The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-17
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FLORIDA.
Cotton is in fine condition in Washington
county.
A canning factory is to be established at
Chipley.
Circuit court convsnes at Chipley next
Monday.
There is a possibility that Monticello will
have bank soon.
Rev. j. T. HUMPHREYS of Anona reports
extensive phosphate finds in that region.
| Last Friday six loads of splendid looking
wool was brought to Chipley and sold at a
very good price.
The Pendleton property on st. George
| street, ST. Augustine, has been sold to st.
Joseph's academy for $4,000.
Paul Reiney OF Orlando has Just received
news Of his falling heir to SIS, 900 through
the death of cousin in Iowa.
A party of northern capitalists were in
Lake City last week prospecting for profit
able investment of idle capital.
The stables of the express company at ST.
Augustine had a narrow escape from de-
struction by fire Wednesday night.
Mrs. Back, wife of Capt. William Back,
died at her home, at Jasper, after long and
serious illness, on last Sunday night.
| The railroad commission met the shippers
| of De Soto county at Arcadia Tuesday.
| They were invited by a committee to make
a visit to South Florida.
The rumor that the Presbyterians of st.
Augustine would worship IN the chapel dur
ing the summer is unfounded. The new
| church will remain open.
The San Marco hotel at st. Augustine
will be open next winter under the same
management as before Afnslie 81 McGiy-
vray. It was closed all last winter.
The Manatee and Sarasota Railway Com
pany is fast accommodating lands, which is
considered conclusive proof that the peo-
pie are taking deep interest in the enter
prise.
A citizen Of Alachua county on Tuesday
purchased of DIR. john Hood of Baltimore.
for cash. 1880 acres Of phosphate land in
Cooks hammock, beyond the Suwannee
river.
The Florida Horticultural Society have
recommended President Dudley w. Adams
of the society to Gov. Fleming for appoint
ment as one of the Florida commissioners to
the worlds fair.
Judge Benjamin Harrison, ex-postmaster
| OF Palatka, aud J. E. Alexander Of Volusia,
had fight at Patlatka Wednesday. The
mayor fined Mr.. Alexander $40 and Judge
Harrison IS for disorderly conduct.
A convict in the camp of J. w. West &
Co., near Jasper. one day last week,
knocsed G. w. Robinson, one Of the
guards. in the head with turpentine hack
| and made his escape. Robinson was
knocked senseless. but is recovering.
William NJ. Dukes, an old citizen of
Columbia county, died on last Saturday
| night at his residence in the southern part
| of the county of typhoid fever after brief
| illness. lie was a man of considerable
| prominence, having represented the county
a time or two In the Legislature.
DR.. Corrigan. brother of Archbishop
Corrigan OF New York, made a valuable
purchase of hammock lands near Palmetto
last week. The doctor invested heavily in
Pasco county two or three years sgo where
| he has been engaged in the cultivation of an
orange and lemon grove, which was ruined
by the late freezes, which accounts for his
new investments.
Gainesville Sun. D. D. wyman, near
Archer, has twenty acres of cucumbers. IN
doubtedly the finest in the state Dat of
thirty-one crates picked and shipped two
weeks ago only twelve culled cukes were
found This shipment brought IS per crate.
Mr.. Wyman will ship 1000 crates this week,
| for which he expects to receive not less than
| from So to So 80 per crate. He will realize
not less than $1,000 from his twenty-acre
| patch.
A colored boy, IL years of age, son of the
| railroad crosses the little bayou, was in
stantly killed by the incoming train from
| Milyiew. about 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
| ing. The Waterman, whose name Is Boze-
| man, was absent when the train came
along, and the boy was lying asleep in the
middle of the track. He was not discov-
cred in time to stop the train, and was in
stantly killed.
] Count de la Lond of Rouen, France. who
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| San Antonio, Fla, where he established a
| French colony about three years ago, has
lately made valuable purchases In and
around Palmetto, where he proposes to re-
side and engage in lemon culture. The
chances are that the entire San Antonio
colony viii move TO Palmetto, which will
| not only be big thing for Palmetto, but
also very tall feather in Manates county's
| cap
Pensacola Ne,os.: 1t is stated that five
/ special government agents who have been
/ working in Covington county, Alabama, in
vestigatlng timber depredations on public
| lands in that section, nave reported to the
| department at Washington that about so, 600
| logs have been cut from public lands in that
/ county and brought TO this state by r.
Milligan and w. B. Steele. 1t is further
stated that suits will be entered in the
| United States court against the gentlemen
named to recover the value OF the logs.
Tampa Tribune. Last Thursday evening
a horse belonging to Parson Wells Of the
Peru section was being driven by colored
laborer, and was by him ferried across the
Alfalfa river at Peru and driven partly up
the banks Of the river and left with the lines
fastened to the wheel OF the vehicle, when
the horse backed, the reins frightened and
he continued to back until he was in the
river, and there drowned He was valued
| at $150.
Circuit court has been in session at
Gainesville about ten days. Tie first week
was devoted to civil cases, and some fear il
expressed as to the legality of the proceed
ings now that the criminal cases are about
to come on. Owing to some peculiarities
Of the registration law, it is an exceedingly
difficult matter TO ges a jury, and some
lawyers express grave doubts as to whether
it is possible to do SO before August next, at
which time different law goes into effect
In the Thrasher case the lawyers ere on
hand, and both sides are prepared for trial.
The probabilities are now that court will be
adjourned on account of the difficulty OF
procuring jury.
Tallahassee Ftorididn: The usual heavy
republican majority in DeLand was greatly
reduced in the recent municipal election
in fact. the Record claims that il illega
republican votes, cast by men believed tt