Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-31
FLORIDA.
Haines City is to have a depot.

Haines City is to have depot.
The sugar cane crop will be short.
Lake City is moving for mo license"
The supply OF ice in Key West has run
very short.
The protracted meeting at the Metho-
dist church at Sanford still continues.
The steam yacht Glenada is again run
ming as ferry boat between Sanford and
| Enterprise.
A movement is on foot to establish
branch of the American Legion of Honor
in Pensacola.
In Alachua county the cotton crop Is
not yet materially injured by the rains,
| but it can't stand much more.
Pratt Bros. 81 Luning, OF the Leesburg
| Commercial, will soon commence the pub
| LEGATION of new paper at Brooksville.
In the First Congressional district
| Wednesday, HillsborOugh and Franklin
| counties elected uninstructed delegates.
The offices OF the Florida Southern rail-
way at Palatka are being rapidly COM
| pleted. They hope to get into them by
/ next week.
Marion county elected Owens delegates
| to the Second District Congressional Con-
ventlon Wednesday. st. Johns county
| elected Dougherty delegates.
large one in Levy county. the weather
| has been favorable to their culture, and
the farmers have put in large crops.
At Pensacola thieves entered the house
| of Henry johnson Wednesday night
through window and stole upwards of
$500 in cash. There is no clue to the par
| ties.
G. Willard. of the Nocatee Lumber
| Company, of Fort Ogden, has sold his in
| ~ ~ 4
| returned to his former home in Connecti-
| cut.
| More lands have been purchased for
actual residence in Levy county the past
six weeks than for the past two years,
and the outlook is that the demand has
! just set in.
Rev. Samuel Durboro, proprietor of
| Bartram, Levy county, is preparing to
begin some extensive improvements there
at an early day. Mr.. Cooke, his agent, re-
ports over 800 lots sold up to date.
At Sanford, Arthur Chaires killed a
turkey last Saturday, in which were four
| mIly-developed, perfectly-fOrmed, hard
| shelled eggs. That turkey was evidently
waiting for an egg famine before it di s.
gorged.
| The continued heavy rains OF the past
week have caused considerable water to
| accumulate on the ground In Levy county,
and, besides damaging the crops, have
caused farmers considerable Inconve-
| nience.
Mrs. Seaman, of DeLand, has received
| a letter from Mrs. A. W. Cunningham. of
Frankfort, Ind, informing her of the
death of the Rev. f. Luson, for a short
time pastor Of the Episcopal church Of
| DeLand.
! The many bids for the building OF the
! Catholic church at Orlando were oOnsid-
cred by Father Swemberg on Monday and
| Tuesday, and they VIII be submitted to
the Bishop this week for final decision
| ana selection.
At Titusville Tuesday just before night
! time Mrs j. f. Reed shot wild cat at
! thirty yards with shot gun. 1t is
splendid specimen, standing about two
| feet hign, and had been constant depre-
| dator on the chickens.
Near Titusvile last Friday lightning
struck the mast Of the sloop Barbara, fol-
lowed the wire forestry and bObstay TO
the bow OF the boat, and tore of one of the
side boards. No further damage. though
some were pretty badly scared.
Capt. P. f.. Martin has gone from San
ford to Palatka to bring up for service on
the Sanford and Enterprise ferry the
elegant new steamer Putnam. Having
bought out the line he desires putting
patch, comfort and safety to his patrons.
The oxford Sumter county, Vegetable
and Fruit Growers Association has
adopted preamble and set OF resolutions.
| They want state ANALYSIS for soils and
fertilizers, cheaper labor, lower rates OF
transportation, more efficient carrying
service, AND better system of distribu-
ton.
1t is said that so much rain has fallen
in the country back OF Jupiter that the
water is very high inside, and that at any
time now the Inlet can be opened by dig
ring q channel through the sand sui
| hciently large for a small stream OF water
TO flow through, which in a few hours
would cut away enough for boats 10 pass
in and out.
The decision In the case of the election
of the postal clerk from Conductor Bent
LEWIS train on the Florida Southern rail-
road last week is adverse to the clerk.
Superintendent Terrell has decided that
the clerk was not on duty at the time, and,
therefore, not entitled TO transportation
on The government pass. This settles the
matter. Conductor Bentley. according to
this decision, was clearly in the right.
Bronson Times: George A. Cooke, OF
the large real estate firm OF George A.
Cooke & CO., and Rev. Samuel Durboro,
OF Philadelphia, are prospecting in our
county, as the agents OF wealthy svndi-
cate, who propose to establish winter
resort similar TO the Asbury Park camp
grounds In New Jersey. The enterprise
! is TO DO conducted on the same plan as the
Asbury Park enterprise, and will be quite