The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-06
FLORIDA.


The Mayor has ordered Starke cleaned
up.
Circuit court convenes at Lake City on
May IA.
A gentleman has recently purchased
$1,000 acres of land near Dade City.
One night last week Jack Smith. OF
Eustis, killed five 'possums at one shot.
About $120 was realized from the Gaines
vile Guards entertainment Wednesday
night.
The bridge which is being built across the
Halifax river, at Datona, is nearly COM
pleted.
Leesburg merchants have decided to run
a cheap excursion from Aston to Leesburg
on May 10.
The workmen are preparing to put the
roof on the Presbyterian church building
at Gainesville.
During the past week Hon. r. NJ Wilson
was offered $4,000 for his orange grove
near Dade City.
The building boom at Dade City increases
and several houses are to be erected at once
under contract
Ioquirers for land frequently visit ks
slmmee, and a number of good sales have
been reported lately.
At Tampa, the drill being fast in the
well, at the depth of SIS feet, work is tenn
porarlly suspended on it.
Lake county comprises tho Twenty-third
Senatorial district, and is entitled to two
members of the Legislature.
The Daytona Rifles have now got their
uniforms and the boys are happy. The
total cost for the suits was in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000.
According to Comptroller Barnes annual
nj, Nf
sonal property of Bradford county for 1887
was 81, l24, 1853.
At Daytona, E. NJ. Snow has disposed of
his interest in the grocery store on North
Beach street to Eliza Longe, who will CON
duct 1t hereafter.
Judge Wilson, of Polk county, has Just
sold to a gentleman from Kansas his orange
grove at Homeland, on the Florida South
ern, for $40,0 900 cash.
citizen Of Lake City offers to donate To
any one who will establish a tub factory at
that place an eligible lot and timber enough
to run the factory for six months.
Quite number of citizens of Daytona
have century plants preparing to bloom
Some OF the stalks are fifteen feet high and
are growing at the rate of foot a day.
Texas cattlemen are prospecting in South
Florida with view to moving their herds
from Texas TO that State. The destructive
billiards. have caused them to take this step.
An Orlando land agency has just sold the
Webber cottage, on Orange avenue, TO a
Mississippian for So, 500, and three cottages
in West Orlando to F. r. Webber for
$4,000.
A. B. Rowland, of the Orlando bakery.
has just put into his eStabli shment on
Church street a machine which will mix
sufficient dough for 500 loaves OF bread
each day.
A Northern capitalist, whose name has
not been learned yet has selected beauH
full site at Manatee for hotel of 100 rooms.
aud work on the building Will begin as soon
as possible.
A farmer named Norman, living near
Indian Springs, has three white ducks of
some famous breed. In the past six months
he has sold 400 Of the eggs of these ducks,
netting him $44
There is much complaint at Mariana Of
bud-worms having injured the corn crop:
but much Of this has been remeded by re-
planting Cotton is doing well, and the
prospects of large yield so far are good.
At Live Oak, on Friday morning, the
judge ordered a special venire of thirty
SIX jurors to be taken from the BODY of the
county to try Carry ShippmAn on next
Tuesday for the murder of Ella Anderson.
Kissmmee's new city officials are busy
putting klssimmee in splendid sanitary
condition. All rubbish and trash is being
burned, and the premises of the different
citizens are undergoing thorough cleaning
up.
One of the vessels loaded with iron pipe
for the water works at Tampa is living off
Egmont Light waiting for a tow up the
bay. The tower of the water works will be
built of iron, instead of brick, as first pro-
posed.
Some Massachusetts, visitors have pro.
posed the establishment of public library
at Fort Ogden, and offer 100 volumes as a
start. The Fort Ogden Netcs can add about
fifty, and furnish papers and magazines for
reading room in connection Herewith.
The drought that has prevailed at Bron-
son for the past six weeks is becoming very
serious. Crops are suffering and water for
stock IS becoming scarce Unless there is
rain in a short time there will be a total
failure of crops and many cattle will die
The new hotel being built at Titusville
by Mr. Hutchinson is now about enclosed
from the weather The tilping on the roof
will be commenced in a few DAYS, and the
building presents fine appearance, either
from the river or from the western part of
town.
York Dudley, an industrious colored
man of the Mt. Tabor neighborhood, of
Columbia county, is also the father Of sew
enteeu children Of four years old and up
wards and his wife has just presented him
with twins-making nineteen on full
count
j. L. Bugbee, a merchant of Peru has
assigned. j. j. Boyett was made assignee.
and will dispose of the stock and settle ali
matters pertaining to the business. Thomas
j. Stone is preferred creditor for 81. $50.
After his claim is settled an equal distribu-
ton OF the remaining funds is to be made
Mr. Manville, of Cedar Rapids. Ia, is a
guest of Maj. l.. B. Dawson, at Indian
River Narrows. He is large dealer in
real estate in Cedar Rapids, and has cJnsid-
cradle land in the vicinity of the Narrows.
He recently sold 10000 acres of Florida land
to various parties in Iowa and adjoining
States
An iron mortar used at Columbus, Miss.
in lS59-60 by Thomas W. Spicer, has been
shipped TO Leesbrrg, and again brough.
into the service Of its former owner in n
drug store. When that mortar was first
used, nearly thirty years ago, Mr.. Splcer
was serving as drug clerk and learning
his first lessons in pharmacy.
The Clifford building in Eustis, formerly
occupied by the Lake Region, was burned
last Friday night. The loss is 81 900 As
the building was uncccupied, the fire is sup
posed TO have been caused by a Florida
Southern locomotive. The wind blew Il o
flames over the lake. otherwise the whole
town might have boon destroyed