Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-17
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Court conyened again at Orlando last
Monday.
The orange shipping business at
Gainesville is letting up quite rapidly.
Gainesville reports that railroad travel
has been rather light since the HOLIDAYS.
1t is predicted by old settlers at Wild
wood that this viii be a splendid year for
farm crops.
The new chairs for the Orlando Opera
House have arrived, and have been placed
in position.
The Council of the American Legion of
Honor, of Monticello, is increasing its
membership.
Oranges sent by DR.. q. W. Lancaster,
of DeLand, through the Florida Fruit TX
change, netted 81 50 per box.
Collector Withers has sold his grove at
Lady Lake, near Wildwood to }. Temple
Barrow, consideration 81, zoo
The Newnansville Item, a new paper to
be started in that place by Geiger d Levy,
VIII soon make its appearance
Orange Homes merchant, j. z. Baggett,
has removed to Wildwood and opened
store OIL the east side OF the plaza.
Azure Lake is suggested as a prettier
name for Lake Sarah Jane, near Wild
wood, and by far more appropriate.
The annual meeting of the Florida
Fruit Exchange will he held in Jackson
vile on the first Tuesday IN February.
Eight fine houses are now under pro-
cess of construction at the new town of
DeLe0n Springs, and still the settlers are
coming.
The dedication of the Winter Park
Congregational church and the installa-
ton Of DE-. Hooker as pastor will occur
Tuesday.
TGe Orlando Fruit Company is manu-
featuring about ten barrels of orange wine
per day, and expect to make over p, 900
gallons during the season.
Charles JOY, of Orlando, has Just re-
ceIved returns from fourteen boxes Of
oranges he snipped to Boston lee. II.
They Hetled, after paying all expenses,
s. 80 per box.
A commercial traveller was so unfor-
tunate on last Friday as 10 lose his satcheI
while en- route from Townsville 10 Mon
ticelio. 1t is supposed to have dropped
out OF the hack.
AS the Gainesville Guards contemplate
accepting an invitation TO attend the
state fair to be held in Jacksonville in
February, they now meet for drill four
nights each week.
Clarence Lee, aged about a. wears, for
merlY Of Tallahassee, died suddenly at
the railroad camp near Seville last week.
His DO Y was wrapped in blanket and
buried in the woods.
Business at the United States Land
Office at Gainesville is still lively. ind-
eating the fact that the government land
of Florida is fast becoming the property
Of private individuals.
The steamer purchased by Mt Dora
parties will appear on Lake Dora the lat
ter part of this month. 1t will make two
round trips every day to Tayares, con
Meeting with all trains.
The subscription fund tor the benefit
of the widow of Policeman Beaslev has
reach nearly $500. The fund for the
benefit Of the widow of Marshal Gibson,
OF hissimmee, at last accounts had
reached $3.50.
A cOlored woman who drew $50 din
ner set al the sta store at DeLand. after
taking it home, gathered her eight chill
dren around her aud divided 1t as equally
as possible among them, ana now each
one of them proposes opening a restau-
rant.
Editor Prevatt, OF the Orange City
Times, travelled overland from Orange
City to Enterprise, hired boat at Enter
prise and pulled across Lake Monroe TO
Sanford to hear Madam Urso play the
violin. This was certainly paying for the
music.
Last Saturday morning ias Joseph
Hardy, OF Live Oak, was going TO Column
bus. ne found the l0-year-old son OF Free
man Spencer, cOiOred, lying in the road
Iusenslbls from cold. MIR. Hardy built a
ire, thawed the y0ungster out, and then
took him home.
II. 3. Pillow, OF Jacksonville, who
handles the greater part OF the straw berry
crop Of Florida, was in Orlando Monday.
lie is thinking strongly Of using portable
refrgeratOrs for conveying the berries
from points along the South Florida rail-
road to Northern markets.
Purvis, who shot his own son near
Rochelle on Monday, has 1ed, and his
whereabouts are not known. His neigh
bOrs say he Was justified in the act, rs bis
son, VINO had formerly served a term in
the peuitanuary, bad threatened 10 MUIR
der The Old man, IBe shot Will not prove
lara.
Cato Wallace, an old colored man Of
Live OAK, len for the coast on Monday of
last week. and mp To this writing has not
been heard from. The fact that he has
never been more than four or live vs. in
m1Siug the "Trip leads people to believe
something mas gone wrong with the
Ola uihus
Burton Carroll, VINO, IL will be remem-
bered, married bis seventh wife {. snort
time ago, was DOB Live Oak a day or two
ago, looking as happy as lad OF lb. Tie
assisted m the construction OF The first
railroad In the south, and, though 10 odd
years 90 age, is 300 good health, and can DO
az good days work as be ever could.
A gentleman bv the name OF Newton,
who haH been afflicted with asthma fOr
some twenty wears. went 90 Eusti- not
long since, and now tells the Ne1li- P. u.-
r7iedit0r that bee bias become entirely
cured through bus residence there. ns
case bad been pronounced incurtple bv
t.e pnysicians an bis former home in the
North.
There have been 20 persons, English.
men, settled in the Vicinity OF ffuifiand
PHrk. sumter county, and more are stlIl
tD come luey are mnHty young nen,
aho Ulll brnl on their awfoflesri- or
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