The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-22

very cordial letter from the Rev. j. B. Lynn
Of Key West accepting the call to that
parish sent him a week ago. No doubt a
/ special meeting OF the vestry will be called
t. arrange for his coming.
E. A. Pearce Of the firm Of A. G. Branham
& Co. was in Orlando 1 uesiay for the pur-
pose Of buying teams, Implements, etc. al d
getting a large number Of hands 10 pie "
and harrow 200 acres of reclaimed sa grass
! lands at St. Cloud, which this firm has ju I
received the contract for from Hamilton
| Disston.
Two Mormon elders who were working TO
secure recruits to their church, in West
Florida, and who had 'convertedn two
comedy daughters of Abram King Of Wash
ington county were captured BIZ the irate
father and neighbors Of the girls, stripped.
tied to trees and numerically whipped,
after which they were released and driven
into the swamp.
The Fernandina Lumber Company have
made arrangements with the
Orange Belt railway for the
storage and shipment of large
quantities of lumber in st. Petersburg.
Therefore the wharf will DO extended and
enlarged to the capacity of 900, 600 feet Of
lumber. The piles have been driven for the
pavilion site and it is expected the building
will be ready for Fourth of July dance.
A movement is on foot to connect Fort
Meade and Plant City by rail. 1t is pro-
posed TO build a standard gauge track
with fifty-six-pound rails. Regular, fast
passenger trains will be run to connect
with the Florida Central and Peninsular at
Plant City, while dummies will be run be-
tween and stop for passengers or pick up
freight when required. The dummies are
to come from Birmingham, Ala, where
they are to be superseded by electric cars.
Palatka Herald: H. NJ. Flagler, who
made st. Augustine, is on the war path,
and the outlook is that ST. Augustine will
be the loser We do not know the Gauss,
but he has made new change in bis plans
The Jacksonville Critique says I'VE have
recently been informed that Mr. Flagler is
justly displeased at the spirit manifested
toward him by the people OF ST. Augustine
in every movement he has made for the
benefit of the city since the location of l. is
great hotels among them, and has stopped
work on many, if not all, of his operations
there"
At the nesting of the Florida Press Asso-
citation at Lake City, last week, the COM
nittee appointed on reorganization were
directed to report at length upon the sub
ject at an adjourned meeting to be held at
Jacksonville on June 80, the committee in
the meantime to communicate with all the
newspapers in the state and urge their CO
OperaOton. cOnInlGtee was appointed 10
confer with the members of the Florida
press who are not already members with a
view TO induce them to become such before
the time set for the adjourned meeting.
The president appointed five delegates to
the National Press Association, viz: z. w.
Corr, c. w. DaCosta. L. T. Stockton, Lucie
Vannevar, Il. o. Painter and C. B. Pendle-
ton. The officers for the ensuing year are
Mahlon Gore of Orlando, unanimously
a1oOtad n EiIfNf Of
unanimously reelected secretary; G.. II.
Pratt or Palatka, elected vice president.
Ocala was selected as the place Of the next
meeting