The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-03
FLORIDA-

The Ocala Banner is now printed daily.
DR.. John Wescott, aged Sc years, died at
st. Augustine Monday.
Joseph B. Browne, one of the oldest citi-
zens Of Key West, died Friday.
The DeLaud Rifles will not attend the
Inauguration of Gov. Fleming
A party near Winter Haven has started a
lemon grove of twenty-five acres.
Lines were drawn Friday for the founda-
ton of the walls Of the new court house az
| DeLand.
Burglars raided o. P Terry's kitchen, at
| DeLand Wednesday night, and devastated
the arder
Rev Barnes, the evangeist-at-large, and
his family, will go down TO Punta Gorda to
spend the winter.
The DeLand city council mot Tuesday
night and resolved to pay for eight electric
lights for five months
The dead body of an unknown Norwe-
gan sailor was found floating in the bay
at Apalachicola, Monday.
An effort is being made at st. Augustine
TO organize an effective team of baseball
players from home ald imported talent.
The mail service, which was thoroughly
demorahzed during the epidemic, docs not
get into god working order very rapidly.
IL is rumored that petition will be pre-
sented to the next legislature to have the
act dividing fernando county reconsidered.
One of the features Of Christmas day in
DeLand was the absence of tirecrackers,
IT, horns. and other implements of torture.
The Jones block Tavares, a three
story brick building having a frontage #
30 feet, has been converted into a superb
hotel.
The concert given by the young ladies Of
Milton. to raise funds for the benefit Of the
Santa Rosa Rifles was success in every re-
ect.
The state asylum for the deaf and blind
at ST. Augustine is now open and ready to
receive all entitled to admission. Tuition
is free.
A few days ago, in Chattahoochee, z. w.
Scarborough's horse ran away, throwing
him from is buggy, badly but not not Sc
riously hurting him.
Miss Lura Irvine the young lady who
was so badly burned at White Springs some
DAYS ago, died at her home in Luravil last
Wednesday. She leaves no relatives.
A. del Pine. of A. del Pine Bros. has
been awarded the contract for the building
of the custom aud tine court house at Key
West, and bonds have been forwarded.
A freight train on the Florida Railway
and Navigation railroad was wrecked
near Chattahoochee few days since. caus-
ing delay OF twenty-four hours. No one
was hurt.
l. II. Avera has been reelected as deacon
of the Baptist church Of Gainesville for a
term of four years. Robert Mcclellan was
reelected trustee and treasurer and /. j.
Halsted, clerk.
Judge J. II. Goss and A j. Cone are the
delegates from Gainesville 70 the Baptist
state convention, which meets in Ocala on
Jan. Il. L. W. Jackson and .. J. Farmer
are the alternates
j. c. Sloan Of Lakeland has a 2-year-old
bud with some fine Sicily lemons on il. 1t
bore five or tx the first year, but they
dropped of before they were half gro WI.
I is year, however, they are not dropping.
The hotel season began in earnest in
South Florida Tuesday. The San Juan, at
Orlando; the Seminole, at Winter park /;
the Altamonte at Altamonte springs; and
the Tropical, at kissimmee, all threw their
doors open.
Money seems to be flush with Leon county
farmers, as most of them are paying or old
accounts and trading literally on cash. The
hsliday trade this season has been tle largest
that Tallahassee merchants have had for
many years.
There was big time at Barlow yoster-
day when the Summerlin institute was
! 70 mally opened. Addresses were delivered
! 10y tne generous founder, Jacob summer
| lin, and by Rev. w. +. Hoclm, Judge G..
a. Hanson and Il. w. CoddinGton.
II. A. Wise, jeweler, who has been doing
business in Green Cove during the past
| twelve months, very unceremoniouSy left
that place on the early train on Friday
morning. much TO the anuoyau e OF several
persons who were financially interested in
him.
While some Of the Tavares market gar
deners hal some of their yourg plants in
! jured by the late frost, the larger portion
report no injury 10 either beans or toma-
toes. A much larger acreage is being
planted in vegetables around Tavares than
ever before.
The saw mill on Governors creek the
propertYof the Green Cove Mill Company,
was sold at auction on Monday last, by the
Assignee, G. &. Bsmis, the purchasers baing
Messrs G.. A. Brace and w. J. Wilson.
The new purchasers OF this mill will at once
set il IN motion.