The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-23
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| o. AuBuoJlle CIhdIS lllu MAJ hcb
in the West.
Pensacola is to be afflicted by twenty
| book 'canvaSserS
The foundation of the NJ. L. Church at
Dade City will soon be laid.
Deputy Collie tor Stewards new cottage
at Fernandina is nearly completed.
Large numbers of fine black bass are
being caught from the many lakes near
/ Seville.
The Clarendon and Riverside hotels at
Green Cove Springs have closed for the
season.
The Eustis Lake Region dominates Maj
A. j. Russell for Congress to succeed Hon.
| r. II. M. Davidson.
VIM. +. Peelter hasjhad neat cottage
erected on his lot on the Bayard tract, at
Green Cove Springs.
Shipments of Irish potatoes from Clay
county, just now, are large and the net pro-
ceeds from sales are handsome.
Charley Robertson and George Pendarvis,
| Of Panasotfkee, have Melted $500 on a
| fourth of an acre Of Strawberries this sea
| son.
|. j. Halstead, for the past year local ed
! itor of the Gainesville Record, will retire
from the field Of journalism to run a fruit
| stand
| The Old Slave Market at st. Augustine
| has been reprinted, a new roof laid, and
this famous old building will soon be neat
as pin.
The burning of some of the stalls and
! fencing at the fair grounds at Lake City
| Thursday evening created a momentary
| excitement.
In Clay county, orange trees, as a rule,
have devoted their energies the present sea
son, to charging their proportions rather
than in fruting
| Mrs. T.. b. Underwood, of Highland, took
a dose of poison ON Tuesday by mistake.
| Dr. Morton was sent for, and soon had his
patient all right again.
Granville H. Worthington, of Elizy, has
been granted a pension of IS per month,
commencing from Jan. 20, 1887, as a sur
vivor of the Mexican war.
A. H. Stockton, formerly merchant of
| DeLand, but lately doing business in Ashe-
vile, N. c.. made an assignment few days
ago for the benefit of his creditors.
Three hundred and twenty deeds have
been recorded in the Clerks office at Dade
| City within the past few weeks. Most of
| the land sold is in and near Dade City.
1t is reported at Key West that Cubans
are actively preparing to send a series of
j small squads of filibuSters to Cuba, but are
cautious about committing themselves.
There will be about $50, 900 or $50, 900
worth of Strawberries and vegetables
shipped from PanasofflSee, Sumterville,
Bushnell and Coleman stations this season.
Columbia couuty's exports for the year
| ending March 81 amounted to more than
$500, 900 worth of cotton, cotton seed, lum-
Der, crossties, oranges, vegetables, chickens
and eggs.
Revs Kennedy and McWaters are meet
ing with considerable encouragement in the
union protracted meetings they are holding
at New Smyrna. Quite number of per-
sons have been converted.
b. c. Campbell, of Dade City, from a
| quarter of an acre of land planted i'll straw
! berries, has shipped over 700 quarts, realiz-
| ing more than 500 profit, besides having
large quantities that he used for domestic
purposes.
At Gainesville, Friday, as Judge Bell was
| charging a soda water fountain. by some
means the generator got out of fix and came
near exploding, and while the Judge was
| trying TO stop the escape of acid his hand
and coat was somewhat burned.
Sumter county will probably realize 800,
600 from the stra wberry and vegetable crop
this season, to say nothing of watermelonS.
which will come in later. Her citizens are
now shipping Irish potatoes, tomatoes, Gu
cumbers, beets, beans and cabbage.
The military company at their last meet
adopted the name of Kissimmee Light In
fantry, and elected J. w. Watson, Captain
p. b. Sandifer, First Lieutenant; G. b.
Provins, Second Lieutenant, and j. W
Southern, Secretary and Treasurer.
Charles Eaton, of Lake City, exhibits
three rice buttons, two brass pins, three
pieces OF the same metal from different
| parts of shoe, a pebble, percussion cap
and the shell of Cartridge, taken from
the crop of one and the same chicken.
Jonas G. Mangold, a photographer of Pa
| latka has received notice that he has been
placed on the pension rolls as a veteran of
the Mexican war, FOR pension TO date from
| Dec. %, 1887, at the rate of $Sa month. Mr.
Mangold served in the same company with
the late Gen. John A. Logan.
In the presentments brought in Saturday
the grand jury of Putnam county saws:
Several charges against William f. For
| ward late Clerk of Putnam county, have
been supported by sufficient evidence to
Justify indictments, but We're found to be
barred by the statute of Imitation
The Peen-to and Honey peach crop will be
short in CLAY county the present season.
| The failure of the usually reliable nCney to
put on much fruit was doubtless caused
by the dry weather which prevailed during
the budding season. The native variety Of
peach trees will bear their usual quota of
fruit.
The city election at DeI4and occurs Tues
day, May 5, and candidates are getting TO
he as thick as eggs on AN Easter morning
w. II. George is a candidate for reelection
to the City Matshalship G. T.. Kirk will
also be candidate for Marshal. c. A.
Biggers is a candidate for the office Of City
Clerk j. H. Hubbard is candidate for the
Office Of City Treasurer.
L. +. Bond has bought of Hart Norris a
lGS.acre homestead, near Highland Park.
Tho tract contains ~ acres of orange
grove, Of which Al acres are ten-year-old
trees ard the rest are five years old There
are 90 acres Of nigh hummocz, and good
buildings on the place. Mr.. Bond contem.
plates setting out 10 acres of grove in june
and 10 acres every ensuing June until the
entire tract is covered with orange trees.
At Sanford a young man well known
about town made an eventful call on q lady
few evenings ago, aud it is said that he is
not very likely 10 ''call again" for some
time TO come. 1t appears that he was very
well acquainted with the pretty servant
girl who generally answers the door bell,
though he wouldn't have his friends know
it for the world. On the evening in ques.