The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-27

| BeIkNap was sent up from Habersham cOun-
ty for stealing jeweIry; Gregory is Green
county convict, while Freeman and Butler,
tie negroes hail from Newton and jackson.
freeman had made up q nice little scheme
10 take his pards by his wifes house in New
ton, there to exchange their tell-tale stripes
for citizens GARD, get shoes and hats, and
thence to ride as tramps to Birmingham.
FLORIDA
Harris Ocklawaha line will begin its win
ter schedule next Monday.
The price of timber continues to have an
upward tendency at ApalachIcoa.
F. j. Parramore has accepted the citizens
nomination for Mayor of Sanford.
Mrs. Giles, of Wakulla county, died
last Friday at the advanced age Of 81 years.
Mrs. NJ. E. Branch died at her residence,
ten miles northeast of Tallahassee, on last
Friday.
Nearly all the Joshua creek DeSoto
county people are planting early vegetables
this season.
Pensacolas subscription to the Memphis
and Pensacola road now foots up So, 900; ;
$4,000 is wanted
Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, new pota-
toes and even roasting ears" are getting
plentiful at Arcadia.
The members of the Methodist church at
! meetings
| in the white school house
At Orlando Maj. st. Clair-Abrams and
Judge J. l.. Bryan have formed a partner
ship for the practice OF law.
Statham & Blount, druggists of Barlow,
have made an assignment in favor of their
creditors, TO J. orc. Blount.
The crowds at the revival at the Baptist
church at Barlow, are so great that it has
been necessary to move to the court house.
Indications are that not only the orange
ami peach of Polk county, but all kinds of
fruit crops will be unusually large this sea
son.
An application has been made for char
! ter for a Knights of Pythas lodge by some
Of Key Vests most prominent colored
men
{. G. Waits, n prominent merchant of
Hawthorne, was in Arcadia last week hunt
ing up location for general merchandise
store.
II. w. Smell will erect a store on Broad
way, Barlow, soon. Six new two-story
brick buildings going up all at one time is a
boomer.
The late cold snap did but slight injury at
Federal Point A few tender plants were
frozen, but no damage has been done to the
orange crop
d. Toombs has twenty acres planted in
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plants at his place on Joshua creek, De
Soto county.
The Seminole Hotel at Winter Park is
now nearly full of guests. The Indications
now are that this will be the best season the
Seminole has ever had.
J. II. Mooney and his father, who is on a
visit to him. went out day or two ago and
succeeded in killing two fine deer within
four miles of Orlando
At Apopka's city election for Mayor, to
fill thesvacancy occasioned by Page Mckin-
ney's resignation, Dr.. H. s. Brewer received
a ma jority of the votes cast
The new church at Bombay is shortly to
be turned over to the Methodist conference,
and the ceremony of conservation or dedica-
ton will be highly interesting.
The regular meetings of the Board of
County Commissioners of Orange have been
changed from the second Monday to Tues
day after the first Monday in each month
The proposed regatta to come off in the
month OF April, at or near Pensacola, has,
at this time. the promise of doing much
good to Pensacola and her many and varied
interests.
The boat races at Punta Gorda will take
place on Feb. 10 AMI IL. Teemer, Hamm
and Mckay, the worlds three champions,
will take part in the contest for 81, 900 and
the championship.
Hereafter no children under II years of
age will he admitted into the old fort at st.
Augustine. unless accompanied by an adult,
owing to the danger of their falling from
the parapets or stairwavs
The County Commissioners of Lake coun-
ty will meet next Tuesday at Bloomfield.
the temporary county seat for the purpose
of calling another election for permanent
county seat of that county
Some vandal has been sneaking into the
Summerln Institute building, at Barlow,
and defacng the new walls. Contractor
Thompson says he has n scheme ON hand
now that will settle the rascals.
A sponge buyer has been located at St
Marks for some time who pays out a large
sum OF money every week to the sponge
fishermen, and the merchants Of the village
report a steadily increasing business.
The work on the piling for the proposed
wharf for the union depot of the White and
st. Augustine roads, opposite Palatlla is
progressing very satisfactorily. 1t will be
much more convenient than the present
depOtS.
The Gainesville Record says the circus
which exhibited there Tuesday was called
the Great Railroad Show but from the ap-
pearance of the parade, the name would be
more appropriate if it was called the
Wheelbarrow Show
L. Oliver, of Boston, has homesteaded a
quarter section about a mile and half
from Arcadia and is hard at work getting
his land ready for u crop. His land is
suitable for the cultivation of all kinds of
fruits and vegetables.
Dr. \. w. johnson and Col Douglass, of
Arcadia, are making regular shipments Of
early vegetables to Northern markets
These gentlemen have a fine truck farm
near Arcadia and are receiving remunera-
tive prices for all they have shipped
At DeFuniak Springs burglars removed
the glass IN one Of the doors of NJ. A.
Cawthon & Co. S store Tuesday night and
stole clothing, shoes, shirts and change
from the money drawers, amounting in all
90 about 500. The thieves escaped
There is scheme on foot for the form
alton of a hotel company at Federal Point
which bids fair to be a success If SO. a
good hotel will be erected there within the
year, which is a much needed Improvement
as that place is now destitute Of even a
clearinghouse.
some gentlemen connected with tho pro
posed new railway toward Lake George.
we're in Satsuma Heights a few days ago.
They said that prospects we're encouraging
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