The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-03
FLORIDA.
The building boom continues at DeLand.

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FLORIDA.
The building boom continues at DeLand.
Work has been commenced on the foundation
for the railway station at Titusville
The hotel season is gradually drawing to a
close. A large number OF tourists are vending
their way hOmeward.
There will be at least 100000 invested IN
buildings and other improvements at DeLeon
Springs within the next twelve months.
state league is to be organized by the
bicyclists. meeting will be held at Jackson
vile the last OF this week for the purpose.
The citizens of Green Cove are subscribing
literally to the spring improvement fund, and 1t
is believed that should the plan succeed 1t will
give the town great upward tendency.
W. D. Wilson OF Tarpon Springs purposes
establishing electric light plant in Gre
Cove Springs at an early date. His plant
consist Of thirty arc and 800 incandescent
lights.
On Saturday morning last Mrs Ann L. Allen
of Live oak had the misfortune to get her arm
broken. She and little Malcolm Poser were out
looking after some pigs and in some way she
slipped ana fell
1t is thought that the killing of Hardy John
son at Arcadia will not be allowed to be
dropped. The friends and relatives of John
son are going to insist on a further investga-
ton, claiming that the killing was not in self
defense.
There was big LeConte pear bloom in Vo-
lusia county this spring, but the cold spell the
first of March so chilled the blooms that at least
four-ffths Of them fell from the trees and
practically the county will have ne pear crop
this year.
The following ticket will be elected at
Green Cove to day: For mayor. ". ]. Wilson;
for aldermen, c. +. Garner and j. z. Low;
for clerk and treasurer, H. f. Bemis; for COL
lector Preston A. Varnes; for assessor, @. n
Bardin; for marshal D. 7. Rivers.
There are three Florida men in Washington
on very important misunderstanding 10 see that
ba
distributed. They are Charles Dougherty Of
Port Orange, Volusia county, and Frank p
Fleming and James P. Taliaterro Of Jackson
vile.
Hon. H. H. ClouRh president Of the Volusia
County Bank, one Of the most solid financial in
situations Ia the state, is also at the head of the
First National of Bowling Green, o., which was
organized IN July, 1889, and IS now among the
prominent banks of that section Of the Buck
eye state. 1t has just declared dividend Of
$4,000
Manatee Advocate: There is a horse known
as "Old Tate" over in Palmetto whose owner
some three years ago rode him while under the
influence of liquor, and the horse got away from
him, remaining in the hummoek for ten days,
with saddle and bride still on; since then he
becomes very much excited when any one who
smells Of liquor comes near him.
Tampa Tribune s. F. Brengle has just
turned from the Auburdale and Winter Haven
sections. He says that prospects for a large
and excellent crop of tomatoes are good. Large
quantities are now being shipped. Yesterday
OF Winter Haven buyers were paying "a crate
at the depot. They are bringing in Chicago
about go in New York 81 and at other points
about 81 a crate. There are several thousand
acres in tomatoes in that section. They have
gone through the cold weather in fine, thrifty
condition. For the past four or five years this
crop has matured without a failure or without
| being badly affected by cold weather. The
general average net profit per acre, over all ex-
| penses has been from 300 to S125. Last year
| one grower at Winter Haven cleared "a 800 on
| fifteen acres This year this man and another
| have 100 acres in tomatoes. There are other
instances there where they have paid equally
| we'll Mr. Brengle also is interested in a crop
! there. He and his partner expect to market at
least 4,000 crates of tomatoes from thirty-one
! acres.
The Tftusville Star has the following about an
occurrence already briefly mentioned in the
| News: "Titusville certainly had sensation
/ Tuesday night A show under the pretentious
! name of the Chicago Worlds Fair Wonder
| land and Biou Thester' arrived a day or so
| before and announced by flaming posters their
! great entertainment that would take place that
+ night The posters had the desired effect and
/ that night their tent was crowded with eager
! people or all classes, who had gone there to see
| the attraction advertised, but much to their
! chagrln they found that they had been badly
| duped, as the show was the "grandest fake
! out" according to those who patronized it, In
carried on with the aid of some mechanism
that was rapidly fleeing the goodly
number who wanted to try their
| 'luck Marshal Titus caught on to the
gambling and hastily put top to IL and made
the manager refund most Of the money to
the losers. The show proved to be such de-
! cded fake that the crowd in the tent quickly
vacated it with certain mad feeling within
! themselves for having been so easily duped
| This feeling soon prompted some of the boys to
q spirit of revenge and quickly the cords OF the
tent were cut and the canvas fell to the ground,
| after which short work was made of 1t by tear
ing il up into strips and finally setting fire 20 it
| ami the effects of the troupe The performers,
| who readily grasped the situation, were scared
! half to DEATH and rapidly left the tent aud
made their way TO the outskirts of the town
until some time after midnight when they ven
tured back TO their boarding house to get their
| baggage and leave for other parts"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia is again blessed with plentiful
| supply of water. The new pumps are In and
| running as smoothly as can be, and the reser-
voir is full to overlooking with water.
A commission for a charter has been issued
| by the secretary of state to the Colored Bank
ing Association Of Spartanburg, the object of
which IL to conduct general banking business
The capital stock is $1,000 divided into fifty
shares.
Attorney General Townsend and Secretary Of
State Tindal Of the pension board met at Co
lumba Friday and considered the applications
that had been fled. The board did all Of the
pruning that il thought ought to be done and
found that the list would be larger than ever.
The pensions will pro rate about S22 each. The
J money viii be sent out in a few days
, | A commission has been issued TO the Castle
| Han Company OF Charleston, the object of