The morning news., 1889-11-11
FLORIDA.

Quincy now has three barrooms, and Mid
way has one.
It is said that most Of the-orange crop
around Micanopy has been sold
During the past week the weather has
been excellent for working tobacco around
Quincy.
The citizens Of Tacoma and vicinity are
erecting new buildings and improving their
orange groves.
bale of cotton weighing 7S5 pounds was
received Thursday at the warehouse bye.
W. DUPONT Of Quincy.
The Gadsden county alliance will have a
very important meeting at the court house
on the last Saturday in this month.
Oranges are moving at lively rate, and
the railroads are taxed 10 their utmost
capacity to get the fruit out of the state on
time.
Thomas Z. Cunningham of Quincy has
sold his store TO William Harden, formerly
of Lake City, who has opened saloon and
general store.
Work upon the new oyster factory at
Fernandina is progressing. Part of the
machinery has arrived, and the factory win
soon be in operation.
A year ago last spring Sewell Clark of
Amelia budded a wild stock with the seed
less Japan persimmon. 1t has now sixty
four persimmons on it as big as oranges
At AtGainegville DR.. Wallace has contracted
for the immediate erection of a handsome
residence on the corner lot Just north Of the
residence of Judge James Bell, on Pleasant
street
The directors OF the South Florida Chau-
tauqua met at Mount Dora on Tuesday to
make arrangements for the coming assem-
bly,, which will be held for ten days, COM
mencing Feb 25.
George Stambuck, a bartender, was
stricken with an apoplectic fit while work
ing behind the bar in George Andrews
saloon at Pensacola, Friday, and died in
less than three minutes.
Fred Casey, a workman at the Gaines
vile furniture factory, while showing
fellow workman how to groove head post,
accidentally made a slip, causing his left
hand to be cut all to pieces
1t is estimated that over two-thirds of the
orange crop in the state has been sold on
the trees, and at prices far advanced of
those realized in former years, when the
fruit was shipped by the growers
There is a rumor afloat that work will at
once, commence on the construction of a
bridge over the st. Johns at Astor prepara-
tory to connecting with the Jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West railway at Eldridge
Last week Hiram Edwards of Quincy
went into Liberty county to look after q
lot of hogs, which he keeps on the range
there, when he found that some wild animal
had killed quite number of them. He
laid for the animal, and succeeded in kill
ing large bear.
Last "Wednesday morning the store and
bakery of Laurie Gee Of Quincy came near
being consumed by fire. The fire had been
smoldering all night, and shortly after day
light broke into blaze, when it was dis
covered by William Meddlesome, who, with
the assistance of another colored mau, sue
ceedcd in putting it out before it had done
any considerable damage.
The Proctor place on Orange Lake,
Orange county, was sold last Monday at
sheriff's sale under foreclosure Of mortgage.
1t was purchased by Capt. d. H. Irwin OF
Orange Lake for the sum of $1,000, he
assuming thereby the balance of an encum-
brance OF s4,600 due upon the mortgage.
The place, comprising about twenty acres,
was owned during his lifetime by the cele
brated astronomer Richard A. Proctor,
whose widow is now compelled to enter the
stage as lecturer for support.