The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-21
FLORIDA,

suiiOuilueu py crowd of negroes at all
times.
FLORIDA.
In spite of the late cold weather, straw
berries, fresh and ripe, from the gardens.
are on sale in the Orlando markets, and in
quantity 10 meet the demand.
The Atwood grapefruit grove of 10000
budded grapefruit trees at Mana Vista
is uninjured. This grove is doing finely.
and will commence shipping fruit another
year.
Friday afternoon G. W. Corbin. VINO
lives about five miles southeast of Chip
ley shot Albert Miller in the body with
winchester rifle. Miller is not expected
to live.
1t will be some time before the people
of GAINESVILLE will have the pleasure of see
ing roses in bloom in the gardens. Most
all OF the tender rose bushes, including The
best varieties, are dead.
In the United States Court in Tamp,
Saturday Harry L. Hizel, charged with
receiving and conceaiing smuggled goods.
VIZ aGuidente, was found guilty and sen,
fenced 20 pay fine Of $500.
The watermelon crop around Alachua
this spring is going to be extremely large.
Great success attended the efforts OF the
melon growers last year and has had the
crop.
Gainesville Sun: Mrs. Pardue has re-
ceived letter from her husband. who has
been farming at Miami. Mr.. Pardue
states that everything he had was killed.
lie had 1900 crates of tomatoes nearly
ready for shipment He does not know
Whether ne will replant or not.
The Florida Central & Peninsular is
putting in new side track at Fernando
ma. which will enable it to handle its pas-
senser business so as not to interfere with
It's freight traffic. The tracks will lead
directly to the car shed, and after extern
sNe repairs are completed, to the station.
Mr.. Frank Hepburn, representing the
Monk Ridge Manufacturing Company Of
Montreal, Canada, who has been at Pa
iatka several weeks prospecting, has pur-
CHASED a tract of land and will erect a
plant for extracting vegetable essences
from native plants. The plant will be To-
cated-in the extreme northern part of pa
latka, on the river front.
j. f. Suber of fernando county. saws
that he has samples of tobacco that will
compare favorably with the best ever
grown IN SumatTa, and the Sumatra COM
mands the astounding price of $3.50 per
pound. Florida, having the advantage of
the nigh protective duty of the Dinglev
tariff, ought to have a free field in he
cultivation of this tobacco.
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: On Saturday
night last about o'clock Sheriff Prevatt
and deputized man surrounded the house
of Henry Sylvester for the purpose of ar
resting Henry and his son, but Henry be-
ing not near the place escaped. but Mr..
Prevatt succeeded in capturing the boy
and taking him on the same night, Feb.
II, to Kissmmee jail, where he will be held
till court in March
Leesburg Commercial: All sections stand
on the same footing with regard 10 garden
ing for market now. The first crop m
end shipped will bring the price From
CHE end of the country to the other the
freeze destroyed all vegetables. Those who
ris Mt early viii reap the harvest. We
are informed that Mr. Aiken Stlvender
promptly ordered his force of hands into
the fields to replant on Wednesday.
The sharpe Pirate, a fishing boat own
ed by the Tampa Fish and Ice company,
ran ashore at Stump Pass i'm Lemon bay
last Sunday during the fierce gale The
crew, comprising Capt. James McIlvaiue
and two negroes, whose names are not
known, are reported lost Should the en-
tire boat prove to be past repair the loss
10 the company will exceed $1,000. All con
cerned are anxiously awaiting further ad-
vices from Gulf City.
Orlando Star; Mr.. ]. D. Webb, who
owns grove of 500 choice orange trees
on the east shore of Rock lake, about
mile west of town, reports this grove in
a practically unframed condition. He
says that not a branch was injured. and
The only injury which the trees will sus-
tain viii be dropping of their leaves. He
claims that the deep water lake on which
his grove fronts furnished the protection
for his grove