Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-16
FLORIDA.

Board Of Trade is being talked up at
Gainesville.
The United States Circuit Court is in
session at Pensacola.
A furniture and carriage mandatory
is to be started at Kissimmee soon.
Immense quantities of fertiIizing mate
rial is being used on the groves around
Orange City.
The collection taken at the Methodist
Episcopal Church at st. Augustine last
Sunday aggregated 81 900.
The frame is up at the st. Johns rail-
way station, at st. Augustine, for a water
tank to hold Il, 900 gallons.
Mrs. Moses Sample has sold to Jos.
Bfainard her house and orange grove on
Orange street, st. Augustine, for $500.
An election for municipal officers for
the town of Lake City is ordered TO be
held at the court house in Lake City, on
April 10.
The widow of the late Bishop Simpson,
OF Philadelphia, contributed over $50
worth of elegant fancy articles for the N.
E. Bazaar at st. Augustine.
The walls Of the new Ponce DE Leon
hotel, at st. Augustine, have reached q
height of eight or ten feet, and are hardly
on level with the first floor.
DR.. H. G. Greedy has sold to John Il.
Dearborn, New Ham pshire, zoe acres of
land on the head waters Of the Matanzas
river, for $500. Mr.. Dearborn will cree t
tWo-story house on the place.
A convention of the electors of Kissim-
NEE CITY will be held Friday, March 10,
at p. m. for the purpose Of selecting a
mayor, clerk. marshal and five aldermen
to serve for the ensuing year.
Over 1000 men are at present employed
in st. Augustine and elsewhere 10 the
construction OF the new hotel Ponce De
Leon. The foundation TO the first floor,
when completed. win have cost $4,000.
Fl. G. Farmer, G. Padgett, f. j. Barber
and q gentleman named Oglesbee. re-
turned to Kissimmee last week from an
eighteen days trip down the river with 81
plume birds, IL deer, otter, gators, 3
wild hogs and bee trees. Kissimmee is
the headquarters for sport, and don't you
forget it.
The police of Pensacola received tele-
graphic orders to hold a pickpocket eX-
pected on the train, who was described as
having lost one finger from his left hand,
and having one finger Of his right hand
bound ND. Officer Gordon went to the
depot, and, seeing a man answering the
description, arrested him despite his
vigorous protestations. The man arrested
proved to be an employe of the railroad
company, who resides at Pensacola, and
not the thief at ali. He was released
promptly upon the request of Superin-
tendent Saltmarsh.
Lake City Guide: On Tuesday we
were shown an old deed dated Oct. %,
1S4S, to lots 4S and 80, in the town of AL
hgator, the consideration, $40. The
grantors, James S. Jones, Judge of Pro-
bate, Andrew Y Allen and William B.
Ross, County Commissioners; the gran
tee, Mrs. Eliza Ives, recorded by s.
Scarborough, clerk, Jan. 8, 1919. All
the parties whose names appear upon
the deed have passed away except DR..
James S. Jones, VINO IS a resident Of
Brevard county. The property is worth
many thousand dollars. The old paper
recalls the names of persons who had the
welfare of this town at heart, and reminds
the living that time changes all things.
Since the deed was first recorded three
clerks Offices have been destroyed in
this county, and Alligator is now Lake
City.