The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-03
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The Casino at St. Augustine has closed
for the summer
10 is said that T. Nj. Lybass of Barlow re-
fused $4,000 clear profit on his Irish potato
crop this season.
The property Of the Gainesville Furniture
and Wagon Company will be sold by Sheriff
Fenuell on Monday next.
Samuel T. Fletcher of Barlow has 100
acres of the finest phosphate land that has
yet been discovered in Polk county.
Frank Bentley OF Syracuse, Kan, and
County Treasurer B. F. Holland of Barlow
propose to organize a new bank at Barlow.
Tampa NeiOs: Will one OF the Hillsboro
members offer resolution TO turn over the
Mullet Key quarantine station to the fed
eral government, and thus relieve the state
of heavy expense that ought to be footed
by the general government
Hon. V. J. Shipman, receiver of the
United States land Office at Gainesville,
made an important land purchase at Bloom
field last week. He bought eighty acres of
valuable land from the Omweg brothers
and will make big improvements thereon.
Steve Williams, O county convict, who es-
capped from the lessee, Mr.. Wigg, about
three weeks ago, was arrested by Sheriff
Shelley near Citra last night and recon-
mitted to Jail, where he will serve his SEN
tence Of six months at hard labor. 1t was
long chase, but an effective one.
One of the best farmers in Florida, now a
| state senator, can eat one dozen eggs at a
meal, and has been known to devour TWEEN
| ty-seven oranges at one sitting He keeps
out OF the poor house by being the cham
pion sweet potato grower Of his state, and
raising his own hog aud hominy.
| Perry Wall, Jr., has just let the contract
for 60x90 brick building, with three stories
and a basement, to bs put upon the corner
| OF Lafayette and Tampa streets at Tampa
This will be one of the finest buildings in
the city and built especially for the hard
ware trade, and will be occupied by Knight
& Wall.
A procession of about 300 Spaniard an
archists, with band and red flags displayed,
marched through Tampa on Friday, May
day. The reds" were out marching in
| Ybor aud tried to force a suspension of
work Ia all the factories, but it did not
| work. The marshal with force of police
men, was on hand to see that no trouble
occurred
The Imperial Phosphate Company was
organized at Leesburg last Saturday. The
capital stock Ia $50, 900, and the officers are
Joel +. McClend IN, president; Capt J. b.
Milan, vice president; b. Il. Milan, secre-
tAry and treasurer; Andrew N. Miller.
general manager. The officers, with
Arthur L. Miller, constitute the board of
directors The company owns a valuable
tract Of land, rich is phosphate, near Ista.
chatta, and will shortly begin the work Of
mining
AT Pensacola Tuesday, at noon, while
some Of the crew Of the Spanish steamship
Puerto Riquerro were hosting one Of the
ships boats from the water 70 the davis
tue tackle at one end parted and tina end
Of the boat was precipitated into the wave.
In the boat at the time was young Span
lsh sailor, whose name could not be ascer-
tanned, and who was thrown oyerba ard by
the mlshap IL is supposed that he must
have been injured in some manner a. the
boat was falling, for be went % the bottom
OF the bay NJ once aud never rose again.