Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-02-18
FLORIDA GEEANINCS.

'N''oi VI IchSdCOfd, VIII De appointed
marshal Of the Southern District of
Florida. On the grade about ten miles
from ~. Augustine a bed of rel CLAW
has been struck. If upon investigation
this will mike good brick, another in.
dustry Will be established =. The auction
sale "f orange groves and other property
III DcLand aggregated over f2i. 900, and
about $50. 600 worth uf property has also
been soEtfo parties who failed to- secure
what they wanted at auction Joseph
y. Horton. of Pensacola. committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head.
while seated on the steps of his residence.
No reason can be ascertaincd for the rash
act. except 1t was attributed To fit OF
dcspOndency occasioncd by business
troubles. -. The western portion Of Ma
ron county Is in IL tluttcr over the rO-
mantle elopcmcnt of Miss Cora Holly and
Eddie Tucker. The Young lady let her
self down from seCond-Story window
at midnight and found Rev. Mr.. Hall,
who served the purpose of their midnight
search, and sent them on their way re-
Joicing ... Stock is now nearly all sub.
scribed for the new hotel at Chipley, and
the bt ding will 60 up at once. The
plans said to be after the style of the
one III yArlanna now in course of cree
ton. At a meeting of the Orange
COUNTY commissioners. the committee on
the poor Of that body, reported that a
county poor farm would be a good in
vestmcnt for the county AT the prize
drill of the Orlando Guards, Burct
kuhl took the gold medal
80. The Pensacola Stone and Building Co.
has received the mOlds and other machin
cry necessary for the manufacture OF
their artificial stone. The surveyors are
out on the line of railroad to be built
from Naples on the Gulf to Jacksonville.
The survey will run from ten to fif cen
miles east of Fort Myers, the head OF
deep water navigation on the Caloosa-
hatchcc. . AT yacht race ut Palatka,
the Wandcrcr beat the Bertha and Mar
tina by ten seconds. r. W. Hall. of
Maitland, has large bearing orange grove
near that place. which is : tuated upon the
very spot where Gen. Maitland pitched his
tent during his campaign many years ago.
... What effect will this hotel have on
Florida! 1t will make st. Augustine the
great Winter resort of this continent The
amaZCmcnt of those who have seen the
Ponce de Leon this season will bring
thousands to see it next season. Men and
women will cross America to spend day
or two within its walls. Mr.. Flaglcr and
his friends will make St Augustine
worthy of this hotel. Already the Casa
| Monica. another hotel. is finer than any
thing else in the country. except The Ponce
| de Leon. The AlcaZar. when finished,
will surpass the wonders of both these
hotels. With one hundred thousand
| people collected in st. Augustine every
Winter, and there should be this nHm-
| Der there next Winter, Florida will bcne-
tit immensely. y.- Correspondent atlanta, Co.,
| CohSifufjon The indications are that
the Lake We;r ChautauQua wilmergc in
to IN old fashioned camp-meeting. Rev.
Sam Jones has been engaged for the first
five days, TO I've followed by the evange.
list, Rev. John b. Culpepper =. The
Jacksonvill Tampa Il Key West Rail.
road has added another steamer
to lis line by putting on the Piccolata. >
| .. .Pensaco a wants floating dock. -.
Sneak thieves are again troubling the Pa.
Iatkaites :. Pensacola's Young men pro.
pose getting upa gymnasium. q. :. Plant
City gardeners are shipping large quanti-
ties of cabbage . The first Spanish
| mackerel Of tht season wtrs eaughtat Pen.
sacola. -. Col. \. NJ Thrasher has been
elected chairman of the Sanford. BOARD ,oi
Aide me9...:.. EhdS6 Florida railroad
will run special trains during the South
Florida exhibition at sanford Ehere
will .be larger acreagein all kinds Of veg
eta les about Lake City this season thar
for several past. The shipment Of or
lngcs from Columbia county, for the Sea.
son just closing, will amount to some.
thing over 200, 900. e. The lanterns for
the beach lights in Pensacola bay are now
ready. and the keepers have been notified
70 report for duty at once. s. g.
Bettcs. better known as the "Sailor Evan.
gelist." has pitched his tent in Palatka
:. The house of S. 5. Gray, Minis, wa'
struck by lightning the other day. The
building sustained but little damage, but
it gave a'siiock to negro who was grind
ing an ak, the electric fluid striking it out
of his hands and sending it about ten feet
away. . The plans of DeFuniak's new
NJ. f. Church are in the hands of the con
trac ors. The building will be 81 fee
deep and 40 feet wide, with classroom
on each side 13x2S feet: 80 feet to comt
of roof from bottom of sill.