The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-01

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There are several marriages on the taps
With Tallahassee boys as grOoms aad Geor-
| gia girls the connecting link.
Spencer's saw-mili boiler exploded Friday
in Orange county and lnj red three men,
Hugh Montgomery seriously.
The Orange county registration books are
now oDen r the registration of voters on
the coming wet and dry election.
The GAINESVILLE furniture facsory is run
ming on double time, and yet it cannot
begin to keep up with the orders.
Louis Dor nan of Cape Henry, n. c., who
su ersedes A j. Mitchell Of the signal serv-
ice office, at Tit isVille, has arrived.
Mrs. Z. L. Mitchell, mother Of Sheriff
Thomas Mitchell, died last Monday, at hor
home north OF Quincy, in her 695h year.
DIR. F. F. Smith and Capt w. NJ. Black
| will ave st. Augustine for the north with
Mr. F!agler, in his private car, tomorrow.
The Arcadia saw mills havs received on
order for lumber for another large building
for the DaSoto Phosphate Company, at
Zolfo.
Lakeland AdUocate: We have been told
that the South Florida Railroad Company
viii place double daily mail service on
this road.
Rev. W. B. Dye, pastor of the Baptist
| church at Lakeland, will preach every Sun
day at Kissimmee, whore he will eside in
the future.
From 200 to 400 tons of Marion and
Al ,chua county rock is daily brought by
rail, and disoosed of on the jetties at the
Fernandina bar.
Owing TO sickness, only seven of the pas
tors OF the district vera in attendance Mt
the Metho1is preachers mass nesting held
at Live Oak Sept. "a.
Last week the grand jury found thirty
civ trina hi Ia II
zens, mostly for carrying concealed weap-
oLs and other minor offenses.
Ferna ldina Mirror: lucrative business
could be done in this city in the manu-
facture Of door mats from palmetto fiber,
with moderate outlay in machinery.
AT Orlando Saturday, while Master Al
bert Holsholser was jumping from the
veranda of DR.. Die linson's house he slipped
and fell on his left arm, breaking it Just
below the elbow
Gainesville has 1,02i registered voters,
but only 46l cast their votes the late wet
and dry election; of this loo were dry. OF
this 100 dry votes, it Is said over one-half
were cast by colored msa.
The Fsrnandina creosote works last week
made shipment of creosotei piling, to be
used on the United States quarantine st
ton at Sapelo island, Ga. Several other
shipments will follow next week.
MIR. Nichols has succeeded In securing the
number of shares necessary for organizing,
al Gainesville, branch of the Southern
Building and Loan Association, and will
proceed with the organization at once.
Lakeland Advocate: E. B. O'Neal is now
busy setting out about 5000 strawberry
plants of the Noonan improved variety.
he tried it on small scale last year, and
was sufficiently encouraged to enlarge his
base Of operations this season.
st. Augustine NelOs: Head Gardener Dale
has removed the rose bushes from the gar
den in front Of the Alcazar and has plA lted
there instead Spanish bayonets and cabbage
palms The change is quite an improve
ment and gives the court tropical appear
ance.
The missing John Lawson, of the firm of
Watkins & La vson Of Jacksonville, has
turned up all right. He says that trying to
build housesin Waycross, Ga, does not pay,
and advises builders from Jacksonville to
stay away from there if they want to avoid
trouble.
The argument upon the petition of A. J.
and w. w. Haygood for appointment of a
receiver for the Florida Savings Bank and
Real Estate Exchange of Jacksonville, to
be made before Judge Baker Saturday
morning, was not made, as the judge was
sent from the city.
Oswald Wilson, of the farmers alliance
exchange. has not resigned the presidency
OF that organization as reported, but, as he
Will often be called north on business, the
practical management will be left with W.
X. Cessna, who has had charge of it for
some time past as manager.
A. !. Hurd of Kissimmee has had q claim
against the government since the close of
the war for property destroyed by the
military authorities. A letter from his at
torney last week stated that the case had
been decided favorable to him, and he will
soon be in possession of the amount claimed.
Sc, POS.
st. Augustine Negs: The plans of the pro-
posed municipal building displayed in the
window of W. Lyons & Co. attract much
attention. 1t seems to BE- the general opinion
that, cons dering the present and future and
all the advantages winch will accrue to the
city, the acceptance of this offer will bring
not less than s., 900 per annum to the mu-
nicipality.
Kissimmes Leader: A forged check for
1855 on j. M. Towne was presented at the
bank for payment last Tuesday. As the
check purports TO have cha hands
three times, the party who cashed the check
requests us not to name the parties inter-
ested, as the person he obtained it from is
at present out of town, and conseque tly
unable to defend himself from the serious
charge.
Arcadia Arcadion: G. f. WaIdron of
WelaEa, Putnam county, has Just finished
making his wines from eight vines that
cover three-quarters of an acre, and has
made seven barrels. nothing but sugar
being added. Holmes Erwin of Sisco. of
the same county, will make 1000 gallons of
the same wines, and, besides his own grapes.
is buying from neighbors at 21< cents per
pound. All this on common pi g land.
Kissimmee Leader: E. B. VanDeman.
chicf clerk t the state immigration bureau.
stopped over here Saturday to work up a
interest in the publication of an Osceola
county pamphlet. The property of this
county is taxed oue-eignth of a mill to sup
port the immigration bureau, aud if Osceola
publishes no pampalet our tax will be- used
to aid the more progressive counties in
making known their resources and inducing
immigration to them.
A statement just issued by the treasury
shows gratifying increase in the exporta-
tion business at Pensacola and Fernandiua.
At the latter place the exports of the past
eight months were $500, 900 against SlS0.OO0
IN the same mon,hs of last year, while at
Pensacola the exports amounted to over
S3,OOO,OOO, against 100000 in the pre-
ceding year AT Key Yves the expor.s
have fallen from S2S9,0 to $lSS. 900, while
the imports have slightly increased.
Arcadia Arcddian; Peace river is vary