Baily, cOlored-bOth farm
labOrers for 5. w. Gary. During the quar-
rel Padget drew his pistol and fired two
shots, only one taking effect; it struck
the knee of Baily. DR.. Hackney cut the
ball out. They were both arrested, and
had hearing before Justice Mickler
Saturday.
Fernandina Mirror: A rumor was cur
rent on the streets this week to the effect
that X. V. Dohoney, formerly master of
machinery of the Florida Railway and
! Navigation Company, who left here in
January on the brig CollVmOre for Rosa
rio, Argentine Republic, had died on the
voyage and was buried at sea. The news
was reported TO have been brought to this
country by a passing vessel. We were
unable to trace the rumOr to any authen-
tic source.
A correspondent sends the Tavares
Herdid the following: While at work in
the garden l heard quite ''quacking" of
ducks and splashing Of water, so much so
that | concluded TO investigate. l found
a mother duck with a brood of 4 or ,
Young on the water, while above were
two large hawks endeaVOring to make
their dinner of the brood. The mother
duck would gather the little ones under
the thickest underbrush and make fight
| as best she could, Tapping her wings and
quacking or rather squealing, while the
hawks above seemed wholly intent on
their prey. You should have seen the APP
parent gratitude shown by the mother
when / shot and killed one Of the persist
ent hawks, soaring the other away. The
firing of my gun did not alarm her at all,
for she swan of quacking lOwly as
though commencing me for my timely
aid.
The editor of the Red Wing ( Mimi Ad-
nance sun. came TO Florida on the editO-
rial excursion few weeks ago, and got
mashed on a South Florida belle. he Is
convicted out of his own mouth. Hear
him: "At ROckledge we met typical
Southern beauty, perfect IN form ana phys
zeal DEVELOPMENT, with nut brown cheeks,
through which shone the rose tints Of
morning, and large, deep, lustrous, dark
ewes, perfect face, and brow that would
have done honor toJunO, yet as sweet,
tender and LOVING 10 little three-year-
old niece. modelled on the same style OF
beauty, whom she fondled, and who show
cred her with endearing kisses and con-
filling embraces, az Venus could ever
have been to her tenderest pet. She was
from Virginia. that old mother Of Presi-
dents, and happy the country whose Pres
idents may nave such perfect models OF
wOlnanhOOd for mothers"