The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-06
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
AT Roseland a few small orange trees
have split the bark since the freeze. There
VIII be no crop OF lemons, lines pine
apples or gfaYas. but the growers
think the orange crop for the coming sea-
son VIII be up to the standard.
sumtervIle Times: Hon. Robert W.Dav,s
our popular congressman, has furnished
the Times with 100 packages of garden
seeus Wlth a request to distribute amongst
worthy people, While at court next week
crop in and get this remembrance of our
congressman.
me management of the hotels in jack
sonyille assert that in former years few
kentuckians visited Florida, but this sea-
son they have gone down in large num-
bers. Kentucky will furnish more guests
IN Inc future, because her people in late
years have become more prosperous.
Gate City Chronicle: Hon. Ed NJ. Ham
mond of Barlow is being named for Judge
of the Sixth judicial circuit vice Judge
Phillips, whose term expires this spring
splendid lawyer, an upright man the
people OF that section could count itself
fortunate if Mr.. Hammond should re-
ceive the commission.
Pensacola News: The farmers Of Escam-
Dia county are to be congratulated upon
the spirit and activity they are displaying
IN preparing to make good crops notwith-
standing the damage done by the freeze.
The farmers are the backbone of a com
munity, and when they show a determine
ton 10 succeed. in the face of misfortune.
II encourages every one else to greater
efforts.
A double tragedy occurred a few DAYS
ago in a South Florida town A local pa
per chroncTing the event has this to saw
OF three notes left by the murderer, who
committed suicide when he saw the sher
ifs posse approaching his house: ''Au
these notes were written in pencil. but
there was one written in ink which goes
to show that the man was unbalanced on
religious questions"
The government dispatch boat Harry is
at Jacksonville en- route for San Imam
Porto Rico, from New York, and win be
used by the quartermaster's department
of the United States Army In the capacity
of dispatch boat in Porto Rican
waters. The boat is in command of Cant
James N. Pierce. After taking on some
supplies there, the Harry will proceed on
Its way to San Juan.
Two Mormons, calling themselves
preachers of the gospel of the Latter Day
Saints of Utah, are making a house to
house visitation around Cocoa. giving
tracts TO those who will take them. They
preached in the school house at Dixon's
Point on Sunday. 1t is doubtful If the tax
payers are willing that their public build
ings should be used to spread a doctrine
whose cornerstone is polygamy.
Gainesville sun: Joseph Stewart the no
gro who has virtually lived in Jail for the
past several years, is in trouble again. He
is in jail this time for breaking the win
dows of c. r. Howelrs residence in East
Gainesville. He is awaiting a trial al the
next term Of court. Stewart returned only
the other day from the chain-gang. The
evidence is pretty strong against him on
the new charge, and he win probably
make another trip to the mines.
supt. c. L. Myers of the Southern Ex-
press Company, is corresponding with and
personally interesting the magnates of the
Florida railroads with a view TO having
them join with his company in furnish
ing seed 10 the truckers of Florida, in or
der that they az once replant the acreage
of vegetables destroyed by the recent cold
snap 1t is thought that the express com
pany and railroad companies will furnish
seed gratis TO those who VIII replant at
once.
New Smyrna Breeze: Florida offers a
vast amount of raw material for manu-
featuring enterprises. Besides the timber
that is turned into lumber for building
houses, ships etc, she has timber thai
could be converted into furniture and vari-
Gus other articles. Florida's palmetto
alone is converted into rope fiber. mat.
tress fiber, furniture, walking canes
brushes, hats and numerous other arti.
cles, both useful and ornamental. From,
the berries of the saw palmetto a valua-
Bile medicine is extracted Why should
not Florida be prosperousa
Citrus Chronicle: In view Of the fact that
several cases Of smallpox are reported al
Dunnellon we would suggest that citi.
zens of Citrus county make 1t point ia
keep all tramps out of the county. Ii 1,
| impossible to tell where these fellows come
| from, and their very condition in many in.
stances is enough to start a case of small
! poX or almost any other contagious dis
! ease and the only safe plan is to max,
them skip. one bum could, by beggine
from door TO door, spread smallpox al
over the county
Weary of life's burdens George wei
brook. young white man % years of age
sent bullet crashing through his brain,
| in Jacksonville Friday. Welbrook is a ma.
| tive of Charleston, s. c., and went to Jack.
| sonville about nine months ago, and has
been employed most of the time az NicL
Joosts in Riverside. He accepted a posi-.