The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30
FLORIDA

FLORIDA.
All the light houses on the Florida reefs
are to be renovated.
The orange crop in South Florida this
year promises to be immense.
The formation of a Bryan-Bloxham-
Davis campaign club of 113 members will
give some idea OF the interest being taken
in Leesburg in the campaign this year.
The st. Augustine News has been
chosen as the organ of the Republican
Club and honest money men Of St. Johns
county Its utterances will be under con-
troll of a printing committee.
BY a vote of to the city council of
Orlando has passed an ordinance prohib-
iting screens in bar rooms in that place.
A similar ordinance in Jacksonville was
voted down.
The will Of the late Col. J. B. Brown of
Gainesville, is to be contested by two of
the children of the deceased, who claim
that their father was influenced in draw
ing the instrument in favor of another
relative.
According to the Jacksonville Citizen,
the official county and state ballot to be
long. In counties in which more than
two county tickets are in the field the
ballot will be longer.
Leesburg Commercial: Since the late
rains, the orange groves in this part of
the state are in a fiourishing condition.
Nearly all the growers are much gratihed
at the splendid condition of their orange
trees and look hopefully to the future.
Palatka Advertiser: The telephone line
is now complete to Buffalo Bluff. and we
understand that other places will be sim
ilarly connected at an early day. This
is a great advantage to our people, and
speaks volumes for the enterprise of the
Palatka Telephone Company.
Lake City, Aug. 2S-Manager Bush of
the Lake City Electric Light Company
surprised the citizens tonight by sud
denly lighting up Marion street with cleo
tricity for the first time. The town seems
ablaze, and the citizens rejoice. All con-
graulate Mana. cer Bush on his efforts for
the prosperity of Lake City.
Jacksonville Citizen: Evidence is on re-
cord that the farmers of this state are
more prosperous now than they were sew
eral years ago. A decade ago between
800 and 900 crop mortgages were contract
ed in Leon county alone. This year the
books at the court house show that less
than 100 have been recorded.
st. Augustine will vote on a bond issue
ON Tuesday The amount of bonds to be
voted for is $4,000 OF this sum $4,000 is
to be spent in building a system of water
works and $4,000 is to be used in can
ceiling outstanding city warrants and in
street improvements. The city authori-
ties are confident that the bonds can be
fioated without difficulty.
A. Maritzen of Chicago, the contractor
for the erection of the mammoth plant of
the Florida Brewing Company, is in Tam
pa inspec ting the work. He is very much
pleased with the prospects. He says that
his company are under contract to com
plete the work by the 18th of October,
and from all indications the work will be
done within a very few days of that time
The tug George w. Childs arrived at
Key West a day or two ago from Punta
Rassa, where it had been employed in re-
pairing the cable wire between Key West
and the mainland. The revenue cutter
Winona was in sight of the tug during
the entire week, watching the chances
of an expedition to Cuba. The tug, like
the Three Friends, has a record for Gu
ban expeditions.