Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-17
FLORIDA.
q. . l.Il.- 1900,

FLORIDA.
Apopka Is on IA building boom.
The raising of the frame of the new
school house at Pensacola is progressing
rapidly.
The past week has been. probably, the
most sultry if not the hottest ever known
in Palatka.
The continuous rains OF the past four
weeks has injured the late crop of mel
ons in Lake City.
The Alfalfa river has receded from the
nigh point 1t reached two or three weeks
ago, when it was higher than for num-
Der Ofyears.
j. l.. Roche has written a series of
verses urging war with Mexico. This is
Florida's frst contribution to the Next
can war poetry.
The framework of the new Presbyterian
church in Starke is nearly complete.
| Work on this building will now be showed
forward with all possible speed.
A new post office has been established
in Marion couhty, between Ocklawaha
and East Lake, which will be known as
Weir Park. ItwiIl he ready for business
in short while. 9U
In the match between the Pensacola
and Dixie Gun Clubs for possession of
the State badge, which was shot for at
Kupfrian's Park low days ago, the
Dixles won by 81 points.
Capt. D. L. Morgan has chartered the
little steamer Putnam, belonging to Capt.
D. A. Durham, of East Palatka, and car
ried her to Sanford, where she will be run
regularly between that city and Enter
prise.
Wednesday morning. G. D. Roberts, OF
Lake City, met with quite an accident,
having fallen from the window of Cleve-
land Hall to the plank walk on Marion
street. He was taken home, aud was
resting well at last accounts.
The Democratic County Convention,
called by Fl. A. Tanner, of the Executive
Committee, met at Enterprise Saturday
and nominated II. S. Adams, by acclama-
| ton, for Representative. Dayton, Or
mond, Tomaka and Beresford precincts
were not represented. II. Z. Osteen ten.
| dered his resignation as President of the
! Stockmeu's Association. A. B. Mason
made an able speech and received great
| applause. Fl. ). Adams speech was wei
received by those present.
While on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. f. F
Reynolds, near Seffner, on Friday of last
week, Mrs. Ida Powell, of Plant City
was the unfortunate victim of a mishaE
! by which the bones of one of her ankles
was broken. Mrs. Powell, with Miss Sal
| lie REYNOLDS and her brother, were pre-
pairing for ride, and Mrs. Powell and the
boy were in the wagon, when the horse
became unmanageable, and reared anC
kicked so viclOusly that they jumped out
Master Reynolds escaped injury, but Mrs
| Powell was not so fortunate, and her fool
careened with the result above told.
The Robinson planning and saw mills
near Crescent City were destroyed by
A-A GofVI .laxy atnnr TLo n 10
| covered by a Waterman when too late
and before an hour the building and fix.
lures were total}l 'nsumed by the flames
| The fire was te.g In fury and force
and threatened AZ one time to destroy 9
dwelling house close by. The sheds, dried
| and green lumber, ETC., were all burned
| The loss is about $4,000, and falls on Mr.
| stephen Robinson, owner OF the mills; but
| he win proceed at once to rebuild. The
| fire was supposed to be the work OF incen-
| diaries.
A brick maker in Sorrento says he can
make a porous tile that will be extensive
| ly used for sub-irrigation, and can also
make very hard tile-as hard as iron.
He has three kinds of clay and bed OF
| soapstone. One bed of clay is the hest
| fire clay he ever handled, and Is not af-
! footed IN the least by extreme heat. The
| clay is hard to work, and cannot be work
| ed successfully without the proper ma
chinery. With an outlay Of $4,000 ma
chinery could be secured and a brick
yard and tile factory established which
would prove gold mine to the stockhold-
| ers. Thing from two TO ten inches in
| diameter could be made, and perhaps
| larger. In view OF the fact that all our
more important towns are establishing
| fire limits, the brick question is an i'm
| portant one and we'll deserves attention.
James Mclaughlin, who lives near
| Bloomingdale, had an experience during
the recent freshet in the Alfalfa river
which he will not likely forget soon. Hav-
ing work across the river be left home
with the intention of going to it. On ar
! irving at the river ne found it very much
| swollen by the rains, but thought he would
| be able to wade il. After going for some
| distance through the flood waters he
| struck the current, and not being a good
| swimmer he saw he would not be able to
reach either bank, so he climbed cabbage
| palmetto tree and took refuge in its
| top. The waters continued to rise, and
| Mr.. Mclaughlin was more securely made
prisoner. without any hope Of speedy
relief With his knife he cut out the leaf
stalks from the centre of the tree, and
made himself as comfortable as possible.
| Having piece OF cord ne tied his wrists
to the stalks on either side to prevent
| falling, and thus managed to sleep some.
| He remained on thisperch for fOrty-seven
hours, without food, when the waters
went down sufficiently for him to get to
land. is4