The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-17
FLORIDA.


DR. o. L. Johnson died of apoplexy in
his office at Milton Saturday.
A number of homes, costing from $1,000
TO IS. 900 each, are being erected at Live
Oak.
The tannery at Gainesville shipped last
week 5000 pounds of leather to Boston,
Mass.
1t is reported that the phosphate plants
at Newberry will begin operations next
week.
Five barrels of Orange county grown
rice was carried to Orlando last week,
which was as white as any of the import
ed.
There is movement on foot to secure
the Rev. Mr. Curdy of Sioux Falls. S. D.,
as the pastor of the Baptist church of Or
lando.
After having been actively engaged in
the drug business i'm Jacksonville for thir-
ty-one years, Dr. ]. c. LEngle has sold
out to Robert J. Martinez.
Sam Burch, colored, sent to the state
prison camp from Hamilton county for
five years was shot and killed few days
ago in an attempt to escape.
r. r. Richard, agent for all railroads at
River Junction, succeeds M. V. RaFey as
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road.
The much discussed question. fence
or mo fence" is causing a great deal
of agitation in Jefferson county and the
people are about evenly divided on the
question.
Pat Collins. marine diver, is to raise a
cannon found in Pensacola bay, twenty
feet below the surface of the water. and
IL of practical use it Is to be given to the
navy. and if not he is to have it,
At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Green Cove Springs Improvement
Company, held a day or two ago. it was de-
cided 10 expend about $4,000 on improve-
ments during the coming spring and sum-
mer.
The large four-masted ship Lord wolse-
ley cleared from Pensacola last Friday
for Yokohama, Japan, with pig iron, coke
and lumber. She Is the largest sailing
vessel ever seen in that harbor, her tom
mage being 2,5lS.
Louis Colee. manager of the St. Angus
tine Transfer Company states that the
loss to his company by Sundays fire will
exceed $1,000. w. w. Dewhurst lost s. 300
with Insurance of only $780, He states
that he will rebuild at once.
Owing to a want of funds all smallpox
guards in Pensacola have been discharged
and a reward Of $40 offered for proof to
convict any person of entering or leaving
a house which has been isolated on ac-
count of the presence OF infectious dis
ease.
One day last week p. II. Feian gathered
from his place at Nocatee. Hillsborough
county. 300 pounds of sweet potatoes from
one row sixty feet In length. They were
grown in seven months. At this rate the
yie.d of potatoes per acre would be over
400 bushels.
The firm of Haynes. Marvin G. Grower
Of Jacksonville, has been dissolved by mu-
tual consent Mr.. Haynes having purchas-
ed NJ Marvin's interest. Lawrence HAYNES
and T.. A. Grower will continue the fire in
surance business under the firm name of
Haynes & Grower.
The Florida normal building at High
Springs is finished. and Prof. Humphreys
has enrolled 125 pupils The building is a
hill overlooking the town. The school &
open TO all children OF school age IN High
Springs, free OF tuition fees
At st. Augustine Monday, 1O-year-old
Corrine Matthews, colorod, while playing
on the rafters of Reyes abandoned mill
at the foot OF Bridge street. was almost
instantly Killed Dy the tlmbers falling. In
! before she could move an upper timber
fell pinning her by the neck until dead.
Dudley w. Adams OF Mount Dora died
suddenly on Saturday. He was apparently
in good health when he entered the house.
but soon complained of slight pair ana
fell dead. He moved 70 Florida bout TWEEN
ty-one years ago and located on Lake
| Dora, growing oranges, lemons. and other
/ fruits He was formerly master OF the
/ Grange and later president OF the Horti-
cultural Society OF Florida.
The fisheries Of Titusvile ship Jointly
! ttfasr q
l Of fish. The SAT- water hsh caught in the