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

Tobacco plant beds may be sown with
profit up to April l.
s. Zimmerman Of Branford committed
suicide Thursday night.
The circuit court in DeSoto county was
in session only shree days.
The Leon and Lee county day at the
Ocala exposition is fixed for the 2Sth inst.
Friday night at Chattahoochee, George
Lardner and Miss Annie Pace were married.
George w. Watts and Mrs. F. NJ
Noodle, both of Lake City, died last week
At Lake City county scrip is worth 100
cents on the dollar; city scrip is nearly at
par.
The bridge at Palatka looks quite brilliant
at night with six red lights and three green
ones.
The general opinion in Ocala is that the
Orlando Guards is the best drilled infantry
company in the state.
H. B. Plant will visit Gainesville this
week and look over the situation and ex-
anime the needs of a new hotel.
Gov. Fleming will call the state commits
sioners who have been appointed to go to
the Paris Exposition, to Tallahassee this
week.
The Ocala Building and Loan Association
met Wednesday night aud disposed of $500
at 80 per cent. and 500 at % per cent pre-
MUM.
Congressman Charles F. Randall from
Massachusetts, and United States Senator ].
n. Camden from West Virginia are at st.
Augustine.
Rev. j. G. Taylor, residing about ten
miles west or Lake City, has young calf
that was born with the exact marks Of its
mother--a 'swallow-forkn in each ear.
j. o. Clarke, the secretary of the Semi
iaa1 ENVNaefN9A, ~ 4. 4
checks Wednesday night for all the cash
prizes awarded. The money was on de-
posit.
Judge Cessna Of Gainesville has returned
from trip to South Florida. The Judge
reports that the vegetable crop in that sec
ton is as backward as IL is here The cab
bage crop is somewhat the worse for wet
weather.
Boston Floyd. the colored man who was
injured by the falling of one Of the heavy
doors OF the creosoting cylinders at the
creosote works OF Fernandina some tins
since, died from the effects OF his Injuries
last Sunday morning. Amputation Of one
OF his limbs was resorted to as a last hone
but the patient expired while the operation
was being performed.
Commodore Harmony, chief Of the bu-
reau of yards and docks, navy department.
telegraphs Mayor Chpley. Of Pensacola
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site for navy yard on the South Atlantic
or Gulf coast, will meet at Washington this
week. Representative Dayid.on wires
that the commission will arrive at Pensa-
cola between the Goth aud 25th inst.
Two yachts. belonging TO Pierre Loril-
lard, we're at Fernandina last week. One
OF them had combination stable-lighter in
tow, in which were eight of the prettiest
horses ever seen in Fernandina. They left
for ST. Augustine Friday. Two of the
horses are in delicate health, and Mr.. Loril-
lard has brought them 20 Floridas genial
cline in hopes of oeneflting them.
The total earnings of the Florida Railway
and Navigation Company from Jan. TO
the second week in February were S!63. 637.
as gainst S140 1876 for the corresponding
period last year with the same mileage.
This shows an increase Of 1913, in forty
five days. When 1t is recoected that the
passenger traffic has not been near so good
as in years past, it shows that the freight
traffic has largely increased.
At st. Augustine Friday the mayor re-
ported back to the city council, without his
approval, the police ordinance, the ordi-
nance prohibiting Instructions on the shell
road and the ordinance in relation TO carts
and drays, giving at length his objections
to them. Tho council seeped Little sur