The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-07
FLORIDA.

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Lake City's new Methodist church was
dedicated Sunday. -,
The state alliance meets IN Jackson flile
on Tuesday, Jan. IA.
Tie alliance store at Arcadia VIII pe
| opened about Jan. 10.
There are 1S6 miles Of railroad IN opera
ton in Orange county, and twenty nine
miles in construction.
The Carlton hotel Of Jacksonville has
been purchased BY A. w. Dietes OF BROOK
| Ign, y. Y, for 100000.
w. H. Henson Of Lochloosa has 3-year-
old orange bud of the tangerine variety,
the fruit from which brought him IS net.
Thomas J. Evans Of Fort Myers has a
radish eighteen inches in length, ten lnches
| in circumference, and weighing three anu
a half pounds
About fifty convicts passed through Lake
| City last Thursday on their way to the tur-
| Dentine camp of Crawford Bros, elght miles
northeast of here.
| Judge w. NJ. Ives Of Columbia county
issued twenty-five marriage Licenses during
the month Of December-eight to white and
fourteen to colored couples.
| After all the discouraging reports to the
| contrary published, the Equator democrat
announces that the state firemen's tourna-
ment will be held in Key West soon
| Albert Nemerick of Oviedo was tickled
all over Satu day on reading the returns
| for a half bushel crate of tomatoes sent to
Baltimore short time ago The crats sold
for 81 25.
Alterations will soon begin on the Metho-
dist church at Fernandina, costing in the
neighborhood of 81 600 Stained glass win
dows will be put In, and an alcove back OF
the pulpit.
Seven carloads of bananas passed through
| Sanford Saturday--two for Savannah, Ga q,
one for Charleston. S. c., one for Macon,
Ga, one for Atlanta, Ca, and two for
Augusta, Ga.
Mack Austin, who had his leg badly
crushed by a stick of lumber on the Mallory
dock at Fernandina about six weeks ago, is
around on crutches.
The steamer service on the Caloosahatchee,
as now performed by Capt. Weaver with
his propeller steamer, Florence, will be apt
to come to an end if the people do not quit
sending and taking freight by teams.
The case brought against Policeman
Rawls OF Tampa by q brickmason named
Hicky, for assault with intent to murder,
was tried before Judge Harrison atGrday,
and resulted in the acquittal of the officer.
Erickson, who was before Judge Sirrille,
at Sanford, Friday, on a charge of adultery
was convicted and sent to Orlando to await
trial before the criminal court. Mrs.
Erickson was the prosecutor, and Mrs.
Kate Turmoil was tho woman that Mr..
Erickson had too much love for
Arcadia Arcadidn: NJ M. Morgan
shipped twelve crates Of cucumbers TO Phil
adelphia, Tuesday. E. C. Evans shipped
sixteen crates Of beans to New York yes
terday. Tomatoes are being shipped every
day. From now ON the shipments of early
vegetables will be heavy. The Florida
Southern side track is blocked with cars, and
the warehouse filed with freight Orange
money is rolling in, and vegetables are
being shipped every day. The business Of
Arcadia has doubled in the past year.
Lieut. Jack Keefe and three officers
raided tramps encampment out on tire
Savannah, Florida and Western road, anC
brought into the lookup at Jack Sonville
eleven specimens of this class-nine Whit
and two colored. Sun lay morning Chiel
Phillips, accompanied by an officer, wen
out for some more Of them, but couple o
colored women sounded the alarm, and tn
tramps, considering discretion the better
part of valOr, took to the swamps and es
capped. Two of them, however, with bu
one leg each, were captured and warne
that they must leave the town. This the,
promised to do, so they were liberated
A letter was received at Jacksonville Sun
day by one of the committee on the carnivS
program from man in one of the interior
Florida cities Offering to furnish magnifi
cent float to be drawn by six horses, an
also to pay into the committees treasur
the sum OF $l00-all this, if they woul
grant him the privilege Of naming the quee
for the Mardi Gras. Some of the commit
tee were inclined to accept the proposition
but local pSlde finally conquered, and tn
proposition was rejected. The letter close
thus: II will guarantee to bring to Jacl
sonville the handsomest girl in all Florid
She is only II years old, and was born With
: sight of the st. Johns river. | want you
carnival to be a success, and feel sure tn,
this young lady will materially help to max
it SO. Please telegraph your reply.n
The Jacksonville, st. Augustine and Hal
fax River railroad trains all passed over I'll
new st. Johns river bridge Sunday, leavin
, | Jacksonville from the Waycross depo
The trains back out west of Commerce
street, and are then switched on to the ne
tracks which lead to the bridge. As Il
l:l5 p. IN. train was approaching I'll
western terminus Sunday, q schooner
, | tow came down the stream and passf
. through the draw, the train being oblige
to wait until the draw had been clost
l again. The maritime laws of the Unite
8 States give vessels the right of way throug
Q all drawbridges built over naviga .
: waters. The system Of signals Is comple
! at the bridge. Every tram must come to
I standstill before ente ing the bridge;
$ cannot proceed until the draw tender sigma
u TO come on.