Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28
FLORIDA.

Several more brick buildings are being
contracted for at Orlando,
Frank Henderson, who lives near Peru,
Melted ST. from nine rows of beans, fifty
four feet long, on the first picking.
Forty of the rooms at the Gaines ille
Seminary Barracks are being furnished,
and will be occupied by the professor and
cadets IN few days.
The Brown Hotel building at Seffner
was destroyed by fire one night last week.
The old place was an eyesore and feW will
regret its disappearance.
The new "AIl Saints Memorial" Epis-
copal Church in Winter Park has re-
celved generous donation from f. b.
Knowles, of Worcester, Mass, that gen.
tleman having undertaken the cost of
erecting handsome spire on the tower OF
the ediHce.
Myrtle Lake school district No. 40, Or
ange county, is IN need of a teacher,
There are twenty-four pupils in the dis
trict, and an average attendance of six
teen to eighteen could be relied upon. A
lady teacher is desired, and the patrons
express Willingness to board the teacher
free of cost for the term.
A fish commission car leaves Wash
ington this week for the South to distrb-
ute a fine lot of young fish in Southern
streams. 1t will go to Florida and Ala
bama, and perhaps Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi. The reports from the former
distributions of fish through the Southern
streams are so encouraging as to warrant
much larger distribution as the opportu-
nifty offers.
| The report OF the Third Assistant Post
| master General shows that special deIiy.
cry letters to the number of l,141 were
| handled at the Jacksonville post office
during the year ending Sept. 80, 1885.
| Registered mail matter TO the mum Der OF
l49,4I3 pieces was handled at the post
Offices in Florida. from which the sum OF
$l3, 1882 20 was received in fees, an increase
OF 14.41 per cent. on the number OF parcels
handled ana 1907 per cent. in the amount
| OF fees received.
A new lumber company has been or.
ganiZed at Pensacola to vigorously push
the lumber manufacturing business in
that section. The sullivan Timber Com.
pany is controlled by the following board
| OF directors, to wit: John J.. Macauly, OF
| New York, and r. L. Campbell, NJ. IL.
Sullivan, I. r. Jordan and w. A. s.
Wheeler, of Florida, with W. A. s.
Wheeler as President and L. K. Jordan
as Secretary. Martin Sullivan IS the
largest land owner in the South, and he
controls more timbered land than any
other man to be found anywhere else in
the pitch pine region of the South.
| Apalachicola Times: Miss Marie,
| daughter OF A. j. Murat, one OF our
clever, courteous citizens, has in her
fathers store curiosity in the shape OF
"a sponge, which, no doubt, the Smithson-
ian Institute would prize highly. There
are fifteen prongs OF hollow sponge reach.
! ing out ike the arms OF devil hsh from
| every conceivable direction from the
| cOnod-shaped natural stand OF coral upon
which the main body of the sponge rests,
ana there are fine particles OF coral In
each arm or sucker, leading many "a
suppose from its appearance that II left
alone those arms would eventually have
| petrihed, and, perhaps, turned TO coral -
The following civil appointments have
been made during the week; Francis G..
| Sollee, James n. Hooker, Harrison Jones,
John T.. PrGll, John o. Bronson, G.. 5.
| Bushnell, 10 be Notarles Public State at
large; John W. Tompkins, 10 be Justice of
the Peace for Alaohua county; Thomas
NJ. Harlee, 20 be Justice OF the Peace Tor
| Manatee county; Elem Hicks, 10 he jus
thee OF the Peace for Madison county /;
William McComant, TO be justice OF the
Peace for Marlborough c0unty; j. q.
Marcy, Dr.. % be Justice OF the Peace for
| DuYel county, John Hughes, 10 be Jus.
tice " lne Peace for Nassau county. Is.
| A. Brantey, 20 be Justice 81 the Peace
for suwannee county; V. y. simmons. 10
be Justice 0f the Peace for Polk county ;
| n. ~. Canon, ~ o. justice Of the Peace
for ORANGE e0untyi A. j. Beach, o. 10
| OluntY Comm ssiOner f0rPufnam ounty +;
samuel n. Wolnges. 10 shern " Ala.
elua county,