The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-04
FLORIDA.

A new hotel has been opened at Indian
Beach.
JOIN Lynch. son of the register Of the
United States land Office a. Gainesville, Is
seriously Ill.
Ar Douglass OF the Almeria hotel, Tam
pa. has leased the De Soto a. Sarasota and
/ viii conduct both houses.
A club house has been opened on Hyde
| Park avenue. Tampa, for the use Of the
guests Of the Tampa Bay hotel.
The St. Johns River conference has de-
cided 10 discontinue the COLLEGE at Orange
City and redeed University square to the
/ city.
n. D. Smith has been appointed post
master at Melvane in the western portion
OF Hamilton county, g. ". SILVER having
resigned.
p. A. Poison, a young whits man ar
rested as tramp in Pensacola Saturday,
said be walked to Pensacola from Flomaton,
distance Of forty-four miles, from 70
T:3O O'Clock p. m.-51z hours.
w. r. Savage OF Gainesville has signed
with a club in San Jose, Southern Cali
fornia, TO play with them the coming sea-
son. beginning In March. Will is one Of the
best players 10 the south aud pitches the
swiftest ball that Gainesville ball "feads"
have ever seen.
The Amelia River Canning and Nassau
Packing companies at Fernandina have
temporarily shut down. but the Bell River
Company is still running with a reduced
mber OF employees, The prices now real
lied for canned oysters are too low to pay
the expense Of putting them up.
The orange growers of Polk county who
bad previously shipped fruit to john II. New
ton. New York, under guarantees made by
his agent, II. +. Clark, on which they did not
realize, held meeting in barlow last week,
and decided 20 bring suit against Mr.. New
ton for the amount OF the guarantees and
secured the counsel in the case.
The Cocoa Spirit says at last a postal in-
spector 10 on the Indian river investigating
mail matters, and that the people Of Indian
river will appreciate any improvement in
this department. There has been much
carelessness somewhere on the river for
twice within the last month the mail has
come into the Cocoa postoffice soaking wet.
Several times an important business letter
directed TO postofice on the opposite of
the state laid in the jacksonville postofflce
several days, though why it should be
obliged TO travel to Jacksonville, so far out
OF its way, is a mystery"
Gainesville Sun: Capt. T. c. Ellis SAYS
that in 1925 there was an Indian negro In
this part OF the country whose business it
was TO kill wild ducks on the prairie and
other places whore they were found in i'm
mense numbers, pick the feathers from them
and take the after to Lake City, where
they were made into feather beds, pillows.
etc. No one thought of eating either wild
duck or squirrel at that time, as there was
such an abundance ot deer, wild turkey
and such like. The captain says that many
time he has seen barrels after barrels Of
dead wild ducks just thrown away.
The orange growers OF Orange City and
vicinity have agreed to take water for irri-
eating purposes to help along the establish
ment OF water works in Orange City. The
Times says: "Under the city, a depth of
only 100 feet is body of wa;er-whether
lake or stream has not been determined
III feet deep at the point where discovered.
This water is almost absolutely pure, soft
and pleasant to the taste. 1t has been
sufficiently tested TO convince all that the
supply Is practically unlimited company
OF Eau Claire wis., gentlemen, with a
superabundance OF capital, has been in
corporated for the purpose OF putting In
plant TO supply water to the town."