Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-06
FLORIDA.

Hon. Charles Dougherty is worth $780,
900.
Watermelons are selling in Tampa tw o
for a nickel.
Sales in real estate continue active at
Tallahassee, and the tendency is steadily
upward.
1t requires over one thousand kegs of
beer monthly to quench the thirst of St.
Augustine.
Fry's experimental farm at Kerr City
has again been heard from, this time in
the shape of monster watermelon weigh
ing 90 pounds.
1t is reported that Judge Fortner has
been promised by the Lakeland people
$500 for his services in case the scheme OF
removing the county seat from Barlow to
Lakeland is successful.
The work of renovaIing and enlarging
the post office at st. Augustine progresses
in a satisfactory manner. When all this
work shall have been completed the habit
ual visitors will observe some 500 new
lock boxes.
S. B. Nance, OF st. Augustine, is the
owner of a horse which is an inveterate
lover of tobacco in any form, and will at
any time turn away in disgust from his
daily provender if offered a chew of fine
cut ''pigtall," or even "nigger head"
DR.. Alba's lease of the Plaza drug store
building at St. Augustine will expire
about Oct. l, after which date it has been
leased for term of years by the First Ma
tional Bank of st. Augustine. Another
story will be added and the bank will be
fitted up in metropolitan style.
DR.. J. W. Smith, of Callahan. has a pair
of pet fawns which were found in the
woods about six miles from Callahan.
The buck is ats ut four weeks old and the
doe apparently about three. and when
found was in ian almost helpless condi-
tiou, nearly stary ed and large boil on
it's left ear. Dr.. Smith Ianced the boil,
and now the little animal is as lively as a
cricket.
Plant City Courier: Riley Reed, we'll
TODD colOred man living near Mango. has
on his place large apple tree full of
well developed fruit, which Will ripen in
a few weeks. The tree is growing among
orange trees and receives only such
treatment as they do. Riley says it bears
full every year. If this tree succeeds so
well, why are there not many others
throughout the country?
William Roberts and another small
negro boy, living near Tallahassee, were
handling an old pistol lew weeks ago,
when it went off and lodged bullet in
Williams left eye, ranging upward. The
eyeball became so badly affected that DR..
Robert G. Gamble, assisted by DIR. Charles
+. Shine, last week took out the diseased
eyeban. but were forced to leave the
leaden ball still lodged somewhere in the
head. At last accounts the wound was
healing up nicely.
A few days ago quite curiosity in the
shape ola snake was found by WIS. Brown,
OF Barrow, 1t was about 10 or II inches
In length, and has the appearance both of
a snake aud an angle worm, and, at first
glance, looks as it might have two heads,
one at each end, 1t has head shaped
similarly to that OF "a snake, and has the
fangs of a snake, but its body is like that
of worm. Mr.. Brown caught II in his
yard, and IN chasing it found that it could
move as easily in one way as another.
The following civil appointments have
been made by the Governor during the
past week: William Thompson, TO be
Justice OF the Peace for Polk county; c..
W. Connolly, 10 be Justice of the Peace for
Orange county; J. o. Cosby, to be Justice
Of the Peace for Alachua county; T. NJ.
Ellis. TO be County Commissioner for
Holmes county; William II. Wright, to be
Commissioner of Deeds for Florida for
Pennsylvania; b. DuPre Hodge, f. O..
Perrin, Jr., to be Justice Of the Peace for
Marion county; Daniel Mcleod, Jr.,
James NJ. Hart, to be Justices OF the Peace
for Walton county.