The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-12
FLORIDA.

Sixty-nine years ago, Wednesday, Florida
was purchased from Spain and made part
Of our glorious union.
There is an old colored man in Hague
who claims to be 10 years old. He is said
to get about as easy and as lively as one 40
years Of age.
Hunters are having good luck in their
line near Titusvllle, as several deer have
been killed the past week short distance
southwest of town.
On Tuesday A. p Davis sold his grocery
business at DeLand to A. C. Haynes and
w. Duke Haynes, who will succeed MIR.
Davis under the firm name of Haynes
Brothers,
At Palatka, Wednesday Putnam Calhoun,
during play hours at st. Marks school, fell
from the fence and split the bone in his left
arm from the elbow to the wrist. He bore
the pain with true manlineSs and endurance
and did not reach home until he had tainted
several times while on the way.
Rt. Rev. jeremiah O'Sullivan, bishop of
the diocese of Mobile, has appointed F. C.
Brent of Pensacola as the diocesan repre-
sentative in the vice-presidency of the
Catholic congress t. be held at Baltimore
Nov. IL and IL, next. Each diocese IL en-
titled to name one vice-president of the
congress, the power of selection reposing in
the hands OF the bishop of each.
The Tampa NeiOS says: The hope of OPEN
ing the Grand hotel for the latter part of
the winter is not abandoned; on the con-
trary, no effort directed to that end is
wanted. The concrete in all of the upper
rooms has been completed, and many of
them are plastered and ready to receive the
ID Joring. Seven expert plasterers and brick
masons from Boston were added to the force
Tuesday.
A meeting of the directors of the Orange
Growers union was held at Orlando to-day,
and important business was transacted
The reports were encouraging. Buying
throughout the state on groves for cash was
reported. the shippers were advised to
hold for 81 so on the trees. The member
ship of the union is fast increasing in every
part of the state. The directors are jubilant
over the prospects.
Monticello Constitution: W. 7. Davis Of
Madison was in Monticello Friday, looking
up carpenters to take to Tallahassee to
work on the new addition to the Leon hotel.
Mr.. Davis also informed us that he has the
contract to build 81, 900 residence at New
port for one of the Chicago capitalists who
have purchased large tract of land there.
He also stated that the syndicate was going
to build $4,000 hotel there the coming
spring.
|. A. Fulwood OF Winter Haven. the
agent of the Phillips Tobacco Company,
informs the Barlow Informant that he is
hard at work clearing up lands, blowing,
| digging out the stumps aud getting things
ready in general for a crop this season. He
is preparing fifty acres for cultivation, aud
twenty hands and six plows are busily en-
ployed The seed beds have been planted
some time, aud the plants are now coming
up finely. John S. Ackly of Conpec lieut.,
who has had thirty years experience, is on
the ground, and will give his attention to
erecting buildings and sheds in the proper
manner. Mr. Ackly will also give iastruo-
tions as to the cutting and curing of the
crop. The editor OF the Informant will
visit this plantation at no distant day.