The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-17
FLORIDA.

! county seat Of Osceola county.
| Farmers throughout Gadsden county are
! busy preparing TO plant their crops.
Shipments Of wberries TO the North
have already begun from Mandarin.
! The lumber business at Fernandlna is not
| brisk at present, there being but few orders
| to fill.
Fifteen hand cars for section gangs on the
! Orange Belt railway have arrived at
! Sanford.
George Hughes &, Co., of Quincy, are
| enlarging their cigar factory. They now
work ten hands.
! At Kissimmee G. f. Farmer and Harry
| Artman have entered into partnership in
the express business
| The opening hop of the Sanford House,
at Sanford Friday night, was the most
brilliant local social event of the season.
| The DeBary Steamship line has made a
round trip from Sanford to the Sub-Trop-
| ical for only s., including meals and berth.
The County Commissioners of Gadsden
intend having 100 copies of map OF the
county made and are now negotiating for
the work
G. f. Parker has resigned his position as
station agent on the South Florida road at
Kissimmee and will soon enter on the prac-
tice Of law.
Osceola Is a new county, but her taxes are
great deal lower than many Of the old
established ones. The levy for county pur-
poses is only 10 mills.
At Pensacola Saturday the police cap
tured VIII Payne (colored) wanted at
Greenville, Ala, for the murder of Sam
Davenport also coored.
A portion of the material for the Kissim-
NEE City Ice Factory has been shipped, and
in a short time everything will be pushed
toward its speedy completion.
The horse stolen from Mr. A. Ottinger, Of
Quincy. has been recovered. The animal
was found near the Georgia line, where he
had been turned loose by the thief.
At Green Cove Springs orange, fig, null
berry and other trees are putting on new
growth and will soon be fragrant with their
blossoms or snowy with their fruit.
Agentleman of Enterprise shipped twenty
nin9 boxes of oranges and one box of
lemons on Jan. ? to New York, and the re-
turns show that they sold for $50 net.
Several of the employees in the Florida
Railway and Navigation Companys ma
chine shops at Fernandna have been ordered
to report for duty at the Tallahassee shops.
Rev. NJ. Ley, of Kissimmee, has received
sufficient encouragement in the building of
n Methodist parsonage to warrant him In
ordering the lumber, which is being de-
livered on the ground.
The steamer Okeechobee has been taken
to st. Cloud, where she will be broken up
and her machinery employed in some of the
many purposes in which it can be advan-
tageously used on the big plantation.
An excursion train over the Tavares, Or
lando and Atlantip railroad brought over
100 passengers to Orlando Friday. The
company proposes to run this train monthly,
provided they receive proper encourage
ment
Gainesville has clamored long and loudly
for big hotel and has not got it,. But this
useless clamoring is now to stop. A citizen
says that if the city or citizens will donate
n lot a first-class hotel building will be
erected by home capital.
Stella, the 7-year-old daughter of S. r.
BasSett, the editor of the kisslmmee Leader,
had the misfortune to break her shoulder
Sunday night. She was not feeling well,
and during her restless tossing about in
her sleep fell out of bed with the above re-
suit.
Friday as the steamer City of jackson
vile was crossing the lake from Sanford to
Enterprise one of the waste cocks was
blown out, and the fires had to be drawn.
She floated into the dock, and after the re-
sonville.
Lewis Thanasow and Bonita Ganzoles
were arrested at Orlando Friday night on
warrants issued by the Criminal Court for
violation of the prohibition law. Warrants
were also issued for several Other parties
but they have not been served, as some of
them have skipped.
Joseph Ligeour, of Fernandina, six or
seven months ago, noticed the fact that a
tumor was forming in his throat and used
only palliative treatment for it, The tumor
has grown to such an extent as to cause
fears of strangulation, and an operation for
its removal is deemed necessary.
rumor got abroad at Fernandina
Wednesday morning that gang of burglars
had been arrested the previous night in the
attempt to rob the Bank of Fernandina
Tracing the rumor up, it was found that
it originated from the detailing of an extra
policeman to watch a few suspicious in
dividuals.
The Baptists of Kissimmee have been dis
appointed IN not obtaining the services of
Rev. Mr.. Wharton as their pastor. He had
sold his household furniture and bought his
tickets for Florida, when the two congrega-
lions he was serving in the North united
and offered him sufficient inducements TO
retain his services there.
ne bds pei III iDOlO NlOill, uldue III Une
year 1910, and the ancient clock which was
brought to America IN the year l723, the
property of the editor of the Quincy Heraid,
will soon be placed on exhibition at the
Sub-Tropical. There is not an instrument
in America anything like this old violin,
and the clock is IA wonder in itself
DR.. K. j. Aston, who was arrested a few
days ago ON a warrant issued by Justice
Shine, on a charge of malpractice and dis
charged on motion of the prosecution was
again arrested Friday on an inform alton
filed in tho Criminal Court a Orlando
charging manslaughter in tue fourth degree.
DR.. Aston gave bond in the sum of 81 900.
Green Cove Springs is pushing rapidly
ahead. With the Western Railway of
Florida bringing in 5000 feet of yellow
pine per day, the saw mill cutting 10000
feet, the car factory turning out two cars
per day, and the manufacture Of brick
summing up $4,000 per day, one can easily
see that the town is growing in Importance.
The semi-centennial Of the Diocese of
Florida will Ire celebrated in st. Johns
church, at Tallahassee, on Jan II and is
The Bishop will COnsecrate the church and
deliver a sermon on the occasion. The Rev
DR.. Carter viii deliver a lecture on the his
tory Of the parish. Col. Daniel will close
the exercises by delivering an address ON
THE Prominent Churchmen of Florida
A race which took place mt Orlando Sat
mday resulted rather seriously for w L.
Hopsons horse, which fell end broke one of
the small bones in the ankle of it's right fore
leo Il r CaNVood had sold NJ. Ho,,so,ie