The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-03
FLORIDA.


At Starke Strawberries have been ripe
and in market for four months.
A building has been leased at Conway,
and Episcopal services are now held there.
Bats are numerous around Chipley. Some
boys killed sack full few evenings since.
The June term Of the Florida Supreme
Court will begin at Tallahassee on Tuesday,
june r.
The Queen Of the st. Johns has gone to
Brunswick to be run as an excursion boat
for the summer.
Since the saloons were voted out of Levy
county crime and lawleSSneSs have decreased
over so per cent.
The management of the Tallahassee gas
works is pushing forward the erection of
the necessary buildings.
A meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Levy county is called to meet
at Bronson tomorrow.
There is baby about two weeks old, ten
miles from Mariana, who was born without
any hand TO his right arm.
James Howse, of New York, was in
Chipley last week prospecting. He speaks
of putting up hat fartory.
jefferson county is advertising for sealed
DIGS IOT Il6 purCnaSe OF Dor DOlQA mo DlQS
below par will be considered.
Rev. Mr.. Diaz, a Cuban minister, is visit
ing the towns of South Florida in the in
terest of mission work in Cuba.
Steps are being taken to get a school
house built on the west side of Lake Worth
and ready for occupancy by fall
Titusville was without ice from last
Thursday until Monday, and the meat mar
ket and soda fountains we're in bad shape.
A vein of iron ore has been discovered
near Haw creek, Volusia county. 1t Is on
land belonging to the ]. T. & K W. r. r.
Co.
The turpentine business is booming about
Mariana. One gentleman is reported 10
enjoy an income of $4,000 from one of his
farms.
Six thousand feet of space has been re-
served for Florida at each of tie exhibit
tons at Chicago, Cincinnati and Mime
apOlis.
The Charleston Yacht club expect ono
boat from Jacksonville and one from St.
Augustine to take part in the regatta on
the 18th Of June.
Tbs sloop Mary J. Lewis arrived at Titus
vile, Monday, with a cargo of 5000 pine
apples from Waveland. This was the first
arrival of the season.
send away about 200 barrels of iced muliet
every week, Notwithstanding the 'catch"
season is said to be over.
Work on the new jail at Tallahassee Is
progressing slowly. The foundations arc
almost completed, and have been laid in
the most substantial manner.
kilograms from Tallahassee say that
Judge Broome's decision in the Volusia
county court house case in favor of DeI4and
has been sustained in the Supreme Court.
The Presbyterian church at Apopka will
shortly be supplied with benches Of its own,
and after the liquidation of all indebted-
ness, the edifice will be formally dedicated.
There was only one vacant store in Month
cello, and now that her railroad is an as
sured fact, Townsville merchant has put
a stock of goods In that, and will run it as a
branch store.
At least 100, 900 boxes of oranges will be
shipped from Conway and vicinity next
season, and the people of that section say
that railroad is all they desire to complete
their happiness. ..
The Barlow Board of Trade has ap-
pointed a committee of five to prepare a
report Of the imports, exports, and COM
mercial interests generally of Barlow for
the past two years.
Five houses were consumed by fire at
Chipley, last Sunday night, on Orange Hill.
The cause was from a detection in one of
the chimneys. The houses wore owned by
q. w. Cook and occupied by tenants.
II. S. Ming, who has been conductor on
the Indian river division during the past
winter season, has been appointed General
Superintendent of the Jacksonville and
Mayport Railway and Navigation Com
pany.
Parties representing Northern capitalists
have been in Tallahassee during the past
few days looking up the different hotel sites.
They expressed themselves as well satisfied
with the appearance of the city and coun-
try, and left to report thereon.
At Crescent City Marcus johnson. Mar
shall of the town, while attempting to ar
rest party of colored gamblers Monday
night, was shot by McVincent, the ball en-
tering his stomach. McVincent escaped,
but was overtaken and is now in jail at
Palatka,
At Bridgeport Mitchell REM has rugged
up his Single machine at the saw mill, and
will be able to turn out from 30 900 to III, 900
shingles a day. He also is daily expecting
a six-saw gang lathe machine capable of
turning out like number of lathes in a
similar time.
Acting on the advice of the General Land
Commissioner, Capt. s. G. Tucker, Register
at the United States Land Office, did not
attend the State convention 10 which he
had been elected a delegate. Uncle Sam
don't care to have his servants engage to
any extent in politics.
1t would be quite useless to try and con-
vince John B. Fletcher, of River Junction,
that poultry does not pay i'll Florida. He
markets 5000 dozen eggs annually, at an
average price of l219c. per Dozen bringing
him S625 cash. And nothing is said Of his
income from the sale of fowls.
Sheriff s. II. Wienges returned to Gaines
vile, Thursday evening, from Tavares with
Turner Gray, negro who is charged with
killing a negro named Earnest Wells, at
Archer, seven years ago. Gray is i'll jail
and will DO tried before the court, which
convenes the latter part Of this month.
On oue-twelfth Of an aero in Osceola
county Lupfer brothers raised and sold
$120 worth of tomatoes, which Is at the rate
OF 8, 440 per acre. The Whitmore broth
ers, three miles south of Kissimmee, pro-
duced caulihowers at the rate of 800 barrels
per acre, which yielded i'll the New York
market little over 80 per barrel, or over
! 200 per acre.
At Bridgeport |. A. Broughton has pur-
chased three more lots at the Point, making
ten lots in ALL in one of the finest and most
| picturesque locations of the place. His
| building is about to be shifted fifty feet
north, bringing it to the centre of his block,
and facing exactly the fine avenue leading