The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-30
FLORIDA.

Peach trees are being planted at Osteen.
At Gainesville S. G. Sadler has purchased
an interest in the Gem Cigar Factory.
Truck farms are hourshing along the
entire line of the Florida Southern rail way
The brick work on the new Presbyterian
church at Gainesville will commence to-
day.
The sawmill of Messrs. Baker & Banks
dale at Seville will be in operation in a few
days.
James Hamilton, near DeI.eon Springs,
has IN his garden some stalks of corn six
feet high.
A number of the small ponds near Seville
have gone dry which were never known to
go dry before.
The South Florida Railroad Company
will at once replace the old narrow guage
iron ON this branch by new and heavy iron.
The Governor of Louisiana has appointed
Ed Gale Quina of Pensacola, resident Com
missioner Of Deeds for the State of Louisl-
ana.
The hotel subscription at Gainesville is
steadily growing larger and larger. The
Adr0cdte low feels almost assured of a $50
900 building.
w. RevelS was in DeLeon Springs Mon
day preparing a machine for u. NJ. Ben
nett by which the scale upon the orange is
easily removed.
A number of the wells in Poppelrs addi-
ton to Seville have gone dry and have been
sunk deeper in order to secure a sufficient
amount of water.
Andrew Harper, of Seville, has over !, 200
celery plants on the extensive vegetable
farm of W. X. Lente, and says there is Il
great demand for them.
The frame of the new church for the
coored people at DeLeon Springs has been
| erected, and the colored brethren are labor
ing to raise money TO get it inclosed as soon
as Possibe.
A serious wreck occurred on the Pensacola
and Atlantic railroad Friday morning Nine
freight cars fell through trestle No r. near
Hollis station, and took fire. No one was in
jured. Wreckng cars we're sent out to
clear away the wreck.
Another sale Of land was made in the
Lake Das region, near DeLeon Springs, ON
Monday, Lewis j. Billings being the pur-
chaser 1t was the property of w. j. Green
ami embraced fifty eight acres, with two
acres of bearing grove.
Capt Wade, of the steamer Curlew. saws
that the fishermen at present are doing well
on the st. Johns river. For the last few
DAYS he has brought into Palatka an average
of POO shad daily, the catch of three boats,
between there and Racy Point.
The city tax books of Ocaa have been
accepted by the Council and Tax Collector
King is now on his rounds gathering in the
shekels The assessed value is $500. 600.
and the revenue to be derived $40. 900
which make the taxes > per cent of valua-
ton.
The orange shipping season is notyet over
at Oviedo. Col. Alexander is packing and
shipping his crop, amounting to about 500
boxes, aud number of others have yet TO
ship their fruit j. II. King says that z, 300
have been shipped from DR.. Fosters grove
and there is still about 5000 boxes to be sent
to market
Little Mabel, child Of George Seacolc, Of
Eustis, met with quite a serious accident
last Monday. While playing around a corn
cutter She got her hand in its mouth and it.
bit, cutting through three fingers. nearly
severing them from her hand. Dr. Sargent
sewed up the wound and expects 10 save the
fingers.
Eustis Lake Region: We are informed
that Robert Eddington, Willis Jenkins
Russell Reese, William Starke aud Ahra ham
MacKee, who have been working on Frank
Jones orange grove, near Tavares. were
discharged by the manager Jan. %, be-
cause they voted Tor Eustis, and have not
yet been paid.
The Carpenters Railroad As. ociation. of
Pensacola, composed Of the members of the
Carpenters and Joiners' Union, held "A
meeting Friday night in the interest of the
Pensacola and Mobile railroad. A neat
sum was subscribed TO the railroad stock.
and an efficient committee appointed TO
solicit additional subscriptions
w. q, Clifton, of Deleon Springs, is con
templating building railroad from De-
Leon Springs 60 Daytona, via. the southeast
corner OF Lake Winona. Those wishing TO
take stock in this road will please notify
him at once. IL is not intended thatit shall
be an air line, but will strike all points
where the "money Is, no matter now cir
cult0us the route