The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-09
FLORIDA.

Six new members were initiated into the
county alliance at Micanopy Saturday
The mails arrive at and depart from
Wewahitchka every Monday, Thursday and
Saturday.
The farmers adjacent in Mcintosh station
have $50 acres in tomatoes, and expect to
ship 5000 crates this season.
The Copeland house at Peru was de-
stroyed by fire on Monday night. Loss
about $4,000; insurance. 81 800.
A single shipper at Mcintosh station,
who runs one-hOrss farm, has already
paid 81 200 in freights the present season.
The trial of Alexander Campbell for the
murder of Miss Mamie Joseph at st.
Augustine is now going on in Jacksonville.
Eleven and three-quarter miles is the
distance from Micanopy to Gainesville via
Rocky Point and across an arm Of Alachua
lake.
Col w. D. Chipley has put q corps of
hands and surveyors to work in Lafayette
county to run out and pit 45, 900 acres phos-
phate lands.
With an improved mail ervice, first
class bakery, tlrst-class butcher shop, and
an excellent newspaper Micanopy is doing
herself proud.
The first refrigerator car of the season
came down to Micanopy Monday night and
returned Tuesday morning laden with over
500 crates of beans and cukes.
A COW in the city's pound at Ocala fell
into a we'll within the Enclosure and was
killed. The COW was Of splendid breed and
worth at least $50. OF course the city will
have to pay its owner.
The colored people of DeLand ara to have
a weekly paper of their own. 1t will be
known as the Weekly Florida Baptist,
with Rev. j. n. Stodes, pastor Of the COL
ored Baptist church, as editor aud general
manager.
Wewahitchka News: News has reached
us of the discovery of immense she'll cracker
and Dream beds over five acres in extent in
Chipola lake, opposite Phelps place on the
other side. J. r. Cook of Fort Gaines is
said to have caught 500 in one afternoon.
s. Mayer, Of the Brunswick Brewing
Company, has leased piece of land from
Mrs. Carew in the garrison near the track
| of the Florida Central and Peninsula rail-
road at Tampa, upon which he will build a
cold storage and ice house for a storage and
beer depository.
| The third annual Teachers Institute of
| St Johns county, under the patronage Of
the Board of Public Instruction, has been
! set this year to begin at st. Augustine the
second Monday in June and to continue
| four weeks, the last two days to be devoted
| to examinations.
Pensacola Ne,0s: The settlement by the
city with the gas company was effected by
Commissioner Mensfee, and its terms are of
that satisfying nature lending additional
fame to the financiering reputation already
achieved and enjoyed by that gentleman
Judgment of ST, 200 so. held by the COM
pany against the city, is b. tie settlement
Cancelled, and, beginning on May /, a 20 per
cent. reduction in the price of gas to all
consumers is in effect
Tampa Tribune: We learn this morning.
from a reliable source, that the South
Florida railroad, or the Plant Investment
Company, have had plans drawn for the
cutting Of a canal from the outer ends of
the docks at Port Tampa along the railroad
track TO the land, twenty five feet deep and
nifty feet wide, that any vessel coming into
port can steam or be towed up 10 the land
giving tho company nearly one mile OF
dock room at which 10 place ships for load
ing, and 10 make the canal permanent
the bottom aud sides will be matted
or paved with rock 90 prevent the sand from
filing IL up. Arrangements will also bs
made so that elevators viii take the freight
from the cars and place IL IN the ships hold
We also learn from the same source that
applications have already been made 20 the
south Florida railroad for the shipment Of
100000 tons u phosphate during the year