The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-27
FLORIDA.

Business IS getting brisk at Leesburg.
and merchants are hopeful, Settlers are
arriving.
Col II. l.. Morris turpentine still at
Phoenix, was burned Wednesday night,
and also his cooper house. The loss is
about $1,000.
The Congregational church at Daytona
voted, last Sunday, to adopt responsive
reading of the psalms as part of the
morning service.
A company is now considering the cap
italizing of a combined electric plant to
operate a street railroad, light the streets
and manufacture ice and provide cold
storage at Daytona.
The Fernandina Rifles are no more and
the blue Jeans" company has been re-
| solved into it's component parts. Papers
authorizing this step have been received
from Adjutant General Houston.
Early Bird still increases its phosphate
| interests Whitfield q Sanders have COM
peted their new plant and are ready for
work at once. They expect to turn out
at least fifty tons of high-grade rock per
day.
| The business management of the Sum,
! tervllle County Times changes hands
! again this week, f. V. Baker drawing
! out and leaving Walter Graham in charge
/ as editor and proprietor. Mr.. Graham
]
! At Crestview burglars broke into the
depot Saturday night and broke open the
cash drawer. They secured about 81 in
cash, q pistol, and a pair of shoes. They
failed to open the safe Before they left
they tore up the telegraph instruments,
and put them on the floor.
The board of directors of the South
/ Florida Chautauqua, located at Mount
/ Dora, held their annual meeting at Ia
20.
the next session begin on April l, and con-
tinue two weeks; TO restore old prices for
admission and to give the chautauqua a
more systematic advertising.
The West Florida Missionary Baptist
Association met at Ebenezer Baptist
church, four miles south Of Vernon, last
Friday. There was a large attendance OF
delegates and visitors. Much business
has been transacted and the preaching
has been very fine one Of the features Of
tho meeting was the number of prominent
men present
Ill luck seems to pursue Alfred St. Clair.
Adams. A few days since his residence
was badly damaged by fire, the loss sus
tanned thereby being about 5000 Thurs
day his hne setter dog was accidentally
shut in The courtroom and from some
cause became frightened, jumped out Of
the window from the top story, breaking
both Of its front legs.
The last viii and testament, with 81,
codicls attached OF william Astor, wa,
filed for record in the county judges Office
at Tayarcs a few days since. 1t contain,
nearly $1,000 words in a printed pamphle
form of siXty-one pages and bequeath'
many millions Of dollars to his family anC
lineel descendants. The Asters own sew
real thousand acres Of land in LAX,
county, including the Manhattan grant
near Astor, place named for tho owner.
An enthusiastic meeting of members o
the congregation of the church Of tn
Good Shepherd OF Jacksonville, was hel,
Thursday night at the residence of W r
Coachman, OF Riverside, the purpose be
, ing to make arrangements and provide
ways and means for the building Of
$4,000 church, tho present one being to-
, small to accommodate the large IN
, growing congregation. At the meetinD
, 5000 was quickly subscribed II is eN
, pectcd that there will he but little diff
) hculty In securing tho balance.
j. Monroe Smith. a successful orange
; grower OF Cotton Plant, Is just back fror
3 his old Nutmeg state homo. Before h
. came TO Florida, 8 years aFo. he was
manufacturer OF ginghams and since hi
} residence he has never entirely lost In
} terC7t in the industry His last visit dem
J onstratcd that q Bingham plant can D.
] established IN Florida. and saving mad
on the cost Of producing OF AZ per cent
2 This, ho says, can be done By taking m
cotton lInt from tho cotton gin ana spin
] ming u into yarn and cloth-in cost %
2 iutL Doc heating during the long wInto
ana ffcRhtH. Tie says he can erect
plant Tor $4,000 which VIII employ ID
. persons. OF This sum 5000 viii be sub
rcHbed from Connecticut lie is in Ocal