The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-07
FLORIDA.


Charlotte Harbor wants an ice factory.
Palatka is greatly in need of a machine
shop
Pine Crest inn at Paola has opened in all
its glory.
The fremont hotel at Jacksonville is still
| unrented.
The rifles for the Gate City rifles of San
ford have arrived.
Charlotte Harbor has a new paper called
the South Florida Home.
The Orange county grand jury recon-
mends that poor farm be established.
Mrs. NJ. +. Grafton has taken charge of
the new Commercial house at Orlando.
1t is rumored that W. G. Warden has
purchased the San Marco hotel at st. Aug
The st. Johns river boats are doing a
good business now in both freight and pas
sengers
The candidates for the Orange county
site are Mcdonald, Apopka, Orlando and
Sanford.
The Merrimac school is progressing finely
undenthe direction of Miss Lula Stebbius of
ZelIwood.
Fifteen freight cars on the Florida South
ern fell into the slough near Lake Weir last
FrisIay might
james Alleged and s. w. Forbes of
Wakulla caught $500 mullst during the
past two weeks.
n. A Simmons, former business manager
Of the Perry Banner, has purchased half
Interest in that paper.
A fierce fire which threw up dense col
| umn OF smoke was burning in the woods
| between st. Augustine and Matanzas Tues
day.
An original invalid pension certificate has
been issued to John Bryant OF Tallahassee
james t. Bassett, Mahbans, gets an in
| crease.
The splendid steamer John Sylvester,
Capt. Post, sailed from New York Oct %.
and on her arrival will run on the lower st.
Johns river.
The presses, type, ETC., of the Argus Office
at Sanford are being shipped to the Gin
cinnati Type Foundry, TO hquidate claim
held by the foundry.
Chairman w. d. Chipley of the demo
cratic executive committee of the state has
called the committee to meet at jackson
vile next Thursday night.
The farmers alliance managers at Jack
sonvile during the past lew days have sent
over 500 stencil plates to parties who will
| ship oranges to tnem this coming season.
w. T. King, the Homosassa boniface, has
Just purchased of DIR. Thomai ON Magnolia
street, near the Florida Central and Peain-
sular depot, at Ocala, lot 45x125 feet for
a consideration of 81 500.
The fourth and last span for the new j.
st. A. and II. railroad bridge is about COM
pleted, and IL is expected that it will be put
in position to- day at high tide, unless some
unforeseen accident prevents.
The Apopka town council has decided
that places where liquor may be sold here
after in that town snail have no rear en-
| trance, and that no scree is or other device
shall be used to shut out the public gaze
from the interior.
Hon. r. w. Davis, for more than four
years attorney for the Florida Southern
railway, has resigned from that position,
and will open law office in Pala ka.
Since Capt. Davis resigned forty two law
yers have applied for the position.
From various letters received from
northern parties inquiring for accommoda-
lions during the winter season, it is almost
certain that the rusn Of travel to st. Au-
gustine this winter will be far in excess of
that of any other season on record.
United States Senator Call will address
the people of Volusia county Tuesday. Nov.
IL, at DeLeon Springs. There will be a
grand barbecue and half fare on all rail
roads. An equal division of time will be
allo we'd the senator's opponents if they so
desire.
Ex-senator A s. Mann is expected home
to-day. For the past two weeks he has
cen in Chicago in the interest of the farm
ers' alliance, trying to arrange to make
that city q receiving and distributing point
for Florida produce in the west and north
west.
Patents have been issued to Florida in
ventors as follows: George Phillips, Kew
West, two patents for preserving timber,