The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-15
FLORIDA.

BlacKDerr1eS are successfully CultlVated
IN Orange county.
The state convention of the third party
will be held In Ooala, June l.
Mai Wright of Ocala cleared 5000 off
Of twenty acres of cabbage this season.
w. H. Simmons has bought the outfit of
the De Soto bank at Arcadia for 81, 1854 60.
S. C. T. Warren of Minis has received as
high as 81 per crate for beans shipped to
Philadelphia this season, and none brought
less than S5 per crate.
The Baptlsts OF Albion have organized,
aud up to last accounts had raised about
S125 on church building fund. A Sunday
school was organized Sunday.
The county has offered a reward of $500
for the capture and conviction of the party
or parties who murdered s. A. Sauls a few
weeks since at Zolfo. They also recon-
mend the governor to offer a $1,000 re-
ward.
E.W. Robinson of st. Paul, Mimi, has
succeeded A. A. Parker as president of the
Polk County National Bank of Barlow.
Warren Tyler, cashier Of the above bank.
has been elected president of the Fort
Meade Bank.
Putnam county will present to the Tampa
convention the name OF Hon. f. S. Grill
for governor. Dr. Grill was formerly state
treasurer, with a clean record, and has
many friends all over the state. His home
county is enthusiastically for him.
The quarantine steamer Missoe will patrol
the coast from Key West to Pensacola DUR
ing the summer, TO intercept any craft
which might attempt to violate the quar-
antine regulations She started out on the
first cruise from Port Tampa Thursday.
james Aderly and wife commenced suit
IN the circuit court at Orlando Friday
against the Orange Belt railway for 80, 900
damages. In going from train on that
road to the depot in Tarpon Springs, about
year ago Mrs. Aderly fell and broke one
of her ribs.
In the United States court at Pensacolav
Richard Maddox, jailer of jackson county.
charged with contempt in permitting
United States prisoners to go at large. was
adjudged guilty and sentenced to morrison
ment for fifteen days in the jail Of Escam-
bia county.
A gentleman at Winter Haven put
twenty acres in tomatoes. Up to date he
has shipped 5000 crates, and received re-
turns on 800 crates, on which he realized
80 per crate. or "a 500 with half OF his Ship
ment not yet heard from, aud half OF his
tomatoes yet to pick.
The striking operatives of Sanchez &
HaYa's factory at Tampa, will return to
work Monday morning 1t Is said that the
proprietorS conceded oil the demands of the
strikers. as the matters in dispute, after all
were trivial and orders were accommodating
| on the firm very rapidly.
4. A. Teate and w. 2. Bellinger of Month
cello, have organized stock company for
| the manufacture of their cyclometer The
total stock is $25, 600 with 500 working
| capital. The factory will be established
| somewhere in New York city, and known
as the Teate Cyclometer Company, with
| w. H. Nook as manager.
trip from New Orleans via Tampa con-
signed to Havana, 100 Chinese
direct from the Celestial empire. They
| came from San Francisco to New Orleans
without change, in charge of United States
| officials, who saw them on board the ship
before letting go their grip.
The United States government is consid-
ering the advisabillty of establishing a
| sponge propagating station in Florida
waters. The Florida sleeps wool sponge is
extremely durable and valuable. Sponge
fishing has been carried on to such an ex-
tent that the government finds it necessary
TO take some such step to prevent the de.
struotion OF the industry.
]. P. Herman closed a deal with Phila.
delphia parties last week by which he dis
posed of l35 acres of pineapple land, the
same being portion OF the old Herman
place near Eden. The consideration was
| $4,000 Mr.. Herman has still a large
tract Of land on the old place, and will build
a residence and make other improvements
on it next fall. 1t is probable that he will
decide to return to Indian river and locate
| permanently.
The old liant hotel building at Melbourne
bad narrow escape from dest ruction by
fire on Monday. Mrs. Ellis first discovered
the fire on the roof Of one of the dormers in
the third storW She gave the alarm, and
q. made great efforts to subdue the flames her
self. Fortunately f. J. Webb and Ira
| Crosby were near, and succeeded in ex-
tinguishinR the fire. A hole three or four
feet across was burned through the shingles
and roof boards and the tlmbers below
were slightly scorched.
Titusville Star: The Jupiter life saving
crew oisbanded last week for the summer
| We are informed that it is the intention of
the United States government to gradually
! do away with the houses OF refuge along the
I Florida coast, especially in those sections
which are now rapidly settling up, where
the necessity Tor house Of refuge no longer
exists; for II a crew should happen to be
wrecked they would be cared for by the in
habitants close by. There are probably one
or two houses that will be kept up for
awhile yet.