Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-29
FLORIDA.

The trustees Of the Presbyterian Church
OF DeLand have purchased lot on which
they propose to erect a 81, 200 or SIS, 900
church Immediately.
The dedication of the New Hope Baptist
church. near Long Pond, in Columbia
county, j, ID. Taylor, pastor, will occur
OH Monday, Dec. 20.
The railroad hands about Sorrento go
hunting for game on Sunday. Last Sun
day one of them bagged one deer, one
coon, one fox, six squirrels and a lot OF
quail.
Capt. w. Fl. Paschall, OF Columbia
county, has sold his tobacco crop from
one and half acres for as much money
as he received for eighteen acres OF
cotton.
A number of Orange buyers have been
in DeLand the past week, but the prices
offered has not induced the fruit growers
to sell. About $4,000 boxes or more are
held there.
1t is rumored that the steamer Queen
Of the ST. Johns Ia soon to be placed on
the inside route between jacksonville and
Savannah, and that within few days she
Is to be hauled out for repairs.
Last Monday the prisoners confined in
the Jail tried TO effect their escape by set
ting fire to the building. Fortunately,
time 10 save them from horrible death.
william surrsncy. of Big Creek, Co.
lumbia county, raised this year l04
bushels OF corn on five acres of land
without fertilizing, which will make J15
bushels of shelled corn, 90 bushels to the
acre.
On or about Dec. there will be estab-
lished at Gainesville paper 10 be oper-
ated In connection with the literary soci-
cites OF East Florida Seminary. The
paper, a 4-column tolio, will be issued
semi-mohthly.
1t is rumored at Quincy that It is the
intention of a Northern firm TO establish a
packing house in that place, for the curing
and putting into proper shape, for mar
ket, the tobacco crop Of Gadsden county,
in the near future.
Ex-Mayor Pearce, OF Tallahassee, is
trying an experiment with Florida syrup.
He takes the warm syrup from the evap-
orator. puts 1t in bottles and seals it up
1t is claimed that when opened twelve
months hence IL will be found to have re-
tanned all tue flavor OF new syrup.
The steamer GEORGETOWN, which ar
rived at 1Itusville last Wednesday, has
remained there ever since. She expected
sively. but II 10 doubtful II the county
officials Will permit the wholesale ex-
pOrtation OF tie Indian river oysters.
The Presbytery In session at Eustis
have selected Eustis from among the
towns competing for the site OF the Pres
byterian College, the citizeas OF thattown
having offered $4,000 In money and land
The site Is on Crooked lake, about two
miles from the business portion OF Eustis
and just within the town limits.
Naples IL the name Of a prospective city
on the Cult coast. IL IN oommandinglY
situated upon the Gulf OF Mexico, twenty.
five miles south OF Punta Rassa, Ia Mon.
roe county, aud embraces the most south.
ern habitable portion Of the mainland on
that coast. The town site has a frontage
Of tiyo miles along the shore, with broad
shell beach.
~. q. Hnwley, VI Tliusyllie, has 90
nearly completed bic new boat which be-
has named TIE "fF0st Lne,n that he
viii be able 20 launch N IA feN days
fhin boat IN something over forty feet
long vim fourteen feet beam, apd e
sepufe 80 deNk 81 DoH apo sierra, oORse.