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

Fernandina has four brass lands. Two of
| them are colored bands.
Key West has negotiated her per cent.
city bonds at 97J5 cents.
A Dade City man has refused SIG, 900 In
cash for his phosphate land.
The protractsd mestlng at Paradise Is
still in progress and the interest Is una
bated.
G. C. Grace Sc Co. are selling out at
| Dade City preparatory to removing 10
| Tampa.
The bark Svanen and her cargo were sold
at Fernandina Monday TO the captain of
the vessel.
There are many rumors flying around
concerning the building of railroads to
Gainesville.
The Dunnellon Phosphate company be-
gins shipment this week. They have 80
men at work.
Two Of the Citra cave robbers, the ring
leaders, were captured Monday AID the
gang broken up.
w. C. Plyley of Orange Heights has
! sold to actual settlers, within the pasc week,
| $50 acres of land.
Mrs. Nancy Bradham, one of the oldest
residents of Wakulla county, died on March
20 in her s4th year.
Several monster deals in phosphate are
|
adjoining counties.
Ten thousand quarts of strawberries have
been shipped north this season from Manda-
rim by two growers.
J. F. Flornoy has been appointed post
master at Westvile, Holmes county, vice
John Neel removed.
Everything connected with the proposed
railroad from Gainesville TO Newnan's Lake
is progressing satisfactorily.
| Mr.. Quarterman of Sparr has just closed
the contract for 1900 acres of phosphate
lands, Tor wealthy syndicate.
| Mr.. Mason, public school teacher at Craw-
| fordville, was suspended last week by the
school board on complaint of patrons.
A big effort will be made on Easter Sun
day TO pay off the Indebtedness of the
Gainesville Episcopal church.
Owing to the illness Of Judge Walker the
circuit court as not opened at Quincy last
Tuesday and court was adjourned for the
term.
The orange trees in the vicinity of Fer
nandina show none of the effects Of the late
frosts, and the older trees are loaded with
| blooms.
The health of Fernandina was never better
than at present. In consulting the different
local physicians they all state that they are
having few calls.
1t is rumored that Ed Higgins will be APP
| pointed deputy collector of customs at Jack
sonville, and G. w. Jones, colored as in
| spector of customs.
A bad and vicious band of negroes are
reported occupying sink to the west Of
| Citra, and committing series Of depreda-
tions and robberies.
| The Phoenix Fire Insurance Company Of
| Hartford, Conn, has ordered cancellation
of their risks on suburban and remote prop
erty in Jacksonville.
| The steamship Charles Morand has ar
| rived at Port Tampa from Jamaica. she
has on board thirty-tive carloads of
bananas-l6, 900 lunches.
| The Gainesville Guards, the Gate City
Guards and the Barlow Rifles have already
engaged rooms at the Everett hotel at Jack
sonville during the drill week.
| The Orlando Record is informed that the
| recent rains have started the peach trees to
| blooming, and that the cold did not do near
so much damage to the trees as was antici-
pated.
Straiton 81 Storm have gone extensively
into the cattle business, and now have
about 200 cows and eighty head of sheep
scattered on the various plantations in
Gadsden county.
| Col. Bailey democrat) was elected mayor
of Palatka by l03 majority. The council
| stands eight democrats, five republicans,
| and one independent democrat. Party lines
were strictly drawn.
| The Ladies' Aid Society of the new Meth
odist church at Ocala, held an entertain
ment at the opera house last Thursday
| night, which was a very successful affair
and Melted the society 500.
L. Bucki s. Sons mill furnishes the lumber
for Quincy's new Episcopal church at cost
| price, and the Florida Central and PENN
sular railroad will transport the lumber
from Ellaville to Quincy free of charge.
| Notwithstanding the fact that it is but
| short time until the annual election for
municipal officers at Gainesville will occur,
| there seems little or no interest manifested
in the result save by those who are seeking
Office.
The steamboat City of Brunswick, of the
Brunswick line, ran into Center street
wharf at Fernandina Monday on making a
landing and damaged her bow and upper
| works TO the amount Of a hundred dollars
or more.
There has been found a very superior ar
| ticle of phosphate on George Raysor's land
in Jefferson county, the land lying on the
lake known as Raysor lake, also on a body
of land lying on The borders of Goose lake.
On Raysor lake the soil is literally covered
for many feet in depth.
NJ. L. Turner of Jacksonville, recently
appointed q councilman of the Sixth ward
by the governor, declines TO accept the high
and honorable position. Men whose time is
occupied by their private affairs have no
time to give to suca Improbable stations.
There are now three vacancies in the board.
Messrs. Pete Allen Of the Plant office and
Williamson, manager of the Tampa Com
mercial Company's Port Tampa warehouse,
caught shark which measured nine feet
in length from the Port Tampa dock Sltur-
day night The monster was cut open and
eight large sheepshead found in its stomach.
The Withlacoochee Phosphate Company
had to decline an order for 100000 tons of
phosphate for export, because the time
granted for the delivery was too short in
view Of the inadequacy of transportation;
hence the deSirefor the Florida Csatral and
Peninsular. aud the jacksonville, Tam a
and Key West systems to either buy the
Silver Spring, Ocala and Gulf railroad, or
extend separate branches into those prolific
regions.
One Of the most prosperous of the indus
tries that have recently been established in
West Florida is that of the DeFuniak Cigar
Company, located at the fourishing town
of DeFuniak Springs. The company now
gives regular employment to twenty-five
persons. They have sent to Cuba for more
/ skilled cigarnlakers and within q month