The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-30

field on Nov. /, when candluaUes onlpudn
and Goodrich will address the people.
TAYLOR county oranges Of good size and
flavor were offered for sale at Madison
Tuesday. They event like hot cakes"
The residence Of G. w. Thomas, in Fruit
land Park, was destroyed by fire Monday
morning, caused by a detective kitchen
flue.
There is a report to the effect that j. H.
Gregory of Key West will be nominated by
the republicans for the senate from that dis
trict.
Gonzalez & Tooke have secured the con
tract to put up a fine large dwelling house
for Edward Kantz IN the east end Of Fort
Myers
The Indians now come to Fort Myers
through Lake Okeechobee and down the
Caloosahatchee in their cypress canoes, sail
rugged.
The St Petersburg folks are just com
pleting their new school house, which has
been built by the free contribution of the
citizens.
A 7O-foot pole was raised by the Demo
cratic Club No l in Green Cove Saturday,
when banner 80 feet in length was hoisted
| to the breeze.
Three colored people have been shot in
Madlson'county within the last ten days
In each case the shooting was done by
colored people.
A lady of Titusville, Mrs. Turner, has
composed the Quarantine March, which
is pronounced by experienced connoisseurs
as quite excellent.
Capt. s. A Parramore Of Madison is out
as an independent candidate for sheriff
He is independent both of the, citizens and
| democratic tickets.
Mr.. Bohrer is building a store house in
Ward & Baum's addition to st. Petersburg
Three stores in the place will ba likely to
make rather keen competition.
| Every one of the county democratic nom
| inees in Madison will be elected, unless
| beaten by most wonderful revulsion of
public sentiment before election day.
Charles H. Stebbins died at Fort Myers
| Tuesday, aged 46 years. The cause of death
| was gun-shot wound through the left lung
received in the war between the states.
Mr. Martin of Orlando has built and
| launched most beautiful row boat on Lake
Lucerne 1t Is 16 feet long, 80 inches wide,
| has four seats and will carry eight persons.
| st. Augustine has had but five funerals in
the last month. All Of these but one-that
of Mrs. Masters, which occurred Saturday
have been colored, three infants and one
adult.
Deputy Sheriff Whitlock of Madison went
up to Tallahassee a few days ago and
brought back J. ID. Cox, who is charged
with murder in Taylor county. He was
assigned to a cell in the new jail.
At Oakland, the weather, from an excess
| of rain, has turned to an ecxeSs Of dryness
almost a drought-which will soon in
terfere severely with the growth of such
vegetables as have already been planted.
Adjt Gen. Lang has issued an order that
the arms of the two military companies at
| Tallahassee be kept in the state armory in
| 4 len 1.Ef ,1,~,
| miscuously at the homes of the members.
Rock Hill Washington county, is bound
| to be romantic. Mrs c. c. B. Hawley,
who has built a home near the rocks, ha =,
| given it the name Of Craig Elachie, i'll honor
| of mountain of that name in the High
lands of Scotland.
The handsome and commodious hotel of
| the Orange Belt Investment Company at
st. Petersburg is now completed on the OK
terror, and all that remains to be done is
some Of the inside plastering and the car
penter work 1t ia intended to have the
hotel open for guests by Dec. 1 next.
The first shipment of oranges for the
present season, and from Oakland, was
made by J. E. Willis on Wednesday last
| They are of the variety known as Browns
| earlyn aud were consigned 0orty-four in
number) to New York. The freight per
box has been fixed at 90 cents to that city,
as against 90 cents last year.
The Florida Produce Manufacturing Com
pany of Leesburg had bought and used up
to Monday evening of last week $1,000
oranges, which were converted chiefly into
wine. All the apparatus ordered by the
| company has not yet arrived having been
delayed by the quarantine, but operations
| are being carried on vigorously, neverthe-
less.
George A. Lamb is laying down the ma
terial and digging out the foundation for an
| additional wing to the already commodious
st. James hote! as Tallahassee. The pros
| poets for an increased influx of northern
visitors to Tallahassee this winter are so
fiattering that Mr.. Lamb has concluded to
| enlarge the St. James clear out to Lewis
bank building.
| The steamer Gulf Stream, of the Clyde
| steamship line, will resume her trips to
| Mayport on Nov. 10. She will leave New
York on that day, and hereafter continual
trips will be made. When the Clyde line
runs its steamers to Mayport, at the mouth
| of the st. Johns, it is more than likely. hat
some Of our capitalists will put steamer on
between here and that port.
The hotel being erected at Port Tampa
by the Plant company is rapidly approach
| ing completion. The Notwithstanding and
roof has been put on, and the mechanics
are now finishing up the inside of the build
| ing. 1t will have accommodations for q
large number of guests, being three stories
| high. A novel feature of the building Is
| that it is located about a quarter of mile
from the shore liue and stands on piling
over feet Of water.
While j. F. Allen and family, who live
about twenty-five miles from Tallahassee
| in the western portion of the county, were
all away from home on Saturday, Oct. Is,
their residence, kitchen, barn and meat
house, together with their contents, were
consumed by fire. Mr.. Allen had lst gath
cred and housed his corn, and had plenty
for next year. Now he is left with family
and nothing TO feed them on. He thinks
that tle fire was the work of an incendiary.
The tennis court Of Palm Springs is an
institution that is becoming famous. On
Wednesday last there was tournament
there, which was largely attended. All the
ladies in the neighborhood were there, aud
some twenty carriages or more from a dis
lance were counted The whole affair was
very animated and exciting one, and will
soon find repetition, as the Orlando folks
are said to be coming out next week in full
force to retrieve their defeat. Refresh
meats were in the fine pavilion on the
grounds.
Tallahassee TdUdhassedn: John Branch
has accepted the place for county
school superintendent on the republican
ticket. Mr.. Branch is fully compe-
tent 10 fill the position, and under ordinary