The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-17

The convention of the Lake and Sumter
Christian Endeavor Union will be held
at Sorrento on Feb. 26 and q.
The Bell River Phosphate Company of
Chester, near Fernandina, is turning out
about 1900 cans of oysters per day.
To delude their pursuers, thieves in
Walton county tied shingles to the soles
of their shoes, thus hiding their shoe
tracks.
The Business League of Orlando has
made a contract with Howard Norment
to plant shade trees in the streets of that
town.
w. II. Pearson has resigned as secre-
tary of the Tampa Board of Trade and
H. ]. Cooper has been elected his sue
cessor.
In the test examinations held at the
Normal College at DeFuniak Springs,
some fourteen scholars were denied the
privilege of scholarship on the account
of their being unable to make the re-
quired average.
Two men passing along the road on
Amelia Island few days ago, shot and
killed valuable cow owned by w. f.
Scott. The cow was in an old field, and
one of the men wanted to try a rifle
which he had and shot the COW through
the head. They are unknown.
Up to the hour of recess in the circuit
court at Pensacola Friday two hundred
and nine witnesses summoned by the
contestant, eX-Mayor Anderson, in the city
election case, had been examined. OF this
number the testimony of one hundred
and five had been rejected, they being dis
qualified voters, and that of one hundred
and four received.
The truckers around Tavares are find
ing a great deal of trouble in securing
tomato plants. 1t seems that they are
scarce in all tomato raising sections
and none can be bought. The tomato
farms are looking splendidly, and the
prospects for a good crop are crafty
not more than half of that of last year,
but more of other crops, such as corn,
beans, peas, cane, ETC.. will be raised by
the farmers.
The present winter has been an I'M
usually gay one in social circles at the
capital city of Florida. all of which is
attributable to two charming and accom-
| plished young society debutantes, Miss
| Sarah Raney, daughter of ex-Chief Justice
| George p. Raney, and Miss Evelyn Win
throp, daughter of Col. John S. Winthrop,
capitalist and planter. Inc entire season
| has been a succession of dinners, teas
| and receptions, complimentary to the
popular young ladies.
| Orlando Reporter: Orlando enjoys the
! distinction of having procured twelve
times as many of the new government
bonds as the whole state of Florida be-
| sides. Col G. +. Akers of this city was
| awarded $4,000 at 113.125 and $250OOO at
| 112125. Besides these there were a few
| awarded to persons in Tallahassee Lees
| burg and ST. Augustine, amounting to
! $50, coo, against a total of 100000 procured
| by Col. Akers. AS the bonds are now
worth III, it is easy to see that Col. Akers'
| profit is between $4,000 and $4,000. Col.
| Akers is not the only member of his family
who has struck OIL as his son Warren
! now. at Nashville, got $4,000 worth of
| the bonds.
According to the following from the
| Orlando Reporter one need not go west
% find frontier life, as 1t exists in Orange
! county: 1.-The settlement of Prescott. w,
! ing about twelve miles southwest of Or
| lando, comprises probably an aggregate
| of twenty-five persons, who have settled
| a beautiful skirt of pine land lying about
| four miles east of Big Sand Lake, sur
| rounded by a vast eXpanse of fiat woods
| and prairie, where cattle and hogs range
| at will. Here the cowboy and the cow
| are met at every turn, and the trumpet
notes of the former may be heard at any
| time day or night. 1t seems strange to
| say that amid our civilization there should
| be blended so great a mixture of real
| frontier life as is to be found here