Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-18

FLORIDA.
Jasper's municipal election is booked
for Jan. n.
There is talk of having a Mardl Gras in
Gainesville.
Callahan is to be supplied with a GALA
boose at once.
The new organ for the church at Lone
Park has arrived.
Marianna's Town Council is having a
number of street lamps put up.
f. Heyser, of Madison, Ga, has opened
a real estate office at Lake Worth.
A special term Of Circuit Court will be
held at Live Oak this week, commencing
to-day.
Page Mckinney, OF Apopka, disposed Of
his orange grove last week to some East
ern parties for $1,000.
A young gentleman of Leesburg receiv-
ed as present from his father last Christ
mas check for $500.
A pulpit and a set of pulpit chairs for
the Baptist church at Orlando have ar
rived at their destination.
brick building will be erected on the
vacant lot Immediately adjoining Lee
Bros store on the east, at Orlando.
The Pensacola Water Works Company
has commenced the erection of its build
lngs, and Will soon begin laying mains,
W. B. kimberley has leased the Nit
chell house at Tavares and took possess
sion on Monday, conducting it as a board
ing house.
The arrival of an English lady with nine
children, a parrot, and forty pieces of
uaggage, was one of the events at Orlan-
do Friday.
MIR. MiIliner, the contractor on Levy
cOunty's new jail at Bronson, has begun
work. The building Will now be pushed
through to completion.
Snead & HOpwood English, of Orlando.
have sold Mrs. Hudson's Grove on Lake
Undernill, to Mrs. Brownrigg, OF Eng
land, The price being $1,000.
delegation from the Tavares lodge OF
Masons recently made very enjoyable
visit to their Fort Mason brethren, on
which occasion there was some work, f."
followed by a collation..
1t was reported at Gainesville Friday
night that the Gainesville cemetery fence
and all the grave enclosures were burned
The tire was said TO have originated from
woods fire which was started to burn OFT
the range in thar section.
The town Of Klssimmee is on a boom
A number OF new buildings are going up,
and more are waiting for carpenters. It
is reported that carpenters are in demand
at that point, and that more lumber is
needed than can be supplied by the two
saw mills now running.
W. H. Hinton, who killed Jesse Rogers
at Jasper some time ago, gave himself up
TO the authorities a day or two ago aud
stood a commitment trial before Justice
J. E. Hanna, which resulted in his being
bound over TO the next term of the Circuit
Court in the sum of ~, 600.
At Tavares the Peninsular house bear
has at last met the fate of all bad bears.
He escaped on Saturday, and a party OF
men and boys followed him, and, when
the bear climed tree they would cut it
down. He was finally lassoed around the
neck while up a tree and strangled.
Snead & Hopwood, of Orlando, have
completed the sale Of DR.. Ender's grove
to g. II. Pruen, OF England, the price be-
ing $4,000, The building Of their new
store at Manichee is now almost finished
and they hope to have their stock down
from the North in time TO open before the
end ofthe month.
Enough money has already been sub
scribed to erect a church at the new town
OF sutherland, two and a half miles south
of Arred0ndo. A station will be built
there by the Florida Railway and NavIga-
ton Company in a few days. and the indi-
cations are that Sutherland is certain to
be a thriving town.
Bronson Times: The committee that
has the building of the new church in
charge met a few times, discussed things
in a general way and accOmp lisbed moth
ing. There is no heart being put in the
matter, and as long as the people are so
Indifferent about such matters nothing
will be accomplished.
1t has been decided by the pioneers Of
Eustis. Seneca, Mount Dora, Tangerine.
Bay Ridge. Indian Springs, Sorrento, Zell-
wood and the Intervening territory 10 or
ganiZe a permanent association, to be
chartered by the hOmesteaders and pur-
chasers of land who lived or owned land
here before Jan. l, 1880. A preliminary
meeting viii be held al an early date.
The Congregational church of Tavares
has received as a gift a handsome silver
communion set of six pieces, comprising
an ever, two cups, two plates, and a bap-
tismal bowl, from the Sunday school con-
nected with the First Congregational
church OF Mt. Vernon, o., Rev. Mr.. Hall's
late passionate. The gift will serve as a
tie to bind the two churches more closely
together.
Leesburg Spirit: A small dog, belong
ing to a Leesburg printer, went into the
post office the other day and secured a
package of money orders. lie trotted to
his master and laid them at his feet. The
papers were worthless, however. as the
dog had found them in a waste basket.
The same intelligent canine entered DR..
Nenabe's store, seized pineapple and
was almost out of the door before he was
discovered. Having been baftied 10 that
enterprise, he walked into w. G. VIII
kin's store and carried away the largest
sweet potato he could end.
Monday night, as the east.bound pas
s niger train on the Florida Railway and
Navigation line WAS approaching White
House station, the engineer saw large
pile of crossties near the track, on fire.
The wind was blowing at "A lively rate,
and the fire soon spread and crossed the
track, setting the ties on the roadbed
aAame. After a delay Of three hours, the
train was enabled TO pass the place, and
soon reached Jacksonville. The author
tiles Of the road have their eyes open, and
If the miscreants who perpetrated this
outrage are caught they will wear cOn-
Wet uniforms for the benefit Of the state.
Leeshurg SPIRIT. j. X. Rainy has for
some time kept Young catam0unt In a
cage on bis place. But the beast got
troublesome, and formed the disagreeabe
habit of catching and deY0uring every
chicken that came near hrs cage and
within reach % bls paw. ON Tuesday,
the catamouut was let out OF hia cage,
and "the boz ~ mad some fun with it