The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-09
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FLORIDA
Insurance rates have been reduced in
Gainesville.
J. P Mace hiss placed in Lake Helen a
new boat named Alice.
The feie-als ana ex-confeierates of Falat-
ka aud vicinity are arranging for picnic.
4 Gal,lari, recently postmaster q St
Augustine. Is now cashier II hank a. that
city.
The capital stock Of the Pensacola electric
light ana power company IS $4,000,
limited
The religious revival at the Orlando
Methodist church progresses with uIiAoated
interest
It is understood that Gov. Perry viii
order an encsmpnent Of Florida state
troops IN July.
A grand army post will soon be organized
in Gainesville. There are about twenty-five
Insn n thai place eligible 70 mem bershlp.
The Young compositors OF the Gainesville
Advocate quit work when the new p7oprle-
tor placed d oolore6 man IN the Office as
foreman.
The steamship Mascotts brought TO Key
West 2SS bales Of tobacco on her return trip
from Havana last Saturday evening, con
siCnea to cICsr manufacturers
Nearly 810. 900 gallons Of water are used
Every day II Orlando from the water works
alone The standpipe has a capacity Of
IL 090 gallons and twice 1ull per day IS not
enough.
At Lake Helen Mrs Drake. mother of
c. NJ Drake, was thrown from a wagon
and severely injured about two weeks ago,
ana If still disabled, the principal injury
being n the back.
4 gator in LAKE Helen ssems, Ike some
folks. f. prefer chicken 70 Florida beef,
and has been helping himself 70 some of
Berlin Wrlght's poultry. M. Wright has
los6sd his rife and vows retaliation.
O~csola county i getting up, under the
direction Of Capt. Beavers, a first class ex-
hibit 70 90 % Cincinnati with the Knights
Of PythiaS There will be in it fine corn,
oats, sugar cane. pineapples, orange trees
bearing, tobacco, cured and growing, etc.
The Seminole Indians are now repairing
TO Cow creek. on the east Of Lake Okeecho-
bes. for the purpose Of having their annual
dance, known a. the green corn dance. 1t
viii commence about the last Of this month
and viii continue through nearly the entire
month Of July.
Old Peter, HOOK and ladder horse, of
Key West. WAS disabled several weeks ago
BIZ prlcklng his foot with a nail, and is
practically done for. He j stiff in every
limb. and his jaws are nearly tightly lock ID d.;
50 much 50 thst his food has T. be administ-
cred l. the shape Of gTuels
The Silver Springs hotel was destroyed
by fire thursday morning about i o'clock.
The destruction Is complete. The loss is
about 50. go: insurance <l4, 900 The
Waterman barely escaped, The property
was owned by hrs. Sarah Bishop. The fire
Is supposed to have been incendiary in
origin.
The residence Of Capt. Saussy, at Alfalfa
post Office, was destroyed by fire on Mon
day night last The family were aroused
from sleep by the cracking of the flames
and barely escaped with their lives. A few
articles Of clothing and jewelry was all
that was sa we'd The loss was about 81, 900
with 81, 500 insurance.
At Lake Helen, on Friday last, Mary
Webster, daughter of Prof. q. w. Webster
the well-known apiarist, died Of typhoid
fever, in the 10Th year Of her age Her
mother is very Ill OF the same disease, and
has been removed TO the house Of Rev. E.
Macy, 50 as to have the benefit of Mrs
Macy's careful and skillful nursing.
The Signal, a republican paper published
at DeFuniak, bOoms the following political
slate: For governor, S. Conant; L. ID.
Ball, secretary Of state; superintendent of
schools, II. s. Chubb; treasurer, A. d.
Bassett: comptroller, J. 8. COMBS; attor-
ney general, John Eagan; chief justice
J. r. Challen; associate justices, Hugh
Miller and J. B. Patterson.
Lake Helen suffered somewhat from
drought curing the last month, but far less
than neighboring towns. And the same
fact has been observed in former years,
there bling there geographical conditions
favorable 10 the precipitation of rain.
Another favorable circumstance is that
water is found few feet below the surface,
thus imparting a degree of moisture to the
soil.
Three years ago Tony Pomar of st.
Augustine caught a nonperel and put it in
a cage When cold weather approached in
the fall its mate went away. In the spring
1t returned and fitted about the prison of
its mate until fall again. Last spring it
returned as before, and Wednesday it came
again. Tony placed an empty open cage on
top of the cage containing the bird, and il
was soon captured.
1t is understood that work will soon be
begun on the East Coast canal from st.
Augustine TO Lake Worth. great deal of
dredging has already been done. The bal
ance Of the work has been put out by con.
tract and "a number of additional dredges
will be put on the canal within few weeks.
1t Is expected that by Jan. i, 1859, the rlV'
ers and lagoons along the east coast from
st. Augustine to Lake Worth, a distance OF
over $50 miles, will be navIgable to large
steamboats,.
On Monday, June 4, tremendous hail
storm passed over part of Conway district.
At Mr. Elves residence it did considerable
damage, running the tobacco and egg plants
and cutting the gardens doth Kitchen and
flowei) to pieces. A lot of nail was picked
up after the storm and placed in a refriger
ator, which, on Tuesday morning, had con
solidatod Itself into block weighing quite
twenty-five pounds. Some of the hailstones
that fell were more than an inch i'll length
Some small trees were blown down.
Messrs. Maring & Pelton of Lake Helen
have shipped some 800 crates Of strawbor
rios from two acres planted in the "middles'
of Mr.. Maring's grove, receiving au aver
age OF about 50 a crate. From an acre OF
Strawberries they have sold over 800 worth
Of berries, beside making about two barrels
of wine This was on high pine land, anG
it settles the question, so far as Lake Heller
is concerned, whether vegetables can be
profitaply raised on such land The expe
rience there has been uniformly on the same
side.
Key West Equator: One calling himself
Enrique Rodriguez, and giving out that he
| is an agent FOR the sale of lots in Seminole
! City, on the mainland, has been selling sucl
! lots to Key West purchasers, taking par
of th5 purchase money, and promising b
execute deeds on the tender of full pay
ment. Purchases have been made by
parties, whose names we have, who have