The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-17
FLORIDA.

The Ocala Building and Loan Association
loaned 81, 800 at its last meeting.
Work on the new phosphate factory in
South Jacksonville will begin at once.
Taylor has only three county commits
sioners at present, two having died within
one month.
Prof. ellison is in receipt of letter from
| a banker i'll Iowa who desires to establish a
bank in Apalachicola.
A new postoffice has been established at
Lake Ashby, Volusia county, with Matte
| E. Osteen as postmaster.
A. T. Huxley of Apalachicola had one of
his eyes badly burned last Saturday by a
| tube blowing out Of a shotgun that he was
handling.
The Milton Clarion, the official organ of
the E.cambia and Santa Rosa county alli-
ances, is out in an editorial condemMng the
sub,treasury bill.
| Gentlemen in Apalachicola offer to donate
lot to the individual who will establish a
laundry there. Another gentleman offers
an engine, and still another will probably
offer boiler.
A firm in Mississippi wishes to dig an
artesian we'll at Apalachicola, and at the
same time put in water works. The firm
| offers to take large amount of the stock
| of the water works.
|
night from the effects of a stroke of pa
rally received year ago, aged IS years.
| He was the father of Noah Floyd, who was
| killed short time ago by a deputy mar
| shall.
E. Ashley Smith of Lockport, N. Y, and
81. p. VanDusen of Rochester, n. Y, are in
the city for the purpose of examining Into
the grape industry in South Florida. Both
gentlemen have extensive vineyards in New
York state.
At a meeting of the democratic voters OF
the Micanopy precinct democratic clut
was formed with the following officers
j. j. Barr, president; w. r. Carter. vice
president; j. w. Smith, secretary, and j
II. Prater, treasurer.
M. NJ. Murdoch, purchasing agent for the
Faber Pencil Company, was in Orlando last
week and contracted with f. A. Lewter
to explore the Everglades III search of cedar
timber. Mr.. Lewter will start about o It.
and expects TO be gone about three or four
. months.
W. Thompson. running one of the shingl,
machines at the Palatka Lumber and Man
ufacturing Company's mill at Presiden
City, got the second finger of his right hanC
tangled up with one of the saws of the ma
chine and had it badly split from the mai
nearly the whole length of the finger.
! Deputy Sheriff jeff Kurtz of DeLanC
| dLIlNcO az OSl4huA DdGuINldJ lIOn
with James Pinckuey and Harr,
Dixon, charged with breaking into tn
store of Merrill s. Lee of Spring Garden OF
the night of July 20 He also had with hin
Monroe Dorsey, charged with receiving tn
stolen goods.
DIR. G. A. Simmons of Magnesia springs
Z Alachua county, has rented the Hedge
property and will remove to Fernandin
with his two daughters this week TO reside
he will devote himself to the manufactur,
3 of his proprietary medicines. and his son, T
} | w. Simmons, will manage the business, th
doctor being totally blind.
' At a meeting of the members of the Pres
l byterian church Of Orlando Sunday, tn
pastor, Rev. j. &. Patton. was given
3 vacation Of indefinite length, besides which
5 a handsome purse was made up to defra,
his travelling expenses. Mr.. Patton lef
: Monday for Edwards, Miss, and Clarks
vile, Tenn, at which places he will spenC
! several weeks.
% Orlando Record: T. H. Barlow, one Of
Gabriella's wide awake and enterprisina