The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-18
FLORIDA.

| Adams.
FLORIDA.
| It is reported that the strawberries around
Lawtey are badly injured by rust
Rev. DR.. TaIoird has been called to the
new Second Baptist church ct Green Cove.
| lie goes from Switzerland.
II is said " be an assured fact thatsthe
| railroad from Plant city 70 Fort Meade
will be built in a short time.
Mrs. Malone, vito of Gen. Malone Of
| Virginia, and her daughter, are at the
Ponce de Leon, st. Augustine.
Messrs. Sinclair s. Rsrdell of Orlando
have recently purchased several large tracts
Of phosphate land about six miles south of
| Lakeland
W. T. King has been appointed assignee
for the old firm of J. B. Sutton & Co. Of
Ocals, with a list Of assets OF 81 900 to meet
Liabilities amounting to $4,000.
At st. Augustine on the night of the
charity bail, while 10 the ball room, lady
missed a valuable diamond pin, which up
to this date she has failed to recover
The movement in favor Of the esta blish-
ment of broom factory in Gainesville
seems very popular. In less than half
day Saturday s., 400 worth Of stock was
taken.
The Green Cove Spring is out in neat
new dress, and is also improved in many
other ways. w. d. Randall, formerly of
the business department Of the MORNING
NEWS, Is editor aud manager.
The George w. Scott Company are now
shipping about 100 tons OF phosphate day
from their works at Z1lfo, in De Soto
county, and active preparations are being
made to ship that amount from Arcadia.
The great success attained by the Semi
TrODiQal nv ion md 2 aa
Of attendance during the past two weeks
warrant the management in continuing the
| Ocala exposition until April 1, which viii
be done.
| At st. Augustine Saturday night the
| jury brought IN a verde. of mot guilty'
in the case of William Cauthron, charged
with the murder of old man Gore This
will discharge his brother and Raidford
Priest, indicted with him.
At Borden's saw-mill at Green Cove, on
Wednesday afternoon, Robert Powers, while
attending one of the machines in the mill
got his hand caught among the cogs and
his wrist was mashed almost entirely In two.
making amputation necessary.
The move. toward establishing a wagon
and furniture factory at DeLand is assum-
| ing shape. the amount of stock to be taken
is 5000 in shares Of 500 each. A sub
| scription paper has been started aud about
| 5000 worth of stock has already been
| taken.
Henry Watterson, editor Of the Louis
vile CouTteT-J0urnat, arrived ia jackson
| vile Saturday morning and is guest of the
| windsor. lie Is accompanied bv Mrs Wat
| terso1 and is en- route to Naples-on. the
Gulf, where Col. Haldeman, one of the
| principal owners of the Courier-Tolty,loE
has large interests and makes his home in
winter. This is Mr.. Watterson's first yisil
to Florida, and he likes it as far he ha,
gone-so he says.
George w. Clark of the Jacksonville
Marble Company has bought what is said
to be the only stone quarry in the state
| which he recently discovered near Bran
ford, on the Suwannee river. The rock is ,
good quality of solid limestone, ana ha
been used for building chimneys by til,
| jewellers in that locality. He viii commences
quarry ng it soon, the railroad passing quit,
near. This is new industry for Florida
and may yet rival the phosphate excite
ment.
County Commissioner r. A. Mills O
Orange county, at the last meeting of tht
board. offered resolution instrucsing tn
clerk to procure list of patents to lends il
Orange county from the Gainesville lau,
Office. IL is charged chat numbers of pat
| ents have been issued for homesteads a
prescriptions to persons whose lanes ar
| located in Orange county, which are no
| claimed by the owners, principally for tn
reason that their lands cannot be take
until the patents are received by owners.
President Stotesburg Of the Orange Bel
| road left ST. Augu tine Saturia for Gin
cinnati. He says tIat the published re
| ports regarding his road are news to him
He has no definite information to give re
garding the broadening of the gauges
| extensions to Palatka, or the sale or lease O
the road TO the jacksonville, Tampa anC
Key West system. II. O. Armour remain
over in Jacksonville several days He re
fers all inquiry to Mr.. Stoteshurg, sayinl
that his (Armour's INTEREST in the road
solely as an investor IN its securities anC
he does not bother over its management. OF
have to do with its internal pollcy.
Ben w. Young writes from Mount Pleas
ant TO the Bellevew Blade as follows: al
your paper of Feb. 20 you speak Of a She
fossil, taken from a well a Belleview. fiftl
feet below the surface. l have on my dasl
two fine specimens of shell fossils. takel
from a small sinkhole just ootside of Mr.
Hyde's fence, just back of Mr. Boothbv'
home. Just west Of Prof. Bush's grove. OF
the same avenue, is an eigh,-acre orang
grove, which last year was cared for by DR.
Knight. Naer the center Of that grove vol
will find rocs, probably fifty pounds il
weight, lying on the surface, that j. full O
shell fossil OF every size and share.
meant TO Bring a specimen north. but lef
Belleyiew hurrledly aud did not get it.
close student OF nature will find much {,
interest him In tue fossils in and arounc
Beileview."