The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
FLORIDA.


Mrs. L. ]. Wiley of West Palm Beach
VIII open a hon ell at Nassau, N r., THU
winter.
The federal FISH commlsslC IN viii estab
1isb sbad hatchery on the S I. Johns rivel
this winter.
The Gainesville woodenwaI e factory Is
again at work. and many g 'ods are be-
ing shipped abroad.
Seth Woodruff. Orange count VS. tax col
lector- will be married on Dec. to Mrs
Elizabeth Agnes Statkey Of Orl ando
Miss Leila Nash, daughter of ex-Mayor
Nash and James B. Whitfields clerk OF
the supreme court, were Marie d at Tai
lahassee Tuesday.
Rev. N. S Blaisdell, who haSs large
apiary at Victoria, has been q uite busy
sh1pping honey the past week. He Will
ship more than six tons this seas on.
The Pensacola Gas Company has i'm
proved its plant at a cost Of abo at $4,000.
The latest improved making machines
have been added, and the plant is strong
enough to supply city of 10o,C 90 popula-
ton.
d. e. Whetstone has presented Prof.
Humphreys OF High Sprir US with four
acres of land within the co rporate limits
upon which to erect the hui ldings for his
normal institute, which he will establish
there.
carrabelle has given three aots and $500
for the location of furniture factory at
that point. which has been accepted by
Robert Ransom, who is prepal ing TO leave
for Cincinnati to purchase machinery,
for 2 No fartOrV Reside manufac-
turing furn tture out of choice Florida tim
bers, he will make tool handles.
Among the new industries being started
in Dade coun ~ is that of spop ge packing
and shipping. AT Lemon City Capt. L..
w Pierce has been experimenting, ana
has found it lgofitable to traffic in the
sponges grown between Key West and
Bay Biscayne, sorting and packing them
at his place at Lemon City and shipping
them north from that point direct.
The reduction In, freight rates for the
next ninety days over the Florida East
Coast railway on All kinds of nursery
stock for points south of Titusville, in
Brevard and Dade coun ties, is so per cent.
The cutting in half ,9f the usual rate is
for the purpose of stimulating and en-
couraging the growing of citrus fruits
in Southern Brevard aAlsl Dade counties,
Gainesville Sun: Dr. W. w. johnson of
Hawthorn has at last re 'ceived payment
for a carload of oranges which was lost
in transit in 1894. He SUI ed the Florida
Southern railroad and was defeated in the
suit. The ease was conte sted for two
years, and was hard fought Hon. r. w.
Davis recently made the d tscoyery that
the Baltimore and Ohio railr Dad had sold
the oranges. Mr.. Davis rec 'overed the
money, amounting to $3.50, which he re-
Gently paid the doctor.
Gainesville Sun: Six conviets escaped
from Baileys convict camp, nea r Archer,
Sunday night, Their escape WA effected
by digging a tunnel under the ce II of the
stockade through which they craA wled. So
quiet were they in operating IL vat the
guard, stationed a few feet away, had
no idea that anything was wrong After
escaping from the stockade the col Wicts
stole horses from farmers near Arch ar to
assist them in travelling. The mama of
the convicts could not be learned, but
one of them was the noted Jim ReddL ok,
who was serving a sentence of TWEEN ty
years, and who has now escaped for Ii %
fourth time. None have as yet been cap :
tured,