The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-20
FLORIDA.

Palatka has the largest secret order menu
bership OF any city in the state.
Three more large business houses are soon
to be added to Pslatka's Increasing trade.
Sixteen phosphate companies whose aggre-
gated capital reaches up near the millions,
deposit In the Barlow banks
E. a. Tyson Of Lakeland has sold his
nursery, grove and cottage at Barlow to G.
NJ Marsh, the consideration being $1,000.
A negro brakeman had bis foot badly
masked by the bumpers on the cars of the
Florida Southern railroad at Barlow Tues
day last.
E. L. Douglass, proprietor of the Almeria
hotel at Tampa, hos discharged all his
colored walters and supplied their places
with white girls.
Several settlers have secured homssteads
along the st. Lucie river, and are prepar-
ing now TO build their houses and get ready
to plant pineapples.
Nearly every board of trade in Florida
has forwarded to Washington a recommen-
dation that Congressman Bullock be made a
member of the House committee on rivers
and herbors.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad, with its usual generosity, has ten>
their line who wish to attend the teachers
convention at Ocala.
Hon. William Thompson of Palatka has
an orange of the navel variety that weighs
eight pounds and ten ounces. The orange
measures ten inches in diameter, and was
grown on his own grove one and a half
miles from Palatka.
| DR.. ]. Y. Porter, state health officer, says
Florida is healthy and free from all danger
Gus or contagious diseases. The grip, pre-
| vailipg to such an extent in other states, has
mot anDearad olfhar in "a TT1aliOnant form or
to any extent to attract special attention.
The Carleton hotel at Jacksonville is
badly incumbered. The opening has been
postponed to await the result OF suit at
law now pending in the United States
court. Three mortgages and other debts
are outstanding against the property.
The deer along the st. Lucie river seem
to know already that Florida has a law for
their protection. They not only are very
to range right in the middle of the pineap-
pie fields, and are regular pest in the gar
dens.
Duck shooting seems to be the order of
the day on the st. Lucie river. The ducks
have been plentiful this year. Henry Styp-
mann is the champion this year so far, hav-
| ing brought down twenty ducks with two
shots, and frequently comes home with
dozen or 90.
Barlow NeI0s A lady went into one of
our grocery stores last week and purchased
two pounds of butter that had been bought
in the country by the merchant. When the
nice yellow lump was cut into. there was
found in the center of it a large sweet
potato, nicely peeled and carefully covered
over with butter.
Jacksonville Standard: A "Reminiscences
OF bygone days likely to prove tantalizing
to those whose oranges have this year
brought them little or nothing, is a para
graph in one of our exchanges, 10 which or
anges are quoted at 81 55 apiece. But
as this was In Columbus, Ca, as long ago
as 1885, perhaps the less said about it the
better.
The jury in the case of Fl. B. Blount,
charged with the murder of Robert L.
Parker in Barlow last Christmas day, after
being out for nearly twenty-four hours,
brought in verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to the mercy of the court.
Upon hearing the verdict the wife of the
prisoner burst into tears. The prisoner
| himself was apparently unaffected.
Harry Bulge of Titusville met with a
very painful accident Tuesday. While
cleaning a gun barrel by pressing the bar
rel to and fro onto a ramrod, which was
| locked into wise, he pulled the barrel too
| far at one stroke and the ramrod iron
missed the barrel on the return stroke, the
point passing through the left hand. 1t
| was pulled out and the wound dressed. and
is now doing as nicely as could be expected.
| "Hatrack," a once famous horse. is now
| owned by Harry Mason of Jacksonville.
"Hatraek" was sold a few years ago for
l4,00O. but received an injury and was
| taken off the track. Mr.. Mason recently
purchased him in New York and contem-
plates putting him against oil corners in
Florida; The animal is decided beauty,
and makes good time. Mr. Mason is very
| anxious to see race course in Jacksonville
and will do all Ia his power to establish one.
Palatka Herald Forty years ago there
wae al old-fashioned public well where the
new fountain now stands. For years it has
been forgotten and the younger generation
| knew nothing about it. On Monday last
while digging foundation for the granite
fountain the old well, which has been filed
| In and forgotten for thirty years, suddenly
caved in and it took several carloads Of
brickbats, rock, etc. ), to make it firm enough
to support the fountain, which sits directly
| over it.
The st. Johns Yacht Club of Jacksonville
will give regatta on Jan. 20, 1892 The
| regatta is open to all contestants. Nine
hundred aud fifty dollars will be given in
prizes, as follows: First class-Yachts Of 20
and less than 50 feet; first prize 5000, second
prize $3.50, third prize $75. Second class
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prize $3.50, second prize S75, third prize $50.
Third class-Yachts of 9 and less than 16
feet; first prize SIS, second prize $50, third
prize S25.
George 8. Shelby of Fort Meade has
entered suit against the Barlow Courier
Informant, through his attorney, Frank
Clark, Esq., for $4,000 damages. The
Barlow COurier-Inf Ormant Of last week
published an article written by Rev. A. E.
Seldom of Fort Meade, wherein be criticised
Mr.. Shelby's political and moral character
Mr.. Shelby is a candidate for mayor OF
Fort Meade and the article reflects upon
him politically and morally and he thinks
that he is damaged to the tune of $4,000.
Titusville Star: Since it has been de-
cided by the International Ocean Telegraph
Company to extend their line from Orlando
to Jupiter theaQuestion comes up, what will
Uncle Sam do with his linel Mr.. Lanouette
thinks that when the new line is completed
that the government will sell their line to
the highest bidder. VIII Messrs. DIVER
Bros. or any one else 90 into such a vent.
ure, for the receipts of the line in the busy
winter season will hardly do more than
keep the line in repair and pay running ex-
penses.
Titusville Star: The pineapples are look
ing remarkably well on the St. Lucie river.
Our planters planted out last summer a
large amount of plants, but it seems that
every one fell short on the supply of plants.
The crop has been doubled every year. but
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