The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-27
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The new Methodist church at Cedar
Key approaches completion.
William Deering has purchased the grove
of Mrs. w. q. White. at Lake Charm, for
50, 900.
The Republican County Executive Com
mittee will convene at Orange City on
March 30
Oh. Oldroyd, State custodian of the
Lincoln homestead of Springfield, ILL.,, is in
Pensacola.
Cocoa on Indian river, with a popula-
ton of 400, has not a white school within
her borders.
Tuesday was regular midsummer dav
ats Daytona. The thermometer registered
So above at noon.
The Oakland Sun proposes to prove that
the act creating Lake county is unconStitu-
tional, null and void.
Parker Douglas, the aged colored man,
who was burned at Pensacola Saturday as
reported, is dead
c. w. Bedford is building neat and
tasteful cottage at Apopka to replace the
house lately burned.
The Cook-Hoyt murder trial at the last
term of the Circuit Court for Volusia county
cost the State $4,000.
c. C. Sutton was found dead in his bed at
the Noss House, Enterprise, last Tuesday.
| Heart disease was the cause of death.
Gen. Ira Davenport and wife, of New
York, are registered at the Brock House,
Enterprise, as are also Gen. G.. II. Sharpe
and wife, of Kingston, N. Y.
Levin Armwood, of Enterprise, saws that
| he was offered $500 by a prominent DeI.and
man if he would work for DeLand in the
coming election, but he refused.
! The material for the Orlando and Winter
| Park railway is en- the way. All but about
| 81, 900 has been subscribed Of the 5000
necessary to secure the extension of the
road to Lake Jesup.
Oswald Wilson, President of the State
| Farmers Alliance, and Hon. Joe NJ.
| Massey, of Georgia, will address the farm
ers of Suwannee county in the court house
at Live Oak on Saturday.
At Tallahassee last Friday Ed Roberts,
an employee of w. d. Harris furniture en-
porium, ate, before witnesses, thirty-one
broiled birds at one sitting, and then COM
planned of feeling hungry.
Mrs. McElroy, sister Of ex-President
Arthur, and lady of the White House dur
| ing his administration. passed over the At
lantic and Western, Thursday, aud was at
| Smyrna with Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Hunter.
|
ardent churchman, and is now building a
church at his country place in England,
has promised a gift of some beautifully
embroidered vestments to All Saints
church, Enterprise.
A few days ago Jim Brown, a colored
| man, living in the western part of Levy
county, was shot on the road between Rog-
ers store and his home by hidden assassin,
several shot striking him in the hand and
body. As they were small shot, he was not
seriously injured.
At Bridgeport Friday the saw mill be-
longing TO the estate of Isaac w. Brown
which was being run by his son, G.. w.
Brown, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss
from $500 to 81 900. Isaac Brown is now
in the insane asylum at Chattahoochee
where he was sent by his wife last Soptem-
Der.
Capt Andrew Tainer, n millionaire from
Wisconsin, and the principal owner in the
largest lumber company in this country
has purchased the Smith, George and Davy
groves, on Carpenter avenue, and the old
Schoverling grove, on Blue Spring avenue
Orange City, the aggregate for which was
$35, 600.
d. G.. Amber, of Jacksonville, who ar
rived in Washington Saturday for the pur-
pose of appearing before the River and
Harbor Committee, representing the Jack
sonvile Board of Trade, was unable to adj
dress the committee because of the com
mttee's decision, rendered a few days ago
that no more hearings would be granted K
any one.
The largest order for fresh fish in the
citS's history was received by Saunders &
Co, of Pensacola. a day or two since from
Cincinnati 1t was for sixteen tons of rec
snappeIS and grouperS-eight tons each
and all small fish. IL was impossible to i'll
it. The largest previous single order known
to the local market was for a carload
about seven and half tons.
A business man of South Florida adopt,
this novel plan to keep drul mers out of hi,
place. Every morning he places q plug hat
and leather satchel on his counter. A,
soon as a drummer comes TO the door anc
looks in he sees the plug hat and s1tchel
and he goes Off believing that smother one
of the craft has that ground already Gov
cred. He says his plan works admirably.
The hotels at st. Augustine ara 70 remair
open this year much later than is customary
The Ponce de Leon came ont first with q
notice that it would be open until May LIST
and longer il the interests of the travel
ing public demanded it, Mr.. Palmer, OF
the Magnolia, has decided TO keep his house
: open through April and May. Others o.
the hotels will probably decide likewise
as the months of April and May are among
the most pleasant of all the season.
Mr. Goblet, Of South Carolina, an old ant
successful truck gar,lner, who has the larges
field Of asparagus in the world, 400 acres
and who purcha-ed a truck farm at kssim
mec about month ago, returned here agail
last week with a couple of friends Mr.
Goblet invested $500 more in land TO
gardening, and one Of his friends, Alder
Hudson, planted 1892 in truck patch. Mr.
Hudson is also gardener Of extended expe
rience and has at present eighty acres il