The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-17
FLORIDA.
The new Jail IS nearing completion.
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Inc new jail IS nearing completion.
The Sugar Belt railroad is still being
pushed rapidly ahead.
George A. Croam declined to be a candi-
date for tax assessor Of Leon county.
The citizens Of Gainesville have met and
organized ready to act in conjunction with
the board of health.
Col. T. N. Simpkins of Greenville real
lied 500 net returns from one and half
acres in LeConts pears.
A jay bird alighting upon the ear of E.
F. Dickinsons mule. caused a lively run
away at Madison few days ago
James Rowland can work horse with
less harness than any person in Madison A
Irvine ring is all he frequently uses.
Col. l.. A. Barnes, who has been absent
in London. Paris and other European cities,
has returned to his home In Gainesville.
The frame of the colored school building.
at Green Cove Springs, Is up, and good
progress is being made for its early com
pletion.
The Okeechobee company will put on q
fino passenger steamer this winter to ply be-
tween Kissimmee City, Lake Oksechobee
and Fort Myers.
w. II. johnson is a candidate for clerk
Of the circuit court Of Polk county. Oliver
p. johnson is a candidate for county Judge
and Judge Of probate.
Cotton caterpillars are reported on sew
eral plantations near Mosely Hall, Madison
county. Their appearance is made two
weeks later than last year.
A family telegraph line has been est ib-
lished TO run from one house to another
at Beresford. It will connect about twenty
of the residents of that place.
Col. II. r. Duval, general manager of the
Florida CaDtrol and PauiuauIar railroad
has purchased the farm in Gadsden county
known as the McGregor place.
A LeConte pear tree on b. F. Moseley's
place, near Madison, netted him $18 this
year. An acre planted In such trees would
give an annual income OF $3.50 net.
During a thunderstorm at Tallahassee
Monday afternoon Larry Reed, a colored
laborer on Joseph Cohen's plantation, was
struck and instantly killed by ligntning
A sick man who passed through Jackson.
vale Friday was put off the cars at Bost-
wick, when he walked to Paatka. No time
was lost in moving HIM to the pest house.
During the past few days there have been
more strangers in Gainesville than at any
time for years. The hotels and boarding
houses have been taxed to their utmost ca
pacity.
An ice factory, street railway, and a
mandatory for extracting oil from pine
timber, all of them extensive enterprises,
are in prospect for Charlotte harbor in the
near future.
The Japan persimmon crop will be quite
large around Green Cove Springs this year.
The fruit has already commenced to color
up, bat it will be some weeks yet before it
is At to market
Mr.. Cannon Of Kissimmee has received
orders to inspect the dredges of the Okee-
chobee company and see what repairs, il
any, are needed, with view Of setting the
whole force at work again.
Prof. Hoxie Of the State agricultural de-
| partment at Washington is spending q few
days In 1ftusville and vicinity, devoting
his time to the study Of the habits of our
feathered tribe of birds and fowl
The editor of the Tallahassee Floridian
received as high as s. per barrel for pears
last week. Forty-nine trees TO the acre and
ten barrels of pears to the tree at this
price beats growing oranges or pruning
corn.
On inquiry it has developed that q CON
siderable majority OF those citizens of
Gainesville who have FASTENED away, are
only carrying out plans long previously laid
to visit other parts. They simply FASTENED
their departure
Ii was reported at Gainesville on Tuesday
that Mr.. Williams had died Of yellow
fever at Newnansvilie. President Day tele-
graphed to Newnausville TO know il the re-
port was true The answer was: mo sir;
no deaths in ten days
The quarantine station hastily established
at Orlando last Thursday evening BY the
city has been moved TO building about a
mile and half from the western line of
the city. This is in an isolated locality with
comfortable building.
Luther Mcdaniel, who lives in the White
Church neighborhood in Leon, hav-
ing his corn crop cut off by the excessive
drought in April, plowed up and made a
new planting in Nay and now has the finest
corn crop IN all the couutry around
At Titusyille John Myers has made a CON
tract with G. s. Hardee to lay down $500
feet OF surface pipe in his orange grove to
be fed from bis new artesian we'll Mr..
Hardee will also utilize the artesan water
for q fountain and also for bathing pur-
poses.
+. G. Christie, a merchant and farmer of
Miccosulie thinks that the pear business is
bound TO become a big industry in this
country, and says that his returns show q
not income Of So II per barrel. Other
Miccosukie shippers received like favorable
returns.