The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-12

Up TO date al crates and $50 barrels OF
pears have been shipped from the quincy
express office. A great many barrels nave
been sent from other points IN Gadsden
county.
The Merrill-Stevens Engineering Com
many at Jacksonville is kept busy furnishing
machinery and boilers for phosphate WORKS,
and 10 do this they are obliged 70 run isrce
numbering between ninety ana one nundre1
men.
The irorease of the liquor license tax Of
reiisbed rnuoh bv the dealers, especially in
these hard times. The city gets one-fourth
/ ~ the license tax, which puts something
like 81, 900 in the treasury
Miss Lena Kurtz Of DeLand has mag
rifcent night blooming cereus, which. last
Wadnesdav night testified its appreciation
~ tne are bestowed on 1t by the hands of
ire mistress by opening flyesnowy blossoms.
as big as tea cups and as fragrant as Florida
! water.
Mscclenny is jubilant over the prospect
I OF a canning factory in the near future.
| Baker is the banner county for fruit;
! peaches especially are grown u greater
perfec,i n there than any portion of the
state. Over 600 bushels have baeE shipped
in the past few weeks.
Mrs ". F. Meres Of Tarpon Springs has
an alaInand-the climbing variety-whlch
surpasses anything Of the kind ever seen. 1t
covers about twenty feet of space on their
east veranda, and Just now has on it
hundreds Of great velvety yellow fowers
about three inches in diameter.
The municipal election IN Apalahtcola
Tuesday resulted as follows: Mayor, n.
W Johnston; clerk and treasurer, G. M.
Winsey tax collector, T. Warren; tax as
SCISSOR, John Schoelles; marshal. p. LOvet;
oouncilmen. T. T. Cannon. d. EldridRe, n.
B. Farley T. D. Renk and Joseph DAILY.
Some time ago the law firm of Robbins
81 Harwick of Jacksonville wrote to Miss
Fancher, the young girl VINO killed Jones,
at Zellwo0d, offering their services III her
defense gratis. Monday they received
very grateful letter from her accepting
their offer aud asking their advice on Ger
tain points.
The Anclote and Rock Island Sponge
Company is getting its warehouse ut
Tarpon Springs pretty well cleaned out, so
that the service Of a night Waterman Is no
longer needed. A few weeks ago this CON-
papy had about g., 900 worth Of sponges on
hand, but they have been most all packed
and shipped north.
Jacksonville Metropolis Did you ever
think that the United States public building,
when erected, will be only two blocks from
the western border OF LaVlIla, ana yet some
people have cheek enough to call LaVilla a
suburb Of jacksonville. In very short time
we will reverse things by saying Jackson
vile is a suburb to LaVilla.
Mayor O. B. Smith of Jacksonville, who
has Just returned from Archer, Fla, says
the whole country around there Is greatly
excited over Harmon Murray, the negro
desperado, who is in hiding in the Ar
redondo hammock, a dense forest fully forty
miles in length, and which is situated about
eight miles from Archer. Mr.. Smith said
that bands of armed men are securing the
country, and that they are determined b
have the bloody ruffian.
Quite sn exciting little scene took place
Sunday afternoon on the wharf at Enter
prise. While Mr.. and Mrs. Sauls with
their children and a party Of students
from the normal we're walking down the
wharf to enjoy the fine breeze, q sudden
puff Of wind accidently blew the little
girls hat into the lake. Quick as thought
the f1ne pointer belonging to MIR. Saus
seemed TO understand the situation and
jumped into the water and
brought the dripping hat safely back to it's
owner.