The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-28
FLORIDA.


were lot nearly so numerous as they were
last week, and only about 30J were killed.
FLORIDA.
A liz crop of Irish 10 .ato3s will be
raisei.
rne legislature convenes on Tuesday,
April Z.
There are bushels of malberries on the
market at Dayt0na.
Some of the finest fruit on the Halifax
river is yet to be sold.
Daytona's new charter will soon be ready
to submit to the public
V. J. HerloDg of Columbia county is
planting 800 acres in watermelons.
The hotels Of DeLand have done a
splendid business this winter, and will prob
ably keep open till toward May l.
Five thousand dollars was offered and re-
fused for a forty-acre tract Of phosphate
laid In Manatee county last week.
Amoug the candidates for chief OF police
Of Palatka are Chief Gordon, J. w. Hagan,
Henis Pet -rman, A. B. jackson and Joe
llanucy. .-A
In runaway at Micanopy, last Frid ay,
Mrs. s. Knox jumped from the buggy aud
received injuries that are very painful but
not serious.
At Gainesville THURSDAY, Mr.. Griersoa Of
a gentleman residing in Bradford, and re-
turned the money to him.
Leon Lopez has commenced his new fac.
tory building at Key West, the frame being
now raised. This factory will be occupied
by the FL Desafio, D. Hirsch & Co.
There is to be meeting Of the Jefferson
county ALLIANCES at Elizabeth church, eight
miles east Of Monticello, on Thursday, April
%, which is to be general jollifcation.
Rt. Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed VII
preach in st. Johns Episcopal church, Tai
lahassee. April 20, and administer the rite
Of confirmation to large class Of candl-
dates.
The heirs of A. N. Edwards have received
$1,000 from the Endowment Rank of the
knights Of Pythias Mr.. Edwards recently
died at Leesburg, aud was a member of the
above order.
Thatcher, alias Taintor since his release
from the Volusia county jail. He returned
about half OF the money he obtained from
DeLaud people on bogus checks.
The Philadelphia syndicate that has
purchashed the beautiful suburb southeast
of Tallahassee from Hon. Patrick Houstoun
will, it is said, soon begin the work Of i'm
provement. A large ana elega ant hotel is one
Of the first things on the programme.
Hon. II. A. DeLand sold on Monday
morning the Fiddis nineteen-acre tract, east
Of the university, to an illinois gentleman
for s. 900 cash. The tract contains bear
ing grove Of three acres, from which 81, 900
worth Of fruit was gathered the past sea-
son.
Flower thieves are abroad in Tallahassee.
Some scoundrel stole q number of valuable
pot-plants from the yard of Hon. John L.
Crawford a few nights ago. At other
places they have actually been in the gar-
dens and dug up large japonicas by the
roots.
The Barnyard.Brooker Grange Grove
Company, capital stock Sl50,00O, principal
place Of business in Orlando, has filed
articles OF Incorporation with the secretary
of state. The inoorporators are Matthew
Barnyard, Cecil |. Butt ami Hy Spencer
BROKER.
The enlargement Of the Episcopal church
at Tampa by extending it to the street has
been determined upon by the wardens. and
the work will be commenced Immediately.
Rev. DR.. Cross has brought out such large
congregations as to render the enlargement
a necessity.
Articles of incorporation of the D. A.
Beckwith Furniture Company of Jackson
vile, capital stock SIC, 1000, have been filed
with the secretary of state. The incorpora-
tors are d. A. Beckwith, #. E. Mclver,
John A. Henderson, Z. C. Dearborn, Nj. r.
Bacon and T. A. Phillips
Jesse A. Ivey of White Springs, Fla
has brought suit against the Western U hion
Telegraph Company for $40 900, based on
the non-delivery of a telegram sent to a
physician whom Mr.. Ivey thus called to a
sick relative, and 1t is alleged that the rela-
tive died for want of a physician to pre-
scribe for him.
A large ted of rich phosphate was re-
covered on George II. Megsnniss' place,
west OF Tallahassee. The rock analyses 70
per cent. OF bone phosphate This bed is of
such extent that it will pay to work. 1t
would require only short sour to connect
the beds with the Florida Central and
| Peninsular railway track.
Micanopy Net0s: The best sale Of cab.
bage in the field that We have heard of is
about Sl05 per acre. We rise right here to
remark that when farmer can sell crop
of cabbage for 500 per acre in the field
without gathering he Is doing a paying
business, and there are few places in the
state that can make cabbage like ours
While young negro woman named
Fannie Patrick. daughter of Caesar Patrick,
a colored man who lives on the Colclough
! place, about five miles from Gainesville vas
burning trash on Tuesday, her dress be-
came ignited, and before assistance could
! reach her she was so severely burned that
her recovery is doubtful Her father, in his
attempt to extins uish the flames, burned
his hands so badly that amputation may be-
come necessary.
| Jack Robson Of Fort Meade has been
down in the Everglades since last October
surveying. One day, not long since, be
captured genuine South American ring
tailed monkey in the top of a high tree
J down there. The Indians have known these
monkeys to be there for the last fifty years.
1t is supposed that a vessel from Sonth
America was wrecked on the coast, and
that some of the monkeys aboard esq psa vi
the Everglades, where they have thriyed
! for half century.
A Pslatka Herald reporter was informed