The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-01

Finley & Fackler now publish the Lake
City Reporter.
A new opera house is projected for this
year at Tallahassee.
A tobacco boom seems to be starting in
the Tallahassee country.
The pear crop in Bradford county prom
ises to be good this season.
The colored Episcopal church at ITALIA
hassee is nearing completion.
Miss Elizabeth Merritt died at Pensacola
day or two ago, aged 9S years.
Mrs w K. Beard has, within the week
past, refused S11 900 for her place Just north
of Tallahassee.
The Tallahassee Gas and Electric Light
Company have a large force at work on
pipes for the streets.
F. c. Gilmore has put up number of
new library shelves in the State Supreme
| Court room at Tallahassee
Rev J. H. tombstone, pastor of the Baptist
| church at Palatka, is able to be out again
and is in a fair way Of recovery.
The Maitland Courier has stopped its
rounds and Editor Townsend is now with
the St Augustine EueninQ NeiCS
Maurice Rheinauer, of Ocala will pay s.
to any team hauling the fire engine to the
cisterns in the square when there is a fire
match between Teemer. Mckay and Hamm
will take place on next Saturday at $3.50
| p. IN.
| A petition was circulated at Starke Mon
day praying the railroad company not to
move the depot. The matter is yet unde-
| cided.
The Florida Southern Railway Company
| is suffering the loss of thousands of cross
ties by fire. 1t is thought they were burned
by incendiarieS.
Sixteen members were added to Lees
burg's Baptist church Sunday, eight of
them by baptism. Among them were some
prominent citizens
| Ocala Free Press. "Three things Ocala
and Marion county should work for-the
| Governorship, an interior exposition and
the capitol of the State.
Eddie Taylor, the 17-year-old son of w.
/ T. Taylor of the Ocala sash, door and blind
| factory, was buried on Tuesday. He died
! from an attack of pneumonia.
| The Ocala Free Press suggests the eStah-
| lishment of a cigar factory there TO employ
| loo men. 1t adds that the Ocala House
/ could be turned into a mandatory.
Col. John s. Winthrop, of Tallahassee,
and others are trying TO work up an
/ interest in the ramie industry. The Colonel
has made ar offer for decorticating ma
| chine.
There is a boom in real estate at Talla-
| haSsee. A South Florida gentleman has
made application for fourteen lots in Long
| Grove Addition. He says he wants to build
a summer residence there.
The fish camp opposite Lagonda Grove
| East Palatka, was brokeuup last night. Mr.
| Bugbee says that for the last two weeks
nothing but gizzard shad have been run.
ming, and that white shad are very scarce.
S. D. Moore. Of Starke, has made an as
signmeut u J. c. Wills, including his 700
and billiard saloon, the preferred creditors
| being Laura B. Moore, his wife, tor $3.50
and William H. Griffith, of New York, fol
$l25.
The full returns give DeLand 1856 majority
over all for the county seat of Volusia.
| purse was presented tn Hon. 4. l.. Well
man, who managed the campaign, the pre-
sentation speech being made by Postmaster
Tanner.
A good deal of indignation was occasionec
by F. r. WebberS turning the water of 6
filthy pond into the spring lake from which
Orlando gets its water supply. He has beer
ordered by the county Board of Health L
close up his ditch forthwith.
The residence of Mrs Vogt. five mile,
southwest of Ocala, was burned last Satur
day morning. The fire originated from tn,
kitchen, and before help was secured tn,
flames had spread beyond control Very
little household furniture was saved.
Judge d. 5 Walker. at Tallahassee. was
last week offered $4,000 for his property
adjoining University Library Building
fronting on Monroe street, by a Western
gentleman who wanted 10 erect thereon
three-story brick wholesale business house
At Ocala a night OF two ago tho resiicnc
Of Or. d. w. Scales was entered by some bolC
marauder and his wifes gold watch
pocketbook, and other valuableS TO the
amount of $50 were stolen. The theft wa,
not discovered until morning, and no clev
was left behind.
T. w. Sweat, of Starke, has made an as
signment TO Col. Bugg Of his stock Of mer
chandise for the benefit of his insecure
creditors. Mr.. Sweat has been in very poo
health for some time, and not being able Z,
attend TO his business is the reason given fc
the failure. 1t is said that every dollar vii
be paid.
The cbamping turnlp Of the State wa
brought into Leesburg Monday 1t is o
the white egg variety; weighs 1915 pounds
measures 2 feet 90 inches in circumference
was raised by T. J. Griffith and A. J. Ware
in the Benjamin orange grove mile souti
Of town, and now reposes in Lake county
exhibits at the Sub-TropicaL