The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-09
FLORIDA.


Brevard county court convenes to-mor-
row.
There are more than 500 voters in DeSoto
county who have not paid their poll tax this
year.
The Columbia County Teachers Institute
will be held in Lake City, beginning Aug
II, and continuing two weeks
The Times Union devotes thirteen pages
TO the advertisement Of lands to be sold at
public auction In Duval county for taxes.
Palatka now wants to have a regatta
| They have a splendid stretch of water, and
a race will doubtless be arranged to take
! place at an early day.
The Bloomfield Kaolin and PHOSPHATE
| Mining Company made a small shipment of
kaohn from their recently opened mines
from Okahumpka Monday.
The Indian River Steamboat Companv's
steamer White is now finished and ready
for the fall work She is much improved
both in appearance aud also in speed
The commissioners of Leary county have
made levy for the state and county for
| 1892 Of 1917 mills. This is a reduction over
the levy of 1891 of 4 cents on 800 assess
ment.
The machinery for the phosphate mill at
Fernandina has arrived, and will be put in
Immediately. This mill will convert phos-
phate rock into powder at the rate of four
tons per hour.
An English coin bearing date of 1774,
with the image of al Indian engraved on
each side, was found IN the field of Addie
Rutherford of Madison last week. 1t is an
old half-penny.
The new street lamps of Tavares were
lighted for the first time Tuesday night
They gave a fine light and are highly salts
faCtnrV ThaU also Otva n1tfta a OaetrOnOli-
tan air to the streets,
Sumtervile Times: The citizens of Center
Hill met Saturday and in few minutes
made up $500 to build new school house.
1t is their intention to put up building
that will cost about $1,000.
The new Harmony Baptist church, on
State street, near Julia, Jacksonville, is
nearly finished and makes a splendid ap
pearauce. 1t a large, well-ventilsted and
snowy building 1t cost about 1880.
A murder was committed last SaturiaT
at Clifford, Bradford county. The trouble
came about over a game of cards. The
sheriff has the murderer locked up in the
county jail. Both parties are colored.
BY a change of schedule on the st. Johns
and Lake Eustis Monday night, the evening
train from Leesburg is now discontinued
between Eustis and Lane Park, going only
as far as Eustis and then going north t.
| Aston
A representative of the Savannah, Florfds
and Western railway has been inspecting
Feruandina's mammoth phosphate elevator
1t is thought the Savannah, Florida and
Western will build similar one at Sa-
vannah.
| At Cocoa "Wednesday night a party OF
white citizens made a raid on the colored
people. They were accompanied by Deputy
I Sheriff Waller and William Hindle. Sew
eral arrests were made, but little was &C.
complished.
A surveyor In course Of conversation G
few days ago stated that there was no more
likelihood Of Lake Buffum being drained BY
the Disston company than there was of tht
Atlantic. 1t was a preposterous idea anc
not worthy Of credence.
Polk County NelcS: Magnolia blossoms
are rare in August. At the home Of Rev
A. K. Seddon, on Farview highlands. is 8
small but we'll shaped tree now bearing
several of these delicate creamy blooms
The tree stands in the yard and receive.
attention.
AT a meeting of the board Of directors o,
the Honduras Fruit Investment Company
held Friday night at DeLand, A. L. Well
man was elected resident superin endent
and instructed to proceed TO Honduras anC
select and plant in bananas $50 acres Of
land. He will leave about the middle Of
September.
Work on the Methodist church at Greer
Cove Springs is going bravelv on, and tn,
frame work is now being PAT up. G. A
Brace has the contract and il no bad luck
befalls IL will be but little while until the
people of the Methodist congregation will
have one of the prettiest churches in thai
part Of the state.
Wednesday night the store of D. A. Dick
son at Rockledgs was entered, and some sill
yer taken from the cash drawer The pro-
prietor did not miss any goods, but Of
course the thief may have taken few arti
cles that would not be noticed. Suspicion
rests upon a certain colored mau, but as We.
no arrests have been made.
The water works question is now one Of
the leading issues before Green Cove Spring:
council. There are three propositions be.
fore the board, and it is probable that one
of them will receive the favorable considera.
ton of the board. A special meeting Of the
body will be held Monday night for the
purpose Of further considering the question.
The people of Sumterville have been SO
whipped outn by the transportation lines
and commission men in the vegetable bust
ness that they are paying more attention
now to oldtime field crops. more hog
and hominyh seems to be the motto now,
and as consequence more corn will be
| grown in old Sumter in 1891 than for any
year ia the past ten.