The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-22
FLORIDA.


Circuit court will meet at DeLand Nov.
20.
A. Blum has opened store at Tarpon
Springs.
w. W. Marsh of DeLand is about to retire
from business.
The public school at Tarpon is now in a
Furnishing condition.
Not a case of yellow fever has yet made
its appearance in Orange county.
DeLand now has seven quarantine guards
under charge of Henry Stevenson.
Dr. NJ. N. Voorhis Of DeLand expects to
ship 1000 boxes Of oranges this season.
In Pasco~ county the egg plant crop is
fine, and shippers are realizing satisfactory
prices.
Mr. McFarlin's hotel at Quincy is almost
completed, and will soon be ready to receive
guests.
Around DeLand many unprotected orange
groves have been completely despoiled by
thieves.
E. D. Dromgoole will, some time in the
near future establish a prescription drug
store in Oakland.
Four loaded passenger trains went south
on the jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
road from Palatka Monday.
At Fernandina George Null, formerly
the Egmont for term of years.
The shipment of oranges over the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West road out Of
Palatka amounts to 1000 boxes daily.
A horse belonging to Henry Bell (colored)
of rernandina fell into an unused well on
the outskirts Of town Tuesday, and was
drowned.
The day after the election there were
three candidates for appointm as post
master of st. Augustine. There are now
seventeen.
The colored republicans of DeLand had a
torchlight procession Monday night. Brad
ley Robinson officiated as leader Grover
Clevelands corpse, in efligy, was carried in
the procession.
r. s. Schuyler, secretary of the Howard
Association at Fernandina, is still kept busy
with the duties of his Office, and often has
to encroach on night in order to complete
his days labor.
Heth Canfel1, President of the St
Augustine Impr Dvement Company, is lay
ing the foundation for n handsome two-story
residence on his lot adjoining Mr.. Atwood'S,
in Buena Esperanto.
Mr.. Dozell, who has been running his
saw mill near Bainbridge, Ga, has taken
the mill to GadSdon county, and will locaJe
it seven miles southwest of Quincy, whore
there is an abundance Of fine timber.
Last Saturday w. W. Parken aud Earnie
Meres returned TO Tarpon Springs from
Cedar Keys with the sloop Jeanette, which
| they will hereafter run between Tarpon and
the Keys as freight and passenger boat
Three of the sanitary guard of Fernan-
| dina, stationed on the south end of the
island, were out sailing last Saturday, when
their boat was struck by a squall and over
turned. Fortunately, they all escaped with
only a severe ducking.
Some Orange Cityites coming into De-
! Land last week were stopped by Il. w.
Phillips, who asked for their health certii-
Gates. Surprising that he could not read,
they gave him some election tickets, but
Phillips was too fly for them.
The democratic executive committee of
ST. Johns county, held their last meeting
Monday afternoon in the rooms of the
board of trade Some outstanding accounts
were ordered paid, and other business of
minor Importance was transacted.
1t will require seven carloads Of lumber
day for forty days to fill the orders which
| Wheelwright a. Co. Of Femandina now
have out at the mills in Florida. The
orders will be largely increased as soon as
vessels commence to come in freely.
John T. Carkeet, blacksmith Of Jack
sonville, while attempting to stop run
away horse on Pine street Sunday morning,
was thrown violently to the ground, and
sustained injuries about tho head tn At have