The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-09
FLORIDA.

At Tampa watermelons are becoming
plentiful, but not cheap.
The Electric Light Company Of Tampa
has made an assignment.
1t is reported at Orange City that there
has been for some time a shortage in the
city funds of $500.
Percy Culbreath, the bridge keeper at
Tampa, speared q sixty pound tarpon under
the bridge on Saturday.
1t was cold enough in Tallahassee last
Thursday and Friday nights to make over
coats feel quite comfortable.
One gator hunter brought to Arcadia the
other day over 100 gator skins, all of which
were between and IL feet in length.
The county school board estimates that
Marion will need $50, 900 to run her schools
properly for the coming scholastic year.
Brantley B. Weathers of the wholesale
| firm of Il. w. Agnew & Co., of Ocala has
begun the erection of a $4,000 residence.
The long drought has lowered the waters
| in Lakes Newman and Alachua several
| feet
The progressive people of Tillman organ
| lied a Sabbath school last Sabbath. They
started out with membership of twenty
| two.
The new court house at Arcadia was
| turned over to the county Monday, and the
| clerks office fixtures were moved into it
Tuesday.
! A conference of those in favor of the an
nexation of West Florida to the state of
! Alabama will be held in Chipley, Fla, on
| July next.
Sanford Journal: The general feeling in
| town is that Marshal Montgomery had bet
| ter step down and out, as he is not fitted for
the position.
Capt. n. G.. Bradford of Leesburg, with q
force of assistants, began on June l to tear
down the old Leesburg hotel to make place
for the new brick edi1ce.
A petition has been sent to the governor
asking that reward be offered for the APP
/ prehension of William Hansell (colored).
charged with the murder of Seth Taylor at
| Sanford.
BY recent act Of the legisture the spring
| term of the Lake county circuit court will
begin hereafter on the fourth Tuesday in
April, and the fall term on the third Tues
day in November. q
The board of commissioners of Hills
borough county allowed the tax collector
another month to finish collecting the
| taxes for 1883. The delinquents will be ad-
vertised through July.
Gen. Dickinson of Leesburg has been ap-
| pointed by the governor major-general of
militia, although he is already exempted by
age from jury duty. B. F. Adams of Eustis
has been made brigadier.
| At Ocala at the sale of city delinquent
| taxpayers Monday, the Buffum Loan and
Trust Company, of Stanton, through their
secretary and treasurer, E. c. Conner,
bought in most Of the lands
| The state institute for the counties of
| Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee and DeSoto
will commence at Bloomingdale on Tues
day, June IS. Prof. Felkel, with two
assistants, will conduct the institute.
/ The Florida Fruit Exchange of Jackson
vile claims to have handled during the
| past four years 100000 worth of fruit
without the loss of one cent to the shippers
through robbery, over-charges or false
returns.
K Sam A. Usher of City Point has returned
from Kansas City, where he has been at
lthnding the settlement of the estate of his
! father, the late Judge Usher, who was
noted as Secretary of the Treasury during
Grants administration.
! The Marion county board of health at its
meeting Monday condemned in resolutions
the state board of health rules, wherein
they command house-to-house inspection
! in the rural districts. 1t is useless waste of
public money, and so stated.
T. L. Davis of Leesburg, mail clerk on
| the St Johns and Lake Eustice road, passed
his final examination several weeks ago,
! scoring 99@ out of possible 100-an ex-
| ceedingly good rating-and last week re-
ceived his permanent appointment
The watermelon season opened at Lees
burg with rush Monday morning. 2. B.
Alsobrook of Lisbon brought in a wagon
! load of seventy odd fine melons and placed
them at Padgett's and in a few hours about
sixty of them went off at 10 cents to 25
cents apiece.
Last Saturday the old court house at
Leesburg was put up at auction and sold to
DIR. Josephus Anderson, of the Christian
Advocate, for S25. The purchaser will
have 1t moved to his lot on Fourth street
adjoining Jno. II. Inghs' and establish kthe
| Advocate in it.
81. P. Bussey of Rock Lake, near Or
lando, Thursday, killed black eagle about
fifteen miles southwest of Orlando. The
bird weighed ten and a half pounds, and
measured from point of beak to tip OF tail a
tribe over three feet. The spread of wings
was eight feet five and half inches.
| r. A Conklin, formerly of Waco, Tex.
| has been looking over the prospects of In
| dian river section for several weeks, and
1 has finally made a purchase OF thirty acres
/ OF the improved portion Of the Boone home
/ stead at Turkey creek. and has already be-
i gun extensive planting and improvements.