The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-21
FLORIDA.

Pensacola is soon to have weli-equip-
ped band.
The Mirror says the steamship dock in
Fernandina is piled high with crossties
Hotel Kissimmee, at Kissimmee, has been
extensively repaired for opening next
month.
Rev. W. J. Williams of Wood Lake, KY,
has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist
church a Kissimmee.
There is a dispute between county com
missioners and councilmen at Gainesville
as to which should bury paupers who die
in the town.
Selden Cypress Door Company at Pa
latka, Wednesday, shipped to Carlisle
Pope & Co., Boston, 700 doors of the cele-
brated palmetto brand.
A shipment of 1900 doors and a large
lot of sash and blinds was made to north
ern dealers Tuesday from Palatka by the
Selden Cypress Door Company.
The citizens of Volusia county are work
ing to secure immigrants from the north
western states. They expect to locate a
thousand families in that county within
the next few years.
Deputy Sheriff Higgnbotham, last Mon
day, sold at auction at the F. c. and p.
freight depot i'm Fernandina, for storage.
5000 tons of phosphate belon ging to the
Albion Mining Phosphate Company.
Mrs. Nathan Roberts of Yular, AIachua
county, was the founder of the Georgia
Enterprise, established at Covington, Ga.
in 1876. She wrote the editorials, set the
type and printed the first copy of that pa
per.
DeFuniak Episcopa;ians' baby show on
the 18th inst. was great success Miss
Marion Cawthorn, won the baby prize
afghan. The prize awarded the most pop
ular young lady was won by Miss Alice
King.
j. C. Leake, a Druggist at Kissimmee has
formulated in book for free distribution,
containing eighty famous prescriptions
from the best known scientists of Europe
and America, for home treatment of COM
mon diseases of man and the horse.
Lettuce is being sent north from Gaines
Vile, and is selling from 81 to $3.50 per
basket, according to quality. But little
good stock has been shipped. An extern
sive lettuce grower said Saturday that 1t
seemed next to impossible to make lettuce
head properly this year on account of the
warm weather.
Bishop Gray, of the missionary juris-
diction of South Florida, is making siren
uous efforts to extend the teachings of
the christian religion to the Seminoles
in the Everglades His work has been
warmly approved by the venerable Bishop
Whipple of Minnesota. whose labors
among the Indians of the northwest have
been exceedingly successful
Inverness Chronicle: John B. Reilly,
foreman of the timber gang for the Steam
Logging Company, at Chatterton, came to
n very sudden death on last Thursday, by
a falling cypress tree. which struck him.
from the effects of which he never recov-
cred. He came to this section from Geor-
gia. Nov 8, 1894, and nothing is known of
his past history. Some believe he was pass
ing under an assumed name.
Gainesville Sun: party is being or
ganized for the purpose of exploring War
ren's cave If successful the young men
propose to furnish their friends with a
very minute description of the caves re-
hottest recesses. There is another cave
about twenty miles south of Gainesville.
and near Mcintosh, which, while not as
large as Warrens cave, would prove Of
great interest to the exploring parties.
Leesburg Commercial: The Drake broth
ers have shipped this year 600 boxes OF
oranges from the celebrated Drake grow,
on Drake Point Lake Harris, and H. T..
Alsobrook of Lisbon has sold and ship
ped something over 400 boxes from ais
grove, which melted him 81 per box T.
s. Johnson of Sunnyside had nine boxes
of oranges and expects crop Of at least
500 boxes next year.