The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-12
TORIDA.

of the State.
The Tallahassee hotels are doing a good
business now.
The oat crop is looking fine in the ITALIA
hassee country.
Registration is lively for the town cleo
tion at Tavares.
Fifty-seven cats were killed by poison at
Orlando last week.
Lawtey citizens have formed fruit
growers association.
The new brick jail at Starke is now com
plete AMI all paid for.
Work is progressing on the colored Epis-
copal CHURCH at Tallahassee.
Within few miles of Eusts there are
1000 acres in early vegetables.
Splendid showers at Clearwater Harbor
are making truck planters happy.
The new Methodist church to be built at
peFuniak Springs will cost 81 geo.
Tho Pensacola Commercial advocates the
building of dry dock at that place.
The drainage company are preparing to
plant large crop Of rice near Starlie.
The Bonifay Manufacturing Company's
new mill is rapidly approaching compile
ton.
A great many trees were set in and about
Starke Wednesday, but not near as many
y
A burglar secured watch and small sum
o. money at J. Donnelly's residence at Pa
latka night or two ago.
There will be a larger acreage in all
kinds of vegetables about Lake City this
season than for several years past
The shipment of oranges from Columbia
county for the season just closing will
amount to something over 100000.
The tobacco seed beds which have been
planted at Apopka are doing excellently,
and many will transplant very soon.
The Lake County Commissioners have
ordered the next county seat election on
Saturday, March 10. The registration books
will be open at Bloomfield.
The contract for the construction of the
bridge across the Ocklawaha river at Asa
brooks ferry has been given to jackson
Vile contractor for some s., 200. The APP
proaches will increase the cost to about
5000.
Frost q Burgess, nurserymen, from River
side. Cal. who have been spending the past
three weeks i'll Eustis, left for home last
| Tuesday. They purchased in and around
Eustis nearly 10000 orange trees to take to
California.
The prices obtained for oranges at the
| auction at jacksonville Friday were as fol-
lows: Golden russell navels, So; choice
bright, 81 S0G3 50; bright, 81 1902 20; gol-
den russets, 81 7Op2 90; russets, 81 30Q2 CO.;
culls and drops, Zoe. CG$1 60.
/ J. c. Paxson, of Lake City, sold on last
! Wednesday to Capt. j. f. Baya $3.50 so
worth of tobacco, grown on a fraction over
one acre, and he has the ground leaves left,
| which are worth at least $l5, thus making a
a total of Sl35 80 for one acre of tobacco.
Some one, presumably a tramp, went to
two or three residences in Madison last Mon
day night tried several doors, and at one
place finding lady alone with her little
ones, demanded admittance, which brighten
ed her almost into Mysteries. She fed to a
neighbor's house.
AT Starke Friday, c.. Lang was arrested
at the inStigation of detectives, charged
with the robbery of William Mitchell,
which occurred few weeks ago He was
given a preliminary trial before Justice
Burrin, of Lawtey, who bound him over to
the Circuit Court in default of $500 bond.
The West Florida Land Company of
Bombay, will donate its new and spacious
hotel valued at 81, 900, TO the Congregation
al church, to be used as a college, on condi
ton that the Congregational body supply
like amount to provide the necessary appa-
ratus, etc. Should this offer be accepted
another and larger hotel will be built ON a
more eligible site.
NJ NJ. Pitts, of Fort Worth, cut his leg
on Jan. 26, and was unable to stop the
bleeding, so he had to be taken to the
Cocoanut Grove House and doctor sum
moned, who, upon examination, found a
slight cut in one of the large veins. Had it
| been the least trife deeper Mr.. Pitts would
probably have bled to death before he could
| have reached doctor, as he resides up on
the island near the inlet.
At st. Augustine w. c. McDaniels, night
! Waterman aJ the AlcaZar, shot one of the
| Ponce de Leon walters about q o'clock Fri
day night. The walters, who sleep in the
AlcaZar building, are in the habit of break
ing in doors and windows, and upon COM
mencing to break in a door Friday night
were ordered by the Waterman to stop, but,
not doing So he fired upon them, shooting
| one of them through the thigh. McDaniels
was placed under arrest.
A petition has been sent TO the Board of
! Trade i'll jacksonville for the signature of
jacksonville citizens, which is TO be for
warded TO the Congress of the United States.
IL asks for an appropriation for the Ockla-
waha river, claiming that few thousand
dollars would reclaim at least 100000 acres
| of Government land which is now over
flowed The originatols of the petition
| calculate that at least 200, 900 hogsheads of
sugar could be produced annually on these
| reclaimed lands.
The spring terms OF the Circuit Court for
! the Second Judicial Circuit Of Florida will
commence as follows: AT the county site
| of Liberty county on the first Monday in
March OF each year, at the county site of
! Calhoun county on the second Monday in
March at the county site of Franklin
county on the third Monday in Marc, at
tho county site Of Gadsden county on the
fourth Monday in March, at the county site
OF jefferson county on the first Monday
after the fourth Monday in March, al the
! county site of Wakulla county on the third
Moniay af O. the fourth Monday in March,
at the county site OF Loon county on the
| fourth Monday after the fourth Monday in
! March.
A proposition has been received by the
Fruit Growers Association OF Lawtey, from
a lending 30 ton house, 30 allow the asso-
citation rebate OF 20 per cent. Of their com
mission that Is, 10 accept per cent instead
Of l0 M consideration OF being enrolled on
the list Of houses recommended for patron
/ age by the association A circular letter
| has been prepared 10 be sent % the leading
| houses IN the Northern cities inviting them
/ 10 make this offer, and il Is expected that