The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-31
FLORIDA.


The Lake Hancock Phosphate Company
have commenced work on their plant on
Saddle creek near Lake Hancock.
Mayor Stanton of Madison has purchased
the old Mosely homestead and is tearing
away the old residence thereon. He will
erect in its place a more convenient and
comfortable dwelling shortly.
Barlow NelUs: T. Nj. Lybass and o. r.
Price, two of our substantial aud reliable
business factors, have purchased the La
moyne brick block at an unprecedented
bargain-only $1,000. 1t is a magnificent
property and Is now occupied by A. q.
zipprer and the Oppenheimer Commercial
Company.
On Monday last the newly Incorporated
town OF High Springs elected officers for the
ensuing year. They are as follows: Mayor,
w. K. Lynn; marshal. j. T. Roland; col
leotor, J. W. Exley; assessor, S. 3. Steph-
ems; clerk and treasurer F. G. kheinhardt;
aldermen, W. b. Vinzant, J. c. Bars, E.
B. Clark, W. F. Swift, ". B. Blalock.
Gainesville Sun: There is handsome red
morocco bound blank book going the rounds
of the postotfices of the world, sent out from
Cheyenne. Wyo., by young man named
Hirsch. 1t passed through the Gainesville
postoffice yesterday. All the mail clerks in
the country are sticking their names to it.
It is the intention OF the sender for the book
To kO dTOuUu buo WbTiu dDu hSL alL LueSS
signatures for the worlds fair. 1t started
on June 81 and has already been through
California and the west, New York and the
east, and is now in Florida. Yesterday
afternoon it passed on toward Key West
and Cuba.
Sanford Chronicle: A rare curiosity In
the shape OF a pawpaw tree is to be seen IN
yard back of the grocery store Of A. &.
Martin, corner of Second street and San
fnrHn If 10 81 hn inVrr
melon pawpaw, three years old and zen
feet high. The spread of branches must
exceed eight feet while the diameter of the
trunk is fully six inches. II ia estimated
that it contains from seventy to a hundred
fruit, which, as set, range in size from a
pigeons egg to that of walnut. These.
when fully grown, should be from six to
eight inches 10 g. The tree also contains
thousands of blossoms. 1t is a volunteer,
having grown from the seed of q lot of de-
cayed pawpaws thrown there to Temporal
rily get them out Of the way. The tree
for this latitude. is a wonder.
At Starke Monday night Jesse Chevis,
William Wright and Robert Smith, oil
colored, entered the stores Of j, G. Alvarez,
J. W. Hodges and DR.. Gaskins and helped
themselves TO what they liked best Among
the articles taken we're double>barreled
shotgun and SONS clothes that Mr. Hodges
missed and several pieces OF jewelry from
Mr.. Miners. One Of the parties were
captured by Mr.. Hodges and Harvey Rich
ard in the DR.. Bryan house on the Lawtey
road. The other two we're caught later by
| Deputy Sheriff Johns and posse Wright
states that Chevis gave gun TO him aud
! Smith and told one Of them to keep watch
while he (Chevis) and the other one entered
! Hodges store, and If anybody came that
way 10 shoot him down. He also said that
Chegis filled a croker sack with the best
clothing In the store, consisting of about
seven suits. All the robbers are now lodged
] in the county jail.