The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-19
FLORIDA.

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| FLORIDA.
The town Of Toronto is now laid off in
| lots.
Barlow is to be catalogued among the
palace hotel towns.
There are nearly 6, 900 acres Of orange trees
| in the vicinity of Micanopy.
John 8. Beard has accepted an invitation
| to deliver the memorial address at Quincy.
Maj T. B. Oliver, editor Of the Tobacco
| Plant, was elected mayor Of Lake City last
| week.
2. S. Banknight of Micanopy died sud
denly Monday night Of hemorrhage of the
lungs.
E. S. Damn has sold his grove at Gotha to
DR.. Thomson, an English gentleman, for
$9,7OO.
Napoleon White, the wife murderer,
escaped from the Leon county jail last
| Tuesday.
A number of the fig trees in the Tallahas-
see country are laden with fruit rapidly
maturing.
The number of final proofs being made at
| the land Office at Gainesville is greater than
ever before.
Mr.. Folk of Gainesville has invented an
automatic machine, and will apply for a
| patent at once.
Mrs. DeForest, mother of H. L. DeForest
Of Sanford, died at her home in Connect
cut last Friday.
Mrs. Van Pelt, wife of one of Ocala's
merchants, David P Van Pelt, is lying
critically i'll at her home.
Abram Ford, who lives over the lake
| from Monticello, had his horse stolen from
his stable last Friday night.
At Sanford everybody is talking straw
| berry. A great many acres will be planted
this su MINER in that delicious fruit.
| DIR. John L. Crawford, secretary of state,
| left Tallahassee for GAINESVILLE, Tuesday,
where his son, Hon. John 7. G. Crawford,
| is sick.
1t is said that the furniture factory at
Gainesville is experiencing some difficulty
in procuring cars for the shipment of furni-
ture east.
Saturday was school day for the colored
children of Marion county at the Ocala
Semi Tropical About 5000 were in at
tendance.
The amount of rock that is to pass
through Palatka during the next seven
months for the jetty work at the st. Johns
bar is $4,000 tons.
Judge D. S. Walker and State Attorney
Love left Tallahassee for Crawfordville,
| Monday, to hold the spring term of Wa
kulla circuit court.
| w. ID. DnOIuelQ, agent OF U09 savannah,
| Florida and Western railroad at Jesup, will
succeed Mr.. Bennett as agent of the COM
| pany at Gainesville
| VIII Morton, one of the tireless and sue
! cessful truck growers of Marion county,
| shipped last week from his l00-acre cabbage
patch at Dunster 3,700 crates.
Three of the sheriffs who attended the
convention in Tallahassee last week each
returned home with a prisoner that had
been captured by Sheriff Pearcs.
President George w. Wilson, of the
| Semi-Tropical exposition, has received
| notification that he has been elected n men,
Der of the New York Democratic Reform
Club
A move is on foot at Ocala to purchase
the old electric light plant organize Peo-
| PIES Light Company, and by all taxing
| stock every citizen can have their homes
lighted for year for so cents.
]. D. wilkins Of Mcdonald has in his
| possession q calf that was born blind, and
it has peculiar shaped head and mouth,
| its ears being set back behind the head, and
its mouth resembling human mouth some
| what.
AT Gainesville Mrs. Varnum. wife fGen
! John Varnum, had the misfortune to fall
down,a flight of stairs on Monday evening,
with the infant daughter of her son-in-law
in her arms Fortunately she was not seri-
ously injured.
The Winter Park case which has bseu
| pending before the supreme court of the
state for some time, was decided Tuesday.
The decision Of the court below was sus-
tanned. This makes the present city govern
ment of Winter Park legal one.
Hon. c. b. Parkhill, state senator from
Escambia county, has accepted an invitation
to deliver the SEVENTEEN annual anniver-
sary address Of Odd Fellowship in America,
| at the lodge room Of Leon Lodge No. 5, at
Tallahassee, Friday night, April &C.
The Tampa committee designated to in
spect the working Of the Jacksonville plan
of cremating garbage and night soil, re-
turned on SATURDAY. night and express
themselves 50 well pleased that they report
favorably on its adoption In that city.
The House Of Representatives has ac-
copied an invitation from Col. II. r. Duval.
receiver of the Florida Railway and Navi-
| CATION Company, to inspect the tobacco
fields of Gadsden county and May has
been selected as the time for such inspection.
The new transportation line connecting
Crescent City with the jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway is doing a thriving
business. The managers have decided TO put
on another boat, as the one at present in use
is not Of sufficient capacity to do the bust
ness satisfactorily.
At Crescent City the following persons
were elected at the general election held on
| April o: s. w. Goodale mayor; l.. A
Hurlbut, d. J. Daniels, a. T. jenkins, coun-
cilmea; q. II. Williams, clerk and treas
urer; d. w. Burton, collector; II. Ward,
assessor; William Brantley, constable
Messrs. Cone & Chamberlain have pur-
chased a lot on Central avenue, Crescent
! City, and have the material on the ground
for brick building, to be occupied by the
firm as a grocery aud provision store. The
gentlemen are popular, and it is predicted
that they will be successful In their new
venture.
The docket for Leon county circuit court,
which convenes in Tallahassee next Mon
day, shows nine civil cases, forty-sevon civil
cases transferred from Washington county,
! twelve criminal cases, of which only three
are likely to be tried, as several have not
| yet been arrested, and others will 60 over to
the next term of court.
Truck farming pays better in Leon
county than the raising Of field crops The
prices obtained are much larger, and re-
turns realized in less than half the time re-
quired for farm crops. Roasting ears, for
Instance, viii sell Tor double the price they