The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-07
FLORIDA

b. F. McFarlane is out for the postmas-
tership at Lake City.
Mayor p. A. Ross has purchased of T.
c. Keys his business block on Orange ave-
nue., at Eustis.
During the week over 100000 cigars were
made at Tampa. Sixteen factories made
,6S9, 2O9 of them.
Cattle buyers are still active in buying
and shipping cattle beef from Kissimmee.
Stock cattle have advanced 81 per head.
A heavy coating of pine straw is being
placed on the public road between Orlando
and Pine Castle, distance of six miles.
the town council of Fort Myers has
taken measures to devise means to rid the
CaIoosahatchee of the water hyacinth at
that point.
The custom house has again been estab-
lished at Carrabelle, making Carrabelle
a SUPPORT of entry with c. II. Parlin dep
uty collector.
The new steamer Miami which MIR,
FIagIer will put an service between Mia
mi and Nassau, developed speed of 1925
knots on her trial trip Saturday
Frank Miller and Nathan Shuford en-
gagged in a difficulty near Cottage Hill, in
Escambia county, Saturday night, which
resulted in the death of Shuford.
Miss Mile Roberts of Switzerland, who
was. about a month ago, suddenly and
| without apparent cause stricken with total
blindness, is slowly regaining her sight.
movement has been started at Pen
nv h
scription in one of the city parks to the
memory of the late Col. w. ID. Chipley.
Jacksonville is to have a professional
base ball team during the coming winter
season. A state league will probably be
organized to contest for the championship.
A new fourth-class postoffice has been
established at Leona, Suwannee county,
with John d. Blanton as postmaster The
death of Dr. Ambrose, postmaster at Wal
do. has made that Office open to appoint
ment, and il is Understood that II. c. At
water has been slated for the place.
Joaquin Lopez of the firm of Arguelles,
Lopez & Bro, has returned TO Tampa
from Havana where he has been looking
after some tobacco owned by the firm in
that city He says that there is good sup
Div of tobacco in Havana and a moderate
size crop growing. He estimates the
number of bales In Havana at about 80
900.
A set of colored sharpers, from Kansas
and other states who claim to be pension
agents for the benefit of the ex-slaves. are
travelling in Florida demanding twenty
five cents from each to take their names
and have them enrolled in the pension Of
flee at Washington, assuring them that a
law had been passed giving to each who
had been a slave large pension.
The Palatka Veterans Association of the
Blue and Gray held a meeting Friday
night. A committee was appointed to OBJ
| tain a charter for the association from
Tallahassee. A committee was also ap-
pointed to draw up bylaws for the asso-
| citation At the close Of the meeting the
veterans adjourned to a supper given by
| the ladies of the Presbyterian church.
Right Rev. Innocent Wolf, president Of
| the Benedictine Order In the United States
and Right Rev Nepomnene Jaeger, his
assistant, paid an official visit to the St
Leo Independent Priory. at st. Leo, last
week. Every three years the monasterief
of the Benedictine Order are inspected by
two visitators, who are elected by