The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Barlow wants the First District Congress
s1onal Convention this year
| The Sumterville Times dominates Gen.
Robert Bullock, of Marion, for Governor,
and Hon. Milton H. Mabry, of Lake, for
| Congress.
1t is rumored that j. L. Barker. of Lake
land, has had neat little sum of money.
amounting to several thousand dollars, be
queathed TO him.
| Daniel Washbuns, of NIneland, N. j.,
who has been spending the winter in Lake
land has purchased the handsome property
OF Mr. Crichet on South Kentucky avenue.
| j. C. Sloan, of Lakeland, has an orange
| tree in his yard which has 800 oranges on it,
and II more trees, averaging from 800 to
500 oranges to each tree. They are 4-year-
old buds.
At DeFuniak Springs. about II O'clock
| Saturday morning, fire was discovered in
one OF the sleeping apartments of the Pen
| sacola House. Citizens soon succeeded in
extinguishing the fire.
Fernandina wants the proposed govern
ment home in the South for invalid soldiers
established on the government reservation
at that place. 1t is said that the govern
ment wants to locate it near the coast
On last Thursday there was landed in
| Key West O man named RosaleS. He was
an outlaw in Havana, and was sent to Key
West to get rid of him. He was accom-
panied on board the steamer by police
| officer to insure his safe coming.
| Arrangements are being made for the
running of a telegraph line from Naples to
Fort Myers, a distance of thirty-fi miles.
That will connect Naples with the outside
world by means of the International Ocean
Telegraph lines. A wharf at Naples is also
being discussed, and may be built soon
The water in the Wekiva river is lower
! than has been known for some time past
| This has driven the fish out of the creeks
and low lands into the channel of the river.
making bass-fshing unusually successful
and enjoyable. j. B. Steinmetz alone cap
tured over seventy-hve bass in the past
week, trolling.
The vessels chartered to load pineapples
are expected at Key West within ten or
fifteen days. The fruit, it is said will be
ready by that time, and the crop promises
to be very large. Preparations are now
being made by shippers, and the Emma
Lowe is on the dock getting ready to load
with fruit for New York.
AT Ellaville, at noon Saturday, a house
near the mills caught fire. but, thanks to
the willingness and energy of the fire COM
pany ana the excellence of the water works
the fearful element was confined to one
house, which was entirely consumed. A
man and his wife, who were at the time in
side, barely escaped. Nobody was hurt.
The body which was found on North
Beach near St. Augustine a few days ago
by Edgar Iwanoski, has been buried by
Sheriff Hernandez. It proved to be the
corpse of an old Indian squaw VINO died
when the Indians were camping on North
Beach. According to the red mans custom
no white man was allowed to know the
whereabouts of the grave.
A shooting affray occurred at a colored
ball at Lawtey Saturday night, during
which three men were shot. The fight was
caused by bad whisky Tho violinist, a
white man named Strickland, was shot in
the back of the neck, but is not fatally
wounded. Two colored men were shot in
the shoulder and thigh, respectively. Both
wounds are painful, but not dangerous.
At Plant City the clothing store of Jones
Bros. was entered by burglars Friday night
who forced in the back door with AN AK.
They had plenty of time aud scattered cloth
ing, hats and shoes around promiscuously
MIR. Jones estimates his loss at about SlOO
The kitchen of Mrs. Gaines, near the store
of Mr.. Jones, was also entered, where they
obtained food, etc. Fifty dollars reward Is
offered, and every effort is being made TO
capture the thieves.
The financial condition Of Orlando. as
shown by tae report of the Finance Com
mittee Oh the Council, shows "A present in
debtedness of the city on account of current
expenses, of -, 800 II, but the present col
lection of taxes will considerably more than
take up that debt. The other $4,000 in
debtedness is ON mortgages on school build
ings and calaboose and amounts due for fire
apparatus, including the sum of 81 45j. as
sumed by the city on the steam fire engine
The Jacksonville and Palatka road i,
pushing to the front. Mr.. Collins. the
agent to secure right Of way, has Just made
contracts for the road to pass through some
valuable groves and property. The termi-
nus at this end will reach almost TO Grassy
Point, and for several miles back the line
will skirt close TO the river. Messrs. Mer-
rill, Williams, Fuller Phelps and others
have already signed contracts 60 sell the
company right Of way through their
property.
A Cuban named Rafael Perez is trying
the experiment of raising some Cuban food
products IL Orange county. One of them
is the yamey, which is large tuber, black
and scaly outside, sometimes weighing thirty
pounds. When cooked it resembles the Irish
potato and is so nutritious rs to be largely
used for food in Cuba. Another is called
malanga, aud is "A very rich and lalatable
tuber, with an arrow-shaped lear Senior
Perez is confident that both Of these plants
will grow there.
The contract between the committee OF
citizens OF ST. Augustine and Matthew HAYS
for the paving OF the shell road is drawn
up. The total amount OF paving to be done
is one mile long and "A feet wide, or 4Os
square yards Mr.. Hays is to receive 81 10
per square yard, or $l5,45s for the whole
contract. Mr.. Hays is TO leave in the
hands Of the committee a guarantee OF one
third OF the contract for i've years for 10.
pairs, etc. Those persons owning uroperty
along the shell rpuI WuU n e ahle t. nay for
pavement and VIII n't, will probably be lett
out by the committee.
The steamer Welaka, Of the DeBarry
line, was laid up at Jacksonville Saturday
and withdrawn for the season. General
Manager Cecil, when asked the reason of
this, said; 1.-THE business at present only