The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-18
FLORIDA.

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Watermelons are retailing at cents each
at Pensacola.
The police authorities have raided The
gamblers Of Pensacola.
| The census Of school children in Braiden-
town district school showed ffty.five chill
dren between the ages Of and 81.
| Orlando Record: The best morning pas
per coming to this city is the MORNING
| News of Savannah Ga. Its circulation Ia
increasing daily. s-A -
A monster alligator was captured In q
pond near Seffner Sunday. The reptile
measures - feet and7 inches in length and
weighs 800 pounds. eli
In the senatorial convention at Pine Level
| Thursday Hon. John W. Whidden was
nominated for state senator from De Soto
and Manatee counties.
In the United States court at Fernandina
| Tuesday the jury assessed 800 damages
each for the two tracts of land on Tiger
Island that were condemned for range lights.
Max Fawcett of Daytona sold to F. W.
Bush 600 feet of bis fruit farm for 81 500
cash. The land runs from river to ocean,
with the orchard on the river end as usual
The total value OF the property in Tampa
according to the Last assessment was ST.
| 100000 1t is confidently expected that the
assessment now being made will show an
| increase Of S50o.0o0. NJ Nf
Two womenswere driving in a buggy at
Tampa Wednesday. Their horse became
frightened near the South Florida railroad
track and dashed up toward the ST James
in front Of which the buggy was dashed
against fence and utterly demolished The
women were thrown violently to the
| ground and both seriously injured, one hay-
ing three ribs in her right side broken.
The third party convention for Volusia
! county met at DsLand Thursday, about
thirty delegates being in attendance. They
made nomination once, and then it was
moved TO reconsider and carried. The fol-
lowing nominations were finally made:
Representatives. j. G. Keller and J. c. Pre-
watt; county Judge. j, II. Hasel; circuit
court clerk, NJ. g. Mum: collector, W. W.
| Newton.
}. I. Hancock, Sr., living about two miles
! west or Fort Meade, owns what ID probably
the largest orange tree in the world. Ii
measures twenty.four inches in diameter q
low inches above the ground and is a vet
| eran, es 1t was vigorous tree forty wears
ago, when Mr.. Hancock bought the place.
A few seasons since the tree bore 1000 good
oranges, so that in small way it has been
gold mine to its owner
All the old faculty Of the State ACricult-
ural College has been reelected except the
president, F. L. Kern, Prof. w. T. Yocum
OF BARLOW succeeds ham. Prof. Kern leaves
Tor Michigan The president was also voted
a salary of So 900 peraannum, Rev. j. P. De-
| Pass was also reelected director of the ex-
perimental Agricultural station, and his
salary increased to Sl,750. There were only
two graduates Of tue college this term.
Jacksonville Metropolis: A dispatch was
received by the Metropolis early Thursday
morning from New York saying Tammany
Hall chiefs start that day for Chicago to at
tend the meeting Of the New YORK dele
gates tomorrow. Saturday Tammany's
! 1,500 members will start for Chicago. tray-
cling in six special trains. three over the
| New York railroad and three over the
Pennsylvania. The first Of the three trains
on each road is scheduled to start at 9
| O'Clock, and will be due in Chicago at
| o'clock p. m. on Sunday. The dispatch
closed thus: send word how the Florida
delegates will vote. Are they for Cleveland
or not"
| The dead body OF colored man was
found Wednesday lying in the woods north
! OF the target practice grounds for the local
troops Of ST. Augustine. Examination
| proved it to be that of Benjamin Jenkins,
who came from Starke, Fla, and who
| worked on the Jacksonville, ST. Au-
! gustine and Halifax River railway.
Being a consumptive, it is believed that he
went as far as he could when sick and be-
came FRUSTRATED aud slowly died. The
rude hut of palmetto leaves, and the small
amount OF cash found on the body indicate
that he intended making only temporary
stop. From appearances he had been dead
| several weeks. The buzzaFIis had left little
more than the frame. Several letters lead
ing TO the identity of the deceased were
| found in his clothing.