Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-22
FLORIDA,


r. Frost reached Lake Worth last Wednes-
day, but did no damage.
Ormond on the Halifax is shipping
5LO00 boxes OF oranges per week.
The jotties at Pensacola are said to be
fullv up to the expectations OF the engi-
neer.
Dennis Eagan. late Collector of Gus
toms at Key West, has permanently
settled at L0ngwood, Orange county.
On an average there are twelve to
fifteen real estate transfers at Orlando
daily, ana they aggregate ON an average
$500.
Five carloads of iron having just ar
rived at Orlando for the new water works,
the manager expects to be running on
Feb l.
At Orlando match pool game between
Holloway and Heitlin tor $25 side was
won by Helt1in, some 200 people being
present.
There is now stored in the warehouse of
the .1iadison cotton and ginning establish
ment, at Madison, 900, 900 pounds of seed
cotton.
The sidewalks on the boulevard in the
burned district are to be relaid with
brick or cement, and are to be fourteen
feet wide.
ments to establish a weekly newspaper
at Arcadia, Manatee county, to be named
the Arcadian.
The plans for the new church building
for the Presbyterlans OF DeLand are
nearly completed. 1t will be commodious
building, and the best in town.
over $50. 900 worth of brick buildings, a
$4,000 system Of water works, new broad
gauge railroad and telegraph office will
comprise DeLand's boom for this winter.
The delay in opening DeLand's tele-
graph office continues. The wires are up
and set of instruments are connected.
The instruments "tick,' but messages
cannot be sent or received.
A party OF forty-seven young men from
the White Mountain section of New
Hampshire arrived at Jacksonville Mon
day in search of employment in the hotels
and orange groves of the State.
Lake Worth has appointed a committee
to investigate the election methods at
Miami, in Dade county. The majority is
always very small one against the Lake
Worth candidates, and the people there
think it little peculiar.
c. z. Hale, OF Levy county, has the FORE
foot of hog that has five we'll developed
toes, or hoofs, on 1t. He says that be
killed the hog, and that both front feet
had five boots on them, the hind feet only
having the usual number.
Mr.. Davidson introduced In the House
Monday a bill appropriating $4,000 for
the erection OF supply station and buoy
depot for the Seventh lighthouse district
at Key West. The bill was referred to
the Committee on Appropriations.
The Presbyterian Mission in East Jack
sonvllle, under the superintendent of
the Newman street Presbyterian Church
of Jacksonville, last Sunday night was
formally organized into a church. to be
known as the East Jacksonville Presby.
terrain Church,
Prot. Dubois, of Andalusia and Fort
San Luis Vineyards and Nurseries, Leon
county, with less than seven acres in
bearing, has this season made 1920 gal.
Ions of Florida wines, worth in New YORK.
at Wholesale. 81 per gallon, making the
yield worth over $500 per acre.
Monday morning a cOlored man met
with very serious if not fatal injury at
Callahan. AS the freight train left that
place for Jacksonville he attempted to
Jump up between two cars for the purpose
of stealing ride. He slipped, and one
OF his feet landed on the rail, over which
the wheels OF the cars passed, grinding to
a jelly the entire foot below the ankle.
Last week Monday evening a loaded
car IN a freight train on the Jackson
vile, TAMPA and Key West railway, 60
ing north, was found TO be on fire when
near Black creek. The car was detached
from the train and was allowed to burn,
as 1t could not be saved. The north-bound
passenger train was detained for several
hours, as several rails which were warped
by the heat were replaced by others.
A young colored man named Fayette
Daniels was shot and killed at Silver
Springs Sunday by the telegraph opera.
tor there, named Hester. Hester was
arrested. hut made his escape by jumping
from the train while in motion as he was
being brought to the city. Sheriff Will
liams also jumped from the cars after HIM
and is somewhat injured. Daniels had a
brother killed at Silver Springs about a