The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
FLORIDA,

it llISI occupant ol NJdi ke , new jan Is
cOlored man, who is accused Of robbery.
There were 5000 people in Tavares, but
no drunkenness or quarrelling was witnessed
at the barbecue on Monday.
At Gainesville W. A. White has bought
! the star House grocery, and will continue
the business at the old stand.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Society, Of st. Augustine are getting
signatures in favor of the Blair educational
bill.
While tho dredging was going on at
! Crosby Lake, Bradford county, an Indian
canoe was discovered in the bottom of the
creek.
Three new stores have been opened in
! Live Oak since the town went dry This
does not look as if prohibition would ruin
! the town.
A bridge across the river at Bethune
! Point can be built for less money than any
point on the Halifax, according to the Day
iona Messenger.
| At Starke the mercury suddenly dropped
on Thursday morning to 2S' 1t is greatly
feared that the strawberry bloom and early
peaches are killed.
There were l16 bales of cotton on the
wharf at Starke few days ago at one time
and eighty at another. Over GOO bales have
been shipped from there this season.
At ST Augustine c. F. Hamblen has just
sold out his entire stock of paints and oils
to W NJ Ingraham who will hereafter
largely Increase his business in that line.
William Mitchell's residence on the wharf
at Starke was entered Tuesday evening,
while the family were temporarily absent,
and 800 in cash and a new watch
taken.
A syndicate Of Delaware capitalists have
purchased 1000 acres of land in Polk
| II. . NJ. Ill.
which they will divide up into five-acre
tracts.
Maj IfRoy d. Ball is having his recent
purchase Of 500 acres, east of Tallahassee
cut up into forty acre tracts for sale to
actual settlers and he has sold a number of
them already.
Some of Tampa's pubic-spirited ladies
have been negotiating with nurserymen for
a lot Of umbrella trees, and have made ar
| rangements to secure the trees at greatly
reduced prices.
M c. lterdell one of the members of the
Board of Directors of the South Florida Ex-
bibltion has been instructed to arrange for
a suitable dog show at the coming exhibit
ton, and good premiums will be offered.
One of The orange groves of West Orlando
belonging to S. V. Hardness, a Standard
Oil magnate, is being enlarged by setting
out ., 200 trees, and another of his groves in
the vicinity will soon have 900 trees added
to it.
The suit over the tax title involving the
ownership of the SOmer's plantation, at
Whitesville, has been settled. Alfred Aver,
who held the land undertake title, quit
claimed half to the heirs 1t is valuable
estate
n. Atknsons store and stock of goods,
situated in tho Fellowship neighborhood,
about IL miles west OF Ocala, were consumed
by fire Monday morning. Mr.. A. was alb
sent from home at the time. Insurance
So 800.
At Ocala Bullock & Burford have been
taking testimony in an interesting $40, 900
| land suit. The property is located in the
! fiourishing Grahamville settlement. S. A.
! Long and r. X Freeman are defendants in
| the case.
! The mass meeting held at Starke Monday
afternoon at the court house was not well
attended, yet enough of Starkes energetic
men gathered there to organize a commit
tee TO get up a thirty-Uwopage pamphlet
for the Sub-Tropical.
II is said that the famous "ribbon CLANS"
| Of the Halifax coast are only found, in any
quantity on "A distance of fifty miles ON the
entire Atlantic coast Opposite Daytona
and Ormond bushels of them can be gath
cred in "A very short time.
Coils J. j. Daniel and Louis j. Fleming
have been at Tallahassee for a day or two
| past arranging for hearing of the Jack
| sonVllle contested election case before the
| Supreme Court 1t is thought the hearing
will be given some day next week
! Darby Gaskins, OF Starke, will have on
exhibition at the Sub-Tropical three draw
ings, executed by him, nicely framed. They
are landscape, handsome dog, and pair
| of deer. When it is considered that he is
now but years of age, his genius seems
remarkable
The Camp Bros, of Campville, have pur-
| chased of Banker Dunn 40 acres of land
near Mt. Tabor on the Florida Southern
| railroad on which there is magnificent
| deposit of almost pure lime. 1t will be
worked Mt once, making the third factory
| tributary TO Ocala
Gait City is the name of a new town Just
| laid out on the Pensacola and Atlantic rail
road, about two and a half miles west of
Bagdad Z. r. Johnson q Bros. have
| bought eighty acres near there. j. A. Horn
son has forty acres near by, with huge
| pear orchard two years Old upon it.
One of the Crown Point, Orange county,
| gardeners, has ordered 1000 empty barrels
| to ship his cabbage in, and others will not
be far behind. John Wick has nearly thirty
acres in tomatoes, which means a yield of
about 5000 crates, and a profit of at least
| 81, 800
| Gov. Perry has again returned to Pensa-
| cola. He attended the leap year ball at the
Leon Hotel at Tallahassee last Monday
night and fell to the floor with an attack of
vertigo. He was promptly taken to his
room, where every attention was given him,
and next day he returned with Mrs. Perry
| to Pensacola
Oakland reports that the crops are unin-
| jured in that section. The lowest tempera-
ture was 80 on Wednesday morning. Over
! 1000 acres are planted in vegetables within
| u radius of ten miles of Oakland, and the
injury win not be 10 per cent. The ship
ment of early beans and tomatoes will be-
gan about Feb. Is.
At DeLand, Friday, the Baptist State
! Convention was addressed by Dr. Boyce.
! President of the Theological Seminary at
! Louisville, KY, on Education Home
and Foreign Missions was discussed by DR..
| Dean, of China, and DR.. Bell, of Atlanta.
| The night sermon was preached by DR.. I'm
derwood, OF Camilla, Ga.
Capt. William Miclller engineer of the
| St Augustine and Atlantic Coast Line, saws
he has completed the survey of that road to
| Ormond. From the mouth of Tomoka
creek, south, it runs within 200 yards Of the
! Halifax river for IA distance of six miles,
and from the windows of the cars beauti-
full view of the river may be obtained
Mrs. Nat 7. Lee, of Leesburg, lost her
gold wedding ring about a year ago. 1t
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