The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-27
FLORIDA.
buildings will

Several new buildings will be erected in
New Augustine shortly.
Mr.. DsLand and family of DeLand are
on their way to Europe.
The taxes due on the Everett hotel. at
Jacksonville, $4,000, have been paid
The outlook for a cotton crop around
Rochelle IS said to be very discouraging.
Before another year an electric street
railway will connect various portions of st.
Augustine.
G. Pronger has been appointed deputy
sheriff at Sanford to succeed the late Seth
Taylor.
The local editor of the Clear Water Times
says his crop of honey will amount to three
barrels this season. The average yield per
hive is seven gallons.
Ex-United States Senator Simon B.
Conover of Florida, has received an ap-
pointment in the United State Marine hos
pital service, and will be stationed in the
new state of Washington.
The third quarterly meeting of the
Farmers Alliance of Clay county will be
held at Sharon, July 4, and will be ad-
A grand picnic will be held, and a large
crowd is expected.
Capt. j. f. P. Johnston, two miles and a
half northeast Of Gainesville, is trying the
experiment of producing pineapples. While
at kissimmee few weeks since he pur-
chased 200 plants, and now has them set
on his place. They are growing nicely.
A monster rattlesnake, supposed to be TWO
or three feet in circumference, Judging
from his trail, is causing considerable ex-
element among the residents in the north
ern portion of East Hill, a suburb of Pensa-
| cola. A grand hunt is proposed by some of
the anxious ones.
NJ Schrieber of Sanford says that night
| or two ago a snake got into his bedroom,
| where he has cage of five young canary
birds, and caught two of them, but before
| the reptile could do his deadly work Mr..
| Schrieber mashed his head with hammer
thus releasing the birds.
| An article on the death of Music B. Given.
| appearing in the Sanford Mascot saws the
| financial troubles which led to his death
began by an accommodation Endorsement
of $500 note, leading ultimately, through
the alleged treachery of an attorney acting
| for him, to the sacrifice Of $4,000 grove.
Bronson Times: Mrs. ]. r. Sutton has
a dog that not only hunts wild turkeys but
catches them: He caught fine one one
| day last week, and Mrs. Sutton feels So
| proud of him that she now feeds him on
| the most choice VANS she can get, and lets
him eat from one of her best china Dime,
plates.
w. +. Bucknor and wife of DeLand ar,
| now in st. Augustine and intend to make il
their future home. Mr.. Bucknor is &
brother of Judge Bucknor and was, over
twenty years, sheriff of Volusia county
Several months ago he disposed of his prop
erty in DeLand and went with his wife *
| Alabama.
When Adolph Sutro, of Sutro tunne
| fame, was in ST. Augustine, he visited the
museum of John Vedder and purchased
several hundred dollars worth of natura
curiosities to place in the museum of tn,
great Sutro library. On Saturday Mr..
| VedIler received second order from Prof
AinswTth Of the Sutro library.
Mayor Evans of Sanford has issued {
| proclamation announcing that the inspec-
tion to determine which city in Florida is
entitled to the Borden prize of 81, 900, will
begin Tuesday. July 2, and asking all citi
zens to clean up their lots, removing al
weeds, tin cans and rubbish to the street.
where the garbage cart can get them.
The wharves and lumber yards at Fer
nandina are piled high with stock awaiting
shipment on account of difficulty in OBJ
tanning charters, especially for foreign
| ports. This is said to be due to great de
mand north for coal transportation, anc
coasters prefer to make the short trips thai
this trade requires rather than come south
The residence of Bishop Weed has beer
fitted up and is occupied now by him. TIL,
bishop will spend the greater part of ths
summer in st. Augustine, while his family
will remain at their country home neal
Augusta, Ga. 1t is expected that in the fal