The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-01
FLORIDA

cane down swore out q warrant for the
negro and has been hunting him ever since.
FLORIDA.
Work is PROGRESSING finely at both the
land Pebble and Bone phosphate WORKS
/ near Lakeland.
The South Florida rsSilroad paid last year
about 81. 20 taxes on THAR landed property
! in Orange county.
Work on the canning fact-ry at Lakeland
has been completed and the company mas
taken full charge now.
A barber shop is to be opened al Jackson
vile in which the tonsorIal work VIII Dc
done by Eve lovely females.
There will be more building in Gainesville
this winter than there has been during any
season for the past six or eight years.
G. II. Watson sold his handsome cottage
and grove on Lake Holli gsworth last week
to T. Saunders of Colorado. for IS OO1-
Contractor Mann has commenced opera
tions on the new court house in Fernandlna
in a most energetic way. He now has
about forty men employed and the material
is constantly arriving
Ned Green of Barlow, a straightforward
and reliable old colored man, about Sd
years of age, and who is the father Of thirty
three children. thirty of whom are living.
sent his wife to South Carolina last week to
take a rest.
d. E. Cooper has the contract for build
ing an extension to the Episcopal church at
Gainesville. The al" will be on the north
side and will be used principally for the
choir Besides this, however. it will in
crease the seating capacity OF the church by
from fifty to seventy five.
The residence of s. w. Williams (colored)
at Winter Park was burned Saturday morn
ing. Williams keeps a small store and had
$3.50 in cash In the house, which was
| burned. The building was worth $3.50.
The contents were all burned, including the
clothing OF two colored teachers.
Gainesville Gazette: Between now and
the first OF January there will be five we'd
| dings in which seven Gainesville people,
| four young women and three gentlemen,
1 are of the high contracting parties. Three
OF the grooms are widowers. Rev. A. B.
Curry will officate at four of them, and
Judge Gardiner will get the license fee in
all.
Nat Poyniz, f. P Hyer and ]. B. PARA
more Of Orlando, Capt. r. E. Rose Of Kis-'
sImmee. A. NJ. Hyer of Tampa and party
of Kentucky capitalists were in Arcadia on
| Friday last inspecting the works OF the
| Peace river and the Arcadia phosphate
companies. These gentlemen contemplate
erecting phosphate works near Little Paine's
creek and are taking dots.
Dade City Democrat: There are large
areas of land in Pasco county that may be
reclaimed at little cos;, which for the pro-
duction of rice and sugar cane cannot be
surpassed in the world For centuries these
areas have been lakes, at the bottom of
which the richest mud is precipitated full
| of vegetable substances. These invite
capital to which they offer matchless oppor-
| tunities.
j. W. s. F. D. Waite, proprietors Of the
Magnolia orange grove and nurseries at
Bsllsview, are now busy packing two car
loads of orange trees to ship to California
very soon. From 100 to 400 trees are packed
in box along with plenty of sphagnum
moss we'll drenched with water to keep the
roots from drying out on the long journey.
/ About 81, 900 trees will go forward on this
| first shipment of the season. The stock is
all straight, handsome aud we'll proper
toned and the leaves Of q rich dark green.
st. Andrews Buoy: Capt. John Stevens
reports that when out on his last trip with
the Crawford he picked up two men from
deal raft tied together with cords, and
| rapidly drifting out to sea, near Apalachi-
cola. The men told Capt. Stevens that they
had fed from an American vessel because
of Inhuman treatment and had improvised
the raft, hoping thus to cross the East pass
from Dog Island, but when they were fairly
| a1oat tho wind changed and was fast taking
them to the open sea when they were dis.
! covered and rescued by the Crawford as
aforesaid, and in the meantime the men had
given themselves up for lost, knowing that
their frail raft could not long hold together
in the rough waters of the gulf.
Tampa Journal: The directors of the
West Coast Chautauqua ment held
meeting last Thursday at Seaside. The at
tendance was large, and Seaside was chosen
as the most desirable point on the coast for
the location Of this educational center. C.
F. Wall donated sixty acres. and the Lake
Butler Wills and Disston companies donated
forty more, making in all a gift Of 100
acres of the finest lands in the most favored
region. Besides that, $50 shares of stock
have been taken and others engaged. All
business connection with the system of sur
veying aud plating the land into lots was
satisfactorily arranged, and work will be
commenced at once. Investors in this
movement now will find it profitable, as
the Chautauqua is bound to grow and the
men having charge of it are sure to make
it successful.