The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-20
FLORIDA.

One hack driver during the military week
at jacksonville made $23 in one day.
A 5OO-pound shark with seven rows of
teeth was recently captured at Egmont
lighthouse.
A number of Gainesville's carpenters are
employed on the new hotel being built at
Suwannee Springs.
Some of the hotel men of Gainesville say
that business has shown an improvement
during the past week.
OF the 200 trees recently planted by the
city of Orlando about 900 will live, making
loss of about 16 per cent.
The brickmasons arrived at Braidentown
Saturday and commenced the brick work
on the county Jail Monday morning.
Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Prime have the
honor Of taking the first Spanish mackerel
of the season, at Braidentown, with rod and
reel
There seems to be universal complaint
| throughout Palatka of poor oil The lamps
burn dimly and some Of them will hardly
stay lighted.
Fifty rooms will be added to the Leon
hotel at Tallahassee this summer, and the
| house will probably be kept open all during
| the hot season.
The St. Johns whistling buoy outside
the bar at the entrance to st. Johns river,
Florida, has gone adrift. 1t will be replaced
as soon as possible.
At Gainesville Wednesday the Florida
Southern transferred $500 packages OF
| fruits and vegetables to the Savannah
| Florida and Western.
At Braidentown Will Fuller has pur.
chased the steamer Columbia from Capt
| Harry Warner, and will run her in connec-
ton with his mercantile business.
On account Of the small number present,
caused by the unfavorable weather of Sun
day, the organization of the Braidentown
Baptist church was postponed until the first
Sunday in May.
The South Florida Fertilizer Company
will commence manufacturing next Mon
| day in the building erected by E. W. Spier,
near the Tavares, Orlando and Apopka
| freight warehouse at Orlando.
| Frank Adams and Louis Karney left
| Sanford Thursday for a three months
| cruise up the st. Johns river after alligar
| tors and plume birds. They carry two boats
and full camping outfit, and will have q
| good time.
| The Seminole Manufacturing Company
| is a new enterprise recently established il
| Palatka for the manufacture Of insect pow
| der, extracts and other articles. The com
pany has ample means with which to show
l
Tho colored citizens of Marion county
propose to organize building and loaI
association, and with that object in view
| held a meeting at Ocala last Friday, al
| which 100 shares were taken. They will
| issue 900 shares.
Miss Elsie Quaintance of Archer met
| with painful accident the other day. In
using sewing machine she put the needle
| entirely through her thumb, when it broke
| M vvit hn oil Rat
called in and cut it out
The Falcon is a little steamer recently
built by Capt. William G.. Barrow anC
William Cox. She is of forty-fve ton
burthen and carries 200 bales of cotton
She made her first trip on March %. Sh,
plies the Choctawhatchie between Cary
vile, Fla, and Pate's landing, Ala.
Maj. Lancaster, owing to the pressing
cares OF his military duties as commando
OF the Second Battalion state troops, ten
dered his resignation Wednesday as chief o.
the Ocala fire department to the city coun
| Gil, and same was accepted. Fraak A
league was elected to fill the vacancy.
The Ponce de Leon hotel at st. Augustine
opened on Jan. 10 and closed Tuesday
Seven thousand two hundred and thirty-si,
tourists placed their names on the register
| OF these ., sos arrived during the period be
tween March 20 aud April Is. From Jan
10 20 March 20 4, 42S people stopped there
an average Of about seventy-six per daJ
throughout the entire season.
Arthur Schleman OF Sanford piloted
lady and gentleman out shooting Wednes
day. One Of the events Of the day was
snake fight, which the party witnessed be
tween a king snake and a moccasin. Tn
king snake killed the moccasin in less thai
three minutes, and was in turn killed by tn
lady, who had photographed the comba
with portable instrument which she ha
in the buggy.
A letter was received in Jaeksonvill
Wednesday announcing the death Of tn
wife of Col Ben +. Russell, editor anG
proprietor Of the Bainbridgs (Ga.) Demo
crdt. on April l5 Col. Russell is cousi
of L. A. Russell, Of the Jacksonvll
Metropolis. who was similarly bereft just
week previous TO tue above. The two be
reaved husbands were boys together, b0rl
and reared in the same village, but wer
unaware Of each others affection 81.
There is on exhibition in Kuhl g. Ccsrt
window at Orlando, a small pen sketch "a
handi work Of John II. Raymond. In th
center Of the card is a sketch representin
one Of the Orlando Guards at parade rest
The bayonot OF bis gun is decorated With
wreath with tho inscription upon il, 9TH
Popular Verdict In the left baud corue
are the three Judges who presided at th