Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-24
FLORIDA.

GainesvIlle's ice factory is approaching
completion.
Fort Ogden, Manatee county, is discuss
ing incorporation.
The court house dome at Gainesville is
to be copper plated.
The Democrats OF Waldo have organ
lied Democratic club.
The Democrats of Alachua county all
seem to be in a good humor.
A colored man caught fifteen-pound
trout in Alachua lake Wednesday,
The Democrats of Duval have thus far
failed to harmonic on candidate.
The Orlando City Council has accepted
the recently purchased market house.
On the Ocklockonee river the Stewart
bridge was carried away by the late
freshets.
The town taxes OF Madison this year
are placed at mills, or one-third less than
last year.
Last Monday was the first day Talla-
hassee had without some rain fall in
about SIX weekr,
Farmers around Waldo are discouraged
bv reason OF the damage done the crops
by excessive rains.
At Gainesville the rainy season seems
oppressively warm.
A company is being organized TO build
$4,000 hotel in Grove City, near Fort
Ogden, Manatee county.
Many mangos cut by the freeze on In
dian river and the Gulf coast are sprout-
ing, others are stone dead.
Sugar cane is proving to be one of the
most profitable crops grown on the rich
hummocks about Lake Kerr.
DR.. Null, of Barlow, claims to have the
fastest trotter in the State, and also the
oldest horse in the country, once the king
of the turf.
In a few weeks DR.. Thomas will COM
mence the erection of handsome brick
block on the west side OF the square at
Gainesville.
1t is expected that work will soon be
resumed on the new Methodist cburch,
near the East Florida Seminary, al
Gainesville.
Seventeen hogs, fifteen COWS and large
number Of dogs were scooped in last
Thursday morning by the pound master
OF Tai ahassee.
AT Waldo the members of the Baptist
church and Christians of other denomina-
lions are holding series OF interesting
prayer meetings.
running through Polk and Manatee cOun-
ties shoot cattle from the track with
double barrel gun.
Cotton has been much damaged in Leon
county by the rains but if the weather is
tayora bic from now on IL Is thought that
fair crop will be made.
Col. Hart mas sold his tract OF 16. 900
acres near Palatka to Northern capital
lists, who will colonize it with New Jersey
and Pennsylvania farmers.
The DeLand Council has passed an ordi-
nance making il u misdemeanor for any
person 10 sell or give liquor to marshal
or a police officer while on duty.
The orange crop in Waldo and vicinity
is very fine and Will be larger than that of
any previous year. Many trees are
weighted down with loads OF fruit.
A little daughter of Henry Jernigan
was recently burned 10 death in Walton
county while she was pouring kerosene
oil on some kindling to make fire.
The Mario Sanchez creek at ST. Angus
tine, which mas long been place OF water
and mud, Is now dry sand, having been
filled in and made into boulevard.
From FIVE cucumber vines gentleman
living at De Leon Springs, Volusia coun-
", has gathered one and a half bushels OF
cucumbers per week for four consecutive
weeks.
At Barlow about two weeks ago the
proprietor OF two hens began to take
notice Of them and found that they laid