The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-31
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Mrs. r. e. Rose died at Kissimmee last
Saturday.
The Baptist state convention meets in
Lake City on Jan. 5.
English capitalists will give 81 1000 to
build park in Riverside il Jacksonville
will do likewise.
The second mate on the bark Dunblaine
was drowned at East Pass last Sunday
while bathing. The body was recovered
with the aid Of fish hooks and inferred on
Dog island, near Apalachicola.
The Homeland Pebble Phosphate Com
pany has completed its line OF railway from
the works at Barlow to a connection wi b
the Florida Southern railroad and will be-
gin this week delivering a cargo of pebble
for q vessel now en- route for Port Tampa TO
receive 1t. The company has T. large
amount of phosphate in its bins and could
have been actively shipping year ago il it's
transportation facilities had been complete.
Everything is now working smoothly, how
ever. The deposit being worked is very
extensive and the pebble of high grade.
The petition of A. V. Emerson Of Apopka
for license TO sell liquors in precinct No. IL,
was refused at last meeting of the board of
county commissioners The refusal was
based on opinion of acting attorney for the
commissioners, w. L. Palmer. The opinion
ton to sell with the clerk of the board when
the board was net in regular meeting, was
void, as a presentation of the application
under the law. The petitioner sued out a
writ Of mandamus ana the case was argued
before Judge Broome, who quashed the
writ and thus sustained the action Of the
board.
Capt. Jacobsen, master OF the Norwe-
gian bark d. H. Morris, was shot and in
stantly killed at Pensacola Oh Monday
night while trying to force an entrance into
a disrepu able house. Capt. Jacobsen was
a young Norwegian who had already won
an enviable reputation 10 his profession. He
was well known and much liked in Pensa-
cola He was handsome man, with the
blonde hair and fair complexion of his race,
about 38 years old, a q had already accu.
INFLATED a comfortable fortune. He was
part owner of the vessel he commanded.
who fred tue shot was still unknown at
last accounts.
Reports from the cold wave are coming
in. In Polk county, wilhelm the low grounds
teDder vegetation suffered TO some extent,
the lake region Of Auburndale, Haines City
and Winter Haven were unscathed. TomaS
toes are still king and guavss are as un-
mindful of low barometer as the banana
in the Everglades. At Orlando the tenn
perature Thursday morning was 500 above
Bananas and tender vegetables suffered &C.
cordingly. No injury was done to even the
teuderest shoots on young orange trees. The
fruit is as sound as a dollar, and the orange
growers are breathing easier. At Oakhall
the thermometer registered 33s at s O'clock
Friday morning. Fruit Is not injured. The
long cold spell hardened the trees 1t was
the heaviest frost for many years. At
Grand Island one-half the tomato crop was
killed. The farmers have q supply of plants
TO reset. The mercury fell to 33s. At
Clermont white frost fell W ednesday night.
Beans and squash plants we're killed and
about one-fifth Of the tomato crop Injured.
A well attended meeting of citizens was
held at the board of trade rooms at Jack
sonville Wednesday afternoon 70 take into
consideration the suggestion made the day
before about organizing an association to
assist the cigar factories and prevent their
removal 20 Tampa. IL was agreed TO or
Ranize a company with $500, 600 capital, on
basis similar TO that OF the building and
loan company OF that city, which has been
30 successful since Incorporated. This plan
co templates issuing 5000 shares of 800
each, payable in monthly installmonts of 81
per share A suitable tract OF land is Go be
! purchased IN the vicinity Of the ci y, upon
which TO locate factories OF all kinds, and
for the erection OF dwellings thereon, and
10 loan money to parties wishing TO