Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-10
FLORIDA.

The Creoles OF Pensacola have organ
lied hose company.
The Germania Hose Company OF Pensa-
cola has Just celebrated the sixteenth an
niversary OF Its organization.
The water In the HillsDoro river is said
to have been higher after the heavy rains
Ftwo weeks ago than for several years.
The fine steamer Margaret, OF the Plant
Investment Company's line, arrived
at Jacksonville Saturday from Tampa for
the purpose Of being thoroughly oyer
hauled.
c. A. Davies, civil engineer, and for
merly road master of the Pensacola and
| Atlantic division Of the Louisville and
Nashville, which position he has filled
since the Pensacola and Atlantic has
been built, has recently resigned that Of
fee and will accept similar position on
the Memphis division OF the Louisville
and Nashville.
At Pensacola tomorrow Rev. John B..
| Bassen will celebrate the twenty fifth an
niversary of his ordination as priest. On
that occasion there Will be grand high
mass at O'Clock a. m. A number OF
| priests will be In attendance. One of the
|, visiting priests will preach and there will
be fine music. Rt. Rev. Bishop jeremiah
|, O'Sulliyau, Bishop OF the diocese, will o.
cupy his throne.
About month ago negro man named
Rowland Rookledge attempted to Kill his
wife at New Smyrna by cutting her
throat. He made his escape and had not
been heard from until Saturday, when he
was arrested at Jacksonville by Capt.
Keefe and turned over to Sheriff Holland,
who, after interviewing Rockledge, be-
came satisfied that he was the man, and
| photographed to the Sheriff OF Volusia
county to send after him.
At Jacksonville Saturday afternoon
Sheriff Holland made a descent, single
handed and alone, on the old keno den at
| the corner Of Bay and Clay streets in La
| Villa. He had heard that the same par
ties who had been put under bonds for
| running the game there had again opened
out and were doing a lively business. He
I determined to investigate, and dropping
! In on the boys quietly, found the game in
active progress and the room full of
| people. The men in charge were W. h.
Fehrenbach and Sam Houston, whom he
put under arrest and required to give
bonds for their appearance before Justice
Marcy on Monday. He also secured the
names OF no less than twenty-five of the
festive gentlemen who were squandering
! their money there, and will use them az
witnesses at the proper time.
One of the best aud most important in
! the sugar industry, which is TO be built at
| Kissimmee at once. The ground has
| already been broken and the work will be
rapidly pushed forward, and on Jan.
4 the factory will be ready for work. The
company is represented by Messrs. Han
sol and Sandys, Of New Orleans, who
state the capacity OF the factory sufficient
| 10 turn out $1,000 pounds OF sugar every
| twenty-(our hours. The site on which
| the building 10 to be located is on the
bank OF the beautiful Lake Tehopekaliga,
accessible to both steamboa and rail-
road transportation. The Okeechobee
company IL putting full force OF hands
TO work in the Kissimmee valley digging
canals. There is already thirty miles OF
canals dug through this valley.
Capt. d. p. Warner, of Fairbanks, has
| of late devoted considerable OF his time
| In the manufac cure, on small scale, of
native wines, until, by constant expert
ments. he has become able 10 produce an
| excellent article. He exhibited at Jack
sonville Saturday samples OF his straw
berry claret. blackberry and some orange
wine. The latter was made last winter
from frozen oranges and is really excel
lent. though be says 1t is not as fine as il
the oranges had been perfectly tirm and
sound. Capt. Warner says that Florida
] can be made as good a wine producing
! state as California by utilizing our native
fruits and berries. and that splendid
article OF wine can be made at good
profit. He proposes during the coming
4 season 10 enter more extensively into the
manufacture, and yesterday shipped
wine press with capacly Oh
4 twelve barrels, or no gallons neS daXA