The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30
FLORIDA.

IallahaSSee's boom Is unprecedented III
her history
Palatka Heights holds its municipal cleo
ton next Tuesday.
During the last four weeks 5000 pounds
of mail were received at the DeLand post
office.
L. A. Ludwig, of New York city, hai
bought the Rich grove near DeLand for
$1,000.
Mr.. A. M. Cushman is announced as a
candidate for City Clerk and Treasurer of
Gainesville.
r. b. Byrd's residence at Tallahassee had
a narrow escape from being destroyed by
fire Saturday night.
A muatto baby, newly born, was left on
the door steps of a West Hill house, at Pen
sacola, before daylight Sunday morning.
Some of the young men of Barlow have
organized young mems prayer meeting,
to be held on Tuesday evenings of each
week.
Several hotel schemes are being discussed
by Barlow business men, and there is little
doubt that another season will have solved
the question.
S. G. Cochran, now of Wauchula, but
formerly of Barlow, intends returning to
Barlow aud starting a saw mill and putting
out an orange grove
A gentleman who owns a small unim-
proved lot 80 by 20 feet, on a side street at
Tallahassee, was offered and refused 81 900
for it a few days ago.
J. n. Sawyer, of DeLand, moved into
his present store March IS, and since then
has sold / Is sets of harness at an average
cost of Sl3, and has done other business in
proportion.
The directors of the First National Bank
of Barlow met on Tuesday last and elected
the following officers: f. w Page, Presi-
dent; Warren Tyler, Vice President; w. j.
Emerson, Cashier.
John H. Horne, of Tallahassee, found this
week an egg that measures ~ inches
around one way, and 6A the other, and
weighs 81 ounces. 1t was laid by COM
mon chicken of the duck-leg breed.
At the auction sale of lumber at High
land Park, the other day, S. G. Brooks bid
in 1904 900 feet of lumber for j. B. Stetson,
who will use it for fencing and building a
new packing house on his west DeLand
place.
Butler Blanchard, the Tallahassee F1Ori-
dian pressman, has manufactured a violin
out of pieces of a cigar box. 1t is not n
thing of beauty, nor JOY forever, but it
makes about as good music as the average
fiddle
At Barlow T. C.. Mckenzie has erected
on the south side of Church street a very
commodious two-story residence, and Just
opposite, on the north side of the same
street, l.. Fl. Virgins has erected a two
story eight-room house.
The extension of the ST. Johns and Hall
fax railroad, and the st. Augustine and
Palatka railway along the east side of the
river TO the bridge are raising the expecta-
tons of the property owners of East Palatka
as to the prospects for the future
A close call for fire occurred at Barlow
on Saturday evening at Lybass & Prices
store A lamp burst and threw its contents
over some dry goods. Fortunately the q
were enough present to extinguish the
flames quickly, and little damage was done
Foot races around the court house yard at
Gainesville were INDUCED i'll by several of
the young men Wednesday. The catcher
and pitcher of the Oak Base Ball Club each
ran around the entire distance of the four
walks, about 200 feet, in three quarters of
a minute.
Orlando Record A sign on one of the
principal business streets in this city reads:
The bulldog pants, especially for working
men," Instances have been known where
he seemed to pant for the young man who
fingered in the parlor after 10 o'clock in the
evening. Cases of this kind are apt to cause
breaches of the peace.
The sponge packing houses at Key West
are doing absolutely nothing at present, as
no spongeS have arrived in port for several
weeks excepting few very small lots from
up the Keys. The sponge fleet are nearly
all out on the bars at present, and a few
days of favorable working weather will en-
able them to make good hauls and return in
three or four weeks.
Barlow In formdnt: We have on our ia
BILE fossil which none of our local scientists
seem able to classify. 1t is unlike anything
we ever saw or read of i'll the heavens
above or in the earth beneath. II was taken
from Peace Creek near Wauchula, and il is
reported that large quantity Of huge fos-
sill bones lie on the same spot. This piece
will be sent TO the Smithsonian at Washing
ton, after which we shall doubtless learn
more about it.
The champion curiosity in the shane of an
orange tree may be seen at Mr. Codington'S
residence near Barlow 1t is only III
inches from the ground b the extreme top
and is less than * Of an inch in diameter at
the ground, but it has well developed fruit
bud nearly opened, and there is every indi-
cation that it will bear fruit this year. It's
family is the citrus auranti m and its
species is meetenis sucata. 1t was sent
from Washington and set out where it now
stands in January last
Barlow hformdRt: Our devils call
for copy arouses us from fit of incoming
over TIC most Interesting crap book it has
ever been our fortune 20 see. II is the prop
erty o, Maj. j. w. Tencn, and contains "A
No"t OF curious things Among them we
ii a a. bill of sale of a negro man and
Woman dating back TO colonial days. Sew
era specimens Of colonial paper money and
an eIdlcsS assortment of literary gems from
away back in the years that seem as far
away as creations morn.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with tae County Clork of Polk county for
the Lake Alfred Company, with principal
place OF business at Lake Alfred tBartow
Junction.. The business Of said company
casting out all ,erpiage--is to build city
at Lake Alfred and they will probably
succeed in doing it, because they have got
the necessary brains, snap and money.
The capital stock is $500, 600, and tho stock
holders are the Plant Investment Company
j. A. Henderson, a. II. Parslow, W. II.
wan Fleet, j. f. lngraham, ii. h. Plant,
Harry Walters II. J. O'Brien, G.. H. Tilley,
III. ]. Haines, &. d. Owens, w. S. Chisholm,
r. b. Smith and ID. r. Jack.
Phillips Digestible Cocoa
Unlike other cOcoag and chocolates IL il not