The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-17

FLORIDA
Milton is TO have a lodge Of the Knights
of PythiaS
The republican league clubs Of Florida
meet in convention at Jacksonville to-day.
The Knight of Pythias of Fort Myers
have built a hall and will dedicate it
June "a.
Mr.. Cato Is thinking Of putting In an
electric plant, and running the street cars
Of Key West by electricity.
The annual camp meeting at McDavid
station, on the Louisville and Nashville road,
will begin on July 3 and continue TO
July 10.
The Leesburg Ice Company. OF Lowell
Bros, are now running their factory night
and day, long hours being made necessary
to supply the rapidly increasing demand.
At Kissmmee Saturday during thunder,
storm, the house on NJ. Gobelets farm was
struck by lightning tearing off one end,
and killing Isaac Benson, negro in the
house.
Orange county has not one-tenth as much
land under cultivation as several other
counties In the state. yet her estimated real
estate value, 81, 759, 800, Is next to Duval,
which is the highest.
Vegetable shipping from points around
Orlando to northern markets has about
ceased now, and truck growers are depend
ing more upon home consumption for
| demand for their produce.
The two-story frame parsonage of the
Presbyterian church at LeesburR will be
started at once. It will be built on the
church lot. fronting Main street, and will
be very attractive house.
The directors Of the Sub-Tropical exposi-
tion at Jacksonville have decided TO open
the building to the public one evening
week during tho summer for a series of mid
summer concerts and assemblies
Leesburg LeeSburger: An unusually
heavy bloom Oh guava bushes is reported
from every section. Time should be taken
in devising way TO preserve this large and
valuable crop. Not bushel of them should
be allowed TO go to waste this year.
John Cosgrove has bought from Col. J.
M. Tarble the valuable piece of property
on the corner of Zarragossa and Jefferson
streets, Pensacola, occupied by the latter
for many years as a livery stable. The
amount paid for the property was $1,000
A small engine that runs the planer, etc.,
at Wilhelm's mill, across the river from
Fort Myers, ran away with itself one day
last week and caused damage to the amount
Of $500 The belt slipped off the main pull
ley, and before the machine could be
stopped things were torn up badly.
The new steamship now being built for
the Clyde line will be placed on the route
between New York and Jacksonville in
about five weeks. She will be named the
Algonquin, and will be supplied with all
the modern improvements up to date,
especial attention being paid to speed.
Plans and specifications with sea led bids
TO build shell or stone concrete court
house for Lee county, not to cost less than
$1,000 or more than $4,000, will be re-
ceived by James w. Balm, county clerk, ct
Fort Myers, until che first Monday in July.
The building is to be completed by the first
Monday in December.
Nearly every town of any size in the
state has an excellent gun club of fine
marksmen, and it is proposed that each one
of these clubs contribute certain amount
toward a state medal designating the
championship of Florida. The holder of
the medal will be subject to challenge
from another club at any time.
Mrs. q. J. Brown of Fort Myers died a
few days ago from an unusual cause. Be-
ing large, fieshy woman, she suffocated
from a superabundance of phlegm she was
unable to throw off, She was taken by a
hard coughing spell and DR.. Brown, her be-
reaved husband, did everything skill could
suggest, but she passed away In a very
short time after being attacked.
According to appointment a mass meet
ing OF the farmers aliapce of Citrus county
was held at LIE Canto OF Thursday to hear
an address by President R. f. Rogers. He
having been called to Washington city q
few days previous did not appear, but fur
nished substitute in the person of Hon.
Alonzo 2. Baskin of Marion county, secre-
tary OF the state alliance. Senator Mana
also spoke.
The democratic executive committee of
Orange county met in Orlando last Satur-
day morning, Chairman D.. l.. Bryan pre-
siding. 1t was resolved to hold primaries
In tho various precincts of the county on
Aug. 2 TO select delegates to the county con-
vention to be held in Orlando on Wednes-
day, Aug. 6. to select delegates to the state
and congressional conventions to be held in
Ocala on Aug. Is. One delegate to the
county convention will be allowed from
each precinct and one additional for every
twenty votes or fraction over ten cast
for f. P. Fleming for governor in
1888. There will be LOG delegates in
ALL The following resolutions were
adopted, as reported in the Orlando Record.
Resolved, That the democratic voters OF
the various precincts be requested to in
struct their delegates TO the Forthcoming
county convention, to be held on Aug. 6,
as TO whether they desire the county officers
TO be nominated by convention or by a
primary election. and that this committee
be governed by the action of said conven-
ton in said matter. Resolved, that the
democrats in the various precincts be re-
quested to organize clubs at once to CO.
operate with this committee in securing a
FULL payment Of the poll tax aud the proper
registration"
CHlMNEYs.