The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-15
FLORIDA.
Micanopy is to have street lamps.


Micanopy is TO have street lamps.
There is not a vacant house in Arcadia.
Building operations in Oviedo are now in
full blast,
Arrangements are being perfected for the
sinking Of an 8-inch artesian well in Gaines
vile.
A Baptist church has recently been estab.
lished at Pine Grove, Polk county, by Rev.
Seldom.
The Punta Gorda people will vote on
special S-mill tax for school purposes on
Tuesday, Nov. %.
The ST. Augustine Ne,US complains that
the local fire department is badly equipped
and needs an appropriation.
Capt Towne has purchased the steamer
Wanda, and in future she will be used on
Tohopekaliga lake as pleasure boat.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 100
600 plants have been sold to strawberry
raisers around Lakeland this season.
The ice factory at Kissimmee is now run
ming its fullest capacity to try to satisfy
the demands Several carloads q week are
shipped to Tampa.
No ''wet or dry" election can be held in
Florida until supervisors of registration are
appointed by the governor, which will not
be done until July, 1890.
The Manatee Baptist Association will
convene at New Hope church, near Zolfo,
in De Soto county, on Thursday before the
fourth Sunday in October.
Mrs. Mckinney of Fort Meade had snap
beans for dinner on Monday last, picked
Just five weeks from the day of planting
They were the black wax variety
Arthur w. Dickson has been appointed
postmaster at Avon Park, vice William
King, resigned, and Joshua B. Lastinger at
Owe1s, vice j. w. Hull resigned.
The Georgia Southern railroad bridge
across Rice creek, Alachua county, has been
finished. and the construction train is now
hard st work pushing on to Lake City.
United States Revenue Officer Moody
captured j. +. Walker, John White and two
negroes at Micauopy last eek for the illicit
distilling of whisky, and conveyed them to
| Jacksonville.
| The members of Homeland alliance are
pledged not to ship a crate of fruit this
season on consignment, but will sell on the
tree, or, If failing in this, will ship through
the exchange.
| AT st. Augustine, Saturday, as the men
were cleaning the sand from the Sanchez
lot preparatory to laying the board walk to
the engine house they found a half
doubloon and copper coin, which showed
signs Of having laid there for long time.
Master Glenn billiard while riding around
on the delivery wagon of billiard, Beddoes
q Evans, at Fort Meade last week, acct
dentally fell, striking on his face, and was
run over by one of the hind wheels, hurting
him severely, but doing no serious injury,
as he was soon all right again.
On Wednesday evening Of last week a
meeting was held in the court house at
Green Cove Spring for the purpose of dis
cussing the question of the advisability of
taking steps looking to the purchase. by the
town, OF the spring property, with the fur
ther view OF putting up water works.
The Women's Christian Temperance
| Union of Oviedo reorganized last tuesday
afternoon, with Mrs. j. h. Lee as president,
and Mrs. r. M. Horsey, secretary The
ladies have decided TO furnish refreshments,
consisting OF cutfee, sandwiches and cake,
on election day, next Thursday, and use
| their efforts IN working for the temperance
| cause.
Gilbert Bros. will establish a line of
steamers between Kissimmee and Fort
Myers about the middle OF November. The
boats will make weekly trips. This will
make splendid route for tourists and others
who wish to see the wilds of tropical Florida
down the KiSSimmee river, Like Okescho-
bee and the Caloosahatchee river, where
game and fish are in abundance.
The Eustis Lake Region prints a dazzling
story about the sudden Jump of Mr..
Albertos Voght, land owner near the
Homosassa river and lively writer on
Florida resources and scenery, from com
parative poverty to the very comfortable
es ate of a millionaire. Rich phosphate
has been discovered on his land, aud he has
refused an offer Of $3.50, 900 for it.
The Orange county commissioners have
finished their work Of canvassing the names
l ant npa Win for al to.
the removal of tue county site. One hun
dred and ninety-eight names were found
wanting TO make the petition good, and the
commissioners laii the matter aside until
their special session on next Monday, wen
thsy will take definite action concerning
the matter
A meeting Of the directors OF the orange
growers union WIS held in Orlando
Thursday, and important business vas
transacted. The reports were encouraging.
Buying throughout tho state on groves for