The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-11
FLORIDA.


Thomas j. Cook of Brooksville is a can
didate for county treasurer.
Both the colored Methodists and Baptists
OF Leesburg are hard at work raising money
| to erect new churches.
The 10th annual convocation Of the Grand
Chapter Of Royal Arch Masous Of the state
OF Florida Is in progress at Jacksonville.
On June the plant of the Orlando water
works, assets, etc. will be sold by order Of
! court to satisfy mortgage indebtedness Of
! 800. 200.
The family Of F. L. Kern. of tho Lake
| City College. has returned to Decatur,
Mich. where they will be soon joined by
the professor and reside permanently.
Brooksville NeVs Register: Hillard
Jones put out set hook in Irwin lake and
last Tuesday found "Old SAM" the big
gator, fast This venerable old rascal has
had pounds Of ammunition wasted on him
and had eluded every attempt to capture
him until people began TO think he bore a
charmed life. His hide shows many scars,
among them is the score of John Steel's
Winchester, which knocked out his right
eye and plowed a deep furrow across his
head. How old he is no one knows; he has
been in irwin lake for years and has grown
fat and impudent on fat hogs cattle and
horses, Of the latter it is known that he
length and big in proportion. Mr.. Jones
boxed him up and has had him on exhibit
ton several days He will 60 TO the worlds
fair.
Fourteen delegates with half vote each,
were elected by Hamilton county demo-
Gratis Monday to the state convention, as
follows: Frank Adams. J. w. Register d.
b. johnson, I. j. Law and J. D. Tuten, all
Of Jasper; J. =. johnson, P. O. Avoca, NJ
w. Marion and s. Tavell OF Marion; C. f.
Cone and B. f. jackson of White Springs;
T. A, Jennings aud J. W. West Of Jennings;
W. W. Blair of Bellville; and j. L. Parrish
OF Belmont. The following are the dele
gates to the congressional convention: F.
Adams. ]. j. Hewitt, P. O. Jasper and o.
M. Gordon Of Bakers Mills: NJ. NJ. knight
OF White Springs, j. w. Johnson of Bell
vile, j. K. Jennings Of Jennings, and N. A.
Mcleod of Belmont, Each delegate is
authorized to appoint his own alternate.
No special Instructions were given other
than to vote as unit. No expression has
been made so far by the delegates as to their
choice for governor or congressman.
Chief Clerk Henry S. Elliott Of the Flor
Ida bureau of agriculture reports that the
prospects of the Florida cotton crop-both
sea island and upland-are very discour-
aging. Continued droughts have made the
cotton late in coming up. Two-thirds of
the seed are yet In the ground, which
makes It impossible to calculate as to the
probable yield. Ths area planted is not
more than 60 per cent. of what it was last
year. The cotton is coming up so slowly
that unless rain comes, the entire fields will
have TO be replanted. Washington. Walton
and Holmes counties report rain and crop
in good condition, but decrease in the
acreage of % per cent. In the Middle
Florida counties the decrease in the acreage
Is about 30 per cent. and in some of the
eastern counties, where sea island is planted,
the decrease is 40 per cent. II good rain
comes within the next two or three weeks,
the growth will be rapid, and the yield per
acre will be nearly as much as usual.
Arthur c. jackson of Jacksonville has
received letter from w. l. Buchanan,
chief of the department of agriculture for
the worlds fair, stating that Florida has
been invited to contribute tree trunks for
the colonnade of the forestry building at
the worlds fair. This forestry building is
20Sx525 feet, and has been designed to
illustrate the forest resources of the United
States. A rustic character and appearance
has been given this building, prominent
feature &of which will be the col
umns extending around it. Each
column will be made of three tree trunks,
the center one not to be less than sixteen
inches nor more than twenty inches in di-
ameter at the base the other two not less
than nine nor more than twelve inches at the
base, tapering toward the top and all to be
twenty-five feet long. Each tree trunk will
have attached to it the name Of the state, of
where 1t was grown, the name of the tree
and an estimate il furnished of the quantity
of such timber IN its native place. Florldians
are also invited to send smaller sticks os
timber for the woven rustic work between
the columns. The tree trunks must be de-
va cd NJ 1anlr
any expense to the exposition, freight being
prepaid by the sender at the point of ship
ment. Already thirty states have agreed
to do this.