The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-14
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA-
Gainesville had received 81 $50 81 up to
Thursday.
The schools of Palatka are now running
in full blast.
The sugar cane crop around Tallahassee
is extra large this year.
Leon county farmers have made most ex-
cellent corn crops this year.
About ! 300 voters have registered In the
various wards of st. Augustine.
LeConte pear trees are still blooming and
fruiting in the Tallahassee country.
Bro. T. A. Hall, editor in chief of the
Mariana Alliance, is sick in Madison, with
''dcngue."
Freights are coming over the Florida
Southern into Palatka at the rate of fifteen
box cars daily.
The cotton crop around Summerfield sur
passes any of previous season', and the
prices are good.
The people Of Tallahassee in going to Sa-
vannah win come via Monticello instead Of
Lave Oak. as heretofore.
J. n billiard, one Of Summerfield's mer-
chants, opened school at that place last
Monday with twenty-six scholars.
Fig trees in and around Tallahassee aro
laden with second crop fruit, while on many
trees Of the purple variety, ripe figs are
still seen.
John Swami, a colored man living in The
country, was in Monticello Monday exhibit
ing hoe which was made in 1926, making
1t 62 years old
The Tallahassee Florididn is out in an
| extra large and handsomely illustrated edi-
| ton full of interesting facts about the adj
vaRtages of the state.
1t has been estimated that there have
been about three hundred cases of dengue
In Mariana TO date. There were some.
thing over sixty cases, among tue whites,
| last week.
AT Palatka the railroad bridge is within
| 1000 feet OF the Florida Southern dock,
| and at present is in fourteen ieet of water
Fifty feet piling are being used in the CON
struction of the bridge.
The building burned on Church street at
! Orlando Wednesday, belonging to j. l..
| Wallace, had an insurance on it of $500
He had 81 900 on it last month, but allowed
one policy of $500 to expire.
The Tallahassee Cotton Compress Com
pany are now squeezing" between 400 aud
500 bales Of cotton per day. Tallahassee's
cotton receipts will be much heavier this
season than for several years.
Cedar Keys still keeps up her rigid quar-
tine against the world. The Florida Rail
way and Navigation trains are not allowed
to come in, but are side-tracked at Rose
wood and the engine takes in the mail
Capt =. c. Brossier Of Key West has re-
ceived the way bill for 1900 balls and
cartridges and 900 blank cartridges, for
the Island City Guards, shipped to them
from the adjutant general ut Tallahassee.
It is supposed that Hon. F. A. Hend, of
Myers, Lee county, will be nominated for
the State Senate from his district. Monroe
county, which has about two-thirds Of the
voters, has unanimously agreed TO this ar
| rangement, which promises to be popu, r
ons with both counties
The democratic candidate for governor,
Capt. Fleming. Col. Davis and other distin-
guished speakers spoke at Punta Gorda last
week on the broad veranda Of the South
land hotel. The stairway was decorated
with bandanas, while over the speakers
stand the confederate and union fla Is were
bound together with bandaua handler
chief, thus making a most beautiful en-
blom.
Mariana Alliance: Many alliances are
complaining that they have received no
charters. Some time ago, we sent thirty
five charters 10 Bro. Wilson, then at
GainesYills. Ter his signature. We have