The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-22
FLORIDA.

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truck will be planted than ordinarily.
The young man who was shot at New
Smyrna a few weeks ago will get well.
j. w. Mcnamara of Ocklawaha station
has removed, with his family, to Boston.
Mr. Maley's corn patch, near Daytona,
turned out over forty bushels to the acre.
The thermometer was down TO So at
Daytona week ago last Saturday morn
ing.
Beed, Knox & Beed, of Daytona will
have about $1,000 boxes on their 5-year-old
grove.
II. p. Bussey is circulating a petition to
organize a new Odd Fellows lodge at Or
lando.
G. S. Hardee has accepted the democr ratio
nomination for senator from the Thirteenth
district
Messrs. Newsom & Lucius of Summer
field have burned their first kiln of brick.
with good results.
Arthur Quira's residence and stock of
groceries at Pensacola were badly dam aged
by fire Thursday morning
Orange shipments are increasing Freight
going out of the state is now almost wholly
VI this class in the way of exports.
pair Of sugar rollers, weighing about
seventeen tons each, were shipped over the
Southern Florida railroad for the st. Cloud
sugar mill Friday.
The orange buyers are not expected at
Daytona for couple of weeks yet. The
larger part OF the crop ON the Halifax will
be sold on the trees.
The Ocala house is to be renovated.
Twenty thousand dollars will be expended
in its refurnishing. Mr.. Mills is now in
the north making the selections.
Mr.. Dale, gardener of the Ponce de Leon,
is planting the plats on the side of the
Acazar with ST. Augustine grass. He hopes
to have the ground thickly covered in about
two months.
Wednesday evening an enthusiastic
democratic rally was held at Conway The
speakers Of the evening were E. ii. Ham
mond, H. A. Herbert, L. Z. Massey aud
George Self.
George Gomez went fishing on the beach
near St. Augustine Thursday and captured
six fine bass, two of which weighed eighteen
pounds each, and the four averaged nine
pounds each.
The Southern Express Company in Pa
latka will receive freight for all cities ex-
cept Charleston. Chattanooga, Brunswick,
Mobile, Memphis and Augusta. Savannah
will receive money only.
Weir Park, located on the north shore of
Lake Weir, was made a station by the
Florida Southern railroad on Oct IL. Since
then there have been shipped $50 boxes of
lemons and 500 boxes of oranges.
There are only three postofiees on Bis
cayne bay at present-Miami, Cocoanut
Grove and Cutler. The citizsus are endeav-
oring to have one established at the north
end of the bay, and one on Elliotts key.
Judge Marshall will soon tear down the
old portion of the Magnolia hotel at Ocala
and SnnplV IFS nlaca with cn1auAtd lNY;oIy
front, and will erect four brick store rooms
between the Magnolia and the market house
Judge Marshall thinks that Ocalas future
was never brighter
Efforts are now being made by the Flor
ida Railway and Navigation Transporta-
ton Company TO have shippers in the Ii
tusville section patronize their route lead
ing from the northwestern cities via Live
Oak and Ocala to Tavares, and from there
via the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway to Titusville
Mr.. HardeH OF Ocala spent several weeks
with his wife and little ones at Orange
Springs, who are summering there, and
while Ill that favored portion of Marion
county Toasted on bear meat He says bear
is plentiful in that section, and party go
ing to ohupoh counted eleven members of
the honey loving tribe.
The executive committee of the Young
Mems DenJocratic Club of st. Augustine
have succeeded in making the preliminary
arrangements for a grand torchlight pro
cessien and political demonstration TO take
place in a, few days. Some first rate orators
are expedited to be- present and the affair is
to be probably the most enthusiastic of the
campaign.
The prohibition meeting at Apopka
Thursday night was an interesting one, the
hall being well filled and the audience very
attentive. Speeches were made by 1. NJ.
Aud and F. A. Curtis of Orlando and j. R.
Sharpe and I. Bishop of Apopka. Messrs.
Aud, Sharpe and Bishop we're at Oakland
Friday night and at Ocoee Saturday. These
meetings will be followed by others through
out the county.
The gravel train famous in the political
history of old ST. Augustine has for long
time been discontinued, owing to the re-
strictions of the board of health To-day
it will begin running once again, and about
100 hands are TO be employed There will
be two gangs; one at the sand pit about
one mile north of quarantine, will load the
cars, and another on the st. Sebastian will
unload. The gravel train will give employ
ment to a large number of men now out of
work.
Charles w. White of Citra, who departed
for the north in August, returned homo last
Friday night after having visited Clove-
lana, CnlcaRO, New \ orK ana RQckland,
Ne, on business CONNECTED with the large
orange grove Of King & Co., near Wild
wood, of which he is manager and part
owner His visit TO Maine was TO purchase
from Gen Tilson $40 acres of land adjoin-
ing the King grove, which he succeeded in
doing for S25 900, and on which Is twenty
five acre orange orchard.
Orlando Reporter. Mrs f. N. Perry,
mother Of Mrs. G. d. Barbour, writes to
Mrs. Wescott Of this city, from Gallipolis.
o., that Mrs. Barbour and her young son
are with her. They were in Ohio at the
time of Mr.. BarbSur's death in jackson
vile. Mrs. Barbour Is in good health, but
deeply mourns the loss of her husband
under the distressingly sad circumstances.
Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Barbour hope TO re-
turn TO Orlando as soon as the condition Of
affairs will admit of it. They will probably
spend the coming winter here.
Mr.. Winegord, well-known fruit and
vegetable grower on Lake Conway, brought
TO Orlando Thursday wagon load Of mag
niflcent sugar cane, many OF the stalks be-
ing feet high. ltSyas grown on high pine
land, which has borne successive crops of
equally as good cane for three years with
out an ounce Of fertilizer of any kind Mr..
Wineg0rd has planted the same tract in
sugar cane for three years, and some idea
Of its success as a profitable crop may be
had from the fact that this one acre has
realized 20 its owner an average OF 500
each year.
The steamer intended for the Indian river
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