Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-20
FLORIDA.

Lakeland is shipping tomatoes.
A new hotel has been opened at Bay
View.
James W. Balm is the new Postmaster
of Fort Myers.
Fishing on the lakes around Gainesville
was never better.
The Polk county Teachers Association
meets at Plant City to-day.
Near Kissimmee a plantation is pro-
ducing its second crop of berries for this
season.
The Orlando Guards have decided to
join the encampment at Pablo Beach on
July 4.
J.J. Taylor and son a few days ago
killed fine deer between Lakeland and
Medulla.
Admirers of Police Captain O'Keefe, Of
Jacksonville, have presented him with
gold badge.
In many places in Polk county the corn
Is from two to three feet high, having a
good, rich color.
Lakeland needs an ice factory, bank,
a laundry, and several other manufacture
ing enterprises.
Work has been resumed on the new
opera house atOrlandO, the dimensions Of
which will be 60xl1S feet.
The Woodbridge Ice factory will start
up in couple of weeks. 1t will have a
capacity Of "A tons day.
Alachua county farmers report corn as
looking remarkably we'll. The greater
part Of it is now tasseling.
There were 101 transfers recorded in
the office of the clerk Of the Circuit Court
of Orange county for the week ending
May s.
The Gem City Guards Of Palatka have
now about 500 in their treasury. They
propose to erect a roOmy building at a
cost of about $4,000.
RumOrs are afloat to the effect that by
june two steamboats, will be brought
down from the st. Johns TO run between
Fort Myers and Kissimmee City.
The conservation of Bishop Weed will
probably take place in six or eight weeks.
The Bishop-elect has the privilege of
designating the Bishops who will assist
in the ceremony.
Sanford citizens have subscribed 81, 400
towards building the cigar factory at that
place, and the land on which to build it
has been donated by the Florida Land and
Colonization Company.
Friday, May 81, has been appointed by
the Mayor Of Lakewood for a general
clearing up of the city, and persons neg
lecting to clean up their places VIII be
dealt with under the penalty of the health
ordinances.
There is queer old painting in the drug
store of w. .. Volt. at Palatka, which
is offered for sale by its owner, K. A.
Rowse. 1t is picture of rose, painted
on parchment in 1886, and is about 5X6
inches in size.
The st. Cloud Agricultural and I'm
prOvement Company held a meeting at
Kissimmee last week, and elected E.
Rose as President, Hamilton Disston as
Treasurer, and E. P. Steck as Secretary
Of the company.
The festival at Fruitland, held on Thurs.
day evening last under the grape arbor oil
Mr.. Saunders, Melted the sum Of $50. This
money will be used to buy furniture for
the parsonage OF the Methodist church oil
that neighbOrhood.
Senator Call has presented to the Senate
petition signed by several hundred citi-
zens Of Fernandina, Ocala, Waldo and
Callahan, Fla, asking that the time be
extended for the completion OF the Flori-
da Railway and Navigation COmpany's
road
Hon. c. H.Jones, editor Of the Jackson
vile Times-UniOn, and Hon. John T. Les
ley, State Senator from Hillsborough
county, are on the East Florida Semi
nary's Gainesville board of visitors, and
have each signiied their intention OF
being present at the coming commence
ment exercises of that educational insti-
tuition,