The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-20
FLORIDA.

Editor Andrews has been compelled to
suspend the publication of the Cocoa Public
Spirit on account Of the failure OF his eye
sight,
The new phosphate works on the east side
of Peace river, at Fort Meade, is to bear
the name OF the Chilocoplco Phosphate
works.
Patrolman Defse OF Fsrnandiaa has been
temporarily suspended from the police
pehding an investigation as to the recent
shooting at a c0lored boy.
The district convention embracing
Orange, Lake and Osceola countiesl Of the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian En-
deavor will be held at Sanford on Oct. 20
and 50.
One OF the schemes for a worlds fair
exhibit from Florida at Chicago proposes
that il be made in a building built IN exact
reproduction of Fort Marion at st. Au-
gustiEe
The South Florida foundry and machine
works Of Orlando have contracts for
furnishing the machinery for [ no phosphate
companies, the aggregate cost Of which will
be $1,000
Nearly every newspaper in the state re-
ports al unusual number Of inquiries for
winter ccommodations-houses, rooms,
hotel quarters, etc. The season promises to
be the best one that Florida has ever had.
A. P. Boyce says he doesn't want the
presidency Of the Florida farmers alliance.
But ne IS evidently against the reelection
| Of Rogers, for he informs the Jacksonville
| Metropolis that be favors the present vice
president for the place.
Lake Okeechobee ia reported about2h
feet lower than known for years. The water
Is running south through the new canal
lately cut in the south end Of the lake Ii
4 has haan IN dry thora hat
all through the custard apple swamps
| The officers of the new company estab-
lished at Gainesville for manufac Curing
| ironing pads are J. A Carlisle, president {;
| Alexander Avera, vice president; Mesrs
| Davis, King and Sheat5. directors, and j.
! A. Carlisle, secretary, treasurer and general
manager.
The store and stock of goods Of J. z. Lee
| OF Fort White we're consumed by fire Tues
| day night The fire was discovered about 3
o'clock and the building was then enveloped
in flames. 1t was total loss, nothing being
saved. The fire is supposed to be of incen-
| diary origin. The loss was about s., 800
insurance, 50 900.
Fletcher and Wurts, two prominent law =
| yers OF Jacksonville, have instituted SUI.
against the Florida Standard for 500
damages, also against NJ. c. Jordan Tor
similar amount. The suits grew out Of the
publication OF certain articles in the Stand
ard relative to the sale and purchase Of the
Sub-tropical buildings
Joe Clyatt, young white man. section
boss on the tram road from Watertown, on
the Florida Central and Peninsular to Gran
ford's still, met with a serious accident at
the latter place Saturday. In jumping from
the engine he somehow became entangled in
! the trucks and was thrown under the
wheels. Both legs were crushed just above
| the ankle.
J. W. QuigleY, the veteran logger on the
Ocklawaha, cut three cypress trees last
week out of which he got eight saw stocks,
the shortest being ten and the longest
eighteen feet. The eight logs contained in
the aggregate 10 600 feet OF lumber. They
were sold to G. NJ. Davis Of Palatka for S79 ,
about SS7 per tree. Mr.. Davis will have
them sawed into lumber for cisterns. Mr.
Quigley used an improved machine in get
ting these logs out OF the swamp and he
says that the woods in his section are full of
such timber
Oviedo ChronicIe,E Oct l6: The orange
season will open here in earnest next Mon>
day, If the weather will permit A large
number of white aud colored men have
been coming in the past week from every
direction, and all the. large packing houses
have engaged their crews J.. W. Sherman
will send about 5000 boxes OF Oviedo
oranges TO London, and these must be sent
OF within the next month or SIX weeks IL
Is probable that ali the large packing houses
viii start up next Monday. This will furn-
ish work for 80 10 200 bands
IL. +. Dution q Co. Of GAINESVILLE shipped
Saturday 300 bales of cotton by the three
railroad lines running out Of the city. This
makes ten carloads and represents about
s23,0OO worta q gnned cotton. Most %
this shipment goes 10 the WillimAntie Linen
Company Of Connecticut, where IL is man
uf0etured into W. iimantle six cord thread
This company has been buying from Ala
chua county ever since lf13. aud mas pnr-
chased from GalnsYille about 900 or 5000
bales gof cotton iD that tune. Dutton X
Co. sent speoinsns N Florida cotton d the
Paris exposition ~ q cost II about 1870
and to0s the prize Tor the finest cotton 10
he world.