The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-26
FLORIDA.

Palatka has undoubtedly the largest lady
in the State. Her weight is $50 pounds.
O. p Ravens is getting up views Of st.
Augustine for illustration in the New YORK
Grophic
The Orange Belt railroad is making
progress toward St. Petersburg, its ocean
terminus,
There were 6ss passengers carried upon
the st. Augustine and South Beach railway
last Sunday.
At Anthony it is feared that some Of the
vegetables were slightly injured by the re-
cent cold snap, cucumbers especially.
w. II. Durant, of Palafka, has received a
letter from Northern parties offering to buy
out his patent right upon the fire ex-
tmgusher that he lately invented.
The Sylvan Lake Rife Club defeated the
Sanford rife team Monday The score was:
Sylvan Lake, 246; Sanford, POS. The match
was shot at the range of the Sylvan Lake
club, at Sylvan Lake.
James johnson, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
I will visit Florida soon, in order to investi
gate the sponge industry, with view TO
furnishing the Northwest with sponges from
along the Florida coast.
II is now definitely fixed that the Presby-
terrain church at Orlando is to be built at
once, not on the old site, but on the corner
opposite II. H. BeIry's shop. The church
has all the funds necessary.
The burning of the factory of Nelson,
Matter Il Co., a Michigan firm, which is
| supplying the Casa Monica and Ponce de
Leon hotels, at St. Augustine, has delayed
the shipment Of furniture, much Of which
was destroyed.
The revival meeting which has been i'll
progress at Anthony for the past two weeks
| wa, brought to a close Sunday night. The
total number that joined the two churches
| is forty-one- twenty-five to the Methodist
and sixteen to the Baptist.
Rev Mr. Tomlinson, of Orlando built
the Congregational church at Mount Dora
for $500, about half what it would cost
ordinarily. He has built five churches in
this State, including the handsome one now
in course Of erection at Orlando.
The man who was killed by the incoming
| Titusville train st Sanford, Monday, was
not Lundquist, the aged Swede, rs was at
first suspected and reported. but a deaf
mute printer named John Hale, who has
recently been working in the Ttusville
! star composing room.
At the orange auction at jacksonville
Tuesday the prices obtained were as follows:
Choice bright, s. to So 55 brights s. 20 TO
81 s.; golden russets, 81 81 TO Sc 10; rus
sets, II 80 to 81 So; one small lot of bad
russets and culls, 81 - to 81 80; one lot OF
two boxes, very poor culls, 81 - per box.
At ST. Augustine ASHER Lodge No rs,
| f. and A. NJ, received its charter Tuesday
and has installed the following officers II.
| NJ Snow, Master; w. NJ. Ingraham, Senior
Warden, Robert Peoples, Junior Warden :;
G. +. Mackey. Treasurer; a. T. Sherwood
! Secretary Lee BeaseY, Junior Deacon; Al
bert Myerson and f. +. Stearns, Stewards.
Dr. O'Brien. of Brookesville, picked up
poor tramp named Bill Lenose, the other
day, and, like the good Samaritan, took
him in and fed him." But Bill hadn't n bit
of gratitude in his composition, and repaid
the doctors kindness by stealing two
watches and some other valuables from his
benefactor's trunks. He was arrested while
attempting to dispose of them, and he now
languishes in Jail.
AT the January meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners for Orange county
the Collector was allowed one months ex-
tension in the payment of taxes. but Comp
troller Barnes peremptorlly ordered him to
close his books on Feb. l. The Record says
that the office is now crowded all the while,
and if the time of payment was only ex-
tended great majority of all the taxes
would be paid in.
Gainesville Record: We noticed a few
days ago in this city what might be termed
a strange freak of nature. An orange tree
that has borne for three years, commenced
dying about one year ago. Four months
ago all the leaves fell off and many of the
Young limbs died, though in this condition
II fully matured several very fine oranges
tine present season. A month ago the tree
to all appearance, was perfectly dead; the
roots now are not only dead, but many of
them are rotten, and the bark around the
base of the tree for several inches up has
entirely rotted away, leaving the trunk
bare. Ii has been i'm this condition for over
one year But tine strangeSt part of it all
| ig Int ha IL fin nf laoN- 4
shoots and is i'll heavy bloom. Many of the
limbs apparently dead, with not Il leaf or
live twig on them, are full of blossoms.
The Gambler correspondent of the NEWS
wrote Us follows on Jan. %: The tail of
the great blizzard from the Northwest
arrived here last "Wednesday night, and the
thermometer went down to 81 in about
eight hours from 1O'. Nodamage was done,
however, only to very tender plants, such
as cucumbsrs and tomatoes, which were
bitten down by the icy breath of the biz
card. There nave been several more land
! sales here this week. In fact, quite boom
has struck the town. Half dozen lots in
and around the village changed hands at
. good prices. MeSsTs. Babcock, of Massa-
, chusetts; Hopkins, of Maine, and Benjamin,
Of Indiana, are among the new Corners. G.
{ T. Parker, OF Kane, ILL.,, is planting out u
ton-acre orange grove. 4. d. Moore is
, busy clearing and preparing to plant out
about thirty-tive acres in oranges for parties
in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Mr.. j.
II. Brelin, of Wyandotte, Mich, who has
been here looking after his interests, has
left for home.
The correspondent of the News at Ores
cent City wrote as follows on Jan. %: The
thermometer registered "a here one day
last week. No damage was done to vege-
tables. The Peen-TO peaches have been
blooming several weeks, and have young
/ peaches formed as large rs cherries The
prospect for a large crop of orange is quite
/ flatterpg. Trees are beginning to show the
| bloom. as it has been a mild winter The
Lakeside Hotel has been opened and it will
have a successful run this season. Mrs. c
Smith while shopping one day last week
lost her purse containing about $40.
, She has not succeeded IN finding it.
The proprietors of the Grove Hall Hotel
were approached by a party who desired to
3 purchase it with view to running a hotel
{ in Crescent City. The price asked was
$4,000. Orange growers who have sent
their fruit TO the Charleston market are
very much dissatisfied with the prices re-
ceved Some reported sold for expenses. ~
One party lost six out Of dozen boxes by
decay In future they will seek other
markets.
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