The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
The citizens Of Apopka have shipped 2,941
crates of oranges already

The citizens Of Apopka have shipped {. S41
crates Of oranges already.
Eldredge & Derby Of Apopka have
shipped 800 crates of oranges this season.
Henry NJ. Flagler and party left st. Au-
gustine Tuesday on a special on a trip to
the Indian river and South Florida. The
tour will last several days.
Peter Buchan's law suit against the Or
ange Belt railway. to recover damages for
injuries received at st. Petersburg during
the Fourth Of July excursion. 1890, has re-
suited in a verdict in his favor of SAFES:
but it is expected that the case will be ap-
pealed.
Washington County Times: We learn that
the water In what is known as "Sapp pond, {"
some three miles northeast of this place. is
fast disappearing. Some six or eight feet
OF water disappeared Tuesday, and people
are fiocking in from the country and getting
all the fish they want.
DeFuniak Signal: Jasper Merchuat who.
1t Will be remembered, is charged with hav-
ing attempted TO murder one Phillip Griggs
at this place last Christmas, was arres ed
and brought from Dauphine. near Mobile,
| Ala, on Sunday last, de is now in iali
awaiting the next term Of court.
Fort White Boomer: Mrs. Mathis. Ii wing
| I'VE miles from town, is the most successful
lady farmer we know Of in the state. She
cultivates many acres of land in cotton.
corn, potatoes, pinders etc. She hauls the
products Of her land to market herself and
sells them, and knows too just how to sell to
make money.
1t is reported that the English govern
ment will build q telegraph line to Jupiter
| Inlet, and the Western Union company
will extend It's line from Orlando to con-
meet at the inlet. Supts. B. F. Dillon and
j. Harvey Cutter left Orlando Monday by
private conveyance to look QUE the best
route to run the company's line.
Tampa Tribune: The Plant Steamship
Company has secured the steamship Wait
ney OF the Morgan line to ply between Port
Tampa and Mobile, to take the place of the
Olivette. which will be placed on the Kew
West and Havana route. The Whitney is
now on the dry docks at Mobile, where she
Is being put In trim preparatory to going on
her run.
AT the solicitation Of many readers, and
as the East Coast Advocate is principally
| devoted to the interests Of the Indian river
and Lake Worth country. the proprietors,
Messrs. Graham and Walton, have decided
TO change the title OF the newspaper from
East Coast Advocate to Indian Riuer Adj
Oocdte. The place of publication will still
remain at Titusville, Indian river, as here
| tofore.
| Gainesville Gazette Some one has
brought up from Egypt Rocky Point an
oio-Iashloned careless weed, which is seven-
teen feet high and measures at the base
thirty-iive inches around. 1t was taken
from spot on Haynes prairie, formerly
covered by water. il has been about two
months since the subsistence OF the waters
Of the prairie and, this therefore is the age
OF the weed.
The limit to which quarantine could exist
at the port of Pensacola under the rules of
/ tne state board Of health having expired on
NOV. 10, an order was issued Sunday after
| noon by President Hargis of the local board
OF health, relieving the port physician and
| employees Of the board from further duty at
quarantine station. The station will re-
main In charge Of Mr.. Buckingham, who
has been elected keeper during the winter
months.
Tampa Tribune: Mrs Plant, whose
taste and skill have added so many finishing
touches to the splendid performances of
her husband, has brilliant plan that will
add very materially to The attractions Of
the inn at Port Tampa. Mrs Plant pro-
poses to have the pool that lies between the
hotel piazzas and the railroad deepened
twenty-five or thirty feet and securely
walled up, forming huge aquarium into
which will be placed porpoise and other fish
! AT the bottom Of the pool will be placed
| incandescent lights under various colored
shades that Will illuminate the water at
night and render the pools wonder of light,
beauty and marine life.
Equator Democrat Two Cubans were
fishing on the lower end Of the new extern
sion OF the government wharf Sunday after
noon, About 4 p. m. one Of them found his
line taut, and after "hard pull. a long
pull and pull all together" thirteen foot
shark was landed. Assistance was secured
and his sharkship was carried by main
force around the breakwater and hauled on
shore, when he was disemboweled. His
stomach contained a whole beef head and
numerous horns and bones, in a state of de-
cay. ~yhe second fisherman, fishing at the
ssmeplace, soon after caught shark eight
feet loog. which furnished aome fine sport
before be was safely landed and served as
the bret Notwithstanding the fact that
snch monster ''mau-eatersn frequent the
waters close in to our wharves, the Kew
West Nrchin will not be deferred from
taking his customary ablution in the same
place. Large numbers of boys go in swim
ming daily at the government wharf. but
none of them have been known to have
been eaeen or chased by shark.
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