The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-02
FLORIDA.


Lake City April 4.
The subject of wholesale cigar manu-
factory is being agitated at Fernaadna.
=. +. Tilden, Of Oakland, has lost his barn
and its contents, not including live stock, by
fire.
The Free Masons of Oxford are fitting up
the new lodge building they recently pur-
chased.
No railroad is in contemplation between
Ocala and Lake Jesup as some papers have
stated.
Cedar Keys new Presbyterian church will
be located at the corner of ID and Fourth
streets.
The bees on Charlotte harbor are all do
ing finely, and promise very large yield
of honey.
Ninety dozens eggs shipped to Punta
Gordo last week from Knoxville, Tenn,
found ready sale.
The story that Samuel Pyles, of Dunster,
had found coal in digging a well, on in
vestigation turns out to have been inbound
ed
Tallahassee, the chief of the Seminoles,
and his entire family, rugged out in holiday
attire, were doing Kissimmee Monday and
Tuesday.
petition is being circulated at Orlando
asking the City Council to repeal the ord-
nance III regard to the collection of yearly
street tax of So.
The new laundry of the Windsor Hotel,
of Oakland, built as a rear addition to that
structure, l6x21 fee6 and two stories high,
is completed and in use.
To-day Lenard, Blanton and ChipcO,
heretofore flag stations on the Orange Belt
railway, will be in charge of a ticket agent
and become regular stopping places.
4
poyed as assistant superintendent of the
Orange Belt railway, having charge mainly
OF the locomotive shops at that place.
At Oakland returns on cabbages are very
satisfactory. As much as IS per crate is
common, and often more is netted The
vegetable season is fast approaching its
height.
At Oviedo T. j. Lawton has bought from
James Davis his house and five-acre orange
grove. T. j. Lawton is having five acres
cleared and set out to grove, near the
Robert Jones place.
AS many as III car loads of lumber have
been transported to Fernandina by the
Florida Railway and Navigation Company
in one month-an average of about forty
three car loads per day.
A new store building 2Ox3O feet has
just been erected by w. c. Crum at Lacoo-
chic. 1t is to be used for the sale of general
merchandise. The depot building at the
same place is about finished.
Several large sales of property are re-
ported as having been consummated at Or
lando within the last few days. Among
them the fine grove of Mrs Bailey, Just out
of town, and the Arcade Hotel.
Abner Smith, son of Dan Smith, met
with a singular and painful accident at
Madison last Saturday. He was throwing
hack knife used in chipping pine trees,
which, by some cause or other, struck him
on the right hand, completely cutting out
the bone between the wrist and the Joint of
the fore-fnger
A colored man named George Hawkins
while handling logs with gig at Manley's
mill, near DaytOna, one day last week, had
the misfortune to have his arm get caught
and run over by the wheel. The arm was
crushed into jelly, but DIR. Wallace, who
is attending him, thinks that he will not be
obliged TO amputate iG.
AtOcala day or two ago an expressman's
horse ran away, passed between the Mag
nolia Hotel tree and the porch, sweep away
two OF the supports and fell full length on
the porch with such force that it shook the
building to its very centre, and almost
frightened the guests of the hotel out of
their wits. Strange to say the horse escaped
with good scare
While listening to body of cattlemen ex-
patiating upon improving the breed of
Florida cattle, by crossing them with Ger
tain fine blood, as they came down on his
train one day, Maj. Bent, of Punta Gorda,
said to them, Gentlemen, Judging from the
price they SGT on 'em, the finest cross on
record is Il Florida bull crossed by a Florida
Southern locomotive
At Madison Friday a son of Mr.. Joe
Dixon, working for Mr.. Jerry McClelland,
was handling refractory mule, which
threw him to the ground. His head came
in contact with the sharp end of log, cut
ting the scalp around the forehead from
one ear to the other. Fifteen stitches were
required in sewing it up. Tue wound is not
necessarily fatal one.
Five different parties have lately pur-
| chased land near Lake Geneva with the
view of growing grapes. The parties are
from Lake Geneva, n. Y, after which the
Florida lake was named. One of the party
has been experimenting with grapes in the
Florida Geneva for several years and the
result has been so satisfactory that it has
led to the purchases above referred to.
| c. w. Richmond, of Montverde, has
! leased the steamer Apopka from the canal
| company, with the express agreement that
! the boat is not to be used in the CONVEYANCE
of freight against the interests of Oakland
that there is to be no discrimination in
! charges for freight in favor of either rail
| roadso that both may stand on fair and
equal footing A violation of this arrange
menu breaks the contract
j. l.. Whdden and his son J. S. Whidden
were arrested on Torch Key near Key
West few days ago by the Sheriff H. II.
! Herndon, of Sumter county, on a charge of
/ killing Thomas Jones at Coverings mill IN
Sumter county, MAY 9, 1882 The Wild
den's plead self defense in justification OF
the killing. The difficulty had its origin in
a rivalry between Jones and young Wild
den for the affections of woman.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Seville
was held on Thursday night for the purpose
! of nominating town officers. The following
| nominations were made: For Mayor, B.
! NJ Miller; for Aldermen, G. II. Fulke, j. f.
! Warnock, r. II. Palmer; for Clerk, J. y.
! Burton: for Marshal r. G.. Bakor. Not
outstanding the unpleasant weather there
was a very good attendance. about half OF
the voters of the town being present
One year ago Harry Artman, of Kis>im
NEE, invested $l2 10 in a pair of Wyan
dot,es Since that time he has sold eggs
enough to pay for their keeping and tnuI
/ of their increase. He has also sold eggs Il
the amount of 81 IS; chickens TO tho
amount OF S26, and has twenty-one chick.
ems left. Total profit, $35 IS in cash and
$50 worth of poultry on hand; or sos I,
clear of expenses from an investment OF
]