The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-11
FLORIDA.


Orange county has a newly-organized
game protective association.
Mrs. Anna Duncan. a highly accomplish
ed music teacher of Ocala, and Capt. J. M.
Parham of De Land were united in mar
riage at the Methodist parsonage al Ocala
Friday by Rev. J. 2. Hilburn.
The shipments of fish from the Titus
Vile fisheries during the year 1885 amount
ed to 4O9,71O pounds. Adding to this the
local consumption, over 100000 pounds were
caught. The year 1896 report when issued
will show still. better results
The S-year-old daughter Of Ned Smith,
colored, of orange City, was severely
burned Thursday by the explosion of a
kerosene can. She was starting a fire,
and as 1t did not burn fast enough to suit
her. she poured oil upon it, with the usual
result. She will probably recover.
Sanford fishermen are interested in OPP
posing a proposed bill to be presented to
the legislature favoring the abolishing of
fishing In the st. Johns river and lakes for
five years. Judge Welborn will appear
before the committee as representing the
fishermen, and has statistics showing IA
vorably for the continuation of the fish
ing under proper restrictions.
Col Horatio Bisbee of Jacksonville is
in Key West. He is the attorney in the
libel suit of George Eaer VS.. the City of
Key West, for $125,OO0 damages. The city
commissioners passed a resolution at its
last meeting ordering the payment of this
suit under condition that the plaintiff ac-
cept bonds of the city at 80 per cent or
make some arrangement to pay the debt
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
at Ocala for a corporation to be known as
the Ocala Manufacturing Company. The
business to be transacted is the manu-
facture and sale of mattresses and the
preparation and sale of moss. The officers
named in the articles are as follows: H.
E. Bugbee, president; f. E. Bugbee gen.
eral manager; c. V. Roberts, secretary
and treasurer.
Judge George P. Raney has rendered his
resignation as associate counsel of the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
and the law partnership existing between
him and Col. John A. Henderson has also
been dissolved. This permits his enter
ing the contest for United States senator
without being allied with any corporation
as their attorney, or even being connected
with a law partner in the employ of cor
porations.
W. o. Taylor, pomologist of the United
States bureau of agriculture and who is
to have charge of the governments ex-
hibit at the Nashville exposition, has plac-
ed an order with George J. Russell of Or
lando for an exhibit OF pineapple plants
of the finest varieties known, to be INSTALL
ed with the government display. They are
to be selected al such stages of growth as
to show the plants in all conditions from
the first appearance of the bloom to the
m
Since the recent decision in the United
States court great changes have taken
place on the garrison at Tampa. The old
shanties have been torn down, the fences
knocked out, streets lid out and the lands
cut up into lots. Franklin street is now
open to the bay and Grand Central avenue
is open from the river on the west to the
bay on the east, and other streets are be-
ing opened. Within ten days a beautiful
driveway Will be opened all around the
waters edge The property is being sold
at fair prices, 1t being generally accepted
that the titles are good. There are a few
who still hold out, however
The following appointments has just
been made by Erwin, duBgnon & CHS
holm, general counsel of the Plant system.
approved by B. Durham, general superin-
tendent: Walter NJ. Davis, to be division
counsel for the Sanford and st. Petersburg
railroad and the st. Johns and Lake Eus-
tbs railroad with headquarters at Palat-
ka, Fla; D. Il. Pope, to be division coun-
sci of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad for the counties of Echols, Clinch.
Lowndes, Brooks, Mitchell and Dough-
erty, with headquarters at Albany, Ca;
w. b. stephens. to be division counsel Of
the Savannah. Florida and Western rail
way for the counties of Chatham, Bryan.
I Al FHI,
ton, with headquarters at Savannah, Ga.