The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-04
FLORIDA.

A house to house sanitary inspection is
being made in Pensacola.
A $25 900 synagogue Is to be erected this
summer in st. Augustine.
The vegetable crop in and around Lake
City is the largest ever planted.
Col. P. Wise has 46lS acres, on Lake Mys-
tic, near Apalachicola, in pear trees.
Hereafter the postofice in Santa Rosa
county, formerly known as Chaffin will be
Milligan.
From fifteen to twenty-five crates OF
strawberries are shipped from Paradise
every other day.
The people of Osceola have voted to bond
the county for $50, 900 for couaty buildings,
etc, by 95 majority.
The Orange county Sunday school con-
vention convenes in Orlando Thursday, and
will be held in the Presbyterian church.
Over 1000 quarts of Strawberries were
shipped over the Florida Railway and Nav
igation Company from Gainesville Monday
for Philadelphia.
1t is reported that w. B. Sheppard has
contracted for a complete outfit, press, etc,
all new, and will this summer start weekly
paper at Apalachicola.
The fruit and vegetable growers OF Fair
banks are elated over the prospect OF hav-
ing their products transported at a figure
which will enable them to realize handsome
profits.
The through shipments of oranges over
the Florida Southern railway at Gaines
vile for the season commencing Oct !. for
the years 1888 aud 1889, aggregate 525, 1858
packages.
Four hundred prominent Canadians, in
Guiding the dominion parliament, will visit
the south soon. Birmingham, Jacksonville,
4.
cities to be visited
1t is said that the crop of the honey peach
at Fairbanks and vicinity promises to be
unprecedented. The trees are vigorous, the
fruit is unusually large, and it is thought
will ripen by June l.
Acting on advice, under date Of Feb. 10,
the Pensacola health officers are subjecting
every arriving vessel from Rio Janeiro to
quarantine detention for inspection, dis
charge of ballast, etc
John Patterson has Just sold his beautiful
| orange grove at Orangedale, opposite Green
Cove Springs to N. Pike OF Rutland, Vt.
Mr.. Patterson purchased the property sew
eral years ago of the late Judge Settle.
John J. Barr and r. B. Taylor of
Micanopy went on a camp hunt last week
and succeeded in capturing three deer, ten
turkeys, and a large quantity of small
game. They report game plentiful along
the Withacoochee.
DR.. J. H. Hodges, formerly of Gaines
Vile, but recently resident physician at the
Good Samaritan hospital at Baltimore, has
been selected to take charge Of St. Luke's
hospital in Jacksonville, and has arrived
and assumed charge.
Work will be begun this week on the ad-
dition to Benson, Roux 81 Co.'S wagon fac
tory at Gainesville The new building will
ha WI md fvvO iUI
the addition is completed the latest and
most improved machinery will be placed in
posision.
The Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way Company, in consequences of their
rapidly increasing business, have found 1t
necessary to increase their yard facilities
at Gainesville to accommodate seven. five
additional cars. The improvements made
consist Of the building of car shed ( II the
handling of through shipments Of freight,
and an open platform for the transfer of
south bound freights.
A new church was organized last Sunday
by some of the colored citizens of Eustis.
II will be known as the G. NJ. K. church.
The organization was effected with five
members, having Rev. Ira p. Purcell as
pastor. Rev. J. 2. Campbell is the presid-
Ing elder of the South Florida district,
which cludes this church. There is a
membership throughout the country of
over 10000 This strength has been reached
within two years. starting with 600 men,
bers. There are over thirty church organi-
cations in Florida. Bishop Holsey of Au-
gusta, Ca, presdes over this d vision.
The next conference will be held at Ian o
Park.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at DeLand last week elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Mrs. A. A. w. Cadwallader, Jack
sonville; vice president az large, Mrs. s. H.
Webb, DeLand; honorary vice president,
Mrs Gwynn. Sanford, vice president for
first congressional district, Mrs g. b.
Griffin, Windsor; vice president second
congressional district, Mrs. NJ. J. Bryant,
Leesburg; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Lillian Webb, Tampa; recording secretary,
Mrs ;. f. Client, Tampa; treasurer, Mrs L.
W. Haskins, jacksonville Mrs. f. A. Hill
Of Orange City and Mrs. z. s. Thorp of
Sanford were elected delegates TO the
Del4and and Mrs NJ. j. Roman Of Winter
Park were elected as alternates.
Eustis Semi TroptcGl The section of
country included between Mt Dora, Round
Lake aud Sorrento was treated few days
ago to the most terrific forest fire that has
ever passed over this county. The fires
were set ut different points through tho
WOODS by prominent cattle man living at
Fort Mason, and as it was done with such a
an utterly reckless disregard for the prop
erty of the people, it is safe to say that
could the outraged citizens have laid hands
on the vandal he would have been strung
up to the nearest limb. The result OF the
fire at Mt. Dora, was the burning Of
tons Of grass and pine straw which had
been raked up in the woods for
compost, large pile OF lum-
Der, about 1000 railroad ties which
had just been completed ready for
hauling, about mile OF fencing aud quite
number of orange trees. The ties repre-
sented $780, and belonged to a poor man
who is struggling TO pay for the home which
he purchased some time since. Between
Mt, Dora and Sorrento a sawmill, planer,
single mill and large pile OF lumber,
valued at $1,000, were completely destroyed
And this is not all we have to expect. In a
few weeks horde Of miserable starving
cattle will be brought up from the southern
part OF the state and turned loose upon the
already outraged community to forage on
the groves and crops being planted. The
damage and a. soluts loss caused by this FIRE
exceeds in value all the cattle belonging to