The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-20
FLORIDA.


Concord and Scotland will soon have a
daily mail
Strawberries are plentiful at Seville at
l5c. per quart
The spring term of the Circuit Court COM
mences at Quincy next Monday.
The taxable property of Fort Myers is
100000, and in Lee county S1,000,O00.
Ducks are very plentiful on Suwanee
river, and there are still few deer left.
The Grand Lodge of the knights of
Pythas will meet in st. Augustine to-
morrow.
cleared his Lake Mirror property and will
build soon.
The Palace Club" is said to be a charter
organization of Sanford, with shares in the
sum of 500.
The West Hillsborough Times, of Clear
Water Harbor, has issued Sub Tropical
edition that is full of interesting reading.
The production of vegetables in the Geo
nee section is estimated at 100000 crates.
Tomatoes and egg plants are being marketed
now.
Nothing remains now to complete the
Catholic church at Sanford but the putting
in of the pews, which will be done in a short
while.
Mrs. G. D. Philips, of Madison, Ind, has
purchased the Glover grove, located two
and half miles from Orange City, for
$1,000 cash.
Over S11 900 was subscribed in New
Smyrna for county site buildings, and the
list was far from complete when the con-
vention met.
Last year many orange trees in the neigh
borhood of Leesburg bloomed in June.
The fruit is now getting ripe and is of
excellent qnality.
The Council of Orange City has voted to
remit the taxes on the Atlantic and West
ern railway for three years as bonus
toward the cost of station building to be
erected there.
The cocoonery at the Spring Garden silk
farm is at present feeding 10000 silk worms.
They are growing rapidly, and will soon
reach that interesting stage when they COM
mence to spin.
The immense cabbage crop around
Umatilla is now being shipped. On We'd
nesday three car loads were started for
Chicago. 1t is estimated that the crop
shipped from Umatilla alone will amount
to 10000 crates, netting something like
$4,000 to $4,000.
1t is reported that guest of the Brock
House at Enterprise is going to purchase
that valuable property and the land lying
~
ming's on the lake shore, and will demolsh
the present hotel and erect a four-story
coquina hotel on It's site.
During the month of February the books
at the United States Land Office at Gaines
vile, show that there were entered 1O2
homeSteadS, embracing 100000 acres of
land, l52 cash entries, embracing 26, 054 04
acres, and Il pre-emptions filed. The cash
receipts of the Office were about 1874 900
rI,.,. t.,rY Of hA
was in West Florida.
At the State Teachers Association held
recently at DeFuniak two premiums, out of
five offered, were awarded TO the schools Of
Alachua county. The reward SIS for the
best ungraded school Of the State was
awarded TO the Sentaify school, r. =.
Prngle, teacher. The premium for the best
exhibit of native woods was awarded to tie
son of j. r. Zetrouer, of Rochelle The
work of the Rochelle school was highly
complimented.
The announcement that the Florida Mid
land railroad will be extended to Palatka
on the north and TO Key West on the south,
has been received with much rejoicing at
kissimmee. The road will cross the South
Florida at kssimmee, thus adding TO the
increasing Importance of the place. it is
expected that the road will be speedily
completed 10 that point and the company
proposes to push the work all along the
line
1t is said that company of capitalists is
being organized TO drain Okeechobee, the
great Florida lake. The plan is 20 run three
canals, one on the west and two on the north
of the lake, which will carry Off probably
three-fourths Of the water now spread over
the face of the country, and render avail
able at least 200 900 acres of land now utter
ly worthless. The canals will drain into the
lake, which is cheaper and easier than max
ing them drain into the sea, and If the ex-
pertinent proves a success the whole face of
the country will be altered aud the reed and
mangrove swamps replaced by some of the
fiuest rice fields in the world.
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