The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-07
FLORIDA.


4 new -postofice has been established
at Crawford, a small station between
Callahan and Baldwin.
The vegetable shipments from the St.
Lucie River Colony this season will be
many times larger than last year. An
addition of 200 acres has been put in veg
etables this fall by farmers there
At Enterprise. while there are frequent
showers during the day, the nights are
mostly clear. Sunday night in the west
could be seen a rainbow which not only
extended across the heavens, but could
be seen as distinctly as though it was
bright daylight.
A new bridge is being erected across
the Santa Fe river, near High Springs.
1t will be $50 feet long and one of the
largest bridges in the county. 1t win
be great convenience to the people OF
that section, who viii be enabled to go
to High Springs to do their trading, in
stead of being compelled TO go to Fort
White, several miles from that place.
Tuesday Tax Collector W. G. Long, as
sisted by j. II. Andrews of Leesburg COM
menced the sale of lands in Lake county
upon which taxes are delinquent for the
year 1895. Despite the fact that this has
been the most calamitous year in the
history of the state, the delinquent tax
sale list viii not be more than eighteen
hundred certificates, which IS below the
average for that county.
A. d. Stevens Is now president of the
Jacksonville city council, TO succeed W.
+. Sylvester, deceased. T. w. Conrad
succeeds w. h. Sylvester as councilman
| from the FIRST WarOi aald FRANK M0cOm-
| Der succeeds John Bartholf, resigned, as
/ councilman from the Sixth, while 7. w
Roby becomes member OF the board of
| sanitary and Improvement trustees for
the term Of nine years, vice j. r. Camp
i bell, whose term of office has expired.
F. D. Peer, the postoffice inspector
| who worked up the celebrated Wheat
consult with Frank Clark regarding this
| case Wheatcroft was the organizer of
various bogus firms and companies, with
| fraudulent purposes. Among his compa-
| MES Was ting Indian River Pineapple De-
! velopment Company He was captured
and he is now in Jail at Jacksonville
where he will be tried in December.
Three tramps We're arrested at Pensa-
! cola night or two ago. They had beaten
| their way into the city on train and
We're taken to the police station as sus-
! picious characters. When searched by
! the officers the latter were greatly sur
| prised to find upon one of them ten $50
| bills and some gold coin Enough money
| was found upon the two other men to
| make a grand total for the three Of near
! ~ $1,000. They deposited cash for their
! appearance in the police court. They
| We're discharged, as they could not be
] held as Migrants.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Ma
| rion county has been called for Nov. q,
| to discuss the cultivation of the high
| est grades of tobacco. Such action will
| be taken as will encourage the people
! to plant as much as possible, so that a
| tobacco warehouse company that con-
| templates locating at ocala, can have a
| substantial basis for its enterprise and
| further, that If the farmers shall 20
| ahead and a fficient acreage shall be
| put in an expert can be employed direct
| from Cuba, properly TO teach them how
| to plant, cultivate cure and prepare the
| product for market
The old Warren homestead. near
/ Hague, was destroyed by fire a day OF
two ago. The house was not occupied
as a dwelling. and during the past few
! years has been used to store the prod.
| uCts Of the farm. The house contained
| 2,250 bundles of fodder and about a hun
| dred bushels Of corn. The loss, all told
| is about $500, with no insurance The
| origin Of the fire is unknown but ii is
! thought 10 be the work Of an incendiary.