The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-29
FLORIDA.

Gainesville will soon have electric
lights.
Orlando is filing up with winter resi-
dents and visitors.
Wild ducks are numerous in the South
Florida lakes and ponds.
Orange groves are being sold in Polk
county every week to northern men.
Mr.. Lyle says that there Will be nearly
twice as many oranges in Polk county as
was expected by any one.
Rev. D. C. Address has added a num-
Der of new members to the Baptist
church in Baker county during this
month.
Railing bicycles has subjected one man
to arrest in Tampa. He proved however
he did not own the bicycle and was dis
charged.
Thousands of head of beef cattle are
daily passing through Alachua county
for South Florida, from whence they are
shipped to Cuba.
Some of Orlandos handsome rose gar
dens are suffering from the ravages of an
insect pest that will, unless arrested
work great damage.
The Floridian says that eighteen build
ings are in various stages of construc-
ton in Tallahassee. and only one For
Rent sign Is to be seen in the city
John Curtis, his wife and three chill
dren and Charles Holt, wife and two
children, arrived in Tallahassee last week
from Walla Walla, state of Washington
and will buy farms
]. Hamilton Gillespie is at Kissimmee,
where he is experimenting the laying out
of the golf links that are to form one of
this seasons attractions of the Plant sys-
TENS long list of Florida hotels.
Most of the oranges from the groves of
the Thonotosassa section of Eillsborough
county have been sold on the trees at
from 81 to 81. % per box. Gen, Hazen and
his son have sold their entire crOn at 80
on the trees. The fruit is to be ali gath
cred by Dec. Is.
It is reported that the negotiations for
the lease of the Everett hotel at Jackson
vile for the winter have fallen through.
owing TO the refusal of the owner to make
certain repairs. Palmer & Mcdowell of
st. Augustine are the parties who wanted
to get the hotel.
Well informed cattle men say that
though the shipments of stock from
Osceola county aggregate several thou
sand but little impression has been made
on the main herds, which must be well
worth half a million dollars to-day. 1t is
a mistake to suppose the stock is APP
probably depleted.
There are two daily papers in st. Angus
tine now and two weekly papers. -,..e pub
fishers of the Weekly News gives it out
that they will soon start a daily, and now
there is another prospector in town look
ing up the field for a fourth daily. In ad-
dition to these papers there is some talk
of monthly paper to be published there
George c. Baker was convicted Of as
sault with intent to rape at Jacksonville
Saturday. The penalty for such an as
sault is not more than twenty years in
states prison He was indicted for per-
petrating the crime on Mabel BetJelini at
Jacksonville, Jan. II, last. Mabel is the
11-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b.
c. Bettelini.
One of Florida's most extensive and
best informed cattle owners, in converse
ton with a Tampa Times reporter Friday.
stated that there are not now more than
5000 marketable beef cattle in Florida
and at the present rate of Shipments 10
| Cuba these will soon be exhausted The
ruling price for steers averaging 80
pounds now being $3.50, delivered at the
shipping pens.
Dutch Wainsley, charged with the as
sassination in Marion county of Dr..
Forshee about month ago, who has
been committed to jail to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury, is about 80 years
of age. illiterate. and has been roughly
handled since early boyhood 1t is behev-
ed by many that, on account OF the strong
cnmity which existed between the mur-
dered man and Wamsley. he has been used
as a tool by moonshiners to commit the
cowardly assassination.
David Bessent. who lives on the Craig
place, in Baker county. was attacked by
a wildcat one night recently. He had just
returned from his store in town. and was
taking the saddle off his horse in the yard
| when he noticed what he thought was a
| dog near by, but suddenly the animal
| bounded on his head. He caught hold of
| it, but 1T broke loose from him, and escap-
| ed to the swamp near by in the darkness.
! Mr. Bessent got his neck and hands slight
! " scratched by the encounter.