The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-09
FLORIDA

members has been organized at Dade City.
The ladies Of the Titusville Presbyterian
church are at work raising funds for the
church.
Frank Wilkinson ard wife and four chill
dren came into Fort Myers last week with
500 alligator hides.
There are between fifty and one hundred
fishermen from the north 10 Palatka, get.
ting ready for slad fishing.
The Indian River hotel at Rockledge is re-
ceivlrg large quantities Of new furniture
and electric light machinery.
Gen. Abe Sawyer of Key West is study.
ing for the ministry. He is % years old, Il
inches high and weighs so pounds.
A meeting to organizs medical associa-
ton for 4Suwannee county will be held at
Live Oak by physicians next Monday.
The persons prominently mentioned Tor
the Office Of county judge for st. Johns
county ere M. R. Cooper, A. ]. Corbett aud
w. A MacWiliams.
Jacksonville's Typographical Union print
ers have elected L. T. Ashby, president; 8.
p. Opel, vice president; Charles Gron secre-
tary, and r. A. Stubs, sergeant-at-arms.
Rev. ]. A. Doll of Pasco county has a
Testament printed in 1862 at Atlanta, by
Wood, Haulsiter, Rice & Co., under the
a spices of the Augusta Confederate States
Bible Society.
The telegraph wire between Melbourne
and City Point is much obstructei by the
growth of morning glory vines. These
vines run up the poles and cover the wire
and make operation very difficult
The Union hotel at Leesburg has closed
its doors. Col. e. A. PTotois, who had
been running it for a number Of years. has
gone TO Palatka, where, in future, he will
preside over the destinies OF the st. George
hotel.
Thursday last Kate johnson was severely
cut by Walter Green at Live Oak. She had
four teen distinct gashes in her arms, face
and throat. Her jugular vein and the
carotid arteries were exposed by the gashes
in her throat, her nose was cut in two so
that the lower part dropped over her lip,
and she was otherwise severely cut and
slashed. She is still alive but the chances
are against her recovery.
There is no end to the growth Of grape
culture in Florida and among the latest de-
velopments IN this direction is the establish
msnt In Lake county Of 250-acre vineyard,
near Grand Island, by Emile Dubois of the
famous San Luis and AHdulusia vineyards
which have long been among the sights of
Tallahassee. As the ripe experience of Mr..
Dubois will in his new venture be sustained
by capital Of 100000 the result is not
difficult to foresee
Titusville Starr We learn that Supt
Dillon of the Western Union Telegraph
Company and his force of hands. who were
mentioned in the Star last week as running
a random line from Kissinmee to Jupiter,
abandoned the attempt and will report the
route unfeasible. II the company wish to
reach Jupiter with a line, their best route
would be from Titusville along the river.
but following the high land about half to
one mile back from the west shore.
Titusvllle Advocate: As the season ap-
proaches, the PR iecs Of building a hotel az
Titusyille suitable for tourists and es.
pecially for tho . who desire TO avail them
selves Of the excellent hunting aud fishing
grounds of this vicinity. is being agitated.
benjamin Young, whom we ecoount one Of
our most public pirIted citizens, proposes
to organize stock company for this pur-
pose He will put in the hotel site at the
point, and take large part Of the stock
himself
South Florida Sentinel: An airline high
way from Zellwood to Orlando, forty feet
wide, clayed six cen feet in the csnter and
lined with shade trees is talked Of. 1t would
prove magnificent IN vestment to property
owners along the way. 1t would soon be
lined with beautiful homes aad orange
groves. and would become in its entire
length like village street. We hope 1t will
soon be begun; there's lots Of clay around
Zellwood which could be used AS a starter
the people Of Zellwood ought to clay the
town plaza.
Orange County Reporter: The South
Florida Foundry and Machine Company's
shops present lively scene of buzzing ma
cnlnery and busy men, making a set of
phosphate mixers, washers and dryers for
the Alfalfa Phosphate Company. The dryer
Is double half cylinder, through which
the phosphate passes on an endless belt,
While 1t is dried by steam kept In the OPEN
ing between the two sheets of boiler iron.
When the Alfalfa machinery is completed
set or the same nature will be made for the
Peruvian Phosphate Company.
Hon. George W. Allen of Key West has
been in New York for the past week organ
izing the First National Bank of Key West.
Fifty thousand dollars was su bscriued there,
chiefly by the following: The Southern Ma
tional Bank Of New York, Seidenberg &
Co.. J. Ellinger & Co., P. Polhaski & Co.,
Ferdinand Hirsch Company, William
Wicke Company, Perea Bros. and others
including large grocery houses and New
Workers generally who do business In Key
West. Frank r. Maloney is now circulat-
ing subscription paper In Key West and is
meeting with good su ccess.
Tampa Tribune: We learn through Hon.
B. n. Mathes of the alliance store of phos-
phate deal on Turkey creek. George w.
Durant sold his place to the Alfalfa River
Mineral Land Company for 5000. Mr..
English, just across the creek from Durant,
| sold to the sa ne company 140 acres Of hi
100 acres, reserving his grove and improve
meuts, for 81. 200 Charles Worth and Mr..
Duraut owned forty acres in the creek
swampfor which they paid $50 two aud a
half years ago, aud have sold TO this COM
pany, sometimes known a$the Lighthal
company, for 81 600. A profit of $3.50 in two
and q half years is a satisfactory profit.
ST. Andrews Messenger: Saturday last
Leslie Gay and wife started from his
fathers place on North Bay for their own
home In a sailboat, having Mr.. Golfers
son. or years old, with them. In jibin7
the Inain sail the boom came over the head
OF the boy. He caught hold Of it and was
thrown overheard. Mr.. Gay jumped over.
board to save the boy leaving only his wife
to manage the boat, aud, she not under.
standing the ropes was unable to bring the
boat TO the relief Of her hush and so that b,
was forced to let the boy go and swim e
the boat, which he did, and then returned
with the boat to get the boy. The boysir
the meantime was drowning, but life wa.
not extinct when reached, and with great
effort the boy was rescued from q watery
grave.