The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-11
FLORIDA.


At Fernandina, Sunday, Conductor Hunt
lost S35 from mis- pocket on the streets.
Forty-three new members Joined the
Presbyterian church at DeLand Sunday.
The people of Citrus county have for a
long time been fighting for a county site
At the last election Inverness was selected
by small majority.
Joe Specks, who murdered negro man
named Campbell, at Dunnellon, Tuesday,
was captured, w ednesday by Deputy Sheriff
MoFarlane and w. B. jenkins, on the out
skirts of Ocala.
There does not appear to be an early
prospect that gas will be furnished from st.
Augustiue's ruined gas works, as the ma
chinery is so badly damaged as to require
replacing by new.
Deeds were flied in the county clerks
office at Ocala. Wednesday, conveying
lands TO the Marion Phosphate Company
from the Chatham Investment Comp any
the consideration being 5000 900.
The announcement is made that the
Ponce de Leon hotel at st. Augustine will
remain open until April 20, but longer if
public accommodation demands it. The
Alcazar, it is said, will close on June l.
The democrats Of Marion county have
recommended for appointment as county
commissioners: Sol Benjamin of Ocala, II.
| w. Long of Cotton Plant, l.. NJ. Aver of
Lake Weir, W. p. Williamson of Fort
Mccoy, R. D. Harrison of Orange Springs.
The municipal election at Silver Springs
Park Tuesday passed off quietly, with the
| following results: Mayor, l.. 3. Rowland
marshal, Joseph Chester; treasurer, George
| B. Grimes; collector, Thomas Carson; asses
sor, I. G. Thomson; clerk, r. G. Bogie.
There were two tickets in the field.
The work OF the eyangelists Tasker and
| Waller BrnDESViIll sfy,
Quite q number expressed interest in
| religion and about 100 made profession of
| faith; of these 70 will join the Methodist
church, 20 the Baptist church and the
| remaining ones will become members OF
| other churches.
The Poncee de Leon Hotel, st. Augustine, is
doing a tremendous business. 1t opened on
Jan. 10 with 125 regular guests; from that
date the number steadily and rapidly in
creased and not single day since Feb. 10
| has the house count fallen below 500, one
day it rose to sos, the largest number
beneath its roof.
DR.. j. G. Meals beautiful residence at
Archer was entirely CONSUMED BY fire Tues,
day afternoon. The fire is supposed to have
originated from detective fiue under the
floor of the second story. as there had been
no fire in that part of the house for some
time. Part of the contents of the house
were saved, but the loss amounts to about
$500.
The st. Augustine Guards have received
word, indirectly, that Gov. Fleming has de-
cided 10 call a state encampment of the
| Florida state troops in July, and that the
North Beach has been decided upon as the
place of rendezvous. Last year an effort
was made to have a state encampment, but
the governor decided against it, as there
we're no funds.
Last Friday morning. while enCaoed
about her domestic affairs as usual, Miss
Mary Puleston Of Monticello was stricken
with paralysis, becoming unconscious
almost Immediately. in which condition she
fingered a few hours and then passed away
She was 60 years Of age, and had lived in
Monticello many years. having come TO
Florida in l843.
Tallahasses Floricidn: The big find Of
phosphate made near Tallahassee by Messrs
Davids 81 Seabury is turning out to q Le-
yond the most sauguine expectations. The