The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-29
FLORIDA.

Mrs. NJ. J. Stockton of Quincy died day
or two ago.
A move is on foot at st. Augustine to
give the shell road lew name.
The population of AOultrie is increasing.
live families settled there shis week.
The pension Of Dennis Driggels of Florida
has been increased by the pension office.
North st. Augustine property owners in
tend 70 operate hae OF herdic coaches
There will be meeting of the Leon
county alliance on the first Wednesday IN
November.
At Quincy last Tuesday child of A. OF
finger fell from u wagon ana broke her
collar bone.
The soldiers at st. Francis barracks, at
ST. Augustine, are busy fixing up their
quarters for the season.
The new Baptist church at Chuluota is to
bs dedicated to the worship Of the Lord on
Sunday morning, Nov. 3.
James H. Seabrook, one of the Oldest
citizens of Leon county, died at his home
last week near Iamonia lake.
A new postofflce has been established at
Oneco, Manatee county, Florida, with
Almeda A. Saunders as postmaster.
Ephraim Wilson OF Green Cove claims
70 have hauled a centennial log last week.
1t contained even !. 40 feet of lumber.
The famous oarsme1, Hamm, Hanlan,
GaudAur and Ten Eyck. have been engaged
for part Of the season at st. Augustine by
Mr.. Flagler.
E. Genovar Of ST. Augustine received a
telegram from Gov. Fleming, Saturday,
appointing him to the colonelcy of the
Seco d Florida regiment.
s. Erie, a prominent fruit grower of
Archer, has one japan perslmmon tree on
his place which had on 1t this season over
400 persimmons, which averaged eleven
inches in circumference.
The petition of p. G. Hodges for liquor
license presented before the council of
Orlando Friday night was refused, on the
ground that the location was within 200
feet of a saloon already in operation
A number Of new cottages are nearing
completion at Tallahassee. G. w. Saxon
a. Cos. new bank building is rapidly near
ing completion. Work is progressing rapidly
on the new addition to the Leon hotel.
A new train-an engine and two coaches
has been ordered for the Tampa street rail-
way, and will arrive during the coming
month. On Dec l, a regular half-hour serv-
Ice will be put into effect between Tampa
and Ybor City.
Parties in Tampa and Ybor City in SYM
pathy with the strikers in Key West have
made collection of more than $1,000 to
send for $50 cigarmakers from that place
They may be delayed in consequence of
quarantine restric lions.
Capt @. r. Boaz reports that he will
commence mining phosphate on the Alfalfa
river as soon as the s. f. road provides
transportation. The phosphate, on being
analysed, provided to 8 per cent. richer
than the famous Charleston rock.
Mons Serge Malyvan has succeeded in
organizing a storage warehouse company
at Ocala. The Ocala board of trade has
given Mr. Malyvan much enc ouragement.
besides donating large and conveniently
located lot near the Semi-Tropical exposi-
ton building.
Last Wednesday Mr.. LeDuc bought the
property at Tampa on which Ethe Tribune
building stands, seventy feet on jackson
street and los feet on Tampa street, paying
therefor $4,000. Mr., LeDuc designs erect
ing large brick building on the property,
to be run as a European hotel.
Capt. Thomas White of Tampa has gone
to st. Petersburg to build berth alongside
the Orange Belt railway dock for the Nor
gan Line of steamers, whi b will commence
touching in there as soon as accommoda-
lions are provided for them. The berth
will be about 200 feet long by so feet WIDE
Sheriff Peeer, who has been travelling
| largely over Clay county of late, reports
| the OH look for our farmers to be first-class
| Besides making good crops, large number
| OF the farmers have turned their attention
to the culture of stra berries, having put
| out thousands of plants during the past two
| months
C. r. Brown and Miss Maggie Gardner
| eloped from McAlpin, Fla, recently, via
the local freight to Waycross. A clergy
man CHANGED To be on the train, and when
! it stopped at Waycross Mr.. Brown rushed
to the ordinary's Office, secured license,
and the two were married on the train, pro-
ceeding thence to North Georgia.
The new court house, which has been
| arranged for by the county commissioners
and for which material is now being placed
upon the ground, will be an ornament to
Green Cove and credit to the county at
large. The building is to be n feet long
| by 43 feet 3 inches wide, two stories high:
walls, 10 inches for first story, and 10 inches
for second story.
The ejectment suit of NJ. Tinney VS.. Ross,
Biglow q Co., for the possession of the
water front at the foot of Whiting street,
Tampa, on which the new fsh-house is
located, was tried before Judge Harrison
last week, and resulted in We dict in favor
OF Tinney; but the court granted q motion
for new trial on the ground that the YER
dict was not in accord with the evidence.
| ouSaCola ANStOS. supp. AeeK or the gas
works has analysed the gas generated in the
ammonia absorption machines at the STRAIT
ton Ice Works, with the following result;
Oxygen, "a per cent. nitrogen, 900; hydro
gen, 72. He says the oasis the result Of the
decomposition of the ammonia in the
process Of repeated absorptions, and that
the peculiar greenish-yellow color of the
flame is caused by slight trace of sodium.
At Key West, Tuesday, fire DESTROYED a
cottage on Angela, between Sim lnton and
Duval streets, near the corner of Angela and
Duval, belonging to James A. Waddell.
and occupied by Jeronimo Perez, a Cuban
butcher. The market house, to the east.
and the dwelling to the west, and a small
clubhouse in the same yard were badly
scorched; in fact, they caught fire two or
three times, but were promptly extinguished
by the streams from the fire engines.
| A colored man named Abe Frink.
who lives a few miles north from Seffner'
was arrested Friday and taken before
| Squire Glenn Lenning of Thonotosassa.
charged with having burned school house,
used by the colored people, located near
Mr.. Aliens saw-mill. As no positive proof
was offered, he was discharged The school
house, with all the books, ETC., was CON