The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25
FLORIDA

FLORIDA
Sixty seven and a half acres will be
planted in grapes at Moultrie this fall
The Ocala Lime Company suffered by a
fire last Thursday night, which consumed
their sheds
James Clarke. secretary Of the Semi
| Tropical exposition, says 1t VIII open on
| Jan. l, 1890.
There seem to be good prospects of the
establishment of a line Of steamship com %
/ muncatiou from Mosquito inlet with the
markets of the north.
Hon. Robert 4. Burford Of Ocala is out
in "A card to the Weekly LeesburQer declining
10 allow the further Use Of his name ~ con-
nection with the United States selatorshlp
as Senator Calls successor.
The large dry goods establishment of
Emanuel Bros, on the north side OF the
plaza at st. Augustine, was broken into
Thursday night and about 500 worth OF
goods stolen. 1t was evidently tue work OF
professional cracksmen.
The convention held at Leesburg day or
two ago for the purpose Of discussing and
tslung active steps for improving the Ock-
lawaha river and creating continuous nav
gation from the st. Johns river to the
Gulf, via Lakes Griffin. Harris and Pan
asohkee, was largely attended and eathusl-
astic IN a marked degree.
Last week W. Il. Cassidy and Robert L.
Mccormack purchased the John q.
Herndon residence and lot on Main street,
Leesburg, for which they paid $500. The
house IS a handsome sx-room cottage, and
the lot contains one acre Of ground, which
Is set out in fferent fruits, there being a
number of bearing orange trees.
OcaIa Banner: Last Thursday Grover
Lumpkin, a wheelwright in the employ of
MIR. Kingman, was arrested on requisi
ton from the governor Of Georgia. At
torney Burford, Mr.. Lumpkin's legal
adviser, served out a writ of habeas corpus
and brought his client before Courc Com
missioner j. w. Couch who, hearing the
case, promptly dismissed Lumpkin. The
charge against Lumpkin was the stealing
Of a horse and buggy in Henry county.
Georgia, on May Is, 1889. Mr.. Lumpkin
readily proved that en- the day set forth in
the warrant for his arrest he was at work
in Ocala. 1t is a case of mistaken identity
One of the Chicago delegation, writing
in the Tribune Of that city Of their recent
visit to Tampa, says: BAY View is a
charming spot, the vicinity of which
the Tampa people. in through S. A Jones,
have in reservation ten acres of land to be
presented to the Chicago commercial ex-
change for club house purposes The land
erected is considered the best in Florida
and suitable for producing the finest grades
of tropical fruits. The Chicagoans were de-
lighted with the location, and expressed
their intention Of coming down here again
this winter for the purpose of making
proper arrangements to erect commodious
house"
Madison Recorder: Alessrs. r. d. Will
son and A. II. McCardel show us samples
of Spanish peanuts. The samples were
punches Of the plant with nuts upon them
ashley we're pulled from the ground while
being gathered. The foliage or tops meas
ured quite "a inches in hight, and the roots
we're very full of the nuts The are a very
prolific variety and bore for Mr.. McCardel
at the rate of seventy fold, as he informed
us that from one-half a bushel ne planted
he gathered thirty-tlve bushels. Two crops
of them may be gathered a year. The
foliage, when properly cured, makes an
excellent forage for stock aud cattle. Their
many goods points should cause them to be
generally planted in hiscountry.
Madison Recorder. Howell Waring, the
l5-year-old son of Postmaster Warning, had
an escape from death last Monday morning
which is simply wonderful. He was draw
ing water, aud as the bucket neared the
mouth of the well, he leaned forward to
catch it, AS he did 50, he lost his balance
and fell head foremost into its yawning
depths. With a presence of mind that is
seldom witnessed in one so young, he threw
his hands out and succeeded in catching the
top of the third curbing, which fortunately
projected far enough out to furnish him a
hold sufficiently strong to stop his down
ward flight, and a seat afterward. He
then called for help and was rescued by his
father who was attracted by his cries for
help. With the exception of some slight
strains upon the muscles of the arm, con-
sequent upon his sudden stop, and a few
bruises, he is none the worse for his peril
GUS fall.