Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-29


works were lighted for the first time Tues
day night.
One Of Palatka's hunters shot and killed
| baby alligator the other day. The gator
was A q feet long.
The first Pullman palace sleeping car
passed over the Florida southern railroad
Tuesday, going through from Savannah
70 Tampa.
There is a rumor at Sanford that Capt.
Joe smith, of the upper ST. Johns river
steamboat line, will put on line of boats
between hissimmee and Fort Myers.
The trial OF Jack Vaughn for the muir
der OF the man named Herring, at kissim-
NEE, several months ago, will occupy the
greater portion OF Orange county court
time the coming week.
Application for a new most Office at Mas
cote, sumter county, has received 10
names, and an office will no DOUBT soon
be established. Quite a number Of houses
are going up, and beautiful little village
will soon be built.
Seville GQzstte: Game is plentiful in
this section. Wild turkeys and ducks
are carried IN nearly every day by some
OF the hunters, while Lake George fur
nishes plentiful supply Of trout, mullet,
shad and cFoakers.
A man named Wilson, claiming to be
the champion ''fgurisF' of the world.
was in Palatka Tuesday. He is from the
Isle OF Man, and says there is no six men
in the United States that can calculate
or add figures eqHel to his lightning
method.
T. +. Huggins, of Sanford, showed the
ArguS a telegram from the manager of the
Georgia Associated Traffic lines which
stated that on ana after that date until
Feb. > orange rates to OHIO river points
aud points based on the same viii be re-
duced 20per cent.
A trunk belonging to a Mr.. Bartholo-
new, of Michigan, was stolen from the
! Florida Sou hern depot at Gainesville,
Jan. .. After a long search two colOred
draymen and two women were arrested
! last W Wednesday. Tney had burned the
trunk, but the iron bands gave them
t away.
The orange trees in the neiQhborhood of
! Rochelle are said 10 have been benefited
: by the late cold wave. The insects have
all been killed, the trees have thrown off
All the Old leaves, and are now putting
| out a vigorous growth. Very soon. it is
said, the air viii be redOlent with the per
fHme of the orange blossom.
The T'1Ach1Sseeda: The Supreme Court
docket the prese ut term is said 10 be the
largest that Florida ever had. Up to yes
ltIudF UNtu ctftul y ~ z III CtAst > appeared
on he docket. This is Que to the large
increase IN our population and increase
in large business transactions OF the
state. Crime Is pr0pOruOnately on the
decline.
Paiatka NecS. The Water Works Com
pany are all eady preparing TO begin work,
and they are receiving bids for the
supply Of pipes and for certain parts OF
the work to be done. The ordinance binds
chem TO have the works in operation
within seven months, but our citizens. SAYS
the company, viii be supplied with water
long before That time expires.
Palatka Np'cS The County Commits
siouers Of Jefferson county have correct
ed the registration list by comparing IT,
with the census list compiled last fall
and have stricken from the registration
list Cos names, because these names were
not found Oh tue census list. Many OF tn
persons whose names we're thus strlckeu
from toe registration list are Old and
prominent citizens Of the county who have
been registered voters for many years.
Orlando Sentinel: Since the cold has
subsidized and the warm rays Of the sun
have sh0ne down upon Tue earth the real
effects Of the cold can he seen. TIE Opin
ions expressed in the Sentinel OF last
week have been verified. The present
| crop OF oranges is almost entirely ruined.
which entails considerable loss on those
citizens vine depend almost wholly on
their orange crop for a living. The nur-
sery trees are mostly all slightly damaged.
hut none lost. The lemon trees are serl-
Ously Injured, and come may be killed
sanford Argus: NJ. j. DOYLE, one OF the
directors of the Florida Fruit Exchange.
has been notified by General Manager
Ives, Of a reduction OF freight rates Of ~
per cent from Jact sonyille, Gainesville,
Callahan. Baldwin, Palatka and other
points. The DeBary- Raya and Peoples
lines have also ordered ~ per cent. re-
ductiOn ou all river points and pr0Ja-
bly, other lines will do the same. Tnis is
done 30 enable the grower 20 get all pos
sible from BIS fruit shipments. This re
ductiOn went into effect on the I'D, and
continues TIN Feb. 5.
letter from Archer IN the Gainesville
Mars saws: The Satsuma orange trees
nave stood the unprecedented cold % Last
week without losing a leaf. and they are
now as green as they we're before the
freeze. Trees not larser than pipe stems
are all right. II Is a good orange OF tho
hid love kind, very carly bearer, but Is p
slow grower and hard 10 propagate. Il
does best on lemon stocks, budded right
al the ground. so the stock can be covered
with dirt; or It can be grated m orange
stocks az the ground. IL can be budded
on sour but docs no good on sweet stocks
Pensacola AdU0Hce- G0ecttc: A report
bias reached this city that an old gentle
man named Miller had been found dead
some distance from his home. near Ferry
Pass. From what we can learn. 10 seems
that the deceased has been unacCOuntably
missing from his home for week or ten
days also, tnat during the recent severe
weather be got oil the train go Escambia
bridge and started alone aud aiOUt. but
never reached there alive. The body was
found 10 the woods. go We have been in-
formed, several hundred yards from the
house, but whether his death was causBd
by violence, sudden Illness or exposure
has not yea been a5eertalned.
Referring 70 the effect. Of the cold wave
OF Jan. 10 T. the Eustis Lake RegiOu
says "Ihe oranges arc Of course pretty
generally gone Bot the older trees are
almost universally coming out OF IL with
Oui material Injury, particularly seed
lIngs. Some ~ the buds will suffer some.
but AZ general thing they are coming
out all right particularly on the older
trees. The ypunRer tFaes, o. snah a. have
been planted only . year ~ twO, have
suffered ssne IN some lO0aii fiaa. bat noui.
inE iiks - su1h 40 80 haroa. The
nufSefs etank hss-oacanoa Ia eon.s i4.cAll-