Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-18
FLORIDA.
Mandarin wants post Office.
A. 80 az hriok huiIdinoS ia invadV

Mandarin wants post Office.
An era OF brick buildings is invading
Tampa.
Kssimmee is the headquarters for Eng
lishmen roundabout.
North Tampa, a suburb, was incor-
porated city Nov. 3.
Ybor City, the suburb of Tampa, has
over 1000 population.
The Tropical Hotel of Kissimmee has a
bevy of beauties from the North as wait
ers.
Fort Ogden is urging the Florida South
ern to build their depot there on the town
side.
An Informal meeting has been held
to discuss the incorporation OF Winter
Park.
Mayor Rose, OF Kissimmee, has sold his
law library and Will hereafter deal in real
estate.
A snake at Sanford recently swallowed
a darnlng egg, thinking he had found
something rich.
Contractor Stewart, or the Sanford and
Lake Eustis, is quite i'll and has been
taken TO Sanford.
Live Oak wants a system Of water
works connecting the town with the
Suwanee Springs.
The students OF Rollins College were
given a holiday last Friday, it being the
middle OF the term.
A sldewheel steamer is being built at
kissimmee by Gibson Il Co. to run through
the lake to iunta Gorda.
Postmaster Bryan, of Kissimmee, is
| going TO Haines City to reside. He Will
] be Postmaster all the same.
Undertake, formerly Of the fremont
: HonEn Lakeland may TAXI thu pnf m "a 70
Hotel at Tampa this season.
Miller l. Henderson are to run line OF
| steamers to Nassau from Tampa. AL
| ready they are importing oranges.
! The foundations Of the new Trinity
! Methodist Episcopal Church on Tolomato
street, ST. Augustine, are nowbeing laid.
| The st. Augustine and Palatka railway
| will, in the course OF Il few days, run its
! trains across the 81. Sebastian river into
| st. Augustine.
| Mr.. Hedges, Civil Engineer on the San
| ford aud Lake Eustis, has resigned and
will take service on the new road between
| Plant City aud Palma soils.
The bank yault OF the Kissimmee City
/ Bank is one OF the most costly and COM
! plete IN the South. The rent from small
safes pay 10 per cent. on the cost.
The bridge across the San Sebastian
ilNtI NAlNh Nus ipHk bttH Atlheil vi 10
| connect st. Augustine with Raven swOod
is in a fair way to DC built within the COM
ing year.
Hon. NJ. II. Mabry, Lieutenant Gov
| ern0r OF Florida gives more than tenth
of his income TO religious and charitable
| purposes, though not member of the
| church himself.
! The distance by rail via the Florida
! Railway and Navigation railway from
Jacksonville ia $50 miles, the same as by
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway and southern Florida railroad
Through the winter season the South
| Florida Telegraph Company will receive
| the official weather report daily from the
| Signal Service office OF the United States,
and bulletin Will be made OF 1t At their
ticket officers.
Up % Saturday night, the Florida South
ern railway had handled 200 carloads OF
oranges rom tho LeesDurg country aver
aging $50 boxes 10 the car. This shows a
total shipment OF over boxes ~, 600 by
this road alone.
The Disston Company has sold 4.710
acres OF land In the yiciaity OF Charlotte
HarbOr and on the CaloOsnhatchie river
! 20 Western syndicate through their
! Philadelphia Office. but the names OF tue
/ purchasers have not got been given.
The steamer ltOcEiedge now makes
I through iIips on Indian river 10 Mel
! bourne on Mondays and Thursdays, 10.