The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
FLORIDA


A. ]. Nesbet died near wildwood Tues
day.
Mrs. w. j. Frierson died at Alfalfa Mon
day, after: long Illness
James Hall of Live Oak has been granted
pension as hn old war veteran.
The duties collected at Tampa's custom
house this month amounted TO $27. 900.
The maker Of the Mann boudoir cars, who
is about seventeen times a millionaire, was
in Tampa last week.
Six additions by letter and one candidate
for baptism were received at the Baptist
church at Tampa last Sunday.
Mr.. Stowelps residence on Nebras ka
avenue at Tampa is completed, and the
family moved into it last week.
Y, Pendas, whose right foot was cut off
by the Tampa street railway several weeks
ago, will soon be able to get about on
crutches
r. L. Thompson has received the appoint
ment of deputy collector of customs for the
Manatee river ports, vice p. s. Harllee,
resigned.
Thursday the Gotha Turner Society hold
Orlando for the county seat was passed
unanimously.
The steamer Ariel made her first trip out
Tuesday night on the Manatee-St Peters
burgh- Tampa mail line. Capt Jos. r. Tor
res is in command.
Il. M. Chaffe of New Orleans has com
menced packing salt fish on the Manatee
river on large scale. He proposes to put
up 5000 barrels this season.
Orlando real estate agents are constantly
receiving communications from parties
north, inquiring in regard to good boarding
places where they can spend the winter.
Tom Abbott. well-kuown young gentle
man, on Friday afternoon, while packing
| oranges near Glencoe, was bitten by rat
tlesnake and died in three hours from the
effects of the poison.
A press Of tax sales advertisements COM
| pels the Leesburg Commercial to appear in
an eight-page form. 1t Is one of the best
printed papers in the state, and always has
good collection of interesting news
j. a. Ahern left New Orleans for Hon
duras on Saturday, to superintend the
negotiations incident to the opening of the
Tampa and South American steamship
service, which goes into effect on Dec. l.
There is a rumor afoat that work will at
once commence on the construction of
bridge over the st. Johns at Astor, pre-
| paratory to connecting with the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West railway at
Eldridge.
JOuu DUN las sOlu Ills orange grove near
Sarasota to a gentleman from Kansas for
| SO, 200. Mr.. Belk left Braidentown last
week to take up his residence near Barlow.
| in Polk county, where he has recently pur-
chased valuable property.
Augustin Sanchez, who has manufactured
cigars in Key West for several wears.
arrived at Tampa on the OGvette Sunday
evening. and will establish factory there.
Mr.. Sanchez will commence operations
with about twenty-five hands.
In Suwannee county recently, q minister
of certain denomination was converted
through the preaching of minister of diff
ferent denomination, and all the members
of the converted minister's church changed
their faith and followered their old shep-
herd.
In a recent speech II. NJ Flagler init
mated that the Standard Oil Company
would soon establish wholesale warehouse
i'll Tampa to supply the local demand, and
to ship their oil to South America from that
point by the new steamship line to be estab-
lished on Dec. /.
V. Martinez Ybor & Co., Ybor
City, are now manufacturing
| about 100000 cigars per week
and their payroll closely approaches $4,000
| per week. The cigars they manufacture
are all fine goods, ranging in price from 10
TO so cents apiece.
MISSIONER, the man who the Key West
board of trade compelled to leave Key
West recently. charging him with melting