The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-25
FLORIDA.

fLOtIOAs
The hotels aud board ng houses of d. Land
are yet full.
The DeLand public school closes about the
middle of April.
The tourist will linger in Florida for a
month longer yet.
jolly bay wants big hotel, a church
and a school house.
The Volusia county jail is again full of
prisoners, nearly all negroes for minor
ofRenses.
Daytona has had fine season this winter
Her hotels and boarding houses have been
full all winter.
r. Fleming Bowden Of Jacksonville, the
son OF ex-Sherif Uriah Bowden, announces
himself as a candidate for sheriff.
Charles G. Mann Of Fernandina an
nounces himself as a candidate for the Office
OF sheriff OF Nassau county, subject to the
action of the democratic county convention.
Maj. A. j. Russell has written letter to
the board Of county commissioners accept
ing their invitation to deliver the address
Tuesday, April IL, when the cornerstone
Of Nassau's court house is to be laid
Bloomfield reports that the frosts Of Sat-
urday and Sunday mornings did but little
damage to the vegetable crops on the south
side Of Lake Harris Back in the interior,
In some of the low, wet hommocxs, the bean
crop was damaged.
Mayor Dore, having learned through the
marshal that gambling and whisky selling
were going on at the Oily pool and billiard
parlor at DeLand, had that establishments
closed up on Monday and kept the charges
hanging over the parties suspended.
A story is on the rounds of the northern
papers that lady on q trip down the
Ooklawaha left her state room window open
during the night In the morning she
found a black snake in her room, brushed
in, it is supposed, from a tree as the boat
was passing
1t is reported that the following cigar
manufacturers will remove their plants to
Port Tampa City, great inducements hav-
ing been offered: Fernandez az Saxby, B.
Garcia & Co. OF Tampa, Suarez Bros. of
New Orleans, John Kelley Of Key West,
and Manuel j. Castro OF Havana.
B. A. Strange and Robert s. Nelson were
over from New Smyrna on Friday getting
DeLand people TO take stock in the COM
pany recently organized at that place for
the purpose Of building a bridge across the
Hillsboro TO Coronado Beach. Nearly
$4,000 of the amount required has been
| obtained.
DIR. Peake has at his drug store at Orlando
piece of painted panel which he values at
s., 200. The painting, which is about IS
represents Venus weeping over the dead
body of Adonis The colors are as bright
as IL the painting was only three instead of
800 years old.
| Capitalists, IL Is learned. are striving to
secure options on about q, 900 acres OF phos-
phate lands Ia the neighborhood Of Trenton.
| The average price proposed to be paid is
$l5 per acre. II is expected that every
acre upon which an option is taken will be
sold. II so the Trenton region will be
flooded with money.
DeLand Record: The Record erred some
what when IL stated that Mr.. Hamlin, the
late senior partner in the law firm of Ham
lin Il Stewart. would 90 to Philadelphia to
reside. he will remain at DeLand, and will
have general supervision over Mr.. Stet-
sons Florida interest. He retires on account
| OF Ill health from an active practice. Mr..
| f. BY has been added TO the tirm and IL is
known now as Stewart a. BLY,.
The Tampa Bay hotel has had more guests
this season, IN proportion b its size. than
any other IN the state, IL being 80 crowded
sometimes that tourists had 10 sleep ia the
cars on the side track, or 10 10 Port Tampa
OF up the road 10 Kisiimmee aud Sanford
The tourists who have stopped there speak
Of II In toe highest terms aud considered IL
unequaled on this plapet. II is now re-
ported that the hotel WILL DO materially en-.
larged this year.
Hon. John Is. stetson, through the real
estate ageaoy Of J. 4. hackols, has pur-