The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-02
FLORIDA.

in Missouri.
FLORIDA.
The Ponce de Leon hotel at st. Augustine
win close April Is.
The Baptist ASSOCIATION convenes at
Perry next Saturday.
Over $40 babies were on exhibition at the
Ocala exposition on baby day last week.
A few oranges continue to be shipped,
but the bulk Of the crop has been marketed
Notice of incorporation of the St. Angus
tine Transfer Company, with a capital of
SOL 900 IS published.
B. c. D AXE, proprietor Of the Gainesville
Advocate, has been nominated for post
master of Gainesville.
A man, supposed to be S. G. Montague, a
forger, wanted in Louisiana, has Just been
arrested at Kissimmee
J. N. Parish, east of Orange City, has
two mulberry trees 6 years old. which have
1000 quarts Of berries on them.
E. P. Forsee of Owenton. KY, has pur-
chased the residence and six-acre orange
grove Of DR.. f. c. Hood on Lake Weir, con-
sideration $4,000.
At Sanford the firm of Max Myerson &,
Co. has been dissolved by mutual consent
An accounts will be settled and assumed by
Max Mysrson at his Office and the Lusire S
will be continued in his name.
N. w. Mcdonald, with his daughter, Miss
Alice, Of Mosley hall, spent Saturday and
Sunday last in Perry attending quarterly
meeting. Mr.. Mcdonald says he will donate
$40 for parsonage to be built on that
circuit.
A. E. Mcclure, an architect Of Jackson
vile, is preparing plans for st. Mary's
home charitable institution to be built
under the auspices of Sister Mary Ann, and
for $4,000 church house for the African
Methodist Episcopal church.
The yacht race between the Viking and
Red Cloud az Palatka FRIDAY, was the
most exciting that has been sailed there in
some time, both boats being handled with
all the skill that full-hedged yachtmen
could use. The Rel Cloud won.
Capt. Hawley of Orange City is pretty
confident of getting the appointment of
superintendent of the life saving service.
The office pays g., 200 per year, aud at least
fifteen applicants are expecting this nice
plum from the secretary of the treasury.
Lieut.. T. G. Fillette, of the United 81 ates
Marine Corps, and a brother-in-law of
Charles Mckenzie Oerting of Pensacola, is
on duty on board the Nipsic, which lies
beache1 at Samoa. The list OF seven names
of those lost does not embrace the lieuten-
ant
A party Of young men went shark fishing
at Key West Wednesday night on Pierce's
wharf and had the pleasure of hooking and
landing eleven fine sharks. ranging in size
from to feet. The S-foot one required
the combined strength of the party to land
him.
At Ocala, Thursday, J. H. Livingston
sold the following valuable pieces of prop
erty: Seven and half acre grove on Lake
Weir, sold to John Archibald of Montreal
Canada. Consideration $4,000 The Matt
loo. - ,N.1n
to w. g. McPhetridge. Consideration $l5,-
GOO
The home Of Marion A. Briggs, who lives
on Spruce creak, four miles from its mouth,
near Lake Helen, was broken into ut noon
on Thursday and $500 in greenbacks stolen
together with two bank checks, a revolver
and large hunting knife. He has recently
had good many men on the place work
ing for him.
Henry Nixon (colored), whose arrest for
the rape of a little girl on the naval reser-
walton has been previously reported, was
given preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Humphreys, at Pen
sacnla Saturday. The evidence of NIxon's
guilt was so convincing, in the mind of the
commissioner, that he held defendant with
out bail to answer for mis- crime before a
higher trib unal.
Chief b. f. H. Bowers, of the Key West
IRE uepdI Jiuouu, received leLJeT from tne
secretary Of the Ocala fire department,
wednesday, containing poftofiice money
order for 81 so, that being the amount he
had paid out in Ocala for badges for his
members. The letter sets forth that the
Ocala company was ignorant Of the fact
that Mr. Bowers had paid for the badges
until few days ago.
Capt. J. G. Petersen and Mr.. Toole are
going somewhat extensively into the bust
M Of arfn nd Aoh
Pensacola bay and the Gulf. Capt Peter
sen furnishes the boats, ines, lines, build
tngs and all necessary apparatus for catch
ing, curing. cooking, packing and storing
the fish, while Mr.. Toole win give his at-
teation to preparing and putting the finny
prizes into toothsome and marketable o)n-
ditiou.
The steamship Clinton, OF the Morgan
line, will be withdrawn from the Key West
and Havana service on her arrival in Now
Orleans aud replaced by the Avasas, a sister
steamship OF the Hutchinson, but trife
smaller. She is a double propeller heavy
carrier and the speediest OF all the small
steamships Of the Morgan line. Key West
viii thus have, during the summer, the
Hutchinson and Avansas, instead of the
Hutchinson and Clinton.
J. l.. and +. l.. Carney Of Lake Weir, and
Capt. Briggs Of kentucy, have purchased a
large tract OF rich hummock land on Lake
Bryant, east OF Gambler, and have started
in with fifty men TO clear and plant out a
lemon grove Of 200 acres. This will be the
largest lemon grove in the state. This sec
ton Of Marion county is getting quite a
reputation for the amount and fine quality
OF its lemons. These gentlemen propose
also TO build a railroad from Lake Bryant
TO Weir park on the Florida Southern.
Regarding the attachment Of II. j. ST.
mons stock OF Pensacola, IL is learned that
NJ. Levy, for whom the papers were served.