The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-26
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
The street cars at Palatka TOOK in about
$50 on Saturday.
The shipping Of oranges from lakeland
has commenced now.
The sweet potato crop around Lakeland is
better this year than usual
Gadsden's potato crop viii be larger than
it has been for many years.
There are Thousands Of boxes Of oranges
vet unsold in Alachua county.
The Mirror SAYS the circus in jackson
Vile took 5000 out OF Fernandina.
J. de ST. Croix is tue new mail carrier
from Charlotte Ha-bor to Pulta Gorda.
H. Mauck OF Charlotte Harbor moved
the DeCoster saw-mill 70 Ogden last week.
Henry Ramsey Of North Gainesville. who
was assaulted by a negro, is still in critical
condition.
Work on the Owl cigar factory at Quincy
has commenced, and tie foundations are
being laid.
R. Greer has been appointed postmaster
at Sarasota, Manatee county, vice Z. II.
Scott removed.
Harry Jarboe of st. Francis shipped
lemons to Meriden, Conn, and realized
from IS 70 to 81 50 per box.
1t is said that large quantities of phos-
pnate nave DeSn AOlnu IN bus river near
Liverpool, and that works will bs pu. in at
| once.
At Quincy last Thursday afternoon, while
T. NJ Scott was practicing for the tourna-
| ment. his horse fell aud he was severely
| injured.
George Bridges, who lives on the Withla-
| cooches river, has lately sold 100 acres of
phosphate land at 800 per acre, and forty
acres at S25 per acre.
S. F. Gibbs Of jupiter mas q m0nstrosity
| in the way of a banana blo.som. II meas
| ured twenty-five inches IN length before it
| had ever opened to full bloom.
johnson, who was convicted Of murder ct
Orlando Friday and sentenced 70 five years
Imprisonment, has appealed TO the supreme
court. His bail was fixed at 81, 900.
More freight hes been handled at Quincy
during the pnst season than ever before
during the same length of time, and the
prospect is that it will continue to increase.
Senator Quay is as successful as ever in
hooking tarpon-the gamiest fish that wears
| fms. He succeeded in securing ten of the
''silver kings' in less than one weeks fishing
at Indian river inlet.
Work has already commenced on the
new hotel at Hawks Park, Mr.. Mace of
Lake Helen being the successful competitor
| for the building. 1t is to be ready the latter
part Of January next
Capt. f. A. Hendry of Fort Myers has
400 bearing orange trees in his Orange Creek
grove, and will have at least 100, 900 oranges
averaging 400 TO the tree-which will net
him 81, go at the grove.
The Ogden Phosphate Company will
dredge out Houghes' bar, in Peace river,
and ship their phosphate, on parges, direct
from Odgen 20 Boca Grande, where it will
be loaded on large vessels.
John A. Strickland, a good citizen of
Madison county, lost everything he owned
By fra last week. His cotton crop was a
total loss. The fire is supposed to have been
the work Of an incendiary.
A sloop from Bemini islands passed in at
Jupiter Inlet Thursday There were about
a dozen English negroes aboard, bound for
| Jupiter, but they were not permitted to
come into port, owing to some Irregular
ties in their papers
The South Florida Railroad Company
have granted the Lakeland Electric Light
| Company the right Of building tram road
across their property, between Kentucky
avenue and Massachusetts avenue. The
| work will be commenced this week
w. Underwood was in Melbourne las;
| week on his way up from his new Sebastian
home, which he recently acquired in trade
with B. w. Jerome, in which he exchanged
his naptha launch, Llvinier, for Mr.
Jerome's former home on Sebastian river.
The Lakeland municipal election wa,
held at Lakeland last Monday, and resulted
as follows: For mayor, Herbert j. Drane
for clerk and treasurer, Charles S. Bon
acker; for marshal and collector F. NJ
Lusk; for assessor, o. J. Frier; for council
men, J. 7. Park, G.. L. Bryant and ]. w
Vineyard.
DIR. Willis Congdon, who threw Elkhart
Ind, into wild excitement by disappearing
under circumstances that gave rise to
suspicion that he had been murdered, has
been found alive and we'll at Jacksonville
He ran away from home on account of g
love affair.
Chas. Mooring caught on the Cuff coast
few days ago 1920 mullet at one strike
Fish find ready sale on the beach, Just al
they come out of the water, at 2 cent
apiece. At this rate Mr. Mooring ma
S52 40 in hale day, with but very little
expense attached.
A few days ago John johnson, who live
near Mount Pleasant lost a valuable youn,
horse. The animal was turned into 10
with another horse, aud while either play
ing or fightings ran against a stump
injurlng himself SO severely that he imme
diately died. During the past two year
Mr.. johnson has lost horses valued at $500
The $4,000 appropriated for the i'm
provement of Charlotte Harbor begins t
show up in practical way. The govern
ment survey party is there and are fixin,
! to lay out the channel to be dredged. The
are having a catamaran constructed for us
as a barge to tow after their neat littl
naptha launch. Camp headquarters vii
+ be at Cape Haze.