Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-04

dry election. Such petitions are now
being circulated throughout the county.
In regard TO the requisition of Gov
ernor Bloxham for equipment for the
Florida Naval Militia, Hon. 7. Roose-
welt, assistant secretary of the navy,
writes Adjutant General Houstouht that
many, articles in the reQuisition for the
naval reserves are not available.
There are 7l3 pensioners on the
state pension rolls, and $50 applica-
tions for pensions on file, end new up
plications are being received almost
daily. The present list calls for an
expenditure of about $1,000 q year,
but what il will take TO satisfy the
pensioners u few years hence may be
three times that sum.
A Washington special says: The
president, among other appointments,
has sent in the following to the senate:
To be collector of customs, Domingo
Pappy, Mt st. Augustine, Fla; Henry
$. Chubb, receiver of public moneys
at Gainesville, Fla. ; Walter >. Robin
son, register of the land Office at
Gainesville, Fla; John +. Horr, mar
shall of the United States for the south
ern district OF Florida; John Egan, at
torney for the United States for the
northern district of Florida.
A resolution was passed ut the recent
Fisheries Congress at Tampa recon-
mending the establishment Of ma
tional fish hatchery and laboratory at
some central point on the gulf coast.
The congress expressed itself as heart
lily favoring this and believing that
the establishment Of such a station
would be Of inestimable benefit to the
section, as well as the work Of the
United States fish commission. It
has been shown already by the small
experiments made by the Fish Hawk
in these waters that there Is great
field for scientific research.
President W. b. Henderson, Of the
Tampa board Of public works, received
q telegram a day or two ago from Pier
son IL McCutcheon OF New York, say
ing that the $3.50, 900 as first payment
on the bonds had been deposited to
the credit Of the board. Information
was received also from the bank TO the
effect that the amount had been placed
and was subject to the order Of the
board. This means that there is no
hitch at oil about the sale Of Tampa's
bond issue, and that the people who
agreed to take them have done so, and
have put up half Of the money at the
first move.
"Florida Fur Farming" was the title
of an interesting paper from the pen Of
j. NJ. Wilson, of Kissimme, Fla, read
before the Fisheries congress. Mr..
Wilson called the attention Of his au-
ditors to the fact that Florida produces
a fur Of superior grade, and that thou
sands Of dollars worth Of otter skins
are annually shipped from this state.
These skins are worth from IS to 81
each, and command q ready market.
This fact has led hunters to pursue the
little animal indushiously, the result
being that he is fast becoming exter-
Mr.. Wilson advanced the
idea that the otter could be raised
successfully and proAtably.
The second annual meeting OF the
National Tobacco Growers association
will be held at Miami March 8, o and
10. During the meeting at Green Cove
Springs of the State association Mr..
Laud- Brown, the secretary, read let.
ter from General Briggs, president Of
the national association, authorizing
him to call the meeting at any time
and place he desired. After consult
ing with the officers present, and on
the invitation Of s. W. Rowley, mayor
Of San Mateo and special agent Of the
East Coast railway, it was decided to
FALL the meeting for the foregoing
lates at Miami. A big crowd will at
tend this meeting from all tobacco
growing states, and Miami is to be
ON the selection OF the
meeting place.
The minutes of the fifty-fourth an.
nual session of the Florida conference,
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
recently held at Tampa, have been
published in neat pamphlet Of about
loo pages. The following data are
from the statistical tables:
There are 1872 preachers in the confer
nee; q ,231 whites and colored
members; 3S5 societies, 294 churches,
,alued at 1888, $50; 80 parsonages,
worth 500, 9S5; value of other church
Sl5, 025 expended for church
- and parsonages last year, sl5,335;