Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-27
FLORIDA.

Gainesville will give barbecue Thurs
day.
The sugar cane crop is reported good in
Sumter county.
Upwards OF twenty town lots were sold
in Apopka last week.
The mechanics are now putting an OBJ
servatOry on the top of the new market
house at Orlando.
The store OF A. b. Edrd, at Leesburg,
was entered by a thief last night and
fully $50 worth of goods stolen.
The Presbyterians are making an effort
to call Rev. Mr.. Morton to fill the pulpit
of their church IN Fernandina.
In a few weeks the Mallory line will
commence running their semi-weekly
line Of steamships TO Fernandina.
The County Commissioners will meet
at Fernandina on Monday, Oct. 4. for the
purpose OF revising the registration list
OF the county.
A camp meeting of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church is TO be held at
Wildwood, beginning Oct. and continu-
ing until the 10Th.
Mayor Pluminer, of Green Cove Spring,
celebrated his 45th birthday on Thursday
evening by giving complimentary ex-
cursion on the steamer Manatee.
Mr., Burke, OF the Carleton House, Pa
latka is a fat man. de weighs 275 pounds.
He knows be Is fat, and growing fatter,
and there is. no telling how much larger
he will grow.
At Palatka some one caught Jaier
Perry's fine pointer dog Thursday night
and horribly mutilated the poor brute.
TIE perpetrator proved himself more of
a brute than was his helpless victim by
mis- cruel and inhuman act.
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money by giving most remarkable must
cal performances at Montgomery, Ala.
He holds his mouth open, taps his skull
with mallet, and thus plays tunes in
tone not unlike those of the Xylophone.
Orlando Reporter: The water works
proposition now before the people of Or
lando Is about 80 per cent. better than the
one which was urged before the Council
and Board OF Trade less than two months
ago. Great as Ia the need OF defense
against fire, II this ratio Of advantage is
to keep up we can afford to wait still
longer. Twenty-Five per cent. month ls
better than Florida real estate.
A Dougherty club with twenty-four
members was organized at Okahumkee
Sept. .. Toe following officers were
elected: Hon. w. NJ. Bennett, President:
Capt. Z. j. NJ. Padgett. Vice President;
Fred Hall, Secretary; A. b. shaw, Treas.
urer. Eighteen uOllarS was raised for
election purposes. Mr.. Bennett made n
tine speech for Dougherty aod the club
goes TO work with enthusiasm.
Maj. Gallaher, OF Live Oak, Wednesday
! night at 1880 o'clock heard a suspicious
nOise, aud reaching out his hand laid hold
OF burglar. 1t was too late, however,
10 ave his watch and chain, pocket knife
and other contents OF hts pockets. The
thief broke loose and made his escape,
but the Major saw enough to know that it
was a negro and that he mad on a soft
coat, when he supposed 10 be blue fan
mel.
At Orlando the bricklayers have about
completed their labOrs on the Ormsby-
Knox building on Pine street. The brick
work is nearly completed on G. +. Lar
! tiRue's Court street building. The frame
work OF +. j. Reeps new livery stable is
being placed in position. II the street
railway between Orlando and Winter
Park was completed and in operation for
the present winter IL would get heavy
business With students residing in Orlan-
! do, who would prefer to live at home and
make the round trip each day.
Mayor Long, OF st. Augustine, is at
! Washington comforting with tho War De-
/ partment about the extension OF the sea
wall. The department mas at last con-
l scented TO have the inlets walled and filed
! upi aud while in generous vein sug-