The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-22
FLORIDA.

The oat crop in Columbia county is reported
to be over an average crop.
Balls opera house at Tampa is nearly torn
away. That means an early commencement
on the Ball Bros. new brick block.
L, c. Oliver of Titusville lost another horse
| by death a few days ago, this making Two
| horses that he has lost within two or three
weeks.
The new bank at Pain Beach is meeting
with much greater success than was antici-
pated. In less than two weeks time from the
opening day the deposits reached the hand
some sum of $4,000
Rev. 5. c. Dorsey has notified the church Of
his intention to resign the pastorate of the
Oviedo Baptist church The church is very
reluctant to give up Mr. Dorsey but i'll health
compels him TO take this step.
Willie Andrews of Inverness died on last
Saturday morning at about o'clock, He re
tired the night before apparently as we'll as
usual and was found dead when member of
the family called him for breakfast.
At Tampa Friday in the case of Thomas
| Swan, charged with the murder Of Manuel
Loreant, the jury came in with verdict of
murder in the first degree, but with a recon-
mendatiOn to the mercy of the court. The de-
Tense had three attorneys and the case was
| hard fought.
In the failure of the Kissimmee City Bank
last Saturday Arthur p. Lewis, the pho
tographer at DeLand, whose father resides at
Kisslmmee, lost every dollar of money he
had laid up to go north on this summer, the
uHTQ NOfk OF u WDOlb winter season. Arthur
says it threw him nat upon his back and that
there are hundreds Of depositors in Osceola
county in the same fix.
The property known as the Wolfe grove
situated near PAGES landing, La Grange,
was purchased day or so ago by F. T. Bulge
and Il. j. Hall of Titusvile the consideration
being 81 800. The purchase embraces twenty
six acres extending from the river line to the
Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West railway,
and contains several acres of orange grove
upon which are some 700 trees.
Orlando Reporter: Orlando has to wake up
to outbid Ocala. Private information comes
from that place to the eject That at a citizens
meeting held there Wednesday, $500 was
! raised on open subscription, and all land nee
essary for the odd Fellows home They say
that IS, 900 will be raised If necessary to Sc
cure the prize. SO it is quite obvious that Or
lando has no walk over in this race.
! T. B. Ellis. under the instruction of the
! county bCard~of health, has completed the
| sanitary inspection of Gainesville Waldo
! Newnansville, High Springs, Hawthorn
! Rochelle, fneanopy and Archer. Mr.. Ellis
1 SAYS he found the premises of the people OF
! Archer in more clearly condition than any
| place he has visited, and that Gainesville, in
many portions OF the city, is in worse con
| dition than any Of the towns visited.
! A fire started near the railroad at Hardee
/ vile last Saturday just before noon, and with
] the strong west wind that was blowing, rap
idly made its way toward the river, and be
! fore the people in that section could get to
! gether and stop it's further path or deStruc
| ton it destroyed the old Curtiss house. also Q
| building owned by Mrs. Thompson which was
! occupied by some cOlored people, and ther
! proceeded to burn up about sixty trees in san
/ Norton's young grove.
A tornado passed over the grove of Stepher
| Hull, about five miles from Lakeland, on tues
| day last. at about s; 80 0 clock a. m, uproOtinE
| trees, destroying all the fencing, in its track
running his corn, ana otherwise doing grea
damage. Mr.. Hull was blowing in a FIELD
about mile from his house, and came very
near beng killed by a falling tree, which
struck the earth only short distance from
him. Mr. Hull describes the cloud as being
very black, about quarter of a mile wide
and coming from the southwest.
Substantially the fish bill passed by the
legislature prohibits the taking of fish witt
any seine, gill-net or other net, except com
mon cast net within a mile OF any pass OF
inlet from the Atlantic ocean into any inlant
waters OF this state or any continuation o
such pass or inlet, or within mile OF ann
river or stream tributary to such inlan(
water. The penalty is fine of 500 or i'm
at the discretion Of the court. Each ac
violating the law is made distinct oflense.
The new bridge recently erected across tn,
EconlOckatchee creek, between Oviedo an,
Chuluota, was burned down last Sunday even
ing, 1t is thought the lire originated from
some burning woods on the west side of tn
| creek D. >. Drawdy and Mr.. WiuegOur,
discovered the fire before the bridge fell II
ana made some attempt TO stop it, but it WA
too far gone for them 10 do much as they hat
no vessel of any kind 10 throw water with /
is almost "A total loss. This will greatly in
convenience travel between Oviedo and Chu
luota, as all travel between the two places
will have to cross the Hodge Ford bridge 70
the present on account of high water.