The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-05
FLORIDA.
Stark wants a canning factory.

Stark wants a canning factory.
g. F. Duren of Titusville has his new
house completed.
Mrs. C. E. Dyke sold her LeConte par
crop for over 500.
John Turner of Daytona is candidate
for sheriff of Volusia county.
Deer are making depredations on the
sweet potato fields at Eau Gallie.
Silas Stearns, of the firm of Warren &
Co., of Pensacola, died day or two ago.
CHI Root of New Smyrna, while cutting
feed, sliced off the ends of three of his fin
gers
The city clerk, collector, assessor, marshal
and two aldermen OF Daytona are members
of the Halifax Rifles.
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, the prohibition can
didate for President, is an uncle of Alder
man c. G. Crippen of Eustis.
1t is reported that Prof Galloway has de.
clined u accept tho presidency Of the
Methodist college at Leesburg.
The city council of Orlando has repealed
the ordinance allowing pay to the alder
men for each meeting OF council.
An artesian we'll is again being talked of
at Fort Worth, and some liberal citizens are
subscribing money to get a trial one put
down.
The artesian wells at Rockledge are a
great success. G.. s. Hardee's new well
flows rs, 900 gallons per day from a depth
of about 100 feet
The new Baptist church and schoolhouse
at Eau Gslhe has been rooted in and is
being painted, the latter work being a dona-
ton from William Roescb.
William Adisou was shot at Lake Butler
about noon Friday by Jack CLANCY.
CLANCY has not been arrested yet. The
AIicpp will Isn
At Eau Gallie the steamer Kathleen,
owned by Hodgson Bros, is about ready
for launching and will have a carrying
capacity for IS to 30 passengers.
The town council of Daytona at its meet
ing Monday evening closed a contract to
lease the lower room of the Masonic build
ing for town hall and engine-house.
DIR. Kost says he will decline TO tender
| his resignation as director of the expert
ment station, which was asked for by the
board of trustees Of the agricultural col
| lege.
The annual state camp meeting Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, SOUTH AZ tho
| Atlantic camp ground, Pablo beach, will
commence on Wednesday, Aug 70, and CON
| tinue one week.
Mr. Wilcox of Jamestown, N. Y, has de-
cided to build large hotel on the land he
! purchased on the peninsula near Melbourne.
! The peninsula is to be connected with the
beach by tramway.
Dame Rumor has it that Mr. Flagler of
the great Ponce de Leon is becoming in
terested IN the site at the mouth Of the
Banana river, near Eau Gallie, and a nam
moth hotel there Is looked for.
One OF the pet deer of the Union hotel Of
Leeshurg strayed into an orange grove
southwest Of town, one day last week,
where she was mistaken for wild deer
by n colored man and converted into veni.
son.
The council Of Orlando has accepted the
proposition Of the gas aud electric light
company to light the city with gas. The
company is to put up forty lamp posts, Of
a pgttera selected by the street committee,
and t. light and e1tnguish them, for the
sum of II 900 per annum.
John T. Stokes Of the Baker County
Ue,1id is lying quite i'll with bilious foyer
at Maclenny. lie is under treatment Of DR..
James, anu hopes are entertained Of Dis
! spe ,dy recovery. He will visit lis homs IN
Bradford county as soon as able, and 70.
cuperate for three or four weeks,
A Tallahassee merchant, who has few
/ LeConte pear trees In his yard. this year