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ton the shipment Of the coming crop OF
oranges. Addresses viii BE- made by ". II
Cook Of Pomona, and others.
There is a ruuor that Edgar, Nudge &
Co. Of Sanford will erect la rge saw mill
on the opposite side Of the Orange Belt
railway, from the location Of their present
iron foundry. and that they will use the
plant OF the old Sanford mill.
One hundred and nile colored men were
before the municipal court OF jacksonville
| last month, Il colored women, 50 white men,
and white women. Whisky was the
direct cause # l05 of the arrests; $3.50 il
! fines were collected, end $3.50 RENTED.
The German-Scandinavian Benevolent
| Society Of Pensacola met Wednesday u re-
| ceive the report Of the commit. e. on consti-
ton and bylaws. The constitution and bv-
laws were adopted and the society wa.
fairly launched into permanent organiza-
| ton.
The Monticello Tribune is doing a good
work in stirring up the people 10 the i'm
! p0rtance Of a Middle Florida fair The
/ citizens Of jefferson county have gone to
work. II Leon and the other counties
come to time, success will crown the enter
| prise.
William Sanders, stalwart young man
of 10, was unfortunate enough to have his
/ right wrist so badly cut with a saw at the
AleXanderville mill at Jasper on Saturday
| last, that it was found necessary to am
| putate the hand short distance above the
| wrist joint.
win Hopson and f. A. league shipped
| this season 1000 crates of tomatoes from
! their SO-acre tomato farm on Picciola
| Island, three miles north of Leesburg. The
early drought cut the crop short. but lett
enough TO insure good round sum of
money from the sale
Thursday the President called for all the
| papers Of all the applicants for the Jackson
vile p0stOiiice for his own consideration
This shows Enthusiastically that he is not
satisfied with McMurray and may select an
| other candidate. Parker is hopeful, and
McMurray claims 10 be confident
In accordance with the wishes Of the citi-
zens' meeting the disbandei Gem City
Guards, Of Palatka, held meeting Wednes-
day in the armory for the purpose of acting
| upon the resolution of that meeting, but
| nothing was done, and the matter stands as
1t was when the company disbanded
The free excursion from Aston to Lees
burg last Thursday, given By the
business men of Leesburg was not large in
| point Of numbers but very highly success
full in point Of goods sold. About 100 pas
sengers came in and, until the train left,
the merchants were kept busy selling
goods.
Manatee county now has a set of business
men, selected by the business men of the
| county to look after the interests of the
county. 1t consists of the board Of govern
ors of the board Of trade, which consists Of
Messrs. A. j. Pettigrew, r. L. Young, j.
| w. jackson, j. X. Parrish, Il. NJ. Graham
and George Patten, Sr.
Last Tuesday evening at Orange Ridge,
Manatee county Paul Bartholomew lost his
life and had his store completely wrecked
| ny the explosion of a can of gunpowder
! How the explosion occurred is a mystery,
but it is supposed that he was smoking a
| cigar while weighing the powder, and acct
IDENTIFY dropped spark which caused the
explosion.
Some one took the liberty within the past
few days Of relieving B. B. CampDells
restaurant on Church street, Orlando, of
such furniture and bedding as he could
carry Off, amounting to nearly 500 worth,
| embracing two stoves, one dozen pillows,
| sheets and bedding for six beds. As Mr..
Campbell has strong belief as to who the
thief is, he will take active measures to re-
cover his property.
There entered the port of Pensacola dur
! ing the month of July forty-eighU vessels,
| having an aggregate tonnage of "a ,30S Five
| OF these vessels were from domestic ports
Cleared during the same period were fifty
| one vessels with total Of "a 539 tons Two
| of these went to casStwise ports, The expor-
tations consisted of 1855 cubic feet of
! yellow pine hewn timber, IL, 621 900 super
flclal feet OF yellow pine sawn timber, aud
o,493,OO superficial feet of yellow pine
lumber, valued at $2S9, 436
Ernest Stypman living on the st. Lucie
| river, left his child with Mrs. Brit TO be cared
| for, its mother being dead. She left, tax
ing the child with her. Mr.. Stypman had
| her arrested at Titusville on a charge of
KIDNAPPING. 1t developed that Mr.. Styp-
man only wanted the child, and that Mrs.
Brit did not object to giving her up-only
she wanted the balance of her pay, as agreed
upon, from Stypman before doing So The
affair was compromised and settled, both
| parties paying the cost of the case.
Iitusville Star: 1t is seldom that we
have a chance to chronicle a double we'd
ding in which the bridegrooms are brothers
and the brides are sisters but such was the
TACT Sunday evening last at j. d. Melon
ellis. Joseph Brown of City Point was
married that evening to Miss Sallie Vim.
beriey of Fernandina, and James Brown to
Miss Annie Wlmberley, also of City Point
ana Fernandina respectively. Rev. James
| Bolton performed the ceremony according
| to the rites of tho Methodist church.
Money was never so plen tiful in Pensa-
cola as it is to-day" said young gentle
man prominently identified with a local
real estate and loan agency. We've re-
Gently carried 81 600 to invest at 8 per
cent, and failed to find a taker. The money
belonged to one of the officers stationed at
the navy yard, who has now gone to Con-
necticut and taken his money with him.
We could have placed it in $1,000 loans, but
its owner wanted it Jumped. There's lots of
money here, and to be borrowed at a low
rate, If properly secured
Pensacola NelUS: William r. liver. mem.
Der of the state board of health. is in receipt
Of letter from the state health officer, DR.
J. Y. Porter, in which the latter says that
the health of the entire state was never bet
ter. The report that dengue fever existed at
Gainesville has been thoroughly investi-
gated and found to be false in every par
| tlcular, that city being in a condition of
healthtulness that even surprises the inhab-
| itants of the town themselves This coudi-
ton of affairs, reported as it is from one
| who Is 50 well qualified to speak on the sub
Ject, should be very gratifying to every
| citizen of Florida. There is not even a loop
hole through which may creep the idle
rumors that have so often gained credence
to the detriment of general business
interests, aud which are often originated
from sources interested in retarding the
| development of Florida's material resources.
Took Off His Under Lip.
Eight years ago a cancer came on my
lower lip. | had it cut out while 1t was vet
small, and it healed up, apparently, but