The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01

HE latest craze which has struck Orlando
is the study of the Spanish language.
The tomato crop is very heavy in Polk
county considering the dry weather in the
spring.
At McAlpin, Wednesday, VIII johnson,
a convict, escaped from the Florida State
prison.
Richard F. Fowler, of Carrabele, has
been granted an increase of pension by
'Uncle Sam" He is cassed as an original
invalid"
Quite a class of Bartows young ladies
will attend the normal school at Fort
Meade, with tine intention of learning how
to become schoolmaams.
The negro who so successfully duped
others, at Orlando, on Sunday night, OBJ
tanning about 5000, was captured by Sheriff
Anderson in Sanford and now languishes in
Jail.
John Blount, of Barlow, planted an
Alberta peach tree about four feet in hight,
which bore full grown, ripened peach in
| three months and two days from time of
planting
A new fruit called the blood plum, Of
| California, is about to be introduced into
Florida. 1t is said to be much superior TO
the Kelsey both in size and flavor, smallness
| of pit and color.
The contract has been given for all the
material for the Tallahassee Compress,
which is to be laid upon the grounds by
June 10, and the machinery will all be in
and running by August /.
Circuit Court, at Orlando was occupied
all day Tuesday in the trial of the case of
Stephenson VS.. j. NJ Wilcox The suit
grew out Of the building of the West End
Hotel Of which Stephenson was the con.
tractor.
AT the recent meeting Of the hook and
| ladder company of Orlando the following
officers were elected for the current year:
Ii. q. Garrett, Pre- ident; f. Z. Hyer, fore
! man; i. ). COart, first assistant foreman: e.
II. Rice second assistant foreman; c. j.
Hicks, Secretary Nat Schultz, Treasurer
1t does not look as if business was on the
decline in Orlando, when Scott, Allen 81
| Co. alone sold at wholesale to Kissimmee
and Zellwood merchants in one day $3.50
worth of goods, and have now at the depot
q car packed to its utmost capacity with
meats, lard and canned goods, representing
over 1900.
The tobacco crops about Tallahassee are
In fine condition and growing rapidly.
| Other crops are now in a hourishng condi-
ton and the corn crop will be unusually
large. The late drought did not injure the
! Irish potato crop as much as it was feared
1t would do. Shipments are increasing and
prices hold good.
A number of Tallahassee bellies met at the
house of one of their number, the other after
noon, aud it so happened that each ono had
| chunk OF chewing gum between her pearly
teeth. This suggested the idea of a gum
chewing match, the winner to take ali the
gum. They chewed and they chewed until
their pretty jaws got SO tired that they
| could scarcely move them up and down.
| and finally the referees had to decide the
match a draw.
On last Thursday, at the residence of G..
W. Land, in Barlow, John D. Young. of
Hillsboro county, and Mrs Harriet NJ. Dur
rance, of Homeland. Polk county, were
united in marriage, Rev. A. e. Householder
omciatlng. The groom was widower 90
| years old, while the bride was widow CO
years old. The engagement was made and
| the marriage consummated all the same
day. Mrs. Land, at whose house the cere-
mony took place, is the youngest child of
| the bride.
Among the private lots in the cemetery
at Jacksonville which we're beautifully
decorated Wednesday was that of Capt. w
A. Shaw, where lie the earthly remains of
his beloved wife and daughter, of whom he
was recently SO sadly bereaved in the
lamentabie Blaekshear railroad wreck. In
one corner of the lot stood IA beautiful floral
clock, whose hands pointed to the fatal
| hour at which the wreck occurred Oppo-
site stood the broken driving wheel of an
| engine formedof rare blossoms, and near
the entrance handsome and massive floral
| representation of 1.-The Gates Aiarn caught
the eye. Several steps led up to this last
piece, which was some feet in width and
hight, and worry beautiful The graves of
the beloved dead were literally covered
with choice flowers, loose and in designs.
placed by the loving hands of the grief
stricken husband.
Articles ofsincorporation have been filed
| recently by Col. Lamont Bailey and asso-
| clates, ut Tallahassee, Incorporating rail
road to be built between Tampa and Tho
notosassa, distance fifteen miles The CAPT
| tai which is specified on the charter is
| $50 900, with privilege to increase The
right of way between Tampa and Tho
nOtosasSa is the old road grade of the At
lantic Gulf and West India Transit Com
| pany which was abandoned several wears
ago by Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, and
associates. The aim Of the company n to
extend their road further into the Interior as
| time passes, but at present they will content
| themselves with the building of the road
only to Thonotosassa They have every
encouragement, it is understood, from the
people along the line, and money and energy
will not be lacking to push tho road to an
early completion. The City Council
granted the company privilege to use such
streets as might be deemed expedient, pro-
vided that they did not Law their track
parallel with the Tampa street railway
The work of laying ties on the road COM
menced Wednesl lay morning The president
and secretary were arrested subsequently,
by order Of the acting Mayor. The Tampa
street railway officials began laying ties
and iron parallel Wednesday night, Police
men had orders not TO modest them.
An Ocala correspondent writes as follows:
At Belleview dwelt a fair cracker maiden.
of whom two of her worthy young citizens
became enamored Both sought her hand
in life's journey, and both were so assiduous
and devoted in their protestations of un-
| dying love, and so acceptable in all the ele-
ments of manly qualities that she became
sorely troubled as TO who would be the
| favored son of Adam. She was happy
with either in the absence OF the other, but
| the crisis came, and with it the acceptance
of Mr.. Hale, which was a sad disappoiut-
ment TO Mr.. Polly. Tuesday Miss Minnie
| Peote came to Ocala to purchase her we'd
| ding trousseau. Mr.. Polly met hor on the
| train, and knowing it was his last chance.
TO win the prize. pleaded 50 eloquently with
the charming maiden that she abandoned
the thought of the matrimonial vestments,
but instead, stood up in the parlors of the
| Magnolia Hotel and was married TO Mr.
| Polly. Hero they tarried till Wednesday
morning, when they took the early train to
| ST. Augustine, where they will spend their
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