The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-27
FLORIDA.

Four hundred and ninety Is the official
report of the census OF the people living
within the corporate limits OF Apopka, as
taken by Mr. Wilson last year.
In the court house square at Ocala Satur-
day, Rev. Johnson, the evangelist, mounted
the band stand, announced his text and pro-
coed to hold services in regular style. He
soon had an audience.
The South Florida Manufacturing Com
pany's capital stock has besn increased TO
$3.50, 900. James L. Giles, cashier Of the
Citizens National Bank of Orlando, Is
treasurer Of the company.
A handsome reed organ, with tone very
similar TO q pipe organ, is expected TO arrive
in few days for the Baptist church of
Orlando. II was secured at a bargain from
large New York music house, the original
cost being 81. 49,
Atlanta is 70 have an interstate drill for
the colored soldiers on July 3 and 4. The
prizes TO be awarded amount to $500, the
first company 20 get $500, the second 1900,
and the best man drilled in the individual
drill Sl00 Jacksonville companies may
enter.
Robert Mcintyre tcolored), a switchman
at Port Tampa, jumped from a train on
Saturday last as the train was nearing the
distance post" He miscalculated his dis
lance and struck the post, falling partly
under the train, The wheel of the rear car
struck him on the foot, smashing the ankle
bone. He was at once attended to and sent
by the railroad company to their hospital at
Sanford for treatment IL is feared that
amputation of the foot will be necessary.
Apalaohicola Times: 1t is reported that
on Wednesday night Bob Ely, a coal black
negro raised In Apalachicola, a young man ;,
aud one of the mouthy kind when he is
drinking, went into his mothers room aud
took Sl2 from a drawer that his mother had
saved from her earnings. The mother
awoke and gave the alarm. Bob then at
tackled bis mother, striking her In the face
with lamp and doing her up. The con-
fusion aroused some OF the neighbors, and
Bob took gentle skip.
Wewahitchka News: The most extensive
natural honey plant In Florida, il not in
the South Atlantic states, is located in this
county within three miles of this Office 1t
Is owned by s. 8. Alderman and ]. B. Rob-
erts. MIR. Roberts, the general manager,
was born in Colquitt, Ga, and came to this
county about 1852. He seems to have been
a born bee man. He early engaged in a
small way in the bee industry, using the
common box hives which were scattered
here and there through the woods. After
SO long time he was persuaded and aided
by Mr.. Alderman, who was observing his
movements, TO use the improved frame
hives. About 1872 Alderman and Roberts
went into partnership in agriculture. About
this time Roberts stock in trade was worth
| about 800. now it is worth In the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
Gen. II. s. Sanford, founder Of the city
of Sanford, died at Healing Springs, Va :,
last Thursday. He was formerly United
States minister TO Belgium. and had been
IN diplomatic positions for over thirty years.
He was q great friend Of King Leopold of
Belgium. While there il is said that he be-
came engaged in some contracts for army
clothing, which, IL entered into, would have
been of great profit to himself, but of little
advantage to the government. He was
three times rejected by the Senate; first,
when he was nominated by President john
son for another term as minister TO Bel
GUM, and the second time upon his nomi-
nation by Gen. Grant as minister to
Spain. During the presidential contest
OF 1875 he maintained costly
establishment In Washington, entertaining
| many leading men in both parties. On
Nov. 8, 1877, President Hayes sent to the
| Senate his nomination as minister to Bel
| gium- The Senate again rejected this nomi-
| nation, and soon after he retired from pri-
| vate life, living at a handsome country
residence in Florida. In 1888 he was APP
| pointed commissioner on the Congo river
colony. and the next year was delegate to
| the Congo river conference at Brussels
| He had many progressive ideas with regard
| TO the opening of the Congo country by
means Of railroads. In 1889 he was made a
delegate TO the anti-slavery conference at
Brussels, and took a prominent part in the
negotiation of the African slave trade
treaty. Many years ago he married Miss
Du Puy, OF Philadelphia. His funeral was
at birmingham, Conn.