The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-18
FLORIDA.


Tampas crematory mas been accepted and
the first payment of $500 made on it.
The orange crop in the vicinity Of Evins-
town, it is reported, will be quite good.
Peter Brouard, the 14-year old son of
Henry Brouard, died at Palatka Sunday.
Henry w Kee (coloredl of Pensacola
committed suicide Monday by taking laud-
anum.
The signal service cotton station has been
located at Gainesville, with Judge James
Bell as signal officer.
Two carrier pigeons owned in Philadel-
phla were liberated at Tampa Tuesday to
make a homing flight.
George Gwynn and W. F. Courier of
Fernandina have their dogs TO fight for a
purse of $500 on July 81.
A movement is on foot in Florida to cul-
tivate japanese bamboo, not only for its at
Effectiveness, but for its utility.
A correspondent of the Orlando Record
suggests M. 4. Marks OF Orange county as
fit successor to Senator Call
Tampa cigar factories are said to be Law
ing in large supplies of Havana tobacco
preparatory to the passage of the Mex nley
bill.
John Henry colored), in East Gainesville,
had ten chickens killed on Saturday night.
Hearing noise at the hen roost, he arrived
In time to slaughter ten 'possoms.
G. II. Chestnut of Gainesville, who was so
seriously injured on Saturday, caused by
jumping from buggy while the horse was
running away, is reported much better and
out of danger.
The assessed value of the property in
Hlllsboro county this year foots up 81 ,242,-
373 81. Last years assessment was s., 032,-
l9J w, showing an increase during the year
of $2l0, 1873 80.
Henry Craig of Manatee lost all of his
garden by the cold snap this spring but
three acres of tomatoes, which he covered
up with dirt Notwithstanding this bad
luck he cleared over and above all ex-
penses 81 200 on the three acres. He also
made 5000 off his cane crop.
Work was commenced on the Rocky
Point rock road Tuesday. One mile will be
finished at the Gainesville end of the road,
and then work will be prosecuted at each
end of the road until the whole line is com
pleted. The intention is 60 push the work
through as speedily as possible
The negro laborers on the Tampa Bay
hotel struck Monday because the superin.
tendent imported some colored laborers and
put them to work. The strikers sent some
threatening notices to the new hands warn
ing them to leave. The police were APP
pealed to for protection and all is quiet.
w ullo OIe DdllllIs were conveying large
number of prisoners from the county iai
TO the criminal court at Pensacola Monday
morning William Jerome, colored mar
lately brought from Oakfield, make break
for liberty at the corner of Palafox anc
Romano streets. He ran east on Romans
street, and succeeded in getting away
jerome was in for assaulting his wife anc
criminal trespass
Saturday night about o'clock a hous,
belonging to Mrs. K b. Huntington in Ores
cent City was discovered to be on fire. DIR
Sprague made heroic efforts to extinguist
il and would have done so if he had hac
timely help, but assistance arrived too lat,
and the building was entirely DESTROYED
The property, it is said, was insured. NJ
one lived in the house at the time, and it i
thought to be Of incendiary origin.
The county conventions held in Hamilto,
and Monroe on Monday and Tuesday re
spectively mark practically the opening o.
the political campaign in this state. A
Rogers delegation will go TO Ocala from
the former and a Mallory delegation &
Barlow from the latter. The complexion
OF the Monroe delegation TO the state con
Yentlon is six for Cali, four non-commlttal
and two anti-Cal. The alliance sentiment,
evidently prevailed In the Hamilton count,
convention The farmers have made tbeil
influence felt there. and the delegation viii