The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-14
FLORIDA.

J. R. Foster will soon commence the erection
| OF hand ONE cottage near Lakeland.
Mr. Oliver has purchased forty acres Of pine
| land near Lakeland which will be improved.
| Work is progressing very fast on the new
| Plant road from Lakeland 70 High Sprlnys
Several new cottages are TO be erected at
Lakeland as soon as material can be put on the
| ground.
The South Florida railroad transported 10
Tampa over 800 bales of tobacco Friday from
Port Tampa
E. NJ Gregg has been appointed clerk Of
Marion county criminal court vice Leonard
DoZier, resigned.
Prof. Baker OF Dunnellon suspended about
dozen grown girl pupils because they would not
| behave themselves.
r. l. Bunkley Of FernandinA has disposed of
| his new and well equipped market store on
Centre street. Jacob Klarer being the purchaser
Christian Hill a guest at the Alcazar at st.
Augustine, bought one Of the trick dogs from
| the dog show Friday night. The price paid Tor
the dog, little sky terrier, was $500 cash
Tomorrow will be observed by the Cubsns in
all the factories at Key West as "Patria' day
and all their earnings will be devoted 20 the
revolutionary fund, which is growing rapidly.
c sahlman, for several years with Hoyt 6
Co, has bought the stock OF groceries, etc,
belonging TO J. Klarer, corner Of Ash and Sixth
streets, at Fernandina, aud will hereafter con-
duct the business for himself.
The late showers have been q great help to
the truck rasers, and the lands where the
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Grand Island and Umatllla are again green and
promise good and very late crop.
Juan Garbaloza. proprietor OF La Flor de
| GarbalozA cigar factory IN Santiago de la Vegas.
is at Key West prospecting tor suitable loca
ton for his factory. He will move to Key West
II he can make satisfactory arrangements.
The Lightfoot Bros. of Seffner have sold out
the general store business there TO E. A. Bur
son OF Bristol, Tenn. T. P. Lightfoot will ma
his summer home at Big Stone Gap, Wise
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home.
The strawberry crop around Sydney is re-
ported as heavy. Shipments are beginning and
prices are high. Fifty TO IS cents per quart net
Is the usual average now. Most of the
berries are going north, although Tampa is con-
Stunning few.
W. a Mahoney a few days since sold his in
terests in the Amelia River Packing Company
at Fer andina TO n B. Borden, and the latter
gentl man has turned il over TO ". ID. Wheel
wright & Co. The transfer includes the oyster
and single plant.
The big reservoir being built by the Owl
CHAR Company at Quincy, is almost completed.
IL Will mold about $1,000 gallons of water, and
will be so incosed as 10 be kept perfectly clean
and fun, and made 30 tight that rata or reaches
cannot get into it.
was burned Thursday night. The family we're
away at the time and the house and contents
| we're a total loss The fire is supposed to be the
work OF an incendiary. There was no insur-
/ ance on the property.
Among the many Improvements going on in
| Orlando perhaps the greatest is the new 2-story
brick block which is being erected on the site
\ of the old Charleston hotel, at the corner of
Orange and Pine streets IL will contain eight
| stores on the ground floor.
Will Taylor (colored), who killed a negro at
| Early Bird with a Winchester rifle last week,
was captured by Sheriff w. Il. Brigham and
Deputy Sheriff E. H. Lambert four miles north
OF Bronson. Taylor has confessed, but claims
/ that the killing was accidental
A purchaser for the cargo Of lumber in the
Cora was found at Key West. She had about
5000 feet OF lumber on board saved from the
wrecked bark London which her owners ex-
/ pected to sell in Havana. Ii has been purchased
| by Martin Wagner for building the canning
factory on which work will begin in a few days.
| The People grocery at FernandIna has
| changed hands, j. A. Simmons having sold out
\ TO his father, Dr. c. A Simmons. K. W. Sim
mons will conduct the business as agent for his
/ father DR.. Simmons has transferred his inter
| est in the proprietary medicines heretofore
! manufactured by himself and sons 10 ]. A.
/ Simmons
Fire in the Havana and Key West Cigar Comb
| pany's factory at Key West Tuesday night
caused a loss Of from 5000 to $500 of stock
Some few cigars packed ready for shipment
/ were ruined by smoke and water. The watch
/ man discovered smoke issuing from the build
/ ing and breaking open the door succeeded in
extinguishing the fire with few oucketfuls of
water.
At Pensacola the fish houses are empty of
| fish Just now and will probably remain so until
| early next week, when portion of the smacks
| now at sea are expected TO arrive in port A
| few smacks are now in port taking on ice and
| stores for cruise. Two or three others are
| vet at Bagdad undergoing repairs, and il will
be several days before they are ready to start
| on q cruise.
At Quincy last Saturday night the large sta
bles owned by A. l.. Wilson and Horace Shaw,
which were filled with corn, fodder and other
| forage besides other articles, together with a
/ large n hOFgRq WA burned Of
! the horses could not be saved. One was the
| driving horse belonging to Mrs. Wilson, and
well known throughout the country by the name
| of Cardinal. The best draught horse in the
county, Rolla the property of H l.. Shaw, also
| persisted in the flames. About 800 bushels of
corn. several thousand pounds Of fodder and
| forage several sets Of harness. lot OF plows
! and other implements were burned, making the
loss amount TO nearly $4,000, with no insurance.
Fernandina NetUS: There seems to be quite a
strong demand recently for Florida lands and
a number OF sales are being made all over the
| state, especially in the central portion of the
peninsula. knowing that S. A. Swami holds
! large bodies of land in different portions of the
state, we called at his Office yesterday and
asked If there many inquiries and purchases
being made this winter, TO which he replied
| Yes, there appears TO be an unusual interest
felt in the land market recently. | will read
| you a few extracts from letters from my agents
in several sections of the state, which will give
you some idea of the recent demands for Florida
lands" We noticed that in some sections land
uau GuFohSou AAo % - anu p ~ 70 % ana
$40 per acre, and that the general feeling
prevailed that Florida real estate had reached
| its lowest limit and that a gradual advance in
prices may now be expected. On some of the
lands which Mr.. Swami has been holding for
81 % and 80 80 per acre, there has recently been
discovered pigments of various colors, samples
| OF which we saw in Mr.. Swami S office, and iudg-
ing from those we think the discovery quite
valuable, more so than phosphate. We tested
one Of the samples on piece of paper. II was
| as fine as flour and OF a rich red brown color,
| and ha all the characteristics Of the ochre of
commerce. Mr.. Swami proposes having these
samples analysed by competent judges.