The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-08
FLORIDA


The Branford Lumber Company nav ont
for labor every Saturday between $500 and
5000.
Rev. Atmore, of Mariana, Fla, has
accepted call as rector of Holy Trinity
church at Gainesville.
The Leesburg public school for colored
children closed last week with an examina.
tlon by day and concert at night.
On Wednesday George II. Stewart sold
70 John E. Clark seventy acres Of land.
lying three OF four miles northeast OF
Gainesville, for $3.50.
Messrs. L. A. Davis & Bro. of Kings
Ferry contemplate building an extensi We
dock on the water front at an early day.
for the purpose Of expediting their large
and increasing lumber shipments.
Nine hundred and forty-one packages of
fruits and vegetables were transferred by
the Florida Southern to the Savannah.
Florida and Western at Gainesville Friday.
destined to various eastern markets.
The Clyde steamer Delaware brought to
Fernandina about 15 600 oyster cans for the
Bell River Packing Company last week.
These cans will be filled with Nassau's
choicest bivalves, the demand for which is
constantly increasing
The cadets Of the Florida Agricultural
College, at Lake City, are anxious to drill
as battalion against that OF the cadets Of
Gainesville. They name next Wednesday
at the Sub tropical exposition, at Jackson
vile, as the time and place.
At the meeting of the Lake county com
missioners on Tuesday, the bond of w. II.
Bryan, treasurer-elect Of Lake county, was
approved for $35, GOO. The amount of the
bond required is $4,000. The board also
appropriated $3.50 for the Lake county ex-
hfbit at the Oscala exposition.
The county Farmers Alliance held a
quarterly meeting in Tavares Friday, the
nineteen sub-lodges in the county being
represented by about fifty delegates. The
stores OF Frank Darling at Tavares E. J.
M. Padgett at Leesburg, and d. J. Devault
at Umatilla, were adopted as trade stores.
Last week Gainesville merchants mar
rowly escaped becoming victims 10 the
shrewdness of a vile schemer III the person
of a man who claimed TO be agent for a
paper bag house. He offered to sell printed
bags at a cost so low that all might buy,
and only wanted TO collect % cents a thou
sand for freight charges.
Palatka Herald: Friday we made it our
business to keep q record of the number of
men in our town holding, some sort Of title
and in less than three hours the figures
showed up generals, Is colonies, 8 ma
Jors, ~ captains, 50 judges 9 doctors, and
feated candidates for Office.
An alarm Of fire was heard from the res
idence Of Capt. w. l.. Freeand at Tavares
on Tuesday evening. A large number
quickly assembled, and 1t was found that
a servant had taken a burning stick from
the stove and thrown it into the wood box.
which sent up large volume OF smoke and
scorched the wood and wall to some extent.
There was planted last December at the
home OF Capt J. +. =. johnson, two miles
southeast Of Gainesville, thirty seeds from
grape fruit. They came up and are grow.
ing vigorously, but the most remarkable
thing in connection with them is the fact
that two of the trees are in full bloom.
This is claimed to be- an unprecedented oc-
currence.
About thirty applicAt atoms were received
from different parts of'the state for the posi-
ton of secretary Of the Florida Produce
Manufacturing Company Of Leesburg The
directors met last week and elected r. II.
Porter, Of the firm OF Albright a. Porter.
The retiring secretary, F. Il. Woodhousa,
who leaves shortly for New Zealand, sold
his shares TO his successor and l.. L. Kenny
OF Bay Head, Fruitland Park.
The Madison Brick Company is the name
selected by Jordan & Smith under which
they propose doing business in the ma fu-
tacture OF brick: They have secured the
place OF Capt. Willard In the southwestern
suburbs Of Madison, where the yard Is 10.
Gated, aud will begin operations at an early
DAY. Quaker brick machine with a ca
pacity OF from 5000 10 10000 per day has
been ordered and is on the way.
Work was Commenced on the Fernan-
dina Light and Power Company's building
last Wednesday morning, The building
VIII DO pushed forward as fast as possible,