The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-11
FLORIDA.

j. A Cowart is about to establish tan
merry ten miles northwest of Macclenny.
Joliet Ill, has booked sixty tourists for
Daytona, who will spend the winter there
Over 1000 voters have registered in the
Sanford district and will vote on the wet
and dry question on Oct. II.
John T. and Joseph r. Dunn have pur-
chased the stock of merchandise and good
win of Silas Smith. in Palatka.
10 quarrel Monday, at Orlando, about
money matters, Clint Speir was stabbed by
Ed. Stevens with pair of shears.
The individual deposits in the First Ma
tional Bank at Orlando, as shown by their
last statement, amount to $191, 1858 &C.
Sanford Journal; A frst-class real estate,
rental and collecting agency in our city
would pay the party having the business in
charge
The Orlando and Winter Park railroad is
having the bridges and trestle work along
the line of the road treated to a coat Of
whitewash.
J. W. Wooding of Macclenny says he set
out 5000 strawberry plants in September,
and he thinks he did not lose more than one
in thousand.
The new market at st. Augustine will be
larger than first intended. Its width will
be 90 feet, and it will contain thirty one
instead of sixteen stalls.
The jacksonville Loan and Improvement
Company, which was organized last sum-
mer with 500 shares, has had over 800 ad-
ditional shares taken since that time.
The International Ocean Telegraph Com
pany has nearly completed setting out the
poles between Orlando and Winter PARK.
and will soon commence Stringing the wire
Tie crop of oranges on the Markham
grove at Wekiva has been sold on the trees
at 81 % per box The grove this season
will yield between $4,000 aud 10000 boxes.
A. Faye of De Funiak Springs will shortly
go to Norway. his native country, whence
he will return with large number of his
| country people for settlement in West
| Florida.
At negro festival near Madison where
nicknames were applied freely, Wash
Haines shot and killed another darky for
calling his sister Miss Hind" The muir
derer escaped.
On Friday, Deputy Clerk Fits purchased
| the property of Mrs. A. M. Roseamond on
Minnesota avenue, at DeLand. 1t consists
of 219 acres of orange grove with dwelling
| house and barn.
The burglars who entered the store of
NJ Davis, at DeLand, were given an ex-
animation ON Tuesday and remanded to Jail
to await the action or the grand jury of the
spring term of court
The improvements on the Stratton Ice
Works at Pensacola have advanced far
enough for the new twenty-ton machine to
go to work, and the first ice of its make
was pulled" Tuesday
The Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road Company has contracted for the
building of 800 feet additional dock at
Fernandina. and work will be commenced
the latter part of this week
AT st. Augustine the curtains in j. w.
| Estes window caught fire Monday night
and but for the prompt action on the part
of the clerks would have resulted in a seri-
Gus c)nfagration. As it was, very little
damage was done.
Quite a number Of counties have notified
B. f. Dillon. president of the Sub Tropic II
that they will send representatives TO the
county commits ioners' convention, to be
held in Jacksonville next Tuesday, to con.
suit regarding the Sub-Tropical exposition.
George B. Hoyt, civil service examiner of
! Washington, ID. C., is in Jacksonville, and,
In company with the local board consisting
Of Postmaster McMurray, Assistant Post.
master Sawyer and Registry Clerk Dunklee,
held an examination At q. A. r. hall Yes
terday Of applications for departmental
positions and positions in the rail way mail
service. Eighty parties were examined.