The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-17
FLORIDA.

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FLORIDA
Pear trees are beginning TO bloom in Tai
lahassee.
Orange county's population is made up Of
! 9O45 whites, 1884 colored. Chinese-tOtal
| Il, $50
Bias Trujillo Of New York is in Key
/ West. making arrangements 10 establish
| cigar factory.
According TO the assessment rolls for 1890,
/ the total value Of real estate, personal prop
erty. railroads and telegraphs in FLORIDA Is
/ SOL. S9S, 465 81.
The county commissioners give notice
that sealed proposals will be received until
March 81 for the erection Of the new court
house building in Orlando
Ephriam Ponder tcolored) shot and killed
another negro. Bunyan Sutton, on Frank
| Walkers plantation, near Tallahassee, a
few days ago. The coroner's jury brought
in verdic. Of willful murder.
When Jay Gould went out riding at St
Augustine the other day HIS whole party
| Of six occupied single carriage. The
poor old man couldn't afford to pay for
two.
Ocala CAPITOL: Judge W. s. Bullock, in
sentencing prisoner on last Monday 10 the
penitentiary, said that nins-tenths of the
cases recorded on the docket could be at
tributed either directly or indirectly to the
use of liquor
Fred. A. Springstead's saw-mill, at
Brooksville, was totally destroyed bv fire
Saturday morning. The loss is $1,000.
Tiers was no insurance. The cause of tue
fire was lack Of spark arreSter and caro-
lessneSs with shavingS.
Oviedo Chronicle: The Pullman bust
ness for January gives an idea of the pso-
N Ia ~ inc RI tATid Ia tync IN
that this will be one of Florida's biggest sea-
sens. Over 5000 passengers we're brought
into Florida on the Pullman cars alone
Oviedo Chronicle. The last car OF oranges
for the season was shipped from DR.. Fosters
| Lake Charm grove last Saturday, making
twenty-one cars altogether, many of them
containing 400 boxes and over and bring
ing the amount shipped to over 1000 boxes.
Pecan trees are now in full blossom at
Oviedo and give premise Of the largest
| yield in several years. The cold weather
during the past winter kept the trees in
check, and there is every reason to believe
that peaches will be plentiful in Florida
| this spring.
Gee. +. Bender, the money order clerk at
| the Fernandina postofflce who was found
to be short in his accounts, appeared before
United States Commissioner Walters at
Jacksonville Saturday. He waived ex.
animation and gave bond for 1000 for his
appearance at the present term Of the
United States court
J. G. Miliigen of Milton has q pecan tree
which has yielded him enough pecans in
four years TO bring him S104 at Is aud 30
cents PSF pound. In addition to those sold
a considerable quantity was used for home
consumption. At that rate an acre, with
trees planted thirty feet apart, would yield
an annual income Of $1,000.
The dedication of the new Methodist
| Church, South, at Ocala, by Bishop c. B.
Galloway of jackson, Miss, was an event in
the church history Of Ooala, remarkable not
alone for the immense audience that packed
| every nook and corner of the large and
beautiful ediflce, and mapy who could not
| get an entrance, but for the eloquent SER
mon delivered and the evidences Of christian
spirit manifested by sister churches, Bap-
tist and Presbyterian joining in the services
in body.
Monticello Constitution: A few DAYS ago
Alec Alleged of Wacissa went out to set
some otter traps. when his dog jumped a
huge she bear, which ran few hundred
yards and was brought to bay. Mr. Alleged
pursued her and found her at the mouth of
a cave, which was her den. He fired at her
and she fell dead. On going to the spot he
discovered pair Of fine cubs inside He
blocked the opening with logs and went
|
and secured both the cubs and Mr.. Algood
has them in cage They are as large as a
fifty pound dog and are male and female.
Lake Weir NetUs: On Friday it was re-
ported to our Office that II Morrison, while
accompanying his children home from
school, had been attacked by two cata.
mounts, and that after terrific struggle
he had driven them of, but only after they
had badly clawed his horse. At the time
of the attack Mr.. Morrison and his children
were within short distance Of home, Mr..
Morrison riding short distance behind the
children. When the attack took place the
children hurried on home. The catamounts,
being driven Off by Mr.. Morrison, imme-
diately gave chase to the children, but,
fortunately, the latter had got to the house
and close TIVE door. The animals tried every
way to get in, clawing and beating the
door, but could not effect their purpose.
Ocala Bonner: Gen. L. w. Colby of Ne.
braska returned Saturday night from q
trip to the punnellon Phosphate Company
mines, and brought with him what appears
to be new and valuable fossil, which was
found in the Withlacoochee river, neal
Dunnellon. 1t is the broken skull and horr
of a mammoth OK or bison. The fronta
bone, between the horns, is eighteen inches
across, and the diameter Of the horn at the
base is seven inches. The horns bend back.
ward like the African buffalo. This i'm
portant and valuable relic was brought III
by the dredging machine with some mato-
don's bones, monster teeth and pieces of al
immense turtle. Gen. Colby will leave thu
fossil at the National Museum or Smithso
MAN Institute at Washington, ID. c., oil
his return home, and have the same prop
, | erlv identified and described.