Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-22
FLORIDA,
An attempt is to be made to incorporat
MedwOOd.

An attempt is to be made to incorporate
MedwOod.
The Leon hotel at Tallahassee has closed
for the season.
The Brock house, at Enterprise, closed
last week Monday.
At Micanopy the blackberry bushes are
white with blooms.
The new car works at Palatka are rap
idly nearing completion.
The Egm0nt hotel. Fernandina, closed
for the season this morning.
The beach trees in Columbia county are
loaded with fruit and an immense yield is
promised.
About $50 were made by the Methodist
ladies of McanOpY at the trawberry fes-
tival last Saturday.
W. NJ. Ives has been elected clerk and
treasurer of Lake City, nine consecutive
times without opposition.
From % to 30 barrels of cabbage are
now being shipped from MicanOpy daily.
Most of it goes to Southern cities.
The formation of a rowing club is pro-
posed at Orlando, for the use of which two
four-oar shells Will be built at once.
The first beans were shipped from Mic
anopy on Monday by Tyler Spencer from
Tacoma. They were of the golden wax
variety.
Capt. johnson, of Micanopy thinks be
will have 1000 boxes of oranges this year.
His trees are fuller of little oranges than
ever before.
A PanasOffkee gentleman expects that
at the present rate OF profit on strawber-
RES that his patch will pay at the rate of
5000 per acre.
There is some talk that M Battery, OF
the Second Artillery, now stationed in
New Orleans, will shortly be transferred
to st. Augustine.
The Jacksonville Herald, with its neat
new dress and pink tinted paper, is one
of the prettiest and newsiest afternoon
papers published in the South.
The losses by the Key West fire are
now given in as over $3,000.000. Will
lam Curry heads tie list. The insurance
on all property burned amounts to $780,
coo.
The new, crisp bank bills, OF the usual
denominations, etc, have arrived for the
First National Bank of st. Augustine,
and during the past week John 7. Des-
nuke and George W. Gibbs have been
busIly engaged in putting their signatures
to the bills.
Mr.. b. p. Calhoun, of Palatka, has a
check signed by Jefferson Davis, on Feb.
20, 1865. The check was drawn in favor
of David Wise, on the Farmers Bank of
Virginia, at Petersburg, and the amount
was for S200.000. The check was signed
81. Davis, President" and underneath
the word "Confed," the ''eracy" appear
Ing to be obliterated,
An innovation on the long and tedious
method of raising an orange grove is now
being experimental upon by Mr.. Blan-
chard, of the firm of Head, Hawley 81 Ban
chard, of Eustis. He has had just ship
ped to him from AstOr a number of bear
ing orange trees which he has set out in
his yard The trees were planted a week
ago and are looking thriving and well.
j. W. Lewis, a leading Louisville
banker, and six capitalists came to Jack
sonvile via the Louisville and Nashville
road. and Tuesday Capt. futile started
them at II 30 O'Clock, via the Florida Rail-
wav and Navigation Company, for a cir
cuitOus route of the State, giving them
chance to view lands with a view OF pur-
chasing. Their trip occupies about two
weeks.
At jacksonville, Tuesday, g. w. Bent
lev, manager Of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railroad Company, dre~
a check for $10699 u payable, TO =. Wal
ter. clerk of the United States Court, in
settlement of the suit Of d. b. Parce VS..
T.. W. Bond, former owner Of the rail-
road from D-Land TO DeLand landing,
and recently purchased by Manager
Beutley's corporation.
The Key West Board OF Aldermen has
been engaged in trying to establish nre
limit ia the city which was voted down
bv five against three, con 5equently most
Of the buildings will be replaced with
lumber, which structures the fire insur-
ance companies refuse TO insure. The
city is exposed to the same dangers OF be-
ing consumed az IL was on the mOrningo of
March 30. several brick buildings, along
with line hotel that were in cOntempla-
ton, will no longer be thought OF. No
steps have as yet been taken TO organize
a lire department.
Reports Of iucendiarism and other
crimes are heard nearly every night, at
Key West, butonly In two instances have
they been well founded. Robert Wealth
erford was shot in the arm while walking
near the Fort. Monday night the carpan-
ter on the gunboat Powhattan shot man
that was in the act Of setting william
Pierce's residence on fire. The shot took
effect, Judging from quantity OF blood
that was seen near the box OF Mediterra-
mean seaweed that was lying under the
house saturated with coal oil. The incen-
diary, who must have been carried OF by
mis- confederatea, has not been heard Of.
A strict surveillance Is kept over the city.
Most OF the large residences are watched
nightly. Il. II. Gato's factory Is guarded
by sixteen armed men.
Capt. James d. Green died in Manatee
county on April 8. The deceased will be
remembered ~ one Of the men Of this
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