The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-08

purchased the lot next TO the county jail (. 7
$500 from Marcus Loeb. The purcl ase
money is to be paid in miscellaneous bearing
interest at per cent. per annum
Pensions have been granted to citizens oil
Florida as follows: Original invalid. Ste
phen Austin, Key West; BENJAMIN r. Bar
mum, Honey Grove; original widows, Ma
u da F., widow of John F. Kent, Snsads
telephone line has been established
between the south Florida depot and Bar
tow, which will be a great convenience u
bu mess men, A plan is on foot now
70 connect Tampa, Plant City, Lakeland.
and Fort Meade with Barlow.
At the election held in Palatka Wednes
day the special tax for school purposes was
defeated. Palaika will sleep on school mat
tiers now for two years more. The vote
stood n for. and "a against tax. 1t required
lS0 votes TO carry the movement.
Negotiations are now pending between
! citizens OF Levy county ana capitalists Of
| birmingham, Ala, so a reporter of the
GAINESVILLE Sun is Informed, for the estab-
llshnent Of furnace for the DEVELOPMENT
| OF the iron deposits near Levyville. A
capital OF $4,000 will be required Already
100000 OF this amount has been subscribed.
and it is said that the additional $50, coo will
be forthcoming.
The Metropolitan Light Infantry and the
Jacksonville Light Infantry. both Of Jack
sonvllie, have been consolidated into one
company, which it is expected will bear the
the title OF the Nets The officers of the
separate companies resigned and the follow
Ing officers were elected for the new COM
pany: John l. Doggett, captaiB: S. G..
Boylston, first lieutenant; j. d. Shaylor,
second lieutenant.
One hundred and ninety-eignt homestead
applications were made at the land Office at
Gainesville during February. The entire
numbsr OF acres entered was 26,5l9. Fees
and excess on the same amounted to S., 96S,
at least. This is the largest months work
done in this Office. Not only is the number
OF applications unusually large, but the
work in all other departments is CORE
spondingly increased.
Orlando Record: Mahlon Gore. W
Holden, AID R. A. Mills make a very liberal
offer TO the building fuRd of the Oakland
ana Ov1edo railroads. They own 100 acres
OF land on Lake Pickett, In the Chuluota
district, the land having half a mile front
on this lake, aud they offer to sell it for any
price above SO per acre, and give three
Iourths OF the sum realized to be divided
equally between these two railroads. The
laad Is Of the best, and said to be actually
worth $50 an acre.
The tennis tournament for the national
tropical championship, which begins at st.
Augustine on March II, promises to bs the
most important contest ever held in the
south, as so many experts of national repu-
tatlon have never before gathered so early
in the season. Among the entries are A. (.
Wright, 81. g. Trevor, Dsaue Miller, NJ. de
Garmendia, G. Stuart Smith, Jacob LoriI-
lard. Jr., of New York; H. F. Peacock of
England, L. Harrison Dulles OF Philadel-
phia, K. V. Beach Of New Haven, E. A.
Thomson, George WorthinEton, and Roy
Yorke of Cleveland The winner of the
"al-comers" secures a rich cup, and then
contests with Oliver S. Campbell, the
present holder Of the silver trophy repre-
sentlng the championship. Entries are re-
ceived until March 10 by G. Stuart Smith,
secretary, st. Augustine.
Gainesville Sun: We have always con-
tended that oranges could be as success
fully grown in Alachua county as elsewhere
In the state. According to statements
made by those who own large groves far
south Of here, the orange trees have suf-
tered far more in that locality from the late
freezing weather than in this section. In
all parts OF the state orange trees iced bet
ter protection, and it seems such protection
can be given them at triiing cost
Mr.. Fate, who has been m Ar
redondo just four years, put out his orange
trees himself he has since protected his
trees with pine brush by placing four around
each tree. He gathered four crates of or
anges last fall The man who attended
what Is known as the Foster grove, belong
ing 70 eight persons in Canada, protected
that grove in the same manner, aud not
tree was injured by the late freeze. This is
valuable Information. and if the example
set by Mr. Fate be followed by orange
growers generally the trees might in future
be saved without difficulty.