The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-11
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The Sanford House, at Sanford, has
closed for the season.
A two-story blacksmith and wagon shop
is to be erected at New Smyrna.
furniture factory, with a capital of
$50 600, is to be started at Jacksonville.
The members of the Episcopal church at
Brooksville will build church in short
while.
\ man is said to be looking for site for
Sanitarium, to cost 100000. Palatka
claims to suit him.
William Maddox will be tried in Taylor
county this week for murder committed
fourteen years ago in that county.
The Orlando Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION reading room is well supplied with
periodicals. The library contains about
800 volumes.
Fred Lewter's land agency at Orlando
has just sold the Bailey grove southeast of
Orlando to w. L. Dolive, of Dolive, Ala.
for $4,000 cash.
At present six houses are in process of
construction in Buena Esperanza. In St.
Augustine and suburbs about 10 new
houses are going up.
A fire occurred in East Gainesville on
Friday night which destroyed n small stable
of John Miller. Mr.. Miller lost his har-
ness. some COW feed, fodder and several ar
ticleS.
Probably 300 persons. old and young, are
now engaged in picking the strawberry
crop at Lawtey, receiving from 75c. to 81 a
day for their labor; &c. per quart is the
price paid.
The Alachua Improvement Company
held their annual meeting at Gainesville
Saturday and the old officers were re-
elected. The business of the year shows
the company to be i'll a good healthy condi-
ton.
Tampa's three hour go-as-you-please
walking match, with w. t. Freeny, j. r.
Miller and W. I. Calhoun as contestants
all 'home talent came off at the skating
rink last week and was witnessed by a large
number of spectators. The race was won
by Freeny, he making twenty miles
| nnd three-quarters.
Mr.. Macy. an Orlando wagon builder
| has constructed a four-oared boat, mounted
| on wagon running gear. The boat is of
model build, fitted on holsters suited to the
shape of the hull, and the holsters are set
upon springs to break any jar. The boat is
intended to be the body of the wagon, the
whole thing being most complete rig for
a sportsman. The boat is very light
weighing only 140 pounds, and will carry
six easily.
The cost of buildings, running expenses
gate $66, 997 The receipts from all sources
including $29,926 stock subscriptions paid
| in, I'D Sl1 ,0S6 from the sales of tickets of
admission, foot up $45, 40 There is money
due the Fair Association from various
sources, which will reduce its net debt to
| $l3 $40. The building will be enlarged be-
fore next season. 1t is proposed to raise
the money by issuing stock and placing it
on sale.
People who go to Lawtey are very
| apt to catch the strawberry fever. Even
| the head of u prominent Boston commission
house has expressed an intention of buying
some land and planting a patch" There
is no little fascination in the
business of growing and selling
| received from Chicago as high as $40 n
quart for few choice ones in January, and
a bushel sent TO BOSTON netted the lucky
shipper $40 40.
While Marion Pail, q colored man living
| in Georgetown, a suburb of Sanford was
driving heavily loaded wagon on Cypress
avenue, Saturday evening last, a very heavy
| log on which he was sitting turned and
! threw him under the wheel. The team was
| frightened and made a dash, one wheel
passing over his head and shoulders, almost
burying him i'll the sand, but before the
next wheel caught him he made life and
death effort, and got out without having
any bones broken.
J. DeWycoski and c. Ebey went sailing
Sunday aud drifted into the rapids and
| breakers of North Beach, near st. Angus
tine, where the boat capsized. BY hard
work the men succeeded in landing the
boat. 1t wa, only few days ago that a
Mrs. Kerr was drowned in this same place
which is very dangerous the tide running
around the point Of the beach like mill
race William Kennish, who lives on Anas-
tasia Island, suggested few days ago that a
life boat be put on the island, saying that
there were volunteers enough on the island
TO man boat in case OF emergency.
Bradford county may well be called the
strawberry county, as Alachua is the vege-
table county. Lawtey shipped last week
I about 500 bushels of, strawberries to North
ern cities, and Starke probably Ealf as many
! At current prices these would bring back to
! the county at least IS, 400 There are three
| lines Of refrigerator boxes and one line IF
refrigerator cars running from Iilwtey (the
cars running also from other points below,
carrying strawberries North, and this week
there will probably be another line Of cars
running to New York and Philadelphia,
with an occasional car also to Chicago At
present all strawberry cars and boxes take
! to the water at Savannah.