The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-11
FLORIDA.


FLORIDA.
Circuit court will convene in Tallahassee
Monday.
The orange crop of Florida is but little
over half shipped.
There is talk of erecting a canning fac
tory at Gainesville.
The public school at Gainesville has ia
pupils in attendance.
Ocala's system Of water works is proving
to DO of great benefit to the people.
Seth Woodruff has been offered the posi-
ton of assessor of taxes for Orange county.
The planters of Leon, Gadsen and Jeffer-
son counties are putting in big crops of to-
baccO.
Fewer farmers are mortgaging their
crops in the Tallahassee country this year
than usual.
There were nine loaded vessels in port at
Pensacola Tuesday, waiting for fair wind
before sailing.
Business is brisk at the United States
land office at Gainesville, and the entire
force is on a rush.
The Ocala Building and Loan Association
met Saturday evening, and disposed of $500
at % aud 81 per cent. premium.
Charles Goodyear of the Goodyear Rub
Der Company, was registered at the Carroll
ton hotel at DeLand on Tuesday
w. Z. Terrell. who has been we'll known
grocery merchant of jacksonville, has sol
out and will return to Eustis, his former
home
Mr.. Disston is now at St Cloud, and will
at once put dredges to work to prevent the
recurrence of water bacAiug up on the re-
claimed land.
Mrs. lydia C. Stevens, aged 50 years,
died at Clay Springs Tuesday night. The
deceased has been a resident OF Orange
county for sixteen years.
Out of tifty-One boxes sent by Mr.. Holt
of Sanford to Boston, only twenty-five ar
rived in good condition. Delays on the
road and bad packing caused the loss.
Gov Perry appointed Mrs. Ellen Call
Long, of Tallahassee, and Mrs. Mary Stock
ton Young, of jacksonville, commissioners
and delegates to the Paris exposition
Messrs. Stephen Soar and H. L. Wilson,
two of Dade City's most enterprising fruit
growers, have arranged to set out sc, 900
orange trees. They have already set out
$4,000.
John L. Hill, the founder of Runnymede,
is now down for the season, and will have
the hotel there opened in day or two. The
railroad is competed to that point and run
ming daily
The prospects are good for the establish
ment of large cigar and tobacco factory
in Orlando, we'll as the forming of a
company for the cultivation Of the weed on
a large scale.
The negro man who had his head cut
open by a saw some time ago at Bothamy's
MILL has been discharged from the South
Florida railroad hospital at Sanford, aud IS
now at work at Emmett Herndon's mill.
A .,I., s,,t, -.
bridge NJ Pdlatka, Tuesday night, as she
was icing towed down the river by the tug
boat Mabey, tearing away portion of the
trestle work. The damage done amounts to
about $3.50.
Judge Z. NJ. West of Tallahassee has
held o commission under every governor
since Florida became a state, eginning
with Gov. W. ID. M1selev and ending with
Gov. Z. A. Perry. His first commission
was dated Jan. s, lS46.
As is provided by the new constitution.
the justices of the supreme court met Fri
day, and decided by lot the long and short
terms, and who was 20 be chief justice, the
result Of which was that Judge George P.
Raney becomes chief justice and serves for
the siX-year term. judge II. l., Mitchell
drew the four-year, and Judge A. T. Max
we'll tho two-year term.
A fine black mare, present TO Mrs.
Wheeler, ran away at Pensacola Tuesday.
A negro had taken Off the bridal to water
the mare when she became frightened at
the buggy behind her. She saon broke
loose, but in Attempting to make turn at
the corner Of Wright and Baylen streets
she slipped and fell striking water plug,
breaking leg and iujuring the mare in
ternally. The result was il became neces-
sary TO kill her
At Palatka "Wednesday r,orn;,g about
2.10 O'Clock. as Can't IuSos Iyent 3ovn ~
his dock. he noticed thst HE Steamer +so
Escort was flliue with t,ornr Not tbirl,D
inc She was sjpIaGg. he summoned two man
10 hail her ont wI,la ne a,,,iroar erot ~,
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