The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-07
FLORIDA.

The coast people are now supplied With ic'
from the Daytona factory.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
edifce Of South jacksonville will be opened
for divine services Sunday.
The assessment books give the total value
OF the real and personal property OF Tampa
in round numbers at S5,0S0,000.
The competitive drill between the Es
Gambia Rifles and Chipley Light Infantry
is among the immediate probabilities,
Travel on the Jacks nville, Tampa and
Key West railway is reported better this
summer than previous summer seasons.
Ten or a dozen new buildings are in
course of erection at DeLand Toe
building boom promises to keep right on for
year.
The Orlando grape growers are supplying
the DeLand market with beautiful, luscious
Niagara white grapes just as fine as grown
in any state of the union.
Orange county, Florida, is assessed for
over $3.50 900 more this year than it was in
| 1890. Facts are stubborn things and show
that old Orange is progressing.
Considerable interest IL being manifested
at Hampton, Bradford county, in straw
berry culture. Several parties have moved
there to enter the new enterprise.
Florida lemons Of this years. growth will
soon be in the condition to ship.
While they will not be fully colored
they will be ripe enough for summer
drinks.
Orlando Record: Florida has two hay
harvests Haynes, Young & Bailey are
saving five or six tons of crab grass. Six
wears ago as much wasn't made in all
Florida.
Capt. Tucker says that the Taveres,
Orlando and Atlantic branch of the Flor
ida, Central and Peninsular railroad did
3519 per cent. more business in July, 1891 i,
than in July. 1890.
Indications point very strongly to great
activity in real estate movements in Volusia
county the coming winter. Real estate to
the amount of at least $4,000 changed
ownership in that immediate section from
November 60 May last.
The finest corn has been made at Beau
clare, Duval county, this season that has
been grown for several years. Many of the
farmers will have enough to last until the
time to gather again, consequently very
little money will go out of the neighborhood
for corn.
FOluSid County Record: Here is the way
John Nuckols fertilizes orange trees
Around twenty-five trees he puts six bar
res of high-2rade manure. These same
b"Siu1-t"O tAcSS Pio1oAbC0 AAhA WIN 49,
boxes Of fruit last year. which he sold, de-
livered at the depot, at 80 per box.
Volusia County Record: The LeContt
pears shipped to this place from Quincy and
other points in West Florida, are much
larger than those grown in Volusia county
The land over there has a clay subsoil
hence the better the pear. The pear grown
here in Volusia, however. is as finely fla
vored.
Tampa Tribune: Last Sunday morning
while John Wilder and his family who re
side at the foot of the big cypress in thi
county, were sitting on their porch a larg
wolf walked up Co within twenty feet of hi
house and grabbed Mr.. Wilder's dog. Th,
wolf tore the dogs breast completely oper
and afterwards deliberately walked off will
the meat ia his mouth. Mr.. Wilder say
that the wolf as monster and had a mos
ferocious look.
Jacksonville Standards There is happ'
little girl on Duval street, and her name i
Willie Martin. She has in a cage something
| nobody else can boast Of, and such pos
session is always dear to every feminin
soul. Her father, J. NJ. Martin, Jr., wa
| riding through the woods near Arredondt
lately when he saw great number Q
knocking birds performing q war dance il
great excitement. On approaching, tn
old birds flew away. and Martin then say
that they had surrounded young knocking
bird entirely white. He captured the lit
tie curiosity and brought it home.