The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-11
FLORIDA.
G.. Ii. GloYar of Monticello il

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The Southern Express Company has
| opened an express Office 10 Key West.
| Perkins opera house at Monticello will
be ready for all the theatrical troupes next
| season.
The Plant line has secu ed the contract
| for carrying the mails from Tampa to Ellen
town for one year from July l.
Capt Swift, of the Townsville and
| Monticello railroad is thinking of moving
| his family from Townsville to Monticello.
| The wedding of Mrs. Marie Genevieve
| Coffee and Capt. j. A. Lovelaee was one Of
| the events Of the day at Jacksonville Thurs
day.
w. H. Halsey and G. w. Bennett have
| built large stores at De Leon Springs and
will soon move into them with entire new
stocks.
A trout, fourteen inches long, fell from a
cloud into the yard of Mr.. Daniel at Tampa
| day or two ago. 1t was still alive when
| picked up.
Permission has been granted by the
county commissioners for steam ferry to
ply between Braidentown and Palmetto, to
begin by Nov. /.
There is some talk of the Lizzie Hender-
son retiring from the Nassau trade for the
| summer to run between Key West, Havana
| and Punta Gorda-
In fight near Tampa Wednesday negro
man, in attempting to cut Lizzie Jameson.
succeeded in splitting the leg of her child in
| frightful manner
In drunken row at Tampa between
| George Hinesville and Jackson Simmons,
| both colored, on the dock, Hinesville in-
| fiicted an ugly cut on Simmons.
Rev. Mr.. A, Harper, formerly of Fari-
bault, Mimi, has, under instructions from
Bishop Weed, taken formal charge at st.
| Andrews Episcopal church at Tampa.
The citizens of Braidentown held meet
ing Friday night for the purpose Of taking
| some action looking to the securing of the
| terminus OF the Manatee and Sarasota rail-
| road at this point. A committee was ap-
| pointed to look after the matter.
Last November the DeIeon Springs prop
| erty passed into the hands of a company of
| capitalists, who propose to build up a town
around the springs. They will build large
| hotel and surround 1t with cottages, and
have the grounds laid out in drives and
walks, with various other improvements.
The Hillsborough county commissioners
| have made contract with Mr.. Wood, an
architect, to furnish plans and specifca-
| tions for new court house, to be erected
on the site Of the present building, to C st
not less than 100000, and not to exceed
4
| or before July 10.
The Frazer house, at the head of St.
| George street. St. Augustine, which was
purchased on Monday last by W. G. Warden
Of the improvement company for $4,000
| will be entirely remodeled and moved about
100 feet west 30 as to front on st. George
street, which is to be extended from st.
Francis to South street.
| On last Friday week a difficulty took
| place on Little Manatee river, between
Matthew Burnett and Alex. Burnett and
William Scott, in which Scott was pain
| fully cut in the left arm and left side by
Alex. Burnett. The Burnetts were tried
before a magistrate this week and put
under 5000 bond each.
| The tug International arrived safely at
Key West last Friday with the bow and
| stern dock taken from the navy yard at
| Pensacola in tow. The dock is to be tested
this week by the United States steamer
Dolphin, under the supervision Of Capt.
Alexander Thompson, who is at Key West
representing the dock company.
A preliminary hearing was held at Kis-
simmee Wednesday before County Judge
| w. r. Johnson of Thomas Modem aud wife.
| charged with the murder of Fl. Altman,
near Fort Passenger, on Sunday, April 20.
After careful investigation Modem was
remanded to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury, while his wife was discharged
st. Augustine Democrat: These is an old
date palm in the yard of the late Presby.
| terrain parsonage, where the new city build
ing is now in process of construction, which
presents many curious features. From the
trunk are growing luxuriantly. elder, mis-
tietoe, two kinds of cedar, and other plants.
Some years ago IL was a well-known fact
that sour orange tree was growing from
| the trunk Of "a IiUa IL nj Siy- Ia
and at about the same time cedar took a
fancy toe chinabsrry tree in the plaza and
| tiourished for long time.
Maud Walton Mays of Oakland writes;
There is in my father-iu-law's family,
Capt. S. E. Mays, double woven wooden
coverlet, woven by Elizabeth Harrison in
ITO. sister to Gen. Wade Hampton of re-
volutionary memory, and granddaughter of
Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina
who Is cousin Of Capt. Nays mother
whose maiden name was Miriam Earle In
the same family there is also stuffed quill!
which is quite ancient. made by my mother.
in laws grandmother, Mary Noseley. nee
Robertson. 1t is white coverlet drawn
in beautiful patterns and stuffed with soft
cord, in imitation of the celebrated Mar.
settles coyeriets. From the dates we can
gather it isfully 100 years old. There arc
also several fine linen sheets that are fully
as old as the last named coverlet
The annual regatta and picnic of the
Indian River Association, which came of
at Melbourne Saturday, was a complete
success. There were eighteen entries for
the regatta, three in the first race, nine in
the second, and six in the third. The course
sailed was ten miles for the first aud second
classes, aud five miles for the third. Prizes
were awarded as follows: First class-frsl
boat, Arrow, Canova, SlS 40; second boat
| White WINGS Sannnpz 81 Ot
class-frst boat, Naiad, Wager, S2S %
second boat, Lottie, Carson, $40 92; third
boat. Lena, Brainard, SIS IS; fourth boat,
-, ChaSe,lS11 90; fifth boat. Spray. An
derson, 81 46. Third class--trst boat
Wind ward, Conkling, S24 81; second boat
Gold Dust. Metcalf, $l4 80; third boat, Sea
bird, Harding. SO 81. Sweepstakes-
Naiad. Wager, $40 Time of thu first boat
| il each class: Arrow, 1:36;40, Naiad
| 1:32:4S; Windward. 1:l0.56.
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