The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-22
FLORIDA.


One merchant in Madison last week
shipped 200 dozen eggs.
The Ponce de Leon hotel at St. Angus
tine opened yesterday. s-f
The Bradley grove, in Orange county,
viii produce 500 boxes Of oranges this year
The West Florida exhibit, which was
at Atlanta, is now on exhibition in PEN
sacola.
A band Of gypsies are camped at Mad
ison. and the men trade horses and the
women tell fortunes.
The fifth annual convention of the
Churches of Christ in Florida met in gem
eral session at Eustis Friday.
While Telling trees in Gadsden county
last week. a limb from tree fell and
struck James Holt on the head, killing
him instantly.
Homegrown new potatoes, green peas,
cabbage, lettuce and radishes are on the
bills of fare in the peninsular section of
Volusia county.
There is strong talk of incorporating
Inverness, so as to stop Illegal sale of
whisky. The church people have banded
together to stop liquor selling.
The negro laborers at the Cedar Key
saw mill went out on a strike last week.
New men were at once secured and set to
work, and the strikers are mad.
Col. Tifin purchased two ostriches at
Atlanta, and had them shipped to his
place at Courtney, Brevard county, where
he intends starting an ostrich farm.
Work on the soap factory that has been
secured for Tampa, by the enterprise
of Chauncey Wells, is already under way.
the lumber and brick being already on
the ground.
Senior Manuel Garcia Cruz, who for
the past eight months has been Spanish
vice consul at Jacksonville, has been ap-
pointed consul of the Spanish government
at Key West.
The present population of Marti is com
posed of nine families and twenty SOL
diers, who are the remainder of COM
pany that was enlisted some time ago to
go to Cuba and join the insurgent forces.
Charles Roltare and Jesse Raymond.
the two young men who started to belt
the world without a cent. in three years.
from the Galveston CTex.) News office
Jan. /, arrived in Pensacola Thursday, en-
route to Cuba.
The Florida State Sunday School Asso-
citation is arranging for series of county
conventions and Sunday school institutes
to be held at Palatka, Ormond and Lake
and other places in the state.
The records of last year of summerlin
Institute, at Barlow, have been beaten
by fiattering increase of pupils. On
Jan. 10 there were enrolled 366 pupils as
compared with 34S on the same date last
year-an increase of eighteen.
From all present indications there will
be large increase in the acreage of cot
ton in Alachua county the coming season.
ana farmers are already procuring their
seed. They are also going to give a good
deal of their attention to rice culture
The county commissioners of Brevard
county have investigated the cause of the
removal of Hamberg and Garner. charged
with arson, from the county jail of that
county to Orange county, on the order of
the governor, and will refer the evidence
TO the governor.
Picturesque Rockledge is at her best
now, and many tourists are being attract
ed there by the many advantages az n
winter resort. The beautiful Indian river
Is lined with naphtha and steam launches
from morning till night, filed with
pleasure parties from the hotels.
DR.. R. L. Goodbred's office and drug
store at Mayo was burned a day or two
ago. In thirty minutes the top and walls
had all fallen in. The loss is estimated
ar SoV9; insured in the Southern Insur-
ance Company of New Orleans for $3.50
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The tenth public debate between the
Bena and Forum Literary Societies OF the
Florida state College was held in Chapel
nan at lake City Friday night The
question discussed was: Resolved. That
the public welfare is better promoted