The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-25
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Joseph Vivas killed a large black bear
Monday week, just across the river from
Fort Myers. 1t weighed over $50 pounds,
and was making a meal off one Of Capt.
JOe's fine porkers.
The Chuluota correspondent Of the OWE
do Gazette says that the owners of peach
orchards are now busy picking and mar
ketlng the crop. 1t is one of the larges,
for years Notwithstanding the dry spell
in May.
Rumors are rife of a 25O-room hotel to
be built this summer on the east side of
West Palm Beach, north of the Hotel
Royal Poincinna. by Arthur c. Jackson,
who was Florida's commissioner at the
worlds fair.
The Kissimmee Valley states that the
peach crop this year on the st. Cloud farm
is simply immense. and the shipping Of
the crop continues to go forward at a
rapid rate. The fruit is Favored and ex-
cellent in every particular
The Titusville Star states that the first
flock Of paroquets that have been noticed
in that section for some time were bound
north and were first seen In South Titus
Vile, where they had a feast for breakfast
off the sandspurs; they then alighted in
northward bound.
Louis Boley, w. H. Kilber and Charles
Kruger have published notices of their
intention to apply for a charter for the
Escambia County Water Works Compa-
ny, which they have organized with
capital stock of $4,000. The business of
the company win be to furnish water for
public and private use in Pensacola.
A truck farmer who lives near Evinston
says that he shipped car load of toma-
toes to a northern market recently. When
the returns were received the grower had
81 25 to his credit. The market has gone
the farmers have ceased shipping them.
The tomato crop this year is regarded as
failure.
The Key West Equator-Democrat says
that the schooner Adams has come in from
the reef, where she has been for some
time trying to save the Mexican tug As
turias, which sank there some time ago.
The boats there were unable to raise her
The Spanish consul has ordered a sur
vey, and win order the sale of tho hull
and material
There has been a considerable quantity
of sea island cotton planted in Osceola
county this year, says the Kissimmee Val
ley The crop did not come up to as good
stand as might have been expected but
is said to be growing, blooming, and fruit
ing nicely. This is one of the crops that
can be grown to perfection in Oseeola
county and the farmers should prepare
to cultivate more of 1t another year
Frank Wilson, who is in charge of the
Bostwiek place at Silver Beach, had his
attention attracted by a flock of Jaws
that were collected about a bush and fit
ting around it, and filling the air with
their cries, says the Halifax Journal OF
] ,.n, TO- -.
saw a rattlesnake head thrust up among
| the branches. The snake was about five
and one-half feet long and very large in
body.
Tallahassee correspondence Mornine
| News; c. Harllee of Manatee has beer
awarded the cadetship at West Point In
| the First congressional district
contest here. e. L. Writ Of
| his alternate.-The first consignment o.
pears for eastern markets left here to-day
| Quotations range as high as $3.50 a barrel
| The following cadets of the class of '96
| in the Florida Agricultural College, have
| been commended TO Adjt Gen. Houstour
! by Lieut.. S. A. Smoke of the Nineteenth
| infantry, as showing special aptitude fol
military service: Maj. N. H. Cox of San
ford, Capt. c. T. Curry of Manatee anC
Capt. D. N. Cone Of Benton.
More than 500 crates of pineappies peI
! udy nave IeCSAt4y btSn shipped from Yves
Palm Beach over the Florida East Coas
railway. Maddox & Matthews shipped
in one day, 463 crates. The largest con
signnent so far, from the Florida Pine
| apple Company, consisted Of 1854 crates
The pineapples range from ten to eight
cen per crate. G. c. Matthews sends ava,
on an average three carloads per week
| For 5000 pines that he recently shipped
the average price received was so cent
net per apple. He has purchased a crol
of 5000 red Spanish pines in the field 70
scents each. The pines before mentione,
were of the Porto Rico variety Many 9th
er shippers are very busy, and tn,
crop is full. The fruit is excellent in dual
ity, and the growers are satisfied
At the Twenty-eighth senatorial conven
ton, held at Highland Tuesday. MAYO
Laud-Brown received 50 votes out of rs
Delegates were present from Baker ant
clay counties. P. c. Fisher of Green Gov,
Springs was elected chairman and c. r
L1ppard secretary. The, candidates wer,
| Charles Barber Of Baker county and Nav
or Laud-Brown of Green Cove SPRINGS
EVERY precinct was represented by a del
egate IN person or by proxy Mr. Land
Brown was evidently IN the lead from In
start, but after a sharp contest i'm tn
committee on credentials the Barber mei
got the best Of the argument and Wer