The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-22

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FLORIDA.
| A big yield Of oranges is expected at
Amelia this year.
It is stated on good authority that new
railroad depot will soon be built in Starke.
The Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road has sold much Of its laud recently IN
HillsborOugh county.
Property to the amount Of $4,000 has
changed hands this winter at Rockledge,
and more is being negotiated for.
Starke Telegraph: Bradford is not behind
any county in the state. She not only has
a court house, but two II them, both in
good repair and both paid for.
An election is to take place at Green
Cove Spring on Monday April G, at which
time a mayor, two aldermen, clerk and
treasurer, a marshal, tax collector and an
assessor will be chosen.
II. B. King, brother of DR.. King, one of
the members of the legislature from Alachua
county, has sold his phophate land, consist
ing of 100 acres. lying near Trenton, TO the
Anglo-American Phosphate Company for
5000 cash.
Lake City Reporter: Sixty-seven more
convicts passed through Lake City Monday
In BODY Co the phosphate mines of Capt
Baiiy, situated ia the lower, part of this
county. Capt Baily has $50 hands at work
mining, and is calling vociferously for more
hands.
Starke Telegraph: A colored lad about IA
years old named Eddie Sheppard was shot
and killed on the night passenger, south
bound, on last Friday morning., somewhere
In Sumter county, and the body brought
back to this city on Sunday and prepared
for burial. Eddie was O smart lad and son
OK Frank Sheppard, the city tailor.
The untirnely death of Attorney J. w.
Couch OF Ocala has placed several prisoners
IN that city IN very unfortunate position.
among other cases was the murder trial of
J. A. Hathaway. Mr.. Couch was Hatha-
ways attorney, and had all the evidence
and testimony in his possession. Now
Hathaway is without counsel, and all evil
dence and testimony are lost
A banquet at the Brown house, at Gaines
vile, Thursday night, closed the session of
the Odd Fellows at that place. The
following officers we're elected: Grand
master, B. L. Baldwin, Gainesville; deputy
grand master, E. o. Locke, Key West
grand warden, DR.. A. Cyrus, Palatka :
grand secretary, w. NJ. Mcintosh, ITALIA
hassee; grand treasurer, B. A. Meginnis.
Tallahassee. Trustees of Odd Fellows home
at Jacksonville, Maj. A. J. Russell and E.
Vandemann. Tampa was selected for
tuo hoetinR place next year.
At Palatka Wednesday morning as A, P.
Canova was following along the trail be-
tween the Snow and Brown groves at the
edge or town, he came up with a large
chicken hawk lying in the trail. looking as
II wounded, and all drabhled in the wet
sand. Without thinking, he undertook to
PICK MS hswkship up, but had no sooner
put his hands in reach when the hawk
fastened on to both of them, sinking his
talons deep into the flesh and making most
painful wounds. 1t is needless to say that
a dead hawk was left in that vicinity.
st. Augustine NeWs: The waters of the
Matanzas river contain iodine in larger
quantity than any other body Of water on
the globe. exceeding even the celebrated
waters OF the Mediterranean, which for
years has drawn so many thousands OF in
valids to its shores DIR. L. Alexander says
that In chorea, insomnia, nervous exhaus-
ton ana ostration, in fact, all nervous de-
rangements, rheumatism and MANY
OF the cutaneous affections, fall an
easy victim to our climate and iudicious
internal and external use of the waters.
as well as many diseases of the kidneys
arising from acldity OF the system. We
can point with pride to cases CT rheuma-
tlsm now in the city, who tried effectually
for months the Landed virtues of the hot
springs, almost entirely cured from a STAY
OF TWO or three weeks in st. Augustine. ST.
Augustine possesses equal advantages with
other places, and many which others have
not.
Titusville Star: j. Francis Lebanon. for
merry resident Of Ttusville, who still
owns property here, but is now a resident
OF Jacksonville, was the first person to dis
cover phosphate in this state. In the win
ter or lSo4-'S5 he was employed on the coast
| survey Of Florida, and in surveying Peace
river made this discovery. He immediately
realized that there was millions in it.n Int
be had not sufficient capital to purchase and
develop the property himself. For a consid.
Grafton he impaired this knowledge to some
Jacksonville parties, but they failed to ap-
nreciate the find Col. T. s. Morehead of
Pennsylvania heard that LeBaron had
FOUND something rich In Florida and came
south and commenced, an investigation
! along Peace river, where he found phosphate
IN abundance: In May, 1887, he purchased
200 acres, and subsequently, he ACQUIRED f,ld
acres. DE did not commence deyeloDinp
his property until the following spring. and
In May. 1888, shipped ten carloads of phos
phate. the first shipped from Florida, to At
| lanta.
Down at one Of the big st. Augustine
| hotels in Florida, says the New York
Tunes, there has been a controversy about
l sA~ AlNhAt UhSLhSE ~ De at {
| or at o'clock. A ballot was finally taken
and the matter decided in trus America
style. majority of IS favored late din
ner. and accordingly late dinner it is
The young women guests of the place tool
| a spirited part in the contest, voting If
solid phalanx for the o'cloch
service, and it is needless te
say they electioneered among the
sterner sex to good purpose. Dinner gown,
are much more effective by gaslight, are. in
fact, not admissible in their full elegance al
the noon meal, and every body knows to
what lengths woman will go when she i.
ngnting Tor the effect of pretty frock Il
the the midday diuner can be abolished n
winter resort hotels it is possible that it viii
be done away with at the the summer
watering places, notably at Saratoga, wher,
its existence is serious blot upon the happi
ness OF midsummer life at that charming
| resort.