The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
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There will be three regular cotton buyers
in Monticello this year.
The toll charged by the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway over the st.
Mary's river bridge has been removed.
The Episcopal church at Leesburg is rap
idly approaching completion, and win be
ready for the worshipers in few weeks
A meeting of those who are interested in
the draining of the Ocklawaha river will
be held at Leesburg on the third Saturday
in August the 18th inst.
The organization of a company for the
manufacture of brick at Lake City, on a
large scale, is in active progress and bids
fair to be an early success
lido is the name of a new postofice es-
tablished i'll Taylor county with Rev. j. A.
Blanton, postmaster. The Office is in the
northern part of the county, and will be
supported from the Mosley Hall office
Lake City citizen. We noticed a large
shipment of medicinal roots and herbs from
the lower portion of tins county at the depot
Saturday consigned to firm i'll Detroit,
Mica. Florida Is rich IN products of this
| class.
The Methodists of Scffner are preparing
to build u handsome church at that place,
36x50 feet The Baptists are also making
| preparations To do likewise, with Il bu ldiug
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the Methodist church
Hon. f. b. Bailey of Monticello has been
| busy all the week shipping pears from, his
| two-acre grove opposite the depot. He win
| gather 300 crates from it. He realized
| over $500 net profit from the fruit from the
same grove last season.
H. T. Smith Dorrien, instead of four or
| FIVE years. as he was informed, finds he has
only timber enough to keep his Single mill,
near Kissimmee, running about six weeks,
which will necessitate tho removal Of the
| mill to some other locality.
h. G.. Lanier of Montclalr has received
| his appoi utment by Gov. FiemingaS inspec-
/ tor OF fertilizers for the Leesburg district,
Which embraces nine counties, viz. Lake,
| Orange, Sumter, Brevard, Dade. Osceola,
| fernando, Citrus and PascO. MIR. Lanier
will enter upon the duties of his office in
about twenty days.
At a meeting of the city commissioners Of
! Key West last week they fixed the salaries
of the newly elected officers as follows:
City clerk and city marshal. 500 per month
each city heal h officer 5000 per anuum
city attorney, $3.50 per annum; one captain
OF police, S5Oper month, and eight police
men at $40 per month.
IL and adjoining St Francis the following
gentlemen have flied papers for homestead
6ulti6s, anu us SOOu as llllal proof papers are
| received will plant orange groves: c. d.
Finley, 100 acres; G. D. Mcpherson. 100:
George o. Butler, 100; 5 \. Kelly, 100: S
Skinner. 100, and f. b. Mea To- 100. All of
the parties mentioned will build residences.
At the peoples meeting held in Cooks
hail, New Augustine, Friday night, TO
nominate city officers, the following
ticket was decided on; For mayor, Mr.
Van Dorm; for clerk, Mr.. Cary: for mar
| shall, Robert Cook for aldermen, Messrs.
j. Philips, w. II. Markle, James Teidma1.
W. c. Middleton, John Cook and Gsorge
Leonardy.
At Orlando Friday, during the prevalence
of ii storm, a bolt Of lightning struck the
apex of the front of the Dollins building. on
Pine street, displacing number of bricks.
but doing no other damage 10 the structure,
A pigeon which lad alighted on the roof Of
the building was literally torn III half and
completely denuded of its feathers by the
electric fluid, and its mate, which was in
the act Of flying, was stunned, but not
killed.
The old members of the Gem City Guards
of Palatka were in quite flutter Friday
j afternoon over the report tnat Gov. Flem-
! Ing had sent telegram there ordering the