The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-06

! J. /. Saunders has just set out IL, 600 pine
! apple plants at his tropical place on Indian
river.
At New Symrna, Mr. Mier is tearing to
| pieces the old sloop Louisa that has lain on
the shore so long.
! Several barrels of mangrove honey were
shipped from New Symrna to northern
markets last week
The Orange City Times is now near the
close of its eighth year. 1t was founded by
| its present proprietor
The first shipment of oranges from New
Smyrna was made by d. ?. Smith, Jr., to
| his mother in Savannah
The friends of NJ. L. Payne of Ocala an
nounce him for reelection to the office of
| superintendent of public instruction.
About $4,000 brick are on the ground for
West g. Growers brick block at Orange
City, and work is to begin this week.
The annual barbecue at Leitner, Marion
county, will take place Wednesday, Aug. s.
at Griner School farm. A big time is ex
pected.
At New Smyrna lumber is being hauled
on the Methodist Episcopal parsonage lot,
and Mr.. Mason will begin work on 1T at an
early day.
Cook, the Titusville murderer, left the
Enterprise jail last week for his new quar-
tiers in the state penitentiary to serve out a
life sentence
At Enterprise business is dull, but the
weather is not so oppressive as it has been,
aud frequent showers cool the air and set
all nature smiling.
Jack and Bob Hardee captured recently
1919 alhgators in four nights on Lake Pom
sett They sold them for S54 and had any
amount OF exciting sport.
Blue Spring has a democratic club of
eighty members out of vote of 125. w.
j. Folks is president; j. NJ Renfro, vice
president; H. Moses, secretary, and w. j.
McGehee, treasurer.
The Ocala Rifles have been paid Off by
the state. The funds were applied to the
payment of the balance on the new uni
firms, thereby leaving the Rifles unin-
numbered and out OF debt.
Mr.. Sparkman. who resides near Orange
City, and has been a resident of Florida for
forty years, says that with the exception of
1875. less rain has fallen this year than he
has ever noticed in the state.
The new marble altar at ST. Michael's
church, Fernandina, is now in position, and
is one of the most beautiful and artistic
specimens of workmanship of the kind to be
found anywhere in the south
The orange growers Of Orange CITY re-
port that there Will be less rust on the
oranges this year than heretofore. The
crop promises 10 be- a fine one, not
only in quantity but especially so in
quality.
Maj. John A. Bradley and family of En-
terprise have taken up their abode in the
Gailbreth house, on New York avenue, De-
Land, and intend to become permanent
citizens Of that place in the future. The
major has opened a law Office near the
court house.
1t has been said that the clerk of the cir
cult court Of Marion county makes an aver
age of $12 900 year out Of the proceeds of
that office The clerk is entitled to $40 per
month TO record the proceeding of the
board of county commissioners Job that
hardly requires more than days labor
Fernandina shipped during the month of
July 9,401, 900 feet of lumber and q, 900
crossties. equivalent to total of 1887 900
feet of lumber. During the same time
Jacksonville shipped 1925, 900 feet of lum-
Der and $4,000 crossties, n total Of 1856, 900
feet. Fernandina's total tonnage, entered
and cleared, was 80, 2S6 tons; Jacksonville's,
%, $40 TONS
Eustis boasts OF a young lady only ID
years of age, Effie Harris, who shows won
derful skill in the use Of the Winchester
rifle. Last Friday she killed a flve-foot
gator in Lake Oracle, shooting it through
the eye the first shot She is now having it
stuffed. A bird at the top of the highest
pine tree stands but small chance for its
life when this young lady's aim is in that
direction,
The following reput lican ticket has been
decided on in Marion county The slate is
now complete and seems to be satisfactory
to the members of that party: Clerk of cir
cult court, II. l.. Anderson; judge of pro-
bate, ID. S. Williams; county treasurer, r.
/. Munroe; sheriff, W. j. McGrath, S. Z.
Rowe; assessor of taxes, J. NJ Smith; col
lector of revenue, II. c. Munroe; county
surveyor, A. B. Walker; superb ntendent of
schools, Z. w. Green; representatives, d,
NJ. Rodeffer, w. A. Wilke. son, s. Proskey,
K b. Brooks; senate, J. d. Goss.
The Seville company has recently pur-
chased body of swamp land, part hum
mock, lying between Seville and Lake
George, and are now preparing to drain the
entire body for the vegetable industry.
Near the same place Col. Mann, also inter
ested in the town of Seville, has had for
several years forty acres in garden, and the
past spring realized from the sale of cab
bages alone a net profit of over s., 900. The
resources of the parties connected with
these improvements are inexhaustible, and
the industry they are developing is a most
important item in the march of progress in
Volusia county. They have already ex-
pended nearly S200, 900 in public improve
ment about Seville, and it appears that
their undertakings have just begun. They
engage in the vegetable industry, however