The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-13
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FLORIDA
Mrs. Georgianna a. Parsons has bought
Col Harpsr's orange grove near Orangt
City.
in bloom, and the peach crop promises to b
good one.
Strawberries will sooa be plentiful al
Palatka. One planter near town will ship
100 quarts this week.
The OcAla Water Company's nrtesiau
well is down / ,2lO feet and in clay. but the
! work Of sinking it deeper win cease until
piping arrives to curb that portion Of the
work.
At Tampa Tuesday afternoon two colored
boys were out in q boat fishing back OF the
reservation. when, by some means the beat
was capsized and one Of the boys, Mat
Morris, was drowned.
e Harris, editor and proprietor OF the
| Ocala Banner, has sold the north half of
| the Banner block % Rev. Mr. Poage Of
Tallahassee, a former pastor Of Ocala, but
| quite recently Of Orlando.
Fendandina boasts Of one Of the fastest
Florida bred ponies in the state. This lit
tie animal stands only four feet in hight,
| but manages to get over a mile OF Fernan-
dina road In about 2:45.
During the past year Punta Gorda has
shipped through her port 1850 barrels Of
iced fish, S99, 900 pounds of salt fish. 2, 3s9
head Of cattle, 10,O94 boxes Of oranges, and
Is, 4S0 tons Of phosphate.
The saw-min firm of Morrow & Shelter
at Cedar Swamp, on the Jacksonville and
Atlantic railroad, has been dissolved by
mutual consent and the business in the
future will be conducted by William NJ.
Shelter.
Messrs. George Clifton, Box and William
Tedder have sold, within the past three
months, over $500 worth Of otter hides,
which they took from the dead bodies o.
otter killed in the Clifton section, one OF the
most fertile and beautiful portions Ct
Volusia county.
Fire destroyed the home Of Fernando
Barrett and his sister ct Lake Helen last
week. II caught ire about 8 o'clock at night
from the kitchen adjoining, and nothing
was saved except q little bedding. The
house was insured in the Phoenix for $780,
The cost Of the property was $1,000.
Jesse McAbee arrived at DeLand from
the Indian river country on Friday, where
be has purchased the crops of fruit from a
number of large groves, aggregating
about 20, 900 boxes. He brought with him
from Indian river a grape fruit ten inches
In diameter, which is doubtless the largest
grape fruit ever seen in that section.
Jesse McAbee comes out S17, 900 ahead in
the handling of Florida oranges so far this
season Up to date he has shipped over
$4,000 boxes from ths crops he has pur-
chased. The McAbee Fruit Company is
doubtless the largest buyer OF Florida
oranges direct from the growers. He has
paid all the way from 81 10 81 rs per box
on the tree. Quite number Of crops he
bought in bulk.
De Land Record: Hon. E. N. Blake, who
spends his winters at this place and Lake
Helen, has invested, within the past few
years, about $25, 0J0 IN grove property, ana
is of the opinion that the orange industry is
the best paying business that a man can
turn his attention to here in Florida. His
investments in bearing grove property have
paid him 80 per cent.
At Melrose last week a man by the name
Of Sim Scarborough dunned young man
by the name of Joe Stephens for 20 cents,
which Stephens was due a firm that Scar
borough was collecting for. A fight be-
tween them ensued and they were sepa-
rated. Shortly afterward Scarborough
picked up an axehandle in one of the
stores, approached Stevens unawares and
struck him blow, from the effects of
which he died on the following day. Scar
borough escaped.