The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-10
FLORIDA.

Circuit Court is In session at Gainesville.
Circuit Court convened at Kissimmee
Monday.
1t is said that H. b. Plant has selected a
site for mammoth hotel at Tampa Bay.
Phosphate beds II feet in thickness have
been discovered on lands in the Alligator
creek vicinity.
The First Lieutenant of the United States
corps of engineers made a visit to Char
lotte Harbor during last week.
Valuable improvements are being made
in West Punta Gorda. Five handsome new
residences will soon be completed.
The average shipments of vegetables on
the Midland line from 4he stations south of
Apopka are about 400 crates daily.
A painter named Davis, of Punta Gorda.
secured fiftY-three bird plumes, which sold
for $40, as the result of two days shooting
| last week.
Monday was legal sale day, and notwith-
| standing Gainosville's plea of hard times.
considerable money and real estate changed
owners there.
The Sanford Foundry and Machine Shops
have just received forty tons of iron, thirty
five tons of coke, and twenty-five tons of
moulding sand. 8
In addition to the, SIC. 400 collections at
| the Tampa custom house last month, "a, 900
of dutiable goods passed through to Jack
sonville under the immediate transportation
act.
| 1t is whispered that Judge John G. Avery
will shortly resign the Judgeship of the
| Criminal Court Of Record of Escambia
county, and that he Will be succeeded by
Col. j. p. Jones.
Col. q. A. M. Rains, who for several
months past has engaged in the erection of
life saving stations on the coast of Texas.
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returned to his family at Gainesville.
The steamer Alfalfa was sold at Tampa,
Monday, by Deputy United States Marshal
| George T. Washington. The boat was pur-
chased by Maj. Charles Wright for 81 ,012 50.
This is less than one-fourth of what she cost
new about sixteen months ago.
Several Northern capitalists are now at
| Winter Pork, probably in the interest of
the Winter Park and Orlando road and the
| Winter Park and Lake Jesup road. Among
them are Senator Farrar, Rev. Henry
| Brown, d. D., c. f. Hoag and Charles D.
| Haines.
Near Wauchulla, a man having hired
some laborers to cut crossties, they We're
walked in on at the camp in the woods by
certain parties and ordered to leave, saving
they did not want any negroes coming in
to take away work" The negroes were
frightened and left.
j. H. Fry, of Kerr City. is developing
large variety of ra e and beautiful plants.
Monday he received from New York speci-
| mems of "nelumbium speciosumn or true
Egyptian Lotus from the Nile, rarely seen
in America. 1t is, when in bloom, one of
the most beautiful of plants
A colored woman went to County Clerk
LaRua, Tuesday, for a divorce from her
husband. She insisted, despite the old gen.
tlemah's emphatic protest that he could
grant the divorce aud she was not con-
WINGED until Mr.. LaRua put some unmis-
taxable emphasis on his words.
The rainfall in Alachua county in the
past five months has been the smallest ever
| before known in "A like period of time
Since the middle of December last there has
been very little rain in and around Gaines
vile; in fact, at that time the wells were
low. and in some instances quite dry.
Valuable improvements and additions are
to he made TO the Hotel PGnta Gorda and
grounds during the summer, consisting of
elegant billiards and whist rooms, bath
house, boat house, six naphtha steam
lau ches, six pleasure sloops, six row boats
ana other water attractions; also, 200
monthly blooming rose bushes and many
other towering shrubs.
DeLands municipal election, Monday.
| resulted as follows For Mayor, f. S. Good
rich, 2O9: j. j. Banta, 26. For Clerk, S. b.
Right, lG3 G. A. Biggers r. For Treas
urer, w a. Allen, 1893; J. H. Hubbard, 40
For Marshal, g. f. Kirk, 1871; w. H.
George, 1906. For Aldermen, j. ID. Ross, C.
A. Dreka, j. Y. Parce, w. NJ. Dunn, j. S.
May and h. 5. Conway were elected
Prominent politicians in ST. Johns county
are of the opinion that the present appor
tlonment of delegates to the State conven-
ton does not give 81. Johns county her
! just representation. According TO tho pub
llshed call, the apportionment allows Que
! delegate 70 every 100 Democratic voters. on
/ the basis Of the votes cast in the general
/ election of 1884. 1t further provide, that
| II there has been ANY increase since that
| date the general election Of 1856 shall Ice
taken as a basis aud each county allow d
/ the benefits OF such increase. Over SOD
+ Democratic votes in excess of the yot,
| 1884 were cast in 1886 in this county, w lith
woul cntitle it TO fifteen delegates. wher ns
she has only mine. A vigorous protest w.l
| probably he made III the convention for tho
recoRnIti m of increased representation.
The Democrats of Marion county held
| their mass meeting at Ocala Monday. II
was field day for Gen. Bullock, the dele
CATION boilg solid for him lion. F. +.
Bishop introduced u strongly worded reso-
luton urgi u the people Of Florida 60
nominate Con. Bullock for Governor.
Cleveand's administration was strol gly In
dorsed. l.. w, Long was reelected c,Iall-