The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-28
FLORIDA.
The health of Haines City is excellent.


FLORIDA.
The health of Haines City is excellent.
The Tampa lumber company now runs
its mills night and day.
The orange trees in the country around
Haines City are looking very fine.
A campaign club has been organized
among the colored republicans Of jackson
vile.
j. T. Clarke, a prominent citizen of De-
Land had his left hand cut of accidentally
on June g.
Fernandinians are in a happy frame of
mind because their town is out of debt and
has a surplus in the treasury.
A gentleman in Mass lchusetts is think
ing Of locating in Apalachicola for the pur-
pose OF putting up hat factory.
Miss Fannie Aiken, who has been for
several months visiting friends in Savan-
nah, Darien and Thomasville, Ca, has re-
turned to Pensacola.
The city marshal Of Jacksonville has
levied upon some of the property Of the
Florida yacht club TO satisfy claim against
the club for overdue taxes.
Fernandina knocked out Gainesville in
game of base ball on Monday. Whereupon
the whole town arose In one accord and
said the umpire was bad egg.
Belk, who was wounded In recent diff
Guilty at Tampa, 1t is thought will die At
last accounts he was suffering intensely,
and was in very weak condition.
Jacksonville has made the remarkable
discovery that policemen in that city go to
sleep on their posts. One was suspended
from the force the other day with warn
ing.
The Jacksonville Red Bandana club held
an experience meeting on Tuesday evening,
when the club was entertained by several
speeches indorsing Cleveland and Thurman
and tariff reform.
r. J. Blount Of Barlow, has in his posses
sion an old-fashioned wash pot which is a
curiosity on account of its age, which is un-
known, although in IT'S it was buried to
keep il from being taken by the British
soldiers. 1t has been in the family of Mrs.
Blount's mother since that time.
A correspondent of the Pensacola Com
rnercidl, writing from Chaffln, says: "Dr.
W. L. Richbourg was shot and seriously
wounded Friday night at 10 o'clock by UNI
known parties. The weapon used was a
shotgun; it was fired through an open win
dow. Excitement is running high. Dr.
Mills Of Milton is in attendance"
The Knights of Labor at Pensacola are
making preparations for a grand picnic on
July A. One of the chief features of the
popular
candidate for sheriff and county treasurer.
There are three candidates openly announced
for sheriff and four for treasurer, and no
telling how many more will announce
| themselves later
The town trustees of Lawtey will cele-
brate the Fourth by a hag-raising on the
| tower of the new school house. A staff,
reaching seventy feet above the ground,
will be erected, a great gilded ball will oe
| run upon it, and a flag twenty feet long
| will be given to the breezes of Florida. The
bunting has already been received, and the
ladies will assemble and do the patriotic
sewing required.
| A petition, or memorial, to the marine
| hospital service, at the head of which Is
| DR.. J. b. Hamilton, asking for the appoint
ment of an expert for those counties lying
west of the Apalachicola river, whose duty
| 1t will be to examine into, and make official
reports of any, or all suspicious, or reported
cases of fever, which might develop in any
| of the counties named, has been extensively
circulated and numerously signed in the
| west Gulf coast counties the past week.
The last of the Apache Indians of Ger
| onimo's gang, who were confined at Fort
Pickens, were removed to Mount Vernon,
| Ala, by rail on June 81. 1t was the inten-
ton of the government to send these, the
youngest of the band, to Carlisle, Pa, to
|
| their transportation, and they were to be
! kept at Pickens until such time as the money
could be got. The others, about 80 in num-
| Der, were sent to Mount Vernon about a
| month ago There are now very near 500
Indians, bucks and squaws, at Mount Yer
non.
Barlow Adudnce- Courier: j. j. Mills. a
jealous worker for the interests of his sec
ton of the county, brought US yesterday
mammoth stalk of tobacco, variety fsa-
bella. The stalk has nine leaves, the largest
measuring 15xSO inches. The texture is
very fine. The tobacco was planted on
March Is, on cow-penned land, and only
had two hoeings. The plants are 2 feet
| apart. Lafayette Whidden raised the
tobacco. and he cut 500 stalks on June ,
which he has cured nicely. Four hundred
stalks are yet TO cut. There are lots of
tobacco in that section of the county and
the people will be glad to learn about cut
ting, curing, etc We hope to hear from
some ono experienced in tho business.
Orlando Record. The extension Of the
South Florida railroad to Port Tampa is
certainly an undertaking Of which that
company has reason TO feel proud. The
trestle extends for quite distance over the
waters OF the bay, SO that the water at the
farther end is about 26 feet deep, and the
elegant steamships of the Plant steamship
| company are enapieu 10 come directly 10 the
train and tho passengers can almost step
directly from the cars on to the boat The
South Florida company seem TO be con-
stanty on the lookout for new schemes
which will tend to the greater comfort of
its passengers and with the immense amount
of travel which seems assured for next win
ter, this route promises TO become more
popular than ever.
The New York Morning Journal Of June
25 contains an account of the chloroform-
ing and robbipg Of A. NJ. Taylor, formerly
OF Jacksonville, at about 8 o'clock Satur-
day night. Mr.. Taylor was on his way
to spend the night at the house Of some
friends, when he was accosted by man,
who asked him for quarter. On putting
his hand in his pocket TO comply with tho
request, the man seized him by tho throat