The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-28
FLORIDA

The date for the annual meeting Of the
Florida Sunday School Association. which
is TO be held in Ocala, has been set for
March Is.
Archbishop Corrigan and party OF FIVE
will arrive at West Palm Beach before
Feb. l. He is booked to sail for Nassau
on the steamship Northumberland, early
next month.
Harry Pence Of Minneapolis will soon
start on a cruise in his yacht, Roamer.
from Jacksonville around the Florida
coast to New Orleans, and from there up
the Mississippi to Minneapolis.
The annual conference Of the Florida
African Methodist Episcopal church.
which has been in session at Gainesville
Tor several days, adjourned Saturday
night The meeting was a very success
ful one and many delegates were present.
At DeFuniak Springs Saturday morning
at o'clock, during rain storm. the
house occupied by Henderson, where he
had a billiard table, caught on fire. Six
other houses on the same block were con-
sumed. The buildings were all ordinary.
and the loss is estimated to be not more
than 5000. The old store, formerly occu-
pied by King King & Co, was also con-
sumed.
Mr.. Cobb. the old gentleman who car
ries the mail between Anclote and Tar
pom Springs. after receiving the mail sack
at the postOf1ce and starting for An
clote, suddenly became demented, so that
be was taken charge of by Marshal J. O.
T. Brown, who took him to Anclote and
turned him over to the Masonic fraternity,
or which he is member. He is over 20
years Of age
Several weeks since a man who claimed
TO represent the Record, a weekly publ
cation of Washington made a tour of
Alachua county. He offered the paper for
one year and a set of silver knives and
forks. He did not have copy of his pa
per. but was Just out of sample copies"
His offer being a liberal one he picked
up many silver dollars. A copy of his
paper has not been seen.
The work Of making surveys between
st. Augustine and the lower st. Johns
river is now being done. under the super
vision of G. Trevor Spencer, chief engi-
neer of the Florida Coast Line Canal and
Transportation Company. The object of
this survey is to ascertain the practical
bility Of extending the canal through the
eastern portions of st. Johns and Duval
counties, to connect with the waters of
the st. Johns at point near its mouth.
NJ. E. Gillett, Z. Il. Gunby and ]. F. St.
John will make application for charter
for the Tampa Tile and Pavement Com
pany, to conduct a business at Tampa.
The company is capitalized at $4,000 Its
purpose is 10 manufacture artificial stone
under a patent held by Mr. St. John. 1t
will also contract to do paw
ing, grading, laying Of sewers,
and making other street improve
ments. It's business will be confined TO
that part of the state lying south of a
line drawn from Cedar Key east to the
Atlantic.
The shipments of lettuce from Gaines
Vile are very heavy, and many hundred
dollars are received daily by the farmers.
Saturday the shipments were heavier than
they have been known TO be this wear
over 1900 baskets went forward bV ex-
press. Other crops are in excellent con
dition, especially cabbages and if the
market Is favorable the farmers will
be very successful. Hundreds of acres az
land are being prepared for planting
watermelons, which will be one of the
leading crops in that section of the state
the coming summer Three men in the
Waeahoota district are preparing to plant
100 acres each.
Tallahassee correspondent Morning
News: The residence of Albert Wright.
a prosperous negro. was burned Friday
night. A defective fue in the kitchen is
said to have caused the fire.-Deputy Ho9-
kins and another man were on horseback
a day or two ago chasing a negro. While
on full run they came up with him near
d rail fence. Hopkins ordered his com
panion, who was riding d fiery animal
belonging to the deputy, to dsmount. He
did so, without checking the speed of the
horse, and the animal ran against the
barbed wire fence and was thrown back
ward, breaking its back. The thief is
deaf and dumb. He is in Jail.
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