The morning news., 1889-05-06
FLORIDA.

The work of cleaning Gainesville has
| been completed.
w. c. Ferriday has become an aspirant
for the postmastership at Quincy.
The brick walls of NJ R. Vontan's build
| ing, at Tavares, begin to loom up.
Pensacola now receives two mails from
New York every day-at 2:10 p. m. and
1910 p. IN.
The iron work for the court house at Tav-
ares, is being cast at tho South Florida
foundry, at Orlando
At Tavares householders must use galvan-
lied iron refuse buckets, as per a require
ment OF the town ordinances.
An ordinance creating limit in which
wooden buildings may be erected is asked
OF the city council of Madison.
There are about 800 cases, civil and Grim
inal, docketed for trial at the next term Of
the circuit court. commencing ia Gaines
vile tomorrow.
j. g. 7. Crawford, receiver at the United
States laad office at Gainesville who has
been struggling with protracsed illness,
is daily improving.
Many OF the Jefferson county farmers are
complaining because their cotton seed does
not sprout. Numbers are blowing up tneir
seeds and planting second time.
l.. A. and E A. Fraleigh purchased of
Maj. Dial at Madison last week the store
and lot adjoining the stand now occupied bv
Capt. w. ii. Hausman. They will remodel
the store and fill it with goods and be ready
for business with the beginning of the com
ing season
young man who spent Sunday last in
the Cherry Lake neiZhborhood of Madison
county says that a wild turkey was killed
in that neighborhood recently which
weighed sixty-five pounds, and that one of
its drum sticks lasted the family for two or
three days
In the case Of the Pensacola and Atlantic
railroad VS.. the state of Florida, in which
the supreme court sustains the railroad
company, the judgments against the road
secured in the lower courts, amounted to
$4,000. There were six cases In all. the
same principle being involved all the way
through.
w. NJ. French, who has been engaged in
the manufacture Of cement stone and nj pc
at Orlando, Tampa and at other points, has
decided to establish works in TavareS. He
has ordered the necessary mac ainery and
material, and has already secured a con-
tract Tor the manufacture Of the pipe for
the drainage Of the marshes at the Osceola
truck farm into Lake Eustis.
Pau DuPree OF Boardman says the
orange crop in Boardman and vicinity will
be very materially injured by the red
spider One Of the largest growers esti-
mates that his loss Will be fully 80 per
cent. The leaves arc still on the trees, but
the oranges are falling by the thousands.
Thus far little or nothing has been done 10
sop the progress Of the spider.
A squad Of worknen began on Monday
morning last TO tear away the large brick
building used by the Madison Cotton Gin
ning Company as a ginnery. This is TO be
replaced by larger building 10 be usod for
the same purpose, as the company has found
That the present capacit y was insufficient TO
meet the demand uoon them. The new gin
merry viii contain fifty or more of the latest
and most approved patterns OF gins, aud
VIII be completed in time for the next
season.
A spark from flie caught on the water
tank OF the Grand View hotel, at Titusville.
Sunday about noon, where Il smouldsred
aud had commenced 20 show smoke enough
20 indicate fire when discovered Gus
Miller has.ened 70 the room on the second
story adjoining the tank, and with pitcher
OF water, which was handy readily OK
tinguished the fire. Had their been much