The morning news., 1891-12-19
FLORIDA.

ieIs is yet at large. and 1t is thought that be
is in Alabama.
FLORIDA.
Tampa wants new opera house. one that
can accommodate all who attend entertain
| me1ts.
By secret process, Mrs. j. W. Watson
of Greenland crystallzes oranges. They win
be served In the hotels this season.
Mrs. NJ. W. Fish of Fernandina. who fell
and broke her hip a short time since, will,
it is thought, die from the fractured bone.
Horace Burgess. agent OF the Covenant
Building and Loan Association in Tampa,
died suddenly last Monday night in that
city.
Tampa Bay hotel stock subscribers are
called upon TO pay what they promised to
get the hotel built. The hotel Is finished
and payment Is required.
A 33-foot car, containing 300 boxes OF
oranges, on the Winter Park and Oviedo
train, overturned Wednesday, tearing up
the rails for some distance.
The legality of the Manatee county COM
missioners' taxing the county for a worlds
| fair exhibit has been answered. The attor-
| ney general has decided it may be legally
| done.
The business of the United States land
office at GAINESVILLE is reported to be steadily
increasing. and the number of entries made
thus far this month Is in excess of that of
| any previous month for years.
The Orange City Water Works Company
has organized by the election of c. A. Bulhn,
president; F. G. Rowell, vice president and
general manager; w. W. West, treasurer,
and A. NJ. Bailey, secretary. Capital stock
$4,000.
The Florida directory of the worlds fair
will meet at the Office of the president at
Pensacola Jan. IL, at 10 o'clock In the morn
ing. full attendance is earnestly desired,
for matters Of Importance will come before
the board.
! During her last trip down the Apalachi-
| cola river, while several miles above Eu-
faula, Ala. the mate of the steamer Apala-
chez. James Sloan, fell overheard while
doing something about the barge the
steamer was pushing, and was drowned be-
fore assistance could reach him.
Another decision has been rendered in the
ejectment suit of Abigail J. Sadlsr and
Houston NJ. Sadler against Mary l.. Moody,
involving land in Jacksonville valued at
SS5,O0 On Nov. 2l a verdict was rem
dered for the defendants, and afterward
rehearing was granted on new testimony
adduced. jury waived and the facts SUBJ
united to the court. Judge Young decided
in favor Of plaintiffs on Dec. Is, and the
decree has now been entered on record.
| The assessed valuation of the real and
personal property of De Soto county for
1891, according to Tax Assessor Grantnam's
books, is 81, 7S5. 100, an increase of S297, 900
over the assessment of last year. The rate
OF taxation is l5H mills on the 81. The
state tax is 81 aud the county 10. The
state will receive S15, 341 Is and the county
S30,2l7 75. Arcadia and Punta Gorda will
collect special school tax Of 1898 Is.
According to the returns the tax books
show that there are 4,975 acres Of land In
cultivation in De Soto county.
Manatee Aduocdte: The old cedar altar
railing which did service so many years in
the old Manatee church has found home
where it will again do good service. E. F.
Gates rescued it from destruction and car
rled 1t home, where it remained until this
week, when he sent it up to the Braideu
River church. now being built by W. B.
Tresca with some help from the neighbors.
This old railing was made by Rev. Ezekial
Glazier In his leisure time while a clerk in
store at Fort Hamer, with ak, saw and
plane, from cedar tree growing near by.
clipping from an exchange in the
Florida column day or two ago stated
that one Eugene II. Brooks of Tampa had
passed bogus checks on the Lowrey Bank of
Florida; also that he had obtained $2,4S1
from man named Shepard and $720 from
| j. Fontain of Tampa. A communication
|
were passed on the Lowrey Bank of Florida
by Brooks, but the bogus checks he used
were Lowery Bank checks. s. W. Shepard
says that Brooks passed two bogus checks
on him amounting to S48 16 and that he re-
covered all but S33 81. J. Fontain says
Brooks passed bogus check on him for
SIT 20 and that he recovered $40. He is out
only 81 20.
Key West Equator Democrat: Tie re-
| oil Ao
O'Clock yesterday morning, were inferred
IN the city cemetery at $50 o'clock this
morning. Rov. j. B. Diaz officiating. A
large number Of relatives and friends of
the deceased followed the remains to their
last resting place. 1t was the wish of DR..
Esquinaldo while in life that his remains
should be buried without a coffin, SO that
they may return to mother earth the
quicker, and his wish was scrupulously
obeyed. the officiating minister expl lAining
| to the mourners and friends that it was t. o
expressed wish Of the deceased. This is said
to be the first interment of the kind ever
n made in Key West, however it is sometimes
practioed in Cuba. and it is a custom with
the Inhabitants of Central and South
America rather than an exception.
Tampa Tribune: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Company has purchased the old Hayden
homestead and orange grove, adjoining the
hotel property on the north; also a strip oil
land 200 feet wide, west of the hotel grounds,
running northward from the city park.
The Tampa Bay Hotel Company recently
purchased the Smith and Bartholomew
properties, lying between the Hayden tract
and the railroad bridge, which, with the
aforementioned purchase give them the
entire water front between the city and
railroad bridges, a distance of half a mile
The purchase of these properties will prove
a most important and valuable acquisition
to the hotel company who now have grounds
! most admirably situated for a park, and
!. which, with the expenditure Of even @
small sum of money. can be beautified to G
wonderful extent. The work of removing
the old buildings and fences will begin al
once, and a fierce of men will be immedi-
!, ately employed to put the grounds in shap,
by the time Of opening the Tampa Bay
hotel in January. The fruit of the Hayder
grove is widely known and has al lways com
, manded an extra price above any othel
!, oranges brought to the Tampa market
They are celebrated for their large size
= beautiful color, and above all for their ex
cellent flavor. Mr.. Plant will have an op
: portunity OF feasting his guests this winte
= on golden apples" the equal, il not tn
y y superior, of the far-famed Indian rive
: oranges. There are also in the Hayde-
- grove number Of guava trees heavil,
loaded with that excellent fruit, which viii