The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-26
FLORIDA.

LoC COuuOy pOPuAdbhOii ID ~,OOV.
There are six candidates for the postoffice
at Eustis.
At Daytona business prospects are re-
ported as uniformly hopeful.
A steamer is soon to be put on the San
Mateo route, making two trips day.
1t is said that the Seminole Indians in
South Florida are increasing very rapidly.
1t is rumored that W. s. McClelland will
have charge of the hotel at Tavares this
winter.
The new cigar factory of Lozano PEN
dias & Co., in Ybor City, was commenced
last week.
Six of the forty ten-room houses of the
Nome Company, at Ybor City, have been
completed.
The fall term of the circuit court will
convene at DeLand, Judge Broome on the
bench, Nov. &c.
| Every train from the north brings to
| Sanford large number of visitors from
the cold regions.
1t Is said that the citizens OF Palatka were
treated to the novel sight of light snow
Thursday afternoon.
A new postoffice has been established at
Knott, Manatee county, with Cornelia
Rogers as postmaster.
Quite a number of distinguished Cubans
passed through Sanford Thursday evening
en- route to their sunny home.
1t is said that the famous vestibule train
will this winter run direct to St. Augustine
via the new bridge at Palatka.
1t is reported at Leesburg that DR.. Rich
mond intends contestiug the election OF
Judge fancey to the state Senate.
Robert Finley, of Seneca, has traded his
orange grove for improved city property at
Carlisle, ILL.,, to the value of $l2, 900.
Powell will erect a sixty-foo pole on his
lot at Drytona in a few days. 1t is a
| democratic pole and will be used for 1892
A private letter from Col John A. Mac
donald states that himself and family ex-
pect to leave New York for Eustis, Dec. l.
An immense orange crop is being moved
in the Eustis section, and the Florida South
ern railroad is doing land Office business.
At Belleview the town hall is now com
pleted inside, and the school was removed
IRON Mason hall to the town hall on Mon
dav.
Probably in Florida there will be 10000
barrels of syrup made by small syrup farms
cane.
The Duke of Sutherland is on his way to
America. He will visit his place in Hills
borough county, situated on the west
coast.
George Ingersol has sold his grove near
Eustis to G. w. Patterson for g., 900 ia cold
cash, and ten acres of land, two of which is
in solid grove.
There has been very little litigation in
jackson county during the past year, and
when court opened last week there was not
| a civil case for trial.
A little child Of NJ. NJ. Knight of Madi-
| son. was given some morphine by mistake
| last Wednesday. and for several hours its
| life was despaired of.
The frame of the new residence for Heth
| Garfield at st. Augustine, has been raised
| on the handsome lot just south of George
| w. Atwood's mansion.
1t is reported that the election for legis-
lative and county officers for Madison
county will be contested by those VINO ran
on the ''cltizsns ticket"
James Starting has sold his mail contract
on the route between Madison and Perry to
| b. A. Tucker of the latter place, who will
become a citizen of Madison.
Robert Maley, George Smith, and J. G.
Misener, all Of Daytona, sent President-elect
| Harrison few days ago a box of the
famous Halifax river oranges.
The MORNING NEWS has received com
munication from Fernandina signed T. j.
! Agnew, in which he says there has been no
fever in that city for the past thirty days.
There are now about lis men In the sew
aral divisions OF the west Gordon Of St
Augustine. The men are paid 81 IS per
day. The line is considered impregnable.
There were niue ballots in DeLand and
one in Daytona, illegal, that were cast by
prohbitionists, but they can lay the blame
on the republicans as the latter furnished
the tickets.
Thrty-fve men and sixteen hounds sur
rounded and captured two foxes few miles
northeast of Madison last Friday night.
There was force enough after these two to
capture bag full.
The postofiice at Hardeeville, is now
open. All letters formerly addressed to
City Point may now pe sent direct to Har-
deevile for residents whereabouts. w. w.
Winthrop is postmaster.
A negro who last week applied to the
relief committee at Enterprise for rations.
Struggled himself into DeLand Monday on
a bogus health certificate. He was soon
spotted and escorted out Of town.
Leesburg is to have an opera house
James |. Gibbons, proprietor of the Union
hotel, is now having the plans and spocif-
cations drawn, aud the opera house will &C.
cupy the lot in the rear Of the hotel.
At Madison train of cars knocked dog
belonging to G. S. Church off the track and
several feet high one morning recently.
Strange to say he has experienced no trouble
or Inconvenience from the experience since.