The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-15
FLORIDA

Tampa has a hotel called the Booz house
F. C. Rogers, lawyer at Orlando, has
moved TO Sheffield, Ala.
Orlando's Methodist church has choir
chorus of twenty voices.
F. A. Garrison, Palatka's new postmaster,
begins official life Monday.
Work on the Chipley hotel is at stand
still for the want of lumber
Sam Jones has postponed his appointment
at Chipley until March 10 and 20.
The citizens of Chipley are taking steps to
secure the grounds for cemetery.
The election Of city officers at Lake CITY
for the ensuing year occurs April s.
Pupils from five different counties are at
tending school at Union academy in Gaines
vile.
Thirty carloads of bananas and one of
cocoanuts left Sanford Friday for points
north.
Judge w. A. MacWilliams has been Sc
lected as the orator Tor st. Patrick's Day at
st. Augustine.
Business at the land Office at Gainesville,
so far as entries are concerned, has resumed
its normal condition.
Judge W. L. Frierson accidentally shot
himself at Plant City Tuesday, and it will
probably prove fatal.
First Lieut.. Charles H Leggett, Fernan :
dina Volunteers, Monday rendered his resig-
nation to Gov. Fleming.
Leading builders of Ocala have so many
contracts ahead that they refuse to take any
more for immediate fullfilment.
A republican convention is to be held at
Palatka on March q, when a mayor and
one alderman will be nominated.
Gainesville's council has decided that the
poll tax prerequisite law does not apply to
the municipal election in that place.
Columbia county has seventy-one public
free schools, with 5000 children of school
age, and an average attendance of z, 200.
Willie Sanchez has just made a sale of
carload of ponies raised by him in the
Florida woods, to party in Asbury Park,
N. J.
Rev. Lucius Drury has been called to the
pastorate of the Ocoee Baptist church. and
will preach there the first Sunday of each
month.
The materials for the erection of the new
Methodist church at Tampa are on the
ground. The building will cost about
$4,000,
Ex-Gov. Reed has just sold 173 acres of
land near Miidleburg, Clay county, for
81 SEQ cash. This is considered good price
for land in that locality.
The Sixth ward democrats of Palatka
held their nominating convention on Tues
day night, I. l.. Mccoy and Alex. Powers
being selected as aldermen.
| The Western Union Telegraph Company
| will soon locate another line from Tall a.
hassee to Quincy, to be used exclusively for
commercial and local work
The editor of the Monticello Constitution
was presented Monday with a full-grown
and delightfully."- favored LeConte pear.
which had just been pulled from the tree.
The Florida Central and Peninsular road
will be formally opened for traffic at Tampa
on Tuesday, April |. President Duval and
all the principal officers Of the road will be
present.
The court house square at Braidentown
is being plowed and narrowed over, pre-
paratOry to being fenced, nicely laid out
into walks and set 10 shade and ornamental
trees and plants.
G. M. Colman, an old-time citizen OF
Gainesville, has entered u homestead be-
tween Archer and Bronson, in Alachua
county, and will move on to IL in the course
Of two or three weeks.
The Barlow Courier-Ilf ormdnt SAYS
that the road from Barlow TO Punta Cord 4
viii be made broad gauge at once. Tnis
change Is necessita ed because Of the great
phosphate output anticipated.
Capt. Zellers, tot he schooner Manatee,
has anchored &c Rookledge, and has on ex-
hibition his latest manaJee capture. Il is a
/ ine specimen Of that animal, weighs about
COO pounds, and Il INNS feet long.
The dry goods firm of Schultz Bros. con-
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