The morning news., 1889-03-27
FLORIDA.

The orange trees of Eustis are heavily
laden with bloom and the air is fragrant
! with their perfume.
The first cargo of rails for the South
| Beach extension from st. Augustine lies at
the dock across the river.
The wife of A Z. Pappy died at st. Au-
| gustine Monday of consumption. She had
been an invalid for some time.
w. A. Tracy, one of the staff Of the San
Marco hotel at st. Augustine, is a nephew
| of Secretary Tracy of the navy.
Two barrels of pink shaddocks were
| shipped from Oakland day or two ago.
| One contained twenty-five and the other
twenty-four of the fruit.
The candidates to succeed G. r. Bisbee as
| co ector of customs at Jacksonville are one
white and two colored men-George R.
Bennett and A. r. Jones and J. W. Thomp-
son. Others will file Ia later on.
A petition is being circulated among the
taxpayers Of Ocala to have another day
policeman appointed. One is TO keep an
eye on things around the square, while the
other is to take In tne outlying country
The Tampa city )uncil, at a special ses-
sion held Monday, ordered of the New York
Rubber Company 3 900 feet of their Maltese
Cross brand of four-ply standard rubber
hose and ordered the purchase of sevea ad-
ditional hose carriages.
citizens meeting was held in Lacrosse
Saturday for the purpose of protesting
against bonding the county for the building
of rock roads The people seem to be of
the opinion that rock roads could be made
better il the property was taxed for road
purposes.
The nurserymen everywhere in Orange
county report an extraordinary demand for
fruit trees this season, more so than for the
past three years the healthy feature of
this is that the demand is almost entirely
from old orange growers, VINO are extend
ing their groves
Palatka Herald: The colored republi-
cans Of Palatka have a majority over the
white democrats and republicans. If they
knew how to pull together, the African race
could 60 into the field with "A ticket COM
posed of colored men entirely, and elect it
from mayor down.
Col. Bob Hardes of Hardeeville, on In
dian river, has just returned from trip
down on Manatee river where he bought a
fine orange grove for which he paid s. 200.
He says if he had it on Indian river it
would be worth S15, 900 on account Of trans
portation; but that will come in time to the
Manatee country as it has to Indian river.
Postmaster General Wanamaker is evil
IDENTITY not trusted by the Jacksonville
Light Infantry. Some time ago this COM
pany ordered new uniforms from this big
clothing dealer, and sont on Sergt. Mcbride
TO see that no shoddy uniforms were panned
off on them. He returned yesterday, and
says the suits are very handsome, and will
be here on April ).
Joseph Cauthron charged with the murder
of William Gore, was arrested at St.
Augustine late last Saturday night by
Deputy Shoriff Perry. and is now in the
county jail Both he and his brother Will
lam Cauthron will be tried for the murder
of Gore next September. 1t seems there is
no indictment against J. Priest as has been
stated at st. Augustine, although he was
Interested in the case somewhat
The young folks ed. Carmichael and
Miss Lula Wilkins) who eloped from An
thony last Sunday night. drove direct to
Micanopy, where they arrived at midnight,
aroused dominic and we're joined for better
or for worse in true orthodox style. The
next day they visited friends in Gainesville,
returning to Ocala Wednesday, where they
were made happy by the reception given
them by the parents Of the groom
Several Of Volusla county's old settlers
were in the DeLand NetVs office the other