The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-24

FLORIDA.
Game Is plentiful in the vicinity of
| Gainesville
Peter Mcintyre will erect q nice real
dence for his use on Fort King avenue at
Ocala.
Ocala has an aspirant in the field for the
postmastership IN + Z. Harris, proprietor
and editor OF ne Ocala BanneT.
A meeting of the business men Of Jack
soRville was held yesterday to consider the
organization of q new furniture company.
W. d. Holden of Orlando has cold his
entire crop OF oranges and grape fruit at 81
per box on the tree, the buyer to do the
picking and packing.
The grape industry is still booming In
Florida. James Mott has recently sold
nearly 10000 Niagara vines for setting in
Orange and adjoining counties.
]. Edward Allen he's received his com-
mission as county solicitor OF the Orange
county criminal court of record and has
entered upon the discharge of his duties.
A 2-months-old kitten in fit jumped
from the balcony of the Duke building,
corner Court and Pine streets, at Orlando,
TO the sidewalk below and did not hurt her
self. 1t fell .xty-two feet.
Since the announcement was made several
days ago that Judge owen J. II. Summers
of Jacksonville was a candidate for the
| position OF United States attorney for the
| Northern district of Florida, he has been
deluged with letters inquirng II he really is
a candidate. He Is a candidate emphati-
cally.
1t is rumored that tho FL Perfeoto cigar
| factory at Jacksonville will soon be or
| ganized into a stock mDany, csDltali d
in neghborhood Of $4,000. The fact ry
now employs forty hands and will very
soon add twenty men, even il it Is not en-
| lsrged more as contemplated In the stock
company scheme.
Gainesville Sun: Agent Goodwin Mon
day received al express package from Sa-
vannah containing money. He paid Is
he found the package contained but 10
cents. MIR. Goodwin is now mourning the
depravity of the mind In sending defense-
less agent less money than he had TO pay to
get 1t.
Sheriff-elect Ben Dupree Hodge of Ocala
has always been successful farmer, aud
said the other day, in speaking about farm
ing, that in the ten years he had followed
that occupation he never failed in making
from Sl5 TO SIS per week on vegetables or
chickens and eggs, at the same time dis
playing lot of a new crop Of Irish pota-
toes he planted several months ago.
Fernandina NsiCs: Tuesday afternoon
some unfeeling person poured kerosene on
Mr.. Guys dog and set fire to II. The agony
Of the poor dumb animal was horrible to
witness. We hope the heertless being who
finds pleasure in the torture OF dumb animals
will have the full penalty of the law given
him. Such an unfeellnR and wantou act of
cruelty is a disgrace to any community, and
the officials should use every means in their
power to locate this offender of the law.
st. Augustine NeWS: While at Hastings
station on the Palatsa road few days ago
the writer inspected the hot houses there,
and was greatly interested. There were 500
cucumber vines some of which were already
in hearing, that are expected to yield thirty
cucumbers TO the vine-of the long Eug lish
vsriety-and these sall readily at 50 cents
each. Fifteen thousand cucumbers, 81, 500
How's that for Florida farmingi But there
are 900 potted strawberries 10 the same
structure, and these yield on the average of
seven or eight large berries to each plant,
early in January, worth several hundred
dollars more.
AT Ocala Judge Finley has been hearing
the case of the Florida Central and PENN
sulRr railroad vs.. the Ocala street railway.
When the charter was given TO the la ter
by the city it rendered it the use of all
streets and alleys. Subsequently IL vacated
a street at the Florida Central and Penins
sular depots for their use and 50 ordsred it
closed. Later the Uoala street railroad
laid q track down Magnolia stree, across
this Florida Central and Peninsular vacated
street to their passenger depot. The rail-
road ordered the city railway track taken
up. The order not being complied with
the Florida Central and Peninsular people
attempted to tear up the ST. eet car track,
and row the street railway people ask for
an injunction restraining the former. The
judge reserved his decision.