Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-09
St. Augustine is to have the telepl

! Ancient city.
A schooner line has been opened be-
tween Tampa and Pensacola.
! A State chess tournament will be neld
at Punta Gorda, beginning Dec. 10. Two
gold medals are offered, and no entrance
fee is charged players.
An election is to be held in Suwanee
county on Dec. IA to see ii the people will
bond the county for $685. sc to build a
| bridge across the Suwanee river at Bran
ford.
St. Augustine's Postmaster reports re-
ceipts for money orders issued since Jan.
| l, 1886, of 800, 900, and yet the department
won't give him any help in the way OF
clerks, etc.
A young son OF Mrs. Henderson, in
Hamilton county, last week, while chas-
ing rabbit, fell and his gun was dis
charged, killing little boy by the name
of Down.
| A tramp, while stealing ride between
Aucilia and Greenville. last Wednesday,
was thrown from the cars by sudden jar
| and killed, the wheels passing over him
and cutting him in two.
DIR. w. F. Shine, OF st. Augustine, has
wild yellow jessamine growing at his
residence which blooms all the year
round, and is now covered with this beau
| tiful flower in full bloom.
Oyster planting about Cedar Key is on
| the increase, and as a consequence the
Cedar Key oyster will, in the near future,
be much improved in size, ii not in flavor.
A canning factory is also talked OF.
The Live Oak IntelligeDcer has been
sold by w. L. Whitfield to r. +. Rogers
and II. d. Allison. Mr.. Whitfield will re-
main with the paper as foreman. The
name will be changed to the Banner of
/ Liberty.
| At st. Augustine Monday Auguste
| Messner, Swede, and captain OF the
Ponce de Leon fleet OF scOws which brings
the sand from the North Beach, while
making a trip up the North river, fell
| overheard and was drowned.
DR.. John c. Barrows, U. S. A.,who for
! five years has been stationed in Arizona,
has arrived at st. Augustine. DR.. Bar.
rows has been directed by the govern
ment TO take medical charge of the H.
dians confined at Fort Marion.
Messrs. Wyllie g. Northrop are having
a handsome steamer finished at Palatka
especially for the Halifax, HillsborO, La
COON and Indian river. She is a twin
screw propeller, so feet long, 141l beam,
coppered, 60-horse-pOwer engines.
There are at present confined In Fort
Marion, st. Augustine, 452 Apache In
dians. OF which number SO are bucks, 207
women and 1855 children under II years of
age. Only Is, in most part infants, have
died since their arrival here last April.
The Florida Southern railway delivered
| forty-eight car loads of oranges to the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
at Palatka sunday last. This would in
dictate that the Savannah line Will have
the handling OF great bulk Of the Flor
ida fruit crop.
The Eustis people are now considering
two railroad projects--one branch tap
ping the Sanford and Lake Eustis road
| ana the other line from the Ocklawaha
canal along the shore of Lake Eustis Ito
be operated by the Florida Railway and
Navigation road.
The United States Court convened at
Jacksonville Monday In regular Deem
Der term, Judge Thomas Settle presiding.
The docket is a light one, especially in
| the department of criminal cases. The
term is not likely to prove interesting, as
no very important cases have so far been
set for trial.
South Jacksonville is tn have a church
edIflce built by the Methodists. The new
\ church Is to cost about $1,000, and Will
seat about 225 persons. The lots whereon
the edifce Will stand were generously
donated by ex-Gov. Reed. and are d.
rectly opposite the new school building
and five minutes walk from the ferry
landing.
While Robinson's circus was leaving
Madison last week an attempt was made
TO Kill &. NJ. Robinson, Treasurer of the
circus, by negro. Robinson was on the
lookout for the gang of thieves which
have been following the circus, but, as he
says, not connected herewith, when he
came across the negro in one of the cars,
and caught him by the collar. The negro
broke loose, drew revolver and fired al
him five times, neither shot taking effect
Supervising Inspector of Steamers
James Curran is in Jacksonville on his
usual tour Of his district. In reply to the
question of the SAVANNAH MORNING
NEWS correspondent he said there were
no new developments In the contest over
the inspectorship OF hulls since his ar
rival in Florida, and that there were not
likely to be any very soon. From what
the NEWS CORES pondent learned at Jack.
sonYille the friends of the Florida appli.
cant are likely TO stand firm in his be.
half.
Chief Examiner w. II. Webster, of the
Civil Service Commission, has been in
Jacksonville, in connection with the local
board, examining applicants for positions
in the general Post Office Department at
Washington. he completed his work
Monday, and the papers will be sent for
ward to Washington to be passed upon.
He had only nine applicants. Eight men
-One OF whom was negrO-and one
' woman. The positions for which they
: apply are in the general Post Office De-
partment at the capital, and are clerk
ships worth from 5000 to $1,000 per an
mum. Examiner Webster went from
Jacksonville to Tallahassee, where he
conducted an examination yesterday for
the western division OF the State. He
: goes to Mobile next.
: Five years ago Citra was primitive
looking place, shed for depot and u
few rough looking structures. Then all
the buildings could be counted on your
ten fingers; now within a mile OF the
depot seventy dwellings, number
among the finest in the State,
ten large commercial houses carry.
Ing stocks that would DO credit to
a good sized city can be seen. Five
years ago the shipment OF oranges
amounted to about 10000 boxes, this
season it will ship 100000. Then 100, 600
bearing trees, now 100000, with hall
; that number budded not yet bearing.
Then a few thousand dollars were paid
to those who worked the groves and
, gathered the fruit, now $40, 900 for slmi-
lar work. Besides all this the place en-
, joys good society, has two fine churches
a good school house, two railroads, and
eight daily trains.
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