The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-19
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Twent5-one Cubans have just been add.
ed to the force of Fort Meade tobacco
growers.
Tarpon Springs has organized new fire
company.
The streets of st. Petersburg are to be
paved with, pebble.
Work is progressing rapidly on the 100000
addition to Elizabeth hall. at DeLand.
Last week $50 pounds of sponge was
shipped from Tarpon Springs to Philadel-
phia and Chicago.
The establishment of the Chase Canning
factory at st. Petersburg seems now to
be an assured fact.
The steam tug Monarch is tied up at
Pensacola. The custom officials refuse to
issue her clearance papers.
Not only is H. B. Plant to erect a brick
hotel at Fort Myers, bat it is said he win
extend the railroad to that place
Pensacola is now clear of smallpox, so
far as known publicly or officially, and
there has not been a case in the city in
several weeks.
Miss Julia Wolff of Tampa, who sustain
ed very painful injuries by a fall from
a bicycle in October last has been an
invalid ever since as the result.
The Sugar Belt and Florida Midland
roads have united at Kssimmee. and the
latters track from Apopka to Longwood
has been abandoned for the present.
The remains of Thomas j Webster, As
years of age. who died at Port Orange
twelve years ago, were shipped last week
to Lake, Mimi. where the body will be in
TERED again.
A new steamboat line to operate between
Pensacola, Freeport, Whitfield and Point
Washington will be inaugurated next
week. The steamer that is 60 be engag ed
in the work is the stern wheel r.. l.. Hill
now at Apalachicola undergoing repairs.
The grape growers in the starke section
are greatly pleased over the prospect for
a large crop this season. The vines came
out of the winter in good condition. and
many new vineyards will come into bear
ing this year.
At the last regular business meeting OF
the Tampa Republican Club the principal
interest conferred in the matter of indors-
ing a candidate Tor postmaster. G.. i.
Reynolds and L. G.. PARCEL We're the can
didates, and the former was indorsed bv q
vote of twenty-four 60 sixteen. The club
also Endorsed c. w. Smith for postmas .er
at Fort Brooke.
United States Commissioner Crane hos
had number of negroes before him at
Tampa lately on the charge Of dealing IN
counterfeit silver coin, some OF which is
an exceedingly good imitation. The lat
est who have been given a hearing before
him have been William Bine. John Rob-
erts and Henry Franklin. all OF whom
have been sent TO jail In default OF bond.
The stockholders OF the Florida Fire
Insurance Company OF Tampa have decid-
ed TO so at once into liquidation, reinsur-
ing It's risks and entirely suspending oper-
ations. The reason FOR this was the an.
profitable character OF the business so Gar
as u has progressed. There was no divl.
dend for the stock and only about 5000
IN the surplus fund IL will take at least
that much 10 rclnsurc the standing risks.
so that the profits - the operations OF
the company are notN.ag.
Or. r. l. Harris member Of the state
board Of medical examiners, arrived I'd
Itisalmmee from Orlando Thursday, went
before the county Judge, sworo ouf n war.
rant ANA had Dr. J. H. Tcasloy arrested