The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-07
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The East End hotel at Apopka has closed
for the summer.
A buyer of oranges in Lake county
shipped sixty carloads and cleared SlO0
Code Hill, living near Aoopka. has sold
the oranges from PCS young trees for 81, 200
net.
A pelican measuring eight and half feet
from tip to tip, was recsntly killed near st.
Augustine.
Superintendent w. B. Watson has made
acontract, at cost Of $500, to have Jupiter
Inlet opened.
j. B. Higbee of Daytoua has sold AZ acres
for 81 500. The sale includes the SIN al grove
on the north of the Mount Arrarat road.
Louis Moses of Tampa is having the plans
drawn for quite a pretentious business
house, which ne will have erected in Ybor
City.
Messrs. Robbins & Graham have discov-
cred a formation on land in Turnbull ham,
mock which has the appearance OF being
iron ore.
In the corner of Mrs. Cranes garden on
Kirby street, sPalatka, is the following
legand tastefully done in living green
Have Cleveland, 1892"
The Gate City Rifles of Sanford, twenty
strong, will visit Jacksonville April IL to
witness the big state and interstate COM
petitive military prize drill.
Many prominent railroad men from the
upper part of the state are prospecting in
Manatee county, with view of investing
in some of her rich hammock lands.
Building is begun on NJ. Gould's place at
Cocoa, aud the derrick is up for drilling 70
begin on an artesian we'll GA his lot. TIE
plans for dwelling are baing drawn.
Hudgins & DENLY, on Bvens Army in
Alachua county, have an acre Of beans In
bloom. They are Of the kidney wax variety
and were planted since the late blizzard
TIE contract to erect Gen. Salomonson's
| building at Tampa has been awarded to
james Bullivant, his being the lowest of the
three bids ubmitted-be. ween $4,000 and
| $4,000.
Land has been purchased by a New York
company, near the Haulovsr canal, for
erecting hunting lodge and club house
on, which is to be built ere another winter
season arrives.
At Madison W. J. Witherspoon has en-
! tered the mercantile business on his own
account, having purchased and taken
charge of the stock Of goods Of E. 1. Alex
| ander on April /.
! The Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
way Company has begun the erection Of a
! handsome depot building at Jasper. They
are also having car scale built with a
capacity of 100000 pounds.
| On Wednesday last Ell Gale Quina retired
| from the position of secretary and treas.
urer of tho Pensacola Water Company.
| which he has held since the companyis or
| ganization, and was succeeded by Harry Da
| silva.
Bronson Times: 1t strikes US that mos
factory in this place would prove a paying
nterprise-hundreds upon hundreds of tons
OF the very best moss can be gathered within
one TO three miles Of the depot and at G
very moderate cost.
One Of the companies who own a big de-
| posit of phosphate in the Trenton region
are negotiating for the construction OF a
railroad to the Suwannee river to connecs
with boats to transport phosphate rock 10
Cedar Key for shipment.
! At Oakland's annual eelction of city
officers three tickets were in the field The
| following were elected: Mavor, r. L.
Harris; clerk, George A. Hill; Assessor,
| II. Baker; marshal, c. +. Thompson; alder
men, 4. j. Appleyarl, A. K. Meigs and
Joseph Henschen.
! p. G.. Brown, vino lives four miles nortl
| of White Spring in the Long Branch neigh
5orhcod, had his dwelling house, corn-cril
andstablas consumed BY fire last Saturday
morning. His corn was burned in tls crit
! end bis household and kitchen furniture
/ was consumed with the dwelling.
John s. Dozier, who lvos ten miles south.
west Of Madison, made last year on eleven
acres OF land seven ales of sea island cot
| ton, each bale weighing $50 pounds, 70!
which hs received ~ cents per pound,
making S5SS on the eleven acres. The seed