The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
FLORIDA.

Work is progressing rapidly on the new
depot at Monticello.
More than 100 students are in attendance
] on the Live Oak high school.
Mr.. Bowyer of the Lakeland Sitter was
married last week to Miss Gussie Chasline.
Fridays issue of the Palatka Herald was
| twelve hours late. owing TO the stalling OF
| the engine.
The editor Of the Monticello Constitution
has been TO unwell TO come too the office for
several weeks.
A deed was recorded in the circuit clerks
Office in Gainesville Thursday conveying
land valued at over 81 100000.
Messrs Terry q Sheets, of the Florida
orange-box factory at Tavares, have decided
to move their mill to Belleview.
A few families are still remaining on the
ocean beach near Daytona, and report high
tides, good weather and dine surf fishing
The Monticello Constitution says that the
children are having q sweet time with the
toothsome sugar cane and are growing fat
on it.
The contract for erecting two additions to
the state insane asylum at Chattahoochee
at cost of S17, 100 has been let to w. T.
Davis.
The Palatka Herald tells of a steamboat
twenty-three feet long, which was recently
built in Montana and is now on her way to
Florida.
Leon academy opened on Monday with
an Increased attendance and a full compile
ment of teachers, headed by II. w. Demilly
as principal.
Monday at Monticello with IA pupils. This
is nearly double the number present at the
opening last year.
Tie South Florida Home published by
Young G.. Lee at Charlotte Harbor, has
suspended publication owing TO a lack Of
patronage. Mr.. Lee will ship his presses,
type, ETC., to ST. Petersburg.
Col. L. A. Barnes, Thursday, sold the
oranges in his fine grove. near Gainesville,
10 Messrs Leyb5ur 81 Hartshorn. The
grove is estimated to lntain 5000 boxes
The price was about s., 900.
Mr.. Downward of the Palatka Herald
force received box Of peculiar italian
rabbits Thursday morning These animals
are noted for the length OF their ears, some
OF them measuring eighteen inches from
tip to tip.
Clearwater Times: IL is suggested that,
while an Irishman found sugar cane to be
VERY good TO chew, but the divil to swal-
low" the average American finds Florida
beef pretty good to swallow, but the divIi
to chew
Starke Telegraph: Chas. J. Weeks
brought to our office this week two large
and handsome oranges one of which
measured foot in circumference. They
were nearly ripe and quite sweet for fruit
at this season.
The rains of Thursday morning made the
course 80 heavy that the Pensacola Driving
Association, which was 10 have had its first
meet or the season yesterday, deemed il
best to postpone the event until next
Monday, and that was accordingly done.
E. Noda, mechanic employed on the
new Merritt church, Cocoa, had a narrow
escape one day last week from falling
AKA scantling striking him on the head.
The full force Of the timber was not felt,
but enough to cut deep and ugly cash.
The wound was dressed and he is improving.
Belleview Blade: Mr.. Baum of the firm
OF Pomroy a. Baum, who have a mill a few
miles south of Belleview where orange box
sides are manufactured, called at our office
few days since and presented us with some
excellent specimens of box sides made from
gum, magnolia and curly pine. The pine
had been smoothed up and polished, and the
beautiful grain of the wood is something to
be admired
Cocoa Spirit: A number of persons on
the steamboat wharf last Monday after
noon saw one of the largest fishes that
49, SAOOS
mullet was seen Off the wharf, when sud
denly they began rushing, aud large fish
/ in pursuit of them was seen to leap clear OF
the water, showing its entire size, five OF
six feet long, and thick and heavy in pro-
portion. What kind of fish it was is only
conjecture.
Daytona Journal: The Indian rivel
| country was south of the frost area OF
| March II, and thus escaped its effects. As
result that part of Florida will furnish
her full annual quota of oranges Tn,
orange producing groves of this section
however, are limited, and it must not b.
taken tor granted that there will be tn
usual quantity of what are known as thu
Indian river oranges in the market. 70
| this will not be true. The bulk of the
delicious oranges under that title usual,
comes from the Halifax and Hillsborc
rivers and Mosquito lagoon. and the croI
on the Halifax and Hillsboro will be quit
limited, almost a failure indeed. We o
the Halifax claim our oranges to surpas
the Indian river proper. in fact, and ar
intending that such fruit hereafter shal
be sold upon its merits as Halifax rive
oranges.