The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-21
FLORIDA.


Active operations have begun on the toll
bridge across the Hillsooro at New Smyrna.
There were thirty-fve deeds, mortgages,
etc, filed for record at the clerks office at
DeLand last week.
The del Pine Cigar Company at West
Tampa has been Incorporated. The capital
stock is fixed at $4,000.
George Woodland of DeLand is confident
that he lost at least 1000 boxes by not hav-
ing water on his grove during this springs
drought.
Dr. Ralph Badger is building a fine resi-
dence on his Main street lot at Leesburg.
The house will he two stories high, will con-
tain nine rooms and will cost 81 500
The Key West Equator. Democrat used
some plain English in referring editorially
to one OF the hotels OF that city, and has a
$40 900 libel suit on hand in consequence.
The burning of the large dwelling house
at Welaka, owned by F. E. jackson, Sun
day night, appears to be the work Of incen-
diaries, as the occupants had only left for
the north the day before. Loss 81, 900.
Damascus Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar. Of Jacksonville, will leave for Orlando
Wednesday, May %. TO take part in the
celebration of Ascension day in that city
with other Knights Templar on the follow
ing day.
The census of Tampa for the month of
April shows population of Z, 926 and that
during the month there were Ga cases OF
sickness Of all kinds, 9 deaths and 10 births
Among the cases of sickness were z of
typhoid fever.
Dade county circuit court adjourned
Thursday. Hon. John D. Broome presided
with Judge Minor S. Jones Of Titusville
acting states solicitor. No grave indict-
ments were found. Very little business was
before the court
At Leesburg, last week, Hon. J. W.
kelghtley of Louisville, KY, bought from
John G. Love a lot, 9Sx5O0 feet, on the cor
ner Of Main and Perkins streets on which
Mr.. keightley will have erected a handsome
residence, which he will make his home.
W. A. Morrison of Tampa received his
credentials Wednesday as state delegate to
the national Nicaragua canal convention,
which will meet in ST. Lows on June 2, aud
he and E. R. Gunby, the delegate from the
board OF trade. will leave for st. Louis to-
day.
At Leesburg day or two ago F. Doerler
was attempting to shoe horse, assisted by
y. Z. Matheson, when the horse reared and
struck out with his front foot, knocking
down both the men holding him. The
horse paved Mr.. Matheson, ana that gentle.
man now walks with a limp.
James Bowman and some other negroes
were shooting at target with 3S-caliber
pistols at hague w ednesdsy, when Bow
man was shot in the hand by man named
James Williams. There seems to be some
suspicion that Williams did the shooting on
purpose and passed it off as an accident,
DeLand Record: Maj. George r. Fair
banks, president Of the Florida Fruit Elk.
change, was in DeLand on Friday. He re-
ports TO the Record that from what he
could gather from different sections of the
orange belt, he didn't think next orange
crop would be as large as the 1s9l-'92. The
hrst investment the major made in Florida,
IN 1874. was piece Of land near New
Smyrna.
DeLend Record: The pension examining
board, consisting of Drs. Mellette. Gille3
and Lancaster, meet at the formers Office
every Wednesday, and hardly a session
takes place bu5 what there are several Dres-
eht from all parts of the state
70 be examined to go on the
army roll of pensioners. We know of some
people in this county drawing pension
from Uncle Sam that are as able bodied as
any DUCK that ever followed mule.