The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
FLORIDA.


| parts Of the state.
| Manatee Court conveaeS tomorrow
Judge Hanson will preside.
A teachers institute win be held at Bur-
| nett's school house next Friday.
Madison offers every inducement Tor a
bank of from $4,000 to sl00, 900 capital.
| At Tallahassee, Thursday, the railroad
| commission esta Jlished the old rates Of
| freight.
Tho grand lodge, r. and A. NJ, OF Florida
and Grand Chapter viii convene in Jack
sonyille on Jan. H.
Real estate is on boom at Aucilla. Sew
eral lots have changed hands-the pear bus
mess ueing the object.
Lake Worth had frost Dec % that
| killed snap beans and sweet potato vines
| Tomatoes were nipped.
The Monticello merchants did the largest
| holiday trade that has boon done in that
city in over five years.
The an ual conference of the NJ. E.
church, south. for Florida, will meet in
Barlow nex5 Wednesday.
The people of Starke have elevated Hon.
Louis Kitkovski 70 the chief magistraCy If
their city for the seventh term.
The tax collector Of Orange county, ac-
cording to ASSESSOR Mutt, will havo upward
Of $3.50, 600 TO collect this year.
The jury for the special term OF court to
commence at Tampa on tle tlird Monday
OF January was drawn last week.
At beardman orange shipments are
near!y ended. About 81. 900 boxes will be
shipped this season from BOardman.
The State Baptist Association will NEE.
in OcSla Jal. II, aud about 400 delegates
and visitors are expected 70 attend.
For the inauguration at Tallahassee, JAN
s, the railroad comp MES lave made rates
Of SIS 10 for tue round "trip from Tampa.
Rumor has it that DR.. W. Townsend Of
Lake lrma has sold his property for ,00).
Orange county real estate is looking up.
Cot A j. Gill Of Pasco county killed
Florida pig taAt weighed net 4l9 ,unds
and mas yielded him 100 pounds Of lard
j. f. Libby Of st. Augustine has received
bis commission from tins governor as county
treasurer All his bondsmen were accepted.
Al Tampa w. r. Burke. the auctioneer,
has taken CHARLES Ashton into partnership
III the general auc ,ion and commission bust
ness.
The marriage Of Charles II. Pratt 10 Miss
Latitia Vance Thompson occurred at St.
Marks Episcopal church at Palatka Thurs
day.
a. D. Powell OF Tampa sold a piano
% the Duke OF Sutherland last week, TO 20
into the parlor OF Lis elegant home at Suth-
erland.
Monseignor Knight, prominent prelate
Of tue Catholic church, Is In Rome negoti.
scng for the founding OF Catholic uni
verslty in Florida
Two crates Of tomatoes sent from San
ford were sold in New York Dec 81, for
IS, returned s. 90. Three crates OF beans
sold for ga and returned Gil.
Twanfv-oua priappara 1, fha Oc.ia ;,H
published a card congratulating T. T. Will
Jams upon his election as sheriff and thapk-
ing him for kindly acts 10 them.
V. X. Mills Of Eustis had, up TO Jan. l,
shipped 500 boxes OF oranges. The lowest
price he has obtained has been g. Is, and
the average will be much beyond this.
In addition TO the magnificent brick
buildings now going up at Tampa, the
South Florida railroad will soon commence
the erection Of splendid brick passenger
depot.
Jupiter Inlet Christmas dav. III = boat
capsized and he tried to swim ashore. Two
companions saved themselves by swimming
ashore.
Al Gainesville Thursday Mayor Brown
fined Robert McNisl, runner for the 81
Nicholas Hotel, $40 and cost, for telling a
stranger that there was yellow foyer at the
Brown house.
Georgegf. Bristol, native II New York,
but recently q resident in Eden, has bought
five acres Of the Lauehart estate on the west
side Of Lake Worth, aud will build on and
otherwise improve it.
Tho Rev. John 7. Huntington Of Hart
ford, Conn, will spend a few months a.
ritusville, aud during his stay Oh 70 viii
take charge Of st. Gabriels (EpiscopaD
church from Jan. 10, 10 April i6.
On Jan | a new schedule went into effect