The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-15
FLORIDA.

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| The corn and cotton north of Hawthorn
is reported to be in good condition.
| Thousands of acres of wild lands around
| Arcadia are awaiting the coming of new
settlers.
Two thousand crates Of vegetables were
| shipped from Micanopy and vicinity
| Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Treutler of Eau Gallie have
| just sold part of their Chicago Qll) prop
erty for So, $50.
A butcher, a baker and bricklayer, of
Gainesville, are talking of emigrating to
Seattle, Washington Territory.
There were over 5000 crates of tomatoes
shipped from the Manatee river last week.
Notwithstanding the dry weather.
L. n Boy1in leaves Orlando for Bruins
wick, Ga, next Monday, where he proposes
| to continue his business as contractor and
builder.
There is now no doubt that the man
supposed to be in cataleptic fit at Orlando
is dead The remains have been shipped to
Kentucy for burial
Mr. Muller had the misfortune to have
his house burned on his grove near Long
| wood week or two ago. and lost all his
tools and clothing, and also several fine
| oranga trees, one of which had about four
bushels of ripe oranges on it.
1t is reported that the survey of the
| Florida Central and Peninsula railroad has
| reached a point near Keysville, and that
the line of survey is following very close
| the Washington line, which misses B alden
| town about twenty-five miles.
The steamer st. Lucie grounded at the
inner landing at Courtney last Wednesday,
| caused by the captain slowing up while a
| passengers hat was overheard While
attempting TO secure the hat the steamer
drifted onto shoal, where she remained
until Sunday, when she succeeded in getting
off and returned to TitUsville.
Henry Horsler contemplates the building
| of two-story brick store on his lot lust
south of the piloUs' Office on Palafox wharf
Pensacola. Work in that connection will
be commenced very shortly. When the
building is ready for occupancy, Mr. Horsler
will remove his stock of goods from their
present. location on West zarragossa street
to the new house
e. r. Gunby completed his bond Tuesday
as collector of the port of Tampa, his sure
| ties qualifying TO the amount of $50, 000.
Mr.. Gunby left Tuesday night for Tampa,
to take the oath of Office. the law requiring
the oath to be taken at the place where the
office is held. He does not expect to take
charge of the Office until the beginning of
the new fiscal year-July l.
The moss factory in Gainesville is receiv-
ing widespread attention. Orders have
been received for furnishing mattresses for
hotel at Monticello, Fla, and also for a
large boarding house in New York city.
The outlook for the speedy development of
| this industry is of the most encouraging
character. The raw material is inexhaust-
IDLE and the demand is likely TO become
| enormous
Titusville Star: During the heavy rain
| that blessed this section last Thursday after
noon, about 3 o'clock, we had a hail storm
of about ten minutes duration, the largest
hailstones being about the size of large
marbles 1t brought to mind of many
of our citizens the terrific hail storm
of about year ago. No material damage
| was done, only the tenderest of plants were
injured by the falling hail.
George L Russell, formerly of the firm of
Waterheuse & Russell of Orlando, is the
possessor of very fine pinery located on
his place on the shore of Lake Ivanhoe, at
! the head of Orange avenue The shed
covers less than one-half acre, and Mr.. Rus
sell expects TO realize over 81, 600 from the
sale of the fruit and plants this season. The
plants are vigorous, and quite a number of
\ the Abbakache, which were set last fall,
are now fruiting. Mr.. Russell considers the
growing of pineapples one of the most
/ profitable industries to be engaged in. One
Abbakaehe plant last year paid him 81 so.
Punta Gorda Beacon May so Mr.. Hen
dry, representative Of DeSoto county, said
in the House of Representatives that immi-
| grafton did not benefit Florida, and that land
In South Florida was worth no more to-day
| than i've years ago. As to the first asser-