The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-05
FLORIDA.

The cotton crop Of Gadsden county will
| be short this year.
Grapes are selling on the streets of Quincy
| at so cents per bushel.
The pecan trees at Quincy are loaded
down with nuts this year.
At Quincy all parties having old wells
must have them filled up by Sept. T.
Many of Tallahassee's citizens are pur-
chasing lots for summer residences at Te-
reSa
There are more goods in Quincy to-day
than there has been in years, and still they
come.
st. Marks has quarantined against all
vessels except the Walkatomica and the
John Edwards
Quincy has had fewer cases of sickness
this year thar for several years past. One
death is the record for the year.
Woodsville is the name of new postoffice
established last week near White church In
Leon county. H. G. Lewis is postmaster.
A small steamer called the Telephone ar
| rived at Tltusville on two fat cars Monday
| evening. The boat is about 80 feet long,
| fiat bottom with featheriug gear on side
| wheels. She is consigned to a man by the
name Of Perry, and from a telegram re-
ceived from Melbourne asking about the
arrival of a steam launch, 1t is suspected
|
| boat from Melbourne to East Melbourne
Previous to the outbreak of yellow fever.
a movement was under way for the organi-
zation Of lodge of the Knights of Honor
at Tavares, which was being worked up by
| George M. Holden, an officer in the grand
| lodge. DR.. Taylor was awaiting his COM
mission as medical examiner, when the vel
! low fever broke out. and orders were issued
that no more members should be admitted
,,,Nn h. do. 81 NJ. III
date the lodge will be instituted
Within the last twelve days nearly fifty
carloads of freight have been transferred at
! Lakeland from the narrow gauge to the
| broad gauge line of the South Florida rail
road for points along the line. On account
Of quarantine all this freight has to come
now from Savannah by way of Gain sville
and Pemberton ferry. Rumor saws that the
South Florida company will place a steam
hoist at the depot at Lakeland for the pur-
pose of transferring broad gauge cars to
narrow gauge trucks.
Klssimmee Leader: Last year Orange
county appropriated $500. Polk county
! 81 400 and Ocsola county $500 for uuaran-
| tine purposes, making total OF "a, 400.
| What has become of this tuudl Orange
| county mas asked an accounting and re-
caived it, showing that DIR. Caldwell and
Epps Tucker received 81 $50 out of $4,000.
WHAT became Of Polk aud Oceola's appro-
| priationl Osceola has asked for an ac-
counting Of her share of the fund, but so
far can't get it. lsn'C there enough left
somewhere to pay J. ". Harwel TO his
services at the quarantine campl
The grading on the Sugar Belt road,
across Ingham's island, is all finished. The
grading on the main land to St. Cloud is
nearly completed. The piles from the island
! to the main land are all driven and the cans
| on. The piling this side is done, CAPS
and stringers nearly all on and the ties are
being cut and placed in position as rapidly
as possible. The fill from tho South Florida
| track to the trestle work is being filed in at
the rate of tour train loads of fourteen
cars a day. Foreman McGowan says that
the AL Will be 80 far completed by " edne,-
| day evening next that trains will be able to
run on the trestle if it is ready to receive
| them.
Seven hundred colored lonZshoremen
struck at Fernandina last Monday. 1t is
| hard TO tell what the result of tho strike
will be- As the lumber mon are firm in
their determination not TO submit to the
! dictation OF the laboriug society. AMI the
members of tho society are equally firm in
their demands, shipping is seriously inter
fered with. The Mallory steamer suocosded
III loading her usual heavy freigits, as also
did the Clyde st ,amer, but some of the sail
ing vessels are not 81 fortunate. Three or
four non-striking colored mon wsro badly
pummeled Tuesday e7ening, and for while
| II looked as If serious trouble would he had.
tuesday two Of the attacking party were
brought before the mayor and heavily
J fined.