The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Electric companies in Tampa need more
men.
Orange trees are all in bloom at Or
lando
Vegetables by the carloads are now go
ing north from Tampa.
Barlow offers a good opening for an
opera house and public hall combined.
F. Mcbride, of Polk county, has sew
en-acre patch of tomatoes which are de-
veoping fine fruit.
The st. Augustine Herald says there are
now 300 guests at the Ponce de Leon motel
and 70 at the Alcazar.
There is hardly a phosphate mine at
work in the western part of Alachua
county on account Of the water In the PITS.
Many of the orange groves about Eustis
are preparing to put forth bloom, and in
a short time there will be orange bios
SONS again.
A pompano fish was caught near Lake
Worth inlet. a few days ago, which was
three feet ten inches long, sixteen inches
wide and weighed twenty-eight pounds.
The Santa Fe river is overfowing its
banks and is higher than 1t was ever
away and several narrow escapes have
been made from drowning.
The annual conference of the South
Florida African Methodist Episcopal
Church meets in Palatka Wednesday next,
Bishop Embry presiding, and about $50
delegates are expected to be in attendance.
The Florida grand lodge of Independent
Order of Good Templars, in session last
week at DeFuniak Springs. reelected L.
NJ. Rhoda of Milton grand chief templar,
and Oscar Rodgers Of DeFuniak grand
secretary. Ten lodges were represented.
Fred Hall, expert celery grower, having
charge of that department of the Delta
Land Company on the reclaimed lands of
the Apopka sawgrass regions, has about
an acre and half planted and says il is
making an entirely satisfactory growth.
The Whitney did not bring any passen-
gers from Havana to Key West on her
last trip, owing to the new law, which has
gone into effect, requiring all passengers
arriving from Havana to be Vaccinated
and detained twelve days after vaccina-
ton.
The Church of Christ will hold it's an
nual conference in Ocala, commencing
on March 3 and continuing until the 7th.
lengthy circular has been issued by the
president w. K. Pendleton of Ocala, mott
flying and urging the various churches to
send delegates and representatives.
The sale of the St. Cloud sugar farm to
a Cuban syndicate has turned out to be
not a SALE says the Kissimmee Valley of
Wednesday, it having transpired that the
Disston Land Company had out another
option to an English syndicate, for the
sale of the entire Disston possessions in
Florida, which does not expire until April
after which time, il the English do not
take 1t, the Cubans may take st. Cloud.
day or two ago. at DeFuniak Springs,
7. H. Berry, section foreman on the yell
low River railroad, was preliminarily tried
on charge of forgery and held in default
of $50 bond for his appearance at the next
term of court Berry was quite recently
triet of Walton county. His alleged Of
Tense consists of forging tickets employed
IN trade at the store of w. b. Wright q
Co.
The farmers of Alachua county will
ship many carloads of cabbage to-day.
They are forced to ship them, as the rain
has caused rapid growth and the heads
are cracking in the fields. Buyers have
recently been offering 80 cents for cabbage
IN the helds but few of the farmers will
sell for that price. The shipments are be-
ing made too early but the farmers are
compelled to ship or lose the stock alto
gether.
Gainesville Sun: The members of the
Eleve Association of the East Florida
Seminary have been unable to secure a
place for holding their annual banquet
and have consequently been compelled to
abandon the idea of the banquet this
year. The association will, however put
forth every effort TO make the ball repay
in brilliancy what will be lost by the
banquet. The ball will take place on the
18th inst