The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-29
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Lane Lake is in the race for county seat
of Lake at the next election.
With very few exceptions the public
schools throughout Alachua county have
closed until next fall.
Some gentlemen from Ohio talk of COM
ing to Gainesville to construct and run a
furniture mandatory.
At Tilghman's MILL at Francis, large
lot of flooring is being got out and stacked
to season for the future.
The spray fountain in the front part of
the Alcazar, at St Augustine, is now lit by
many colored electric lights
An immense cabbage crop is being shipped
from Florida and hundreds of thousands of
dollars are being realized therefrom.
At Como the orange trees look in SPLEEN
did condition, and the bloom has been
heavy. Several buildings have been going
up.
Strawberries are now being shipped from
Gainesville at the rate of 1000 quarts daily
The returns are quite good, as the berries
are still selling in the North at from Soc to
SOC. per quart.
John o. Tilghman, of Francis, is working
up a splendid kennel of hunting dogs. He
has beagle that at Atlanta, Macon and
| Augusta took at each fair second prize.
The Florida Southern railway has offered
5000 reward for information that will lead
to the arrest of the party or parties that
have been guilty of setting fire to cross-ties
on their line of road. The doors of the
penitentary are wide open for them if they
are caught
A bloody fracas occurred Friday about
two miles north of Big Charley station De
Soto county, between J. II. Wallace and p
| Very little could be learned of the affray
other than that both were terribly cut and
are laid up for repairs.
Sumter county is to have the largest
orange grove in the State. Messrs. King &
Co, owners of the Monarch orange and
lemon grove, located between Sumterville
and Wildwood, will plant 800 acres in
orange and lemon trees, including what
they already have out.
j. E. Austin. of the firm of J. f. Austin
g. Co, of Farwell, Mich, has bought
10000 acres of pine land in Washington
county. 1t embraces some of the best pine
timbered land in the South, and as it is
close to transportation, he expects to COM
mence operating very shortly.
The colored people of Gainesville held a
meeting Monday night to consider the needs
of the city and to arrange for providing for
said needs They appointed a committee on
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at the coming election. The report of the
committee will be heard Friday night.
A fire was started by sparks from loco
motive on the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West railway last week at Como. on
the west side of the road, back of Miss
Troutt's place, and considerable damage
was done before it was extinguished.
Considerable fencing and some few trees
were burned.
Rev. L. G. Bettes, of Port Huron, Mich.
has erected tent at Fernandina which has
a seating capacity of 700, and in which he
conducts sailors gospel meetings Mr..
Bettes has been engaged in this work for
several years, following the Atlantic and
Gulf seaboard during the winter and the
lake region in the summer
Rev. f. b. Durham, of Gainesville. on
Sunday morning urged upon his congrega
ton a liberal Easter offering in order to
clear off all floating Indebtedness, adding
that he expected to sever his connection
with the church this summer and that he
would like to leave them all clear of debt.
He proposes to go Eastward.
Damascus Commandery No. 3, Knights
Templar, of Jacksonville, held an election
Tuesday, with the following result: Emil
nent Commander, Sir Charles c. H. Maet
GeneralsSimo, Sir Knight II. S. Ealy; Cap
tain General, Sir Knight, j. H. Stephens :
As
corder. Sir Knight w. l.. Baldwin.
The Gambler, Fla, correspondent of the
NEWS wrote as follows on March 26: A
light frost fell here on March %, but did no
material damage. The fall in the tempera-
ture was very sudden and unexpected. The
shipment of vegetables from this place has
commenced, and good prices are being re-
allied. Especial good prices are being
obtained for cabbage.
boom. During the last few days the St
Augustine Improvement Company has sold
a portion of the Phillips property for
$500, the Coxetter property for $4,000,
and one lot in Buena ESperanZa for 81 500
Judge John g. Long has disposed of a lot
ON Bay street for which, few years ago,
he paid $500 to gentleman for 5000.
About /, 900 people gathered on the Loril-
lard race track at st. Augustine Tuesday to
witness race between L. Olveros' Cracker
Boy and Tom Falany's black stallion
Rinaldo for $3.50 side. When both horses
started kinaldo led the other horse about
three lengths, when he bolted the track and
made for the woods, losing the race. Over
$1,000 changed hands on the result
At Jacksonville Tuesday r. NJ. Murdoch
was arrested on the charge Of embezzlement
Murdoch was Armour u CO.. bookkeeper
at jacksonville. About week ago a
fraudulent entry was discovered in the
books which was followed by several 9th
ers, when an investigation was instituted
and it was found that these entries had been
made to the amount of several hundred
dollars
Henry Monet, General Passenger Agent
of the New York Central railroad left
Jacksonville for home Tuesday. Mr.. Mo
nett has been travelling extensively through
the State, and is so favorably impresse /
that he promises 10 put on cheap excursion
tickets from all points along the New York
Central road TO all points in Florida, a
thing which has never been done on con
S dered before.
Cypress blocks are being used in paving
st. Augustine. Many of the people would
prefer asphalt. The difference in cost is
considerably in favor of the cypress pave
ment, and IT will probably be more gener-
ally used than any other. Mr.. Hays is
malking nrrnngements TO move his machin