Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-12
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
Fine mullet are plentiful in the 81

Fine mullet are plentiful in the Halifax.
Gov. Perry and party arrived in Jack
sonville Friday evening en- route for Pablo.
Sid Jeffords, of Brooksville, harvested
1900 bushels of oats off of twenty-five
acres.
Sales in real estate continue active at
Tallahassee, and the tendency is steadily
upward.
The County Convention of fernando
has been called for July %. The prima-
ries will be held July II.
The Baker County Star, at MacClenny,
is offered for sale for cash. 1t is the only
paper published in the county.
The young people of Palatka are con-
sulting over plans for the organization
and maintenance of a literary and musical
club.
Watula has made a requisition for
school. They have twenty-three youth
full minds which need educational bud
ding.
Capt. w. NJ. Davidson has purchased
from F. j, Dubois for sc, 900 the house on
the corner of Hogan and Union streets at
Jacksonville.
A cloudburst just south Of Sanford on
Tuesday flooded the whole neighborhood
and submerged the South Florida railroad
for some distance.
The bill to pay NJ. G. Mordecai $37, 900
for carrying the mails between Key West
and Cuba in 1853 has been favorably re-
ported In the Senate.
A party of white men from Thomas
county, Ga, were in Tallahassee last
Tuesday searching for negro who mad
eioped with white girl.
In last Mondays issue of the NEWS the
word MascOtte, the name OF the local
paper, was inadvertently written for OK
ford, the name Of the town.
At a meeting of the Congregational
Society of Fort Meade Monday night, 5000
were subscribed tor the building OF
church without any canvass whatever.
The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic
south-bound mail train jumped the track
about four miles north of Apopka Tues
day night and disabled the mail car con.
siderably.
A bed of something supposed to be phos-
plate has been discovered in Charlotte
Harbor. In a few places it outcrOps on
the beach. 1t has been tested and has
proved valuable as fertilizer.
A man by the name of Henry Suber was
arrested In Orlando Tuesday night and
taken off on Wednesday to Ocala. The
charge is the shooting of negro at the
latter place about one year ago.
Miss Lettie Craig, OF DeLand, was
drowned in Lake Helen last Saturday
while bathing. Two men dived for the body
and finally succeeded in getting 1t, but
all efforts to resuscitate her failed. She
was buried Sunday.
The steamship Mascotte, running be-
tween Tampa and Key West and Havana,
shows up a good business for the past
three months. Between April and June
80 she transported 1887 passengers and
traYersed IL 440 miles
The hipments OF vegetables from South
Apopka nave been averaging over 1000
crates per day. The prices have run as
high rs s. a crate for tomatoes and as low
as 81 80. Placing the average Mt IS per
crate give So 600 day as the income OF
the South Ap0pka region during the vege-
table season.
Palatka News: Another problem has
suddenly doomed up before the city gov
ernment. The Sheriff las declared his
intention not TO allow the use of the new
jail TO the CITY, and as the Old jail is TO be
torn down within the next month the
question. What is to be done with the city
prisoners? is beginning to assume a Sc
riOus aspect.
The Marshal OF Orange City has served
notice on the colored diyines OF that place
that their disgraceful proceedings carried
on throughout the night down in Zulu
zen muSO OtaSS' W euhesudJ nlgnJ JueTe
was continual screaming until after
O'Clock in the morning, and the whole
town could not rest for the wildcat yells
echoing throughout town.
At Orange City Sim Lemon, a burly
negro, saw William Evcletn put $25 in
his watch pocket in Vests store last
Tueadgy morning, and followed him up to
near his residence, and then asked him
for a chew of tobacco. While Eveleth
was going into his pockets for the tobacco
the negro grabbed the money and put for