The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-01
FLORIDA.

| Strawberries are being shipped now in
considerable quantities from Starke. They
are selling on the s.Test for 80 cents per
quart
! Lee Houston Of Lloyd. a white brakeman
on the Florida and Peninsular train, IN
making coupling at Drifton. fell under
the car and had his leg cut of. He died
soon after.
Hon. H. S. Sanford, minister to Belgium
under President Lincoln, Is in Washington.
on his way to his orange grove at Sanford.
Gen. Sanford has crossed the Atlantic
eigbty-six times.
Andrew Deaham, one Of Sauford's prom
inent attorneys, returned home Thurs
day evening from Albany, Ca, whers he
had been for eight days colloc ing a claim
Of Is, 900 for Charles Demont Of Sanford.
Kew. John r. Scott. who has had pastoral
charge Of the A. NJ. L. church in Green
Cove for the last three and a half years,
has been sent by his conference TO St
Pauls church Of the same denomination in
Jacksonville.
Last Sunday, while the family of Ards
Bunting Of Madison were away from home
visiting, the residence and contents, includ-
ing Tie household and kitchen goods, to
gethsr with wearing apparel, provisions,
etc, we're destroyed BY fire.
The ladies of Manatee have organized a
Parsonage Aid Association, with the fol-
lowing corps Of officers: j. B. Wyatt
president; Miss Julia r. Pelot, secretary
Mrs. =. f. Gates, treasurer. The purpose
of the association is the building Of par
sonage.
Robert Wallace Of Clear Water Harbor
has been suffering severely for the past two
or three weeks from a protracted spell Of
the grip. Friends Of the old gentleman
have become uneasy about his condition,
since he is constantly growing more feeble
fro N the attack.
j. b. Parramore and Nat Poyntz have
purchased the Cliff property on Orange
avenue at Orlando, now occupied by Mai.
M. K Marks as a real estate office, the con-
sideration being $1,000. The purchasers
contemplate moving tho present wooden
building back and erecting a brick one In
its place Ia the near future
r. H. Orvis Of Jack son vile, who keeps a
statistical comparison OF ths Florida seasons,
says that the business OF January, 1891, was
90 Der cent over January. 1890; that Febru-
airy was 90 por cent. greater. and that
March promises q further increase, April.
says he, will be away ahead of last year,
and the indications point to a larger
season.
Fire caught from the slab-pit OF the Mel
lose Lumber Company at Lake Geneva,
twenty-eight miles from Green Cove
Spring, Thursday. 1t burned all the ma
chinery and lnmber Of the company,
amounting to $4,000. There was no in
surance. The mill was the property Of
Dexter Hunter, o. A. Buding6on, w. J.
Wilson and John B. Neff.
The G. d. r. Posts Of Longwood, Sanford
and Orlando will meet at the last named
place on the night of Thursday. March 5, to
hold requiem service commemorative of
the deaths of Admiral Porter and Gen.
Sherman. The orations will be given by
Capt WEIGH of DC la, Department Com
mander Col. Dallas, U. S. A., of Orlando,
and MIR. Kennedy of Sanford.
Fernandina Net0s: At Amelia River
factory they are busy with shipment of
100 or 800 cases of oysters to Atlanta. Al
though four large boats and feet of if
teen or twenty small boats are engaged In
bringing oysters from the near waters of
Georgia and Florida. they c,nuoJ be got
fast enough to fill orders The oysters are
getting scarce and planting win have to be
escorted to.
At Micanopy, Wednesday afternoon, Mr..
Hllburn, the Methodist minister, who had
just arrived, was thrown from road cart
aud had left arm broxea. He was coming
from Mcintosh with young man when, on
reaching a hill at Evinstou, the harness be-
came dissrranged and the horse ran, throw
ing both from the buggy. Mr.. Hllburn was
badly hurt, but his companion escaped with
a few bruises.