The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-05
FLORIDA.

There has not been marriage In Lake.
land in eight months.
None Of the b1ilding associations ever or
gained at Palatka have proven success
ful.
Mr.. Crosby's immigration party of If
teen passed through Paletka Saturday, en-
route to Avon Park.
The Hawthorn postoffice in six days lately
took in 81 OPS 81 and paid out $S54 Is. This
is big business for small office.
Hillsborough county Is advertising for
bids for the sale Of the $40. 900 bonds lately
issued for building a new court house.
Col B. F. Livingston, a well known
influential and popular Floridian from
Pete sburgh, and will soon erect fine aud
commodious residence. The price paid was
81 ,4S0.
S. L. Parsons returned TO Orlando SRtur-
day night after an absence of nearly two
years, coming direct from Honolulu. on the
Hawaii Islands, where he has been for sew
eral mont past. 1t took nearly three
weeks to make the trip.
Apopka Advertiser: J. F. Fitzsimmons
leaves for Cincinnati, o., to buy a few
thousand dollars worth Of new Woodworking
machinery for the East Apopka mills,
which he expects to start up in full blast
upon his return, a week or ten days hence.
Orlando Record: There's money in Pine
apple culture. and no one more fully real
ICES this than II. s. Kedney, who has one of
the largest pinaries in this section, and who
has a contract to supply New York firm
with all the apple be can produce at 81 each.
He ships from twenty-five to fifty Of his fine
apples per week.
Fort Myers Press: Within a stone
throw of the Press Office in Capt G. W.
drvf "a hair he
Bruuson, can be seen growing in the ut
most Frofusion. beans, peas, potatoes, etc.,
untouched by frost. IL is no use talking.
Fort Myers and vicinity is the paradise for
winter gardening.
The following is one OF the many legends
10 be found on the empty barrels OF the
Ladies' improvement Association of Green
Cove:
My name is Empty Barrel;
I'm hungry for a meal;
Pray fill me full stranger,
With trash and orange peel.
The people Of Orange City are discussing
the advisability of constructing a water
works plant for the purpose of irrigating
orange groves In that vicinity. At meet
ing called to consider the matter the owners
OF 7IS acres Of groves expressed their will
lngness TO take water at reasonable rates if
the water works were established.
Tampa Journal: An attempt was made to
wreck the fast mail Sa urday night Some
unknown parties dug out from under nine
ties TO depth OF fourteen inches on the
South Florida road near the first culyert,
one mile west of the bridge. A plaeterer
named Bennett, who has been in the employ
Of the Tampa Bay Hotel Company, was sus-
pected, and is now lodged in Jail. No harm
was done.
Tampa NetOs: William Cowart, citizen
living in the Hurrah neighborhood, about
90 years OF age, on last Friday morning eat
hearty breakfast, got up from the table
and walked out on the trout porch and laid
himself down at full length, with one arm
across his breast, and placed q pistol to
his ear and fred. Members Of the
family, upon hearing the report of the pistol
hastened out to see the cause, and when
they got to the porch life was extinct. The
deceased was good neighbsr and an hone It
man, and the cause of committing the rash
act Is mystery TO his family. He left a
letter full Of good advice to his children.