The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-08
FLORIDA.

H. H. Floyd of Moocasin branch, st.
Johns county, has hog which weighs over
AGO pounds.
John Poyntz Of Orlando has contaminated
the sale of the store and lot occupied by +.
H. Rice & Co., to James L. Giles for 81, 200.
Five hundred dollars has been offered fer
the privilege of selling nuts at the bull flgh,
on Nov. 81 between Orlando and Winter
Park.
The Garrison property, in North CITY, st.
Augustine, was sold by Special Master A,
j. Corbett at the court house door at moor
on Monday TO H. J. Richie, for Miss Rug.
giles, for 50, 800. The new owner OF tn,
property will have il improved and mad,
ready for desirable tenants.
On a recent date the East Florida Lane
and Produce Company of st. Augustine or
dered fifty pounds of Portland cement from
firm in Jacksonville. The firm sent them
fifty barrels by mistake, the freight or
which was $S2 one way. This is loss fol-
the Jacksonville house, which will, OF
course, pay the freight bill both ways.
st. Augustine is preparing to celebrate
the 400th anniversary of the landing of Co.
lumbus on Oct. 81. The military are all &c
take part. Father O'Reily stated that the
Catholic church would hold religious serv-
ices on Oct. II, and that the Sisters OF St,
Joseph would have an historical entertain
ment on the evening of that date illustrative
Of the leading events in Columbus life.
Orlando Reporter: W. II. Holden. who
has resided in Florida since lS49, and dur
ing that period has observed the weather
conditions very closely, stated to a represeu-
tative OF the Reporter this morning, that
thus far this year has been the driest since
1866 That year, he says, the lakes went as
low, If not lower, than they have been this
year. In 1867, the rains began in May and
kept up until the lakes reached the normal
watermark, remaining SO with slight varla-
tons for the intervening twenty-six years
until this spring, when, as we all know,
they went down again.
PalRtka advertiser: Few persons are
aware OF the aggregate amount Of money
that Is annually brought into Palatka by
our fisheries. During the shad season,
which lasts from Dec. l to March !, not less
than $50 men find employment In the fish
cries that have their headquarters here and
make this their shipping point. There is
not less than 50, 600 capital invested In TINS
business, while the catch Of shad alone
amounts to about $4,000 fish annually.
which are worth In the markets to which
they are shipped, 20 cents each, making a
total yield Of $4,000. To this is to be added
the catfish business, branch Of our fisher
les that has only been developed within the
last few year8. This branch furnishes en-
pioymenI Tor good number Of fishermen
the year round and yields $1,000 to $4,000
annually. Besides these two branches Of
the business, numbers of other fishermen
get good living and some of them make
Clear money by fishing with hook and line
curing the Gull summer season. The river
az thls point is always stocked with fresh
water mullet that are good all the year and
Aurnlsh employment for many fishermen.
Key West Equator Democrat: A negro
named James Bethel, who lives in this
city has been burning charcoal for the nest
ntteen years on Howes key. But he has
peen missing for four or five weeks and hi,
friends suspect ne has been foully deal
with. A negro working on an adioinipr
Eey, was Ia the city this week, and gave tbs
tSono"ing information to the authorities
VINO was out Of job to Howe's KEY with
MN TO teach the man how to burn coal