Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-28
FLORIDA.

Polk county sends a solid Davidson
| delegation to Brooksville.
On or about Aug. 1 a telegraph money
order office Will be added tothe telegraph
| business at st. Augustine.
The Liberty county Democratic conven-
| ton elected Messrs. Soloman and Neil
| delegates to BroOksville. Both are David
son men.
A colored boy had his arm badly LAGER
ated at the Ponce de Leon Hotel at St. Au
| gusJine on Wednesday, while attempting
| to interview a buzz saw.
Gainesville speaks of having fifteen
| lawyers, and that they all live. Ocala
| downs Gainesville. as she has twenty
lawyers, and they all live on "the tat OF
4 the land"
| The sensational news of the stranding
of the Belle of the Goa st and her probable
abandonment, was all bosh. She was
pulled off the bar with very little delay
| and no damage.
| At Ocala the old post office building has
been torn down, and the Board of County
Commissioners have ordered the CITY
| Council to remove the "city jug'' from it's
present quarters, near the new county
! Jail, as it endangers the Jail in case Of fire.
Quite severe storm WAS experienced
| in the vicinity of Cocoa and ROckledge
| sunday night. During the blow a num-
| Der of boats suffered. At Rockledge three
| boats were swamped, and at Cocoa one.
| The Leda filled aud sank while at anchor,
| with sails furled and between 125 and $50
| feet of cable. The "Pig," owned by Mr..
| Crokrof, and the Lille H., owned by Mr..
! Mitchell. also swamped. and the Marga-
ret, Mr.. Magruder's, boat, parted her ca
| bic, but was recovered without damage.
The Helena, Messrs. King and Burnham's
boat at Cocoa, also showed her keel.
Daytona Journal: The dredge Chester
has nearly completed the canal between
| the lagoon and Indian river and in n brief
time the whole length of our coast can be
traversed from the head OF the Halifax to
Jupiter by steamer without a break. By
actual soundlngs taken Saturday we have
| found portion OF the channel dug at the
| head of the Halifax by the dredYe Ala
bama has filled up 80 that there is ouly
| from Is to 20 inches of water i'll places at
low tide. 1t is also reported that it will
be difficult to get that dredge out OF the
marsh where she is, owing 10 the quick
| sand which has filled in behind her, and
| the difficult character of the work before
her. Really this canal should have been
| a government work instead of being left
to private enterprise.
VIM. Ii. Mer~in writes from Milford,
Conn.,, to the Indian River Sun, of Rock
ledge, as follows: / read in your issue OF
Tue am Oh July week tDat nothing was &C
| cOmpIisbed in regard to the opening OF an
inlet into the Indian river, and you sug-
gested that it be done by subscription.
| The latter seems to me the only way to
accomplish it, and l hope you will agitate
| the question until something is done. If
| the settlers along the river could only see
the benefits to be derived from an inlet
somewhere near the south end OF Mer-
rift Island there would be no trouble
in realizing the means TO do the
work by subscription. 1t would be
worth $4,000 to the people settled be-
! tween Grants farm and Titusville. TIE
advantages to be derived in a sanitary
| point of view would be immense, espec-
| ally near the mouth of the small rivers
that empty into the Indian river where
| malaria is sure more or less to exist.
! Start the bail by holding a meeting, APP
| point committees whose duties it shall be
to appoint one or more collectors to solicit
subscriptions. / will head the list with
/ $50 and increase 1t to 500 II $4,000 can be
! raised. You have dredge near at hand
which can be employed. Hoping TO hear
! more from you on the subject l remain
sincerely yours.