The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
FLORIDA.


tory.
Strawberries are selling in Ocala at 35c a
quart
There is some talk of starting bank at
Chipley.
Ormond has organized a building and
loan association.
Vegetable crops of all kinds are flourish
ing in Lake county.
Work on the Silver Spring Park opera
house has commenced.
Chipley has about ten good carpenters
and every one seems to be busy.
A good many deer have been killed near
| Chipley since the heavy rain last week.
Admiral E. English, of the United States
! Navy, and wife are at DeFuniak Springs.
An unusual number of steam yachts have
visited the st. Johns river during this sea-
son.
Mr.. Lefbury has a new catamaran, built
on scientific principles, at DaytOna Thurs
| day.
At Daytona a day or two ago some mis-
creant broke the horn off Of Mrs. Hoag's pet
| COW.
U. G. Pitou has purchased the Port Or
ange Hotel property. The consideration is
$1,000.
| The Brick work on the Balcom block at
morning.
Daytona's Messenger is hard paper to
beat for local news. The town should be
proud of it
More or less of the "corner talk' of Pa
| latka's citizens at present is upon the coming
municipal election
AT Daytona H. E. Thompson is erecting
a handsome cottage on Canal street, near
Hollywood avenue.
| If only one blossom in fifty produces an
orange the crop on the east coast can be es-
timated at 100000 boxes.
Tender vegetation at Madison was injured
more or less by the cold snap on Tuesday
and Wednesday mornings.
| Mr.. Howell has purchased land of Henry
Griner directly west of DIR. Stewart, at An
thony, aud will soon build.
| Charles H. Iitchmau, General Secretary
of the order of the Knights of Labor, will
| arrive i'll Pensacola tomorrow.
! At Green Cove Spring Mr.. Cousins steam
launch has been put in working order and
makes frequent trips on the river.
At Anthony Mr.. Waits and wife have
taken possession of their new and elegantly
| furnished home on East Olive street
| The Baptist Church at Chipley is still UNI
| finished. Work was commenced several
months ago, but has come to a standstill.
| AT a meeting of the farmers of South
Apopka last Saturday, on the extra session
| question, the vote stood unanimous against
| 1T.
H. w. Chalfnch, of Buffalo Bluff, sent
| twenty-seven boxes of oranges to James
town, N. Y, and received $95 SO net for
| them.
An election for a First Lieutenant to fill
the vacancy now existing will be held by
the Daytona Rifles at their armory on Tues
day evening.
At Gainesville DR.. j. F. McKinstrey is
beginning the erection of a new residence
on his lot adjoining the property of Mrs.
| G. T. Dawkins.
! A siX-legged calf is the latest curiosity of
Lake county. The critter was born dying,
and an enterprising citizen will stuff it for
the Exposition.
The railroad employees at Pensacola sub
| scribed $500 for the unfortunate people who
were made homeless by the Mount Vernon
| cyclonic disaster.
At Daytona a subscription paper is being
! circulated to secure names of those who are
willing to form company to man the two
chemical engines.
The steam lumber mills at Chipley are
constantly going, supplying foreign do
mand, while there is a great demand for
lumber at home which has to remain unsat-
isfed.
The artesian well at the water works at
! Tampa is down 700 feet and no water vet
Mr.. Conover says he expects he will have to
drive it at least 800 feet before satisfac-
| tory flow is obtained
Frank Walters, of River junction, saws
that while he is not candidate for the Leg
| lslature on the prohibition ticket he is in
the hands of his friends, and if they desire
it he is willing to undertake the race.
A large addition to the storage capacity
of the warehouse on the Walnut street.
wharf at Green Cove Spring has been made
| by an extension 40x23 feet in length and
breadth, more than doubling the size of the
| ROOM
There are probably more new,wagons and
other vehicles in Gadsden county now than
at any other one time in its history The
| tobacco syndicate is literally painting the
country red with new wagons in the neigh
borhood of Quincy.
Twenty-Five have applied for membership
! in the Methodist church at Apopka and
| will probably be baptized and received to-
day. This is the result of Rev. j. c. Porter's
revival. Rev. Porter begins a meeting at
Sanford next Sunday.
day or two ago an ARRAY took place at
Long view, few miles from Chipley, be-
tween Pete Bird and Pitch Gray in which
Bird was badly, if not fatally, wounded, be-
ing stabbed in the lungs. Gray escaped UNI
hurt and is unconfned.
Since the cattle ordinance went into effect
the Marshal of Orlando has impounded
seven head Of cattle, all Of which have been
redeemed except one, which will be sold at
public auction on March 6 if not redeemed
by the owner before then.
Dr. Boatright, of Madison, declares that
he has not washed his hand since shaking
the hand Of Mrs Cleveland The doctor
liked her grip SO well that, after shaking the
first time, ne pushed again into the crowd
and awaited his turn again.
At the drawing for the walnut bedroom
set at the rooms of the Orlando Furniture
Company, County Surveyor j. o. Fries
held the lucky number. Mr. Fries prize
valued at S75. The next drawing will take
place soon for plush parlor suite
George w Wright, of Pensacola, who.
with his little son, took passage on the
steamship Countess, from that port 10
Genoa, q short while since, has returned 10
Pensacola. He came home from Newport
News, into which the vessel had put for
coal
Lake Weir Independent: The man who
will give the steamer Amaskohegan a start
Of half the distance between the wharf and
island, then get into his boat aud round the