The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-01
FLORIDA.


A convention of fruit growers is to be
held at Orlando tomorrow.
The Orange and Oseeola District
Christian Endeavor Unions will hold
Oct 25-27.
A great many cocoanut trees in and
about Fort Meyers are coming out all
right. Also manages, avocado pears,
guavas, etc.
The Orlando Bicycle Club has decided
10 purchase ground and put down a quar-
ter Of a mile track at the earliest date
practicable.
The new cigar factory at Tallahassee
is reported to have taken CO. 600 pounds OF
tobacco off the hands Of the Gadsden
county farmers.
Sevral hundred families are expected
TO settle on the lands of the East Coast
Canal and Florida East Coast Railway
Company within the next few months.
Ted. the little son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Carroll, fell from the Southern Express
Companys wagon at Gainesville on Thurs
day, and his arm was broken just above
City Marshal Torbert was suspended
from office by the council at West Palm
Beach Saturday night. His resignation
was read, but not accepted Torbert killed
Jim Brady several days ago.
Ivy Register, the tax assessor Of Hills
boro county, has completed the tax roll
Tor the past year the figures of which
are here given; Real property 81, 1913 965;
telegraph property SO. 440; railroad prop
erty, $92. 063.37S; personal property, Si 4O6. :
s55; total. SSs. s73, 7SS.
William Comm has attached all the
property of the Albion Phosphate Mining
Company Of Albion for royalty due
amounting to 81, As. This is one of the
best equipped phosphate plants IN the
state. Bond of $1,000 was filed With the
court of the county.
John Smith, a negro employed by F. NJ
Cabot, at Fort Lauderdale, on New River
was severely cut by a negro known as
fphf he a
severed an artery in Smiths neck. RED
fighting over a piece OF pie
Rev. s. W. Walker, who for three years
past has had charge of the Methodist
church at Moultrie. has received a tele-
gram from Bishop A. w. Wilson of Cali
fornia requesting him to secure his trans
fer at once and proceed without delay
TO Pomona, Cal. where he will be placed
in charge of the parish under Bishop
Walker.
Ike Williams, the escaped convict was
located at Davis wood rack, thirty miles
north of West Palm Beach, on Sunday.
He applied for and was given work. The
authorities were notified and went on a
switch engine Sunday When the guard
alighted from the engine Williams, who
brush and escaped.
Capts John T. Dunn and b. ". John
son arrived at West Palm Beach Satur-
day from Key West. They state thar
several hundred thousand feet Of lumber
was saved by them from the Norwegiar,
bark Thiorva, lying wrecked at Turtle
Harbor since last year. One million fee,
of lumber was in the cargo. The wreck
was burned one week ago
w; W. Aura of the postoffice book store
at Gainesville is suffering from blood
poisoning in his left hand, caused by the
bite of fly. A few days ago he strucfS
his hand against something and knocked
a small piece of skin from one OF the
knuckles. A fly bit him in this pIace-
when, he thinks is the cause of the poison.
Ills hand is swollen to almost double its
natural size
G. S. Beerbower. for many years city
ticket agent for the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad at Jacksonville has
resigned, and his successor James =
marshall, has taken charge of the office.
Mr. Marshall was. for long period. de-
pot ticket agent for the Plant system.
ana after the establishing Of the union
depot, was made assistant ticket agent
at that point.
A strong effort Will be made by the
young Mems Business League 81
PENSACOLA to secure the remov-
a of the creosote works Of the
LOUISVILLE, and Nashville railroad from.
Paseagoula, Miss, TO Pensacola. The
East PENSACOLA Land Company, has SUP