Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-20

gone to his orange grove on Lake George
b. Melton, ofPutnam county, had the
bark OF III orange trees split by the cold.
9he shipment of oranges over the Flor
ida Railway ana Navigation is very heavy
now.
Silver Springs is gaining in popularity
There are fifteen TO twenty new arrivals
daily.
Mr.. \. S. Prosky, of Silver Spring, is
the largest single manufacturer in the
State.
There are D. pupils enrolled at the
Fruitland Park school. The attendance
averages II.
This week Sylvester Brown sold twenty
acres OF his land at Blue Springs to a new
conner for $1,000
g. w. Wilson, of Orange Lake, saws:
my entire stock Of small trees, valued at
Sl5,O0@sis lost"
Ii. Lewis, OF New York, will soon open
a dry goods and notion store in the Mon
tezuma block at Ocala.
Replanting Of vegetables has already
commenced in Marion county, and on a
larger scale than before.
The additions TO the Methodist churches
OF Florida during the year 1880 We're l 800
Inc whole number is 1900.
The cypress lumber mills at Apalachi-
cola cuts ordinarily about 10000 feet OF
lumber daily. Some days it gets n 80, 900
The storm on Friday night of last week
carried the bridge away over the canal at
Cedar Key, and washed it away TO one
side.
Several growers in Putnam county
saved their oranges and trees last week
by burning saWdusto on the "Windward"
OF the trees.
Higley Il Smith, Of Palatka, orange
growers, packers and shippers, estimate
the loss in Florida in fruit by the freeze
at IS, 100000.
j. NJ. Bounds, manager for Messrs. Hig-
ley b smith, orange packers and shippers
OF Palatka, had killed from 100000 to
I,UUO.UOO nursery trees.
In the Orange Bend section, a few miles
beyond Fort Mason, Capt. WotIord esti-
mates that there were 10000 or $4,000
boxes Of oranges frozen.
The plans are made for an engine house
for Leesburg's new fire engine, in the up
per story of which are to be a Council
chamber and Board of Trade room.
A handsome new passenger coach was
discovered to be on fire at Tampa a night
or two ago, and was damaged to the eX-
tent Of about 500. 1t caught from a stove
in the car.
Some Of the Orange creek land owners
are giving away every alternate five acre
lot to persons who will guarantee to clear
the same and set them out IN fruit trees
within a year.
Lemon stock, with buds on them. have
IN many cases burst open, the lemon being
more tender than the orange tree. Those
in low, moist places have suffered worse
than those on high nine lands
The ST. johns river, above Palatka. is
tapped in several places by railroads. One
bridge spans the river nine miles south Of
Palatka, and b. Feb. another will span
the river few miles this side of Sanford.
Senator Call presented to the Senate a
petition from the Maritime Association
OF Merchants and nip Owners of New
York, urging the establishment of a tele-
graph line and signal station at Point
Jupiter, Fla.
Capt. R. Il. Sullivan, once a citizen Of
Jacksonville, savannah and Augusta,
Ga, died in SANFORD on Jan. 9, at the
residence Of his son-ln-iaw, Capt. Charles
ID. Taylor. He also resided for several
years at BeaucleIc's bluff, DuYal county.
He was Z years of age.
At Orlando Saturday night the jury
brought in a verdict of murder in the first
NCEANC q = ulusU VOC III az biflA anu W llAldm
Roberts, the murderers of Marsnal Gibson
at Kissimmee Christmas day. Lewis, the
assistant OF Gibson, who was severely
wounded at the same time, is recovering
Frank Sharp, representing the Van De-
pole Electric Manufacturing Company,
was in OCala Monday, and interviewed a
number OF prominent citizens in re-
gard to forming a stock company there
He met with great deal Of encourage
ment and Will return TO Ocala ia a few
days.
r. w. Pierce, of Orange county. propri-
etOr of the Sunset Hill nurseries, says
that of 10000 trees, two years old, he
found on examination that one in ten
showed evidence Of frost, but that the re-
mainder were entirely untouched. That
in a seeded, containing 1900 plants, af-
ter rigid examination, he could not find
single shoot which showed any damage
whatever.
4 new post Office has recently been es-
tablished at Arlington, in South Florida.
There is also place OF that name near
Jacksonville to which letters are fire.
quently addressed, but as there is no post
Office there this mail is always delivered
from the Jacksonville Office. In future
persons who want their mail to go TO this
Arlington should address it to that place,
the mail will be sent to South Florida.
Lord Rawls' old colony, located during
the occupation OF this country by the
English, is noted place three miles
south Of Palatka on the east side of the
river. The place, SAYS the Palatka
Her0td, is handsomely cultivated by the
owner, y. B. White. 1t is also the ter
minus Of q railroad that is used for log.
ging, and Will, one OF these DAYS, be a
Town and point Tor trade from the Halifax
section on the Atlantic coast. The old
landmarks of the English may be seen all
along the river.
Capt. w. Jones, Of Jacksonville, re-
ceiVed notification Monday, that oranges
shipped by him on Jan. 10, sold at s. per
box in New York and So % in Boston.
These oranges were frozen solid, but the
Captain gathered them before the warm
sun struck them, placed them in mis- pack
ing house and Clipped them while frozen,
and they arrived al their destination In
good order. The Captain says be did not
lose an orange, simply because he gath
cred them before the sun came out. Pluck
and place in the shade and allow them %
be thawed by the temperature, is mis-
theory.
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