The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03
FLORIDA.

county comes off on Nov. Is.
Pine Grove camp meeting In Suwaunee
county commences on Nov. s.
Contracts for eight more cottages to be
erected in Ybor were let this week.
The subject of building a new Methodist
church at Rochelle is being agitated.
AT Starke, r. NJ. Alvarez has sold half
interest in his business to Mr.. Lidden.
The Mayor of Key West has forbidden
masqueradfng on the streets at night.
Tampa needs more houses to accommo-
date parties who wish to become citizens.
Rev. w. G. Paterson has accepted cali
from the First Baptist church of Fernan-
dina.
The golden balls on the orange trees are
getting more and more conspicuous at
Starke.
The Gainesville public school now has an
attendance Of one hundred and forty
scholars.
the streets are lined with teams bringing
cotton TO market.
| Starke hotels and boarding houses are
prepared to accommodate a great many
guests this winter.
The farmers of Suwannee county report
poor cotton crops this year, but the gins
seem to be very busy.
Mrs. Salome r. Lasserra died at her late
home in Fernandina, Weol ssday morning,
In the 63rd year of her age.
The costs of jurors at the fall term of
Nassau circuit court amounted to 1859, and
for witnesses $500, a total of 81, $40.
The big Tampa Bay hotel will be under
| the management of Mr.. Carter, the pro-
prietor of the Malvern hotel at Bar Harbor.
Eb Mansfield Of Daytona dreamed he
| would kill a deer in the Wilder grove. He
went out there early Saturday morning aud
captured a fine one.
Plant City still holds the pennant as the
leading orange shipping depot. About 15,-
900 boxes have been shipped from that place
| already this season.
The rice mill for Starke is now a sure
| thing. Messrs Peek & Fewkes state posi-
| lively that they will guarantee TO clean 100
bushels or over day.
ID. B. Campbell has sold his bearing
| orange grove OF ten acres, adjoining Akin
Stivender's grove near Leesburg, TO James
NJ. Leggett for "a. 500 cash.
A day or two ago N G. wainwright, while
hunting hogs near his home some eight
miles south of Starke, was thrown from his
horse and broke his right hip.
A bank is now almost a certainty for
Starke j. M. Seidle, who was in tnat CITY
few weeks ago, writes that he will be
there in two weeks to opal a bank.
Strawberries can stand greater drought
than was at first supposed. At Starke, five
weeks passed without drop of rain, and
even newly set plants lived through it.
The New River Baptist association will
meet at Sardis church, near Worthington
Springs, next Thursday, VIM. f. NAL
phurs, moderator. The meeting is to con-
tinue four days.
Thursday being the anniversary of the
death of Father Swemburg, appropriate
services in commemoration of the same
were held at the st. James Catholic church
at Orlandos
A purse of $50 was run for at st. Angus
tine Thursday, on the race track, between
Mr.. Dickson's bay mare aud Charlie Sanchez
cream poney, which resulted In the bay
winning easily.
At Starke last week, Levi Blackburn.
charged with an assault with intent to
murder, was lodged in the county Jail in
default of a $500 bond TO await the next
| term OF circuit court.
AT Pensacola II. A. Smiths $500, with
which he offered to back his horse Honest
John against Little Billy, has been covered.
The stakes are in respectable hands and the
race will come OF in few days.
Rev. C. M. Bingham is circulating a
| petition praying the county school board to
set Off Daytona into special school district,
and also asking them TO call an election TO
vote tax for school house purposes.
The steamer Kissimmee oommeaced last
week making regular trips to Manatee
| She leaves Port Tampa on MONDAYS
| Wednesdays and Fridays, returning on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
| Deputy United States Marshal Thomas
Calhoun went up to Auburndale last week
and arrested Frank Silas for robbiug the
poseofiice at Gainesboro, Orange county.
| SliaJ was taken to Tampa aud lodged In Jail
1t is reported that General Manager Bond
of the Orange Belt Railway Company has
| purchased splendid steamer, with a
capacity for 200 passengers, which he will
place on the Tampa, st. Petersburg and
Manatee river route by Nov. IL
Fernandina Mirror: There was q regular
Sullivan and Kilrain fight in the sheriff IS
| Office last Tuesday, which ended in a knock
down and Knockout in one round. The
victor was 50 reluctantly compelled to do
the work that we forbear giving names.
Sawannee court convenes Tomorrow
The case of Mathis, the Bradford negro
who killed Marshal Elliott of Live Oak
will excite more interest than any other
excepting that of the man who is charged
with the murder of George Overstreet
Tuesday night about Ii o'clock the pool
room and birch beer saloon of Thomas
Gaskins at Arcadia caught fire, from cause
unknown, and the building, tables and stock
weres soon destroyed. His loss is estimated
at between 81, 100 and 1920. There was
no Insurance.
A schooner which arrived at Kew West
tuesday from the sponge beds down the
bay" and near Rock Island, reports that the
water is in an excellent condition, and the
different sponging vessels that are fortu-
nate enough to be on the ground are reap
ing rich harvests
Deputy Sheriff John Mooney Of Plant
City has in his possession fine gold watch
| taken from the negro man who committed
a burglary in that place two weeks age.
He asks anyone who has lost such a watch
to send him description, as he wishes to
| restore 1t to the owner.
On last Saturday night Mr.. Pendas of
the cigar manufacturing firm of Lozano.
| Pendas d Co. attempted to board the street
car in Ybor while in motion and fell. throw
ing one of his feet under the wheel, which
passed over it, crushing and mangling Il to
such an extent that the leg had to be ampu-
tated between the knee and ankle.
Caroline Glover, a crazy negro woman
who had been tramping around Hillsboro
county, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
John Mooney and Carried to Plant City
Her condition was too bad for her to be
brought to Tampa, but notwithstanding
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