The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-26
FLORIDA.


| A democratic club has been organized at
! Lake Worth.
1t is rumored that cotton factory is to
be built at Jacksonville
Lakeland hos organized a park associa-
ton for the purpose of improving the city
Park.
1t IA suggested that the old court house
building at Enterprise be turned into a
school.
The Barlow Courier and the Informant
have been consolidated. The new paper is
hard to beat.
There have been eleven marriage licenses
issued by the Orange county judge since
July seven white and four cOored
B. Tnpnasow of Orlando is one of the few
| lucky Purchasers Of tickets in the Louis
lana lottery, he having drawn prize of
800 in its July drawing.
The reward for the conviction Of themur-
derer Of Jonn IL. Clay is now $3.50, the gov
ernor having supplemented that of the city
council of Barlow by an additional $500.
The republican precinct meeting at
S,monson'> old opera house at Gainesville
Monday night, TO elect delegates to the re-
publican county convention, was a regular
old-fashioned wrangle
Sanitary measures Of every kind are be
ing taken by the authorities of Orlando
Weeds are being GU down and carted
| away, the crossings cleaned out underneath,
and limo is being used in al places where
deemed necessary.
A gentleman of Palatka drove out of his
| stable rs usual in his buggy the other day,
and had not gone far when he heard
scratching noise under the seat. Looking
under the seat he found cat, and threw it
out of the buggy. Presently more scratch
ing was heard under the seat, which this
time proved to be a litter of kittens.
Capt. w. l.. Finger, a prominent and in
| tluential citizen of Fairbanks, has COM
| menced the manufacture of brick near Fair
banks. He has previously tested the clay,
and feels assured that brick of a superior
| quality can be made The captains four
sons, Cons Lee, Jackson, johnson and
| Grover Cleveland, will assist their father in
the enterprise.
The grand jury of Alachua county has
found quite number of indictments
against parties for carrying concealed and
| deadly weapons. Several cases we're called
in the 'court yesterday. They were all
passed over except one, a young c)lored
man, who plea 10 g. lily to two indictments,
| and wa, sentenced to four months hard
! labor in the county jail
The first shipment of the new crop of
| oranges was brought to Jacksonville Tues
day by the steamer City of Jacksonville
/ Aheoo hlo luIlg grown anu quite
| bright in color, more so than the ordinary
| shipment OF oranges, even as late as Sep
| TENDER The shipment consists of three
| boxes from the groves of Messrs Greeuleaf
| q Pomeroy on DraytOn Island, consigned
| to parties in New York.
The opponents of Tavares in the late olec-
| ton for permanent county seat are not
| yielding gracefully to their defeat Some
| one, either in jest or earnest, telegraphel to
| Leesburg on last Saturday that Mai.
Abrams and few others from Tavares
! were going down TO Bloomfield on that day
to move the records to Tavares, whereupon
about twenty of the Leesburg people armed
| themselves and went down to Bloomfield to
guard the records and prevent their forci-
bic removal. None of the records will be
moved untilsby order Of the proper au-
| thority.
In convention at Orlando, Monday, the re-
publicans of Orange county declared them
selve' IN favor of nominating state ticket
II following delegates were chosen +, !
the state conventions: Delegates-H s.
Chubb, Page Mckinney, j. b. Henck, Jr
]. r. Mizsil, p. A Demen, W. D. Holden
Thos. Whiteman. Alternates - f. r.
Gunby, DR.. Hitchcock, DR.. l.. w. Pilley
r. C. Henderson, Dolph Edwards, r. S
Quarterman, II. r. Teasdale To attenC
the congressional CONVEX ton: Delegates
f. r. Gunby, Dolph Edwards, II. K. Teas
dale, j. S. Capen, G.. w. Cook, L. B
Minor, c. II. Boyer, T. T. Gaines
Alternates-H. s. Chubb, T. F. Wilson
Thos. Whiteman, c. A. Fox, Walter Hunt,
Geo. Coar, j. Craig Walter Williams