The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Judge Mershon has moved from Orlando
to Kissimmee.
Jack Ahern caught an immense shark at
Egmont Key on Monday last.
]. H. Hubbard is candidate for the office
of City Treasurer of DeLand.
A new town named Marco has been laid
out on the Gulf coast Of Lee county.
Work has begun enlarging and repairing
the Methodist church at Orange city.
Sixteen hundred alligator hides were sold
and delivefed in Fort Ogden last week.
The work of extending the Silver Spring,
Ocala and Gulf railroad on to Homosassa
continues.
The young men Of Ocala have organized
hose reel company to operate with the
water works.
The orange crop around Enterprise prom
ises to be considerably larger next season
than last year.
Cornelius Slough, while hunting deer near
Daytona last week. sighted a bear and
killed it. Weight 300 pounds.
The Branford Messenger is soon to be
moved over into Lafayette county, TO be
run strictly insthe interest of the Democratic
party.
The Sheffield lands at New Smyrna, en-
hracing 1000 acres, will be sold at New
Smyrna at public auction ON Monday,
May z
Some vegetables are being shipped from
Anthony, but not as many as there would
have been had not so much dry weather
prevailed.
The erection of the telegraph wires on
the Orange Belt railroad has been com
pleted and they are i'll operation to Tarpon
from Monroe.
A citizens meeting was held at Kissim-
NEE last Tuesday evening to consider the
project of building a railroad from that
place to Runnymede.
One of the possibilities, as a wonderful at
traction and great convenience to Orange
City, is the utilization of the famous mineral
waters of Blue Spring.
Court in Hamilton county adjourned
Thursday evening. Judge White has been
quite unwell all the week, but managed to
keep the wheel of justice moving.
There is young gentleman and his lady,
who reside at Daytona, who may safely be
called the champion pie aud ice cream
eaters. Three pies and quart Of cream at
a sittingais nowhere.
The cat at the DeSoto House, at DeIeon
Springs. ought to have been "A dog, as many
instances are known of its accompanying
people on long tramps, and always keeping
within calling distance.
The ladies of Tampa have begun the
work of improving the court house square.
A fountain, a chain fence, band stand,
curved walks, grass plats and flowers, are
on the proposed bill Of improvements.
An old saw mill shed, belonging to Mr..
Sultenfuss, at San Antonio, Pasco county,
was burned on Sunday evening. planer
and circular saw, and other mill machin-
cry were destroyed Loss about $780,
Celestino Palacio's cigar factory, at Key
West, has been closed, owing TO the impossi-
bility of securing good wrappers until the
new Cuban crop is ready for use. About
500 persons are thrown out of employment.
The iron work for the draw in the bridge
over the Halifax river, at Daytona, arrived
| in East Palatka Friday, over the st. Angus
tine and Palatka railway, and went down
the St Johns aud Halifax railroad to its
destination.
n. Gazan, proprietor of the Charleston
House at Orlando, has been busy for the
past few days in packing his goods, pre-.
paratory to shipping them to Savannah
| Ga, for which place he expects to leave
next Wednesday.
At Pensacola Judge Mcclellan has denied
motion for new trial in the case Of William
/ Hicks, convicted at this term of the Circuit
Court of murder in the first degree. Hicks
counsel will take the case to the Supreme
| Court of the State.
Work still continues on the artesian wei
at Anthony 1t is now 1856 feet deep. The
contractors are getting somewhat dis.
couraged but they propose to bore to quite q
depth farther If there is an artesiau
stream underlying Anthony they intend &c
| find it.
| Carl Vogt & Sons have twenty acres
! planted in tobacco, in Gadsden county, with
| a good stand, on new land, and are putting
out 5000 to 1000 plants per day, working
! fifty hands. Often, during the dry weather
the plants are set out and watered during
the night
There are so many fine large groves
around Oviedo that il is difficult TO find a
| route for the new railroad without cutting
! up some of these groves badly. One party
asks $1,000 il the road goes through his
grove, and another won't let the iron horse
through for less than $500.
The steamer Bengar lBr), now loading by
! Messrs. Wheelwright & Co., at FeInandina,
for Matan2as Cuba, is the largest mer-
chant steamer which has ever come into
port for cargo OF lumber. She has II is
SAID, a capacity for carrying ,0O0, 600 feet,
and draws, when loaded. nineteen feet OF
water.
lne SOutu 1loIlud fOunufy AT OrIlndO Is
getting out castings for several of Mr.
! Burdens fiber machines, which have been
ordered by capitalists in Honduras, Vene-
zuela, and other South American places.
| Castings are also being made for Burdens
moss-cleaning machine, which have been
ordered by firm in Chicago.
At Orange City james Fl. Barron has
bought the William Rock residence anc
property, on West French avenue, the con
sideration being S2,500. MIR. Barron own!
a six-acre grove in that vicinity for which
he recently refused an offer of $4,000, anC
ii has just commenced 10 fairly bear. HI
will reside on his new purchase. .
At Punta Gorda the Hotel Punta Gords
Is closed for the season. D, H. Swan. the