Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

10 ny" Cdllcu LAhIer, Win j. >. CuretOn
as PostmasterWEg
The new mem bers Of the Board of Coun-
W commissioners of Macon viii be sworn
in next Monday.
The insurance adjusters have been adj
Juitlhg and Sc ting losses III Tampa, and
are sill at work.
Jack Taylor, cOlored, has been arrested
Tor burning the Slosson mansion at
Wakulla Springs.
Another car has been found necessary
Tor the business on the Tampa horse-car
railway, and new one is being built.
Old Aunt Peggy, an old colored woman,
supposed To be the oldest resident of Mas
sau county, died last week. Her age is
gwen at 100 years.
The Guards at ApalachIcola have de-
clded not to attend the coming encamp-
ment at Pablo Beach, as several of their
member cannot get away from business.
The names of % business men and
hrms have been obtained at Orlando for
membership in the Board of Trade recent
ly established there, and new names are
being added daily.
Every day swarms of Italian bees are
seen clustered on the trees of Key West
Island. Some Time ago Mr.. DeLono took
over 900 pounds OF honey from one hive
uuIl9g Twelve months time.
At meeting of the Ocala Rifles last
Thursday night the following officers
were elected: Captain, T. d. Lancaster,
reelected; First Lieutenant, f. b. Lip
E pitt, reelected; Second Lieutenant, r. b.
Mcconnell; First Sergeant, George Nash,
reelected; Second Sergeant, W. N.
Mesher; Third Sergeant, d. f. McIver;
Fourth Sergeant, John Cordero; Treas
ureE. r. E. Davidson; Secretary, E. c..
Hood.
The most elaborate preparations have
been made at Jacksonville by the o. NJ.
Mitchell Post No. 4, g. A. r., for the OBJ
servance of Memorial day, which will take
place to-day. h. E. Lee Camp No. l. of
Confederate Veterans, the local military
companies, the fire department and a
number of other local organizations will
take part in the affair. Among the prem
tnent orators Of the day will be Exon
gressmen Horace Bisbee, Gen. j. j FIN
ley, Gen. w. S. Walker and others.
Green Cove Spring: The past season
was decidedly unfavorable for the straw
berry crop, yet we hear of some growers
who made very large shipments OF this
fruit. One firm at Mandarin, between
Green Cove and Jacksonville, shipped
SO, 900 quarts to Northern markets, which
netted q cents per quart. This firm has
also, we learn, shipped berries to Cuba,
ana one of the fast steamers is in the
habit OF calling at this point in gong up
the river to get supplies for their own use,
and also to fill orders for parties at points
along the upper st. Johns.
At Jacksonville, Thursday, the case OF
the proposed order of extension OF the
f. E. and n. railway came up for hearing
before Master in Chancery Durkee. All
parties interested were present by attor-
ney, and all, it is alleged, agreed to the
granting OF the order OF extension except
E. NJ. L.Engle, Esq, who represented as
attorney the interest of TuDnO, Gumby
and few others, amounting to about
100000 in second mortgage bonds. Ir
behalf OF these bOndhOlders Attorney
HEngle filed protest against any order
of extension being given to the road I'M
til the interest of the parties complaining
was perfectly adjusted. Master in Chan
Gerry Durkee Will hear all parties and
make his final report TO Judge Pardee at
New Orleans very soon.
Tuesday young man called at A. NJ
Hyer's livery stable at Orlando aud in
formed the foreman that he wished to
have a good saddle horse for a few hours.
The man being stranger, Mr.. Smith ia
quired his name. The would-be horse
man replied: 81. S. James. l am STOP
DluS al bH6 AudIl6SJOu 1OuSts'' upon
this Information he was allowed TO depart.
No tidings having been received as night
came on, Mr.. Smith became suspicious,
aud the next morning started on horse
back in search of the missing stranger.
On reaching Winter Park he learned that
a man answering the description of the
Individual he was looking for had passed
through the town the day before. The
search WAS then continued to LongwOod,
where all trace was lost, and Mr.. Smith
concluded to go to Sanford, where he
found the horse, which had been sold to
Mr.. Pail. PaTamore OF that place. The
thief was captured at Enterprise.
The bridge across the Wekiva, for the
Sanford and Lake Eustis railway, is now
under way. Mr.. T. II. Brown, who built
all the bridges between Palatka and San
ford, including the two across the st.
Johns river, on the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway, has the contract,
and is pushing it ahead. 1t is 1920 feet
long and % feet high, with a 40-i0oJ truss
span for the passage Of boats. All the
material is on the ground. also the engine
for driving the piles, lumber being got
out, etc, and all is going on rapidly. d..
w. Spencer, of Pa0la. has the contract
from Mr.. Brown for cutting the timber for
the bridge, amounting to SEINE 100000
feet, board measure. The entire line to
the Wekiva is now ready for the iron.
Work Is being. pushed beyond the Weklya
river. The contractor on the division
west OF the river, Major Currie, Is getting
out ties at the rate of from 1900 to 10000
per month. There will he 22000 ties used
between Sanford and the Wekiva, and
from the river to Tavares nearly 60,0O0-
the entire distance to the terminus OF the
road being about thirty miles.