The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-25
FLORIDA.
A Methodist parsonage is to be built at
Live Oak

! LIVE Chk-
Trinity Episcopal church at st. Angus
| tine is to be enlarged at a cost Of $50, 900.
The operatives at Ybor City are pur-
chasing lots III East Ybor, with the inten-
tion of building homes.
A tow consisting of l20 logs was lost Off
the mouth of Archie creek, Hillsborough
county, Saturday night
1t E said that the yachts Maud, Chez
maun, Undine, Hattie and Arrow will be in
! better trim for the race than ever before at
| ST. Augustine tomorrow.
There is now but little doubt but what
two new cigar factories will go into opera
ton at East Ybor Two blocks will be
donated for that purpose.
! Benjamin B. Baker, an octogonarian, the
father of ten children and the pioneer OF
| pine apple planting at Key West, died at
his home on Key Largo on July IA.
There will be no republican convention
in Lee county. The members of the e. o. D.
only number about one dozen in that
county, hence a convention would be a
| lonesome affair
At Enterprise, Monday, James W.
Nichols, young man, temperate and much
! respected, was shot by John b. Riley, while
the latter was under the influence of liquor
He will probably die
L.W. Scoville ~ Co ,proprietors of the Su-
wanuee springs, have formed st ok com
| pany aud now have sufficient funds 10
make all the necessary improvements for
making it leading summer and winter re-
sort.
The last semi-monthy hotel rumor at st.
Augustine is that Mr. Flagler is going to
purchase the st. Francis barracks and build
a big summer hotel. These rumoUs are be-
coming so common in st. Augustine that
nobody takes much stock IN them.
Preliminary surveys were made at Port
Tampa last week by Engineer NJ. G.. Kel-
loch of the South Florida railroad for the
purpose of establishing the location of the
coal docks which the Plant steamship com
| pany propose to erect at an early day.
The following are the names of the repub-
hcan delegates from Jefferson county to
their state convention, as obtained from a
colored republican, viz: w. Il. Long, Joe
Rains, John Hall, William GaitwOOd -
Wilson, Aleck Smith, A Mills, Israel
Sciplin, - Zanders.
On Saturday one of the prisoners confined
in the county jail at Orlando, having OBJ
tanned possession of an axe, male an at
tempt to break jail by trying to cut a hole
near drain pipe. He was discovered in
time Dy Deputy Anderson, who at onca
placed him in one of the cells.
The officials of the Orlando and Winter
Park railroad are deluged with apphca-
! lions for positions on the road as conduc-
tors and englnemen. Engineer Abbot has
applications from over POO men who are
anxious 10 serve the company but as the
road IS going to employ only two persons to
fill these Positions some Of the applicants
must be disappointed.
One of the largest turtles ever captured
in the state was made prisoner on Friday
night last, on the beach near New SMYRNA
| by A. c. Martin and Arthur Schleman.
Its weight vas 800 pounds, and the logger
he1d' contained 527 eggs, 200 Of which
were fully developed, the others VARYING in
degrees of maturity. The she'll it is said.
measures IA x2s4 feet
A serious runaway occurred Saturday
afternoon in the southeast part Of Orlando.
An Englishman, who does a mercantile
business at Conway was on his way home
with II lot of goods for his store when his
horse took fright and ran away. breaking
the wagon, spilling the goods, throwing the
driver ont and dragging him for forty or
fifty yards. He was not seriously injured
but considerably bruised.
Three cigar manufacturers at Ybor City
have imported in round number, since they
commenced business there IL, lis bales OF
leaf tobacco, and one OF the three firms 39l
bales OF strip tobacco, making a total of
1896 bales. The average weight of n bale
OF tobacco shipped from Havana TO Ybor
| City Is about 80 pounds, and the duty on it
is about S45. The total ammount of duties
collected on tobacco consigned TO the three
firms toots up $6O7 $50.
The Orlando and Winter Park railway is
| being delayed few days by the in iuuc tion
upon the street in front of Mr.. Canes. at
! Orlando. The demurrer of the company
against the injunction was sustained bv
! Judge Broome, who did not, however. dis
/ solve the injunction, but granted tho peti-
! toner time to ameCd his bill which was
ruled rs faulty. 1t is hoped that the matter
| Will be So tied shortly and the Orlando and
Winter Park allowed to put down their
track.
The establishment of a board of health. 10
be known as the South Florida board OF
health, is now a fact. At the last meeting
of representatives from the various countie,
! OF south Florida, there were four counties
/ properly represe ted by authorized dole
gates from their respective county boards
| OF healt 3. Tines four counties. viz: Marion
/ Orange, Brevard aud Lake, entered and
| formed consolidated board Since that
time Putnam, Osceola and Polk counties
have joined.
The eighteen delegates from jefferson
county To- the coming congressional conven-
! tpn at Barlow are: George r. Deuui, j J
! Willie, W. NJ Glrardeau, W. r. Grautham.
J. II. Perkins, f. Il. Fddes, W. G.. Thomas.
| w. =. Grantham. j. " Powell. $. j. Turn
/ bull, !. 3. Bird, Juuus rurnhuu. o. G. r T.
/ wards, ". II. Wright, r. NJ g. bert. h. e..
/ fWkhiI aud >. FlulaS son, casting ouc-lalf
/ a vot" each. \ large majority, d no. al'.
favor Hon r. II. ". Davidson. COL FilIcs
/ iayNrs Ion. Steyo SuafAUau
IL is said by those who know that there .,
/ eyory likelihood OF the til for ihr l.rnI
. states government 90 purchase Aul.ta,u
island iYr "a military park pa,,ur 'a. p- ISL.