Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-05
FLORIDA.


bdrtOW is TO nave Board OF Trade.
Crop reports from all over Leon county
come in very encouraging.
Hon. Lewis Lawrence has presented
$500 to the Maitland Park fund.
John I. Dunn has about completed his
mammoth sulphur swimming pool, 25X60
feet, which can be regulated to any depth
from to feet.
A. q. CawoOd, baggage master on the
>. +. railroad, happened TO very painful
accident at Barlow Monday. While coup
ling some cars which were loaded with
telegraph poles his right arm was caught
and badly mashed up.
On Saturday afternoon last thefruit and
vegetable growers OF Sanford and vlcini-
| ty met for the purpose of organizing
protective association and to exchange
ideas in regard to the new insect which
is troubling the orange trees.
A contract is about to be awarded for
service by steamboat from Tampa by At
/ water, Palma Sofa, Palmetto. Braiden-
town and Manatee TO Ellentown, Fla, six
times week, with side supply TO PInellas
and BOnitacio three times week, to be-
gin July l, 1886.
The city Of Palatka has $4,000 in it's
| treasury, Tax payers took advantage,
many of them, of the middle in which
the business of collecting was thrown by
the refusal of the collector to turn over the
booksto his successor at the time OF his
election, and refused to pay to either party.
This has delayed matters, but it is grAtify-
ing to see such healthy financial con-
| dltion of things Notwithstanding.
George Mills, representing a syndicate
of Western capitalists, in company with
! Col. Kreamer, of the Okeechobee Drainage
! Company, has Just arrived at Punta Rassa
! after two weeks inspection of the drain
age operations. They report the country
| in good condition and Lakes Hichpochee
and Okeechobee lowered about four feet
and satisfactory progress of the work
They visit Pine Island and St. James.
Mr.. Mills is going to stay and will make
large Investments.
The Gainesville Guards held another
meeting on Tuesday night for thepurpose
of electing officers to iii the positions of
those who were expelled. In addition to
the list published in this paper recently,
the following changes have been made:
First Sergeant. L. }. Burkheim; Second
Sergeant, j. E. Waugh; First Corporal,
Z. f. Pearce; Second Corporal, l.. W.
b Phelpss Third Corporal, ID. d. Tighlman.
j. E. Waugh was also elected to fill the
+ Office of Secretary.
The growing crops down the Florida
Southern railway are ina v1gorous'cOn-
dltlOn, ana promise a nne Held. oats are
maturing splendidfy, and where corn has
been planted and well tended is looking
remarkably well. Cotton, as a general
thing, looks as if it intended to return a
handsome yield to this industrious farmer
as a reward for the labor expended upon
it. The vegetable CROP has by no means
been failure, as at nearly every station
more or less are being shipped almost
daily. The ofangessare doing as well as
could be expected, though only a small
yield need be locked for, but the grade of
the fruit Will be OF the first quality.
Thefollowing is a list of the cOntribu-
tons from the Masonic lodges of the State
for the relief of the distressed members
in Key West. which have been received
by Dade Lodge No. ID: Gee Lodge No.
81, $40; Tuscan Lodge No. 6, $73 10; Mic
c0sukie Loage No. "A, $40; Washington
Lodge No. 2, S3I 80; Sanford Lodge No.
81, 50; Orient Lodge No. 70, $40; Mixes
vile Lodge No. IS, $40; Plant City Lodge
No. 70, s.; solomon Ledge No. 20, $25;
Haywood Ledge No. Al, So; MieanOpV
Lodge No. %, $25; Leesburg Lodge No. So,
500; Hiram Lodge No. 5. $40; Indian
River Lodge No. 30, 500 70: Friendship
Lodge No. SO, $40; Waldo Lodge No. 10,
So 10; Escambia Lodge No. 10, S94 %:
Duval Lodge No. Is, $25. Total, s453 70.
The following contributions were re-
ceived, but in consequence of liberality
of the first receipt. all causes OF distress
were relieved, the donations were there
fore returned to the lodges: Hillsbor-
ough Lodge, jackson Lodge, Old Walton,
Fort Dade, Haywood (additional), Eus-
tbs, DuYal, WeibOrl.