The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-14
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Mrs. Aurelia Myers of Tallahassee died
Thursday, aged 79 years.
Two tangerine orange trees owned by
johnson Helm of Braidentown brought
him in this season Sl20.
The mill of the Miligan Mill Company.
which was destroyed by fire few months
ago, has been rebuilt, and is now at work.
w. ]. Scott is suing the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad at Galnesvine
for ST., 900 damages on a claim OF raise
imprisonment.
Suwannee Shoals reports that the frosts
of last week damaged the vegetables there
10 a considerable extent. Tender Vegeta-
bles also suffered at Senner.
There is some talk of erecting an or
phan's home at Lake Stanley, two miles
west of DeFuniak Springs. The location
can not be excelled in the south
Mrs sallie e Cummings, recently of OF
Chicago has returned south 10 start tne
DeFuniek Times, a journal of which she
was editress some three years ago
The large Robinson mill of the South
ern States Land and timber company
fitted with new machinery, was started
up Monday.
Circuit Court at Bronson adjourned on
wednesday Of last week, aI az un9 jury e,
the second degree in the case OF VIII
Brown, coloreo
The committee to raise funds for the site
| of the nroposed sash, door and blind fac
49, 81 Palatlka have almost completed
t6e{r 1abors, Thore is little doubt but
| what the money will be raised and that
| work on the factory will at once be com
menced.
| r. DENLY of Gainesville sold lettuce
| Wednesday through a commission mer-
! chant of New York for $3.50 per basket
/ This is an extraordinary good price LOT
| This sea son of the year. Lettuce is stead
| ilv going forward, and all the shippers
] receive favorable prices.
| Work on the new dormitory at DeFuniak
! Springs is progressing nicely. When com
/ Dleted this will be one of the handsomest
/ buildings in DeFuniak Springs. me build
| ing will contain thirty rooms besides spa
cious halls and porches. Twenty-elght
| rooms will be furnished with hreplaces.
| Every manufacturer OF naval stores in
| Alachua county is increasing his capacity
| more or less A contract involving 5000
| was filed in the county clerk office
| Wednesday. The contract is for turpen-
| tine and rosin, between a firm in Savan-
! nah and another operating in Alachua
| county.
Suwannee Shoals reports that two men,
| claiming to be Mormon elders, are tramp
| ing through the country, preaching wher-
| ever they can secure an audience. They
| are looked on with disfaVOr by the INTEL
| hgent classes, and may be the same men
| who were arrested at Tallahassee ana
| Madison.
The tomato crop at Grand Island was
/ only slightly damaged by the recent frost.
/ Orange trees are only nipped IN the young
/ II anything, rather beneficial than harm
/ ful over the whole, because IL will re-
tard this young growth and tend 70 hard
! Wednesday the school house at Avon
| Park caught IRE and was soon in ashes.
| Ihe Episcopal society had been using the
| building Tor services and lost their organ,
/ a large number 81 prayer books and hym-
| nails THIS is q great loss 20 the town Tie
| school house was built by voluntary cone
trlbntlonh, but belonged TO De Soto ooun-