The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-11
FLORIDA.

Otter hides do not seem to command as
good prices this season as last.
Alachua county will not hold a pri-
at first intended
The claims of Thad Parker are being
pushed for the position of postmaster at
Lacrosse. J. E. Futch was postmaster
during the last Democratic administratio
and he has never been replaced.
The residence of Mrs. NJ. E. Miller and
contents, at Kanapaha, were totally de-
stroyed by fire a few nights ago. The iso-
lated location made ready help impossible.
The fire originated in the kitchen early in
the morning.
1t is said that guavas can be made seed
less by splitting the body of the tree
when setting it out and removing section
of the pith, so as to break the connection.
The wound should then be carefully wrap
ped, so as to allow it to heal.
A good many prospective settlers are
at Arcadia, in De Soto county, who in
tend to invest in land and in orange
groves. There will be in the near future
many orange and grapefruit trees plant
ed. The trees are in fine condition and
will soon be white with bloom
There has been a big fall in the bean
market. A few days ago beans shipped
from Florida were bringing from SO to IS. 80
per crate. Wednesday the sales were from
$1.5O to $3.50. The extreme cold weather
prevalent in the North is responsible in
a large measure for this state of things.
DR.. r. NJ Wells died Wednesday night
1f
death was due TO an attack of the grip.
accompanied by partial paralysis DR..
Wells was about 90 years old, had been
practicing medicine in Hillsboro county
thirty years, and was a resident of Plant
City for more than twelve years.
Steps have at last been taken looking to
the erection of an electric plant to supply
St. Augustine with electric lights. AT the
last City Council meeting W. A. MacWil-
liams appeared before the board and pre-
scented a petition, signed by many of the
property owners, requesting that such a
plant be erected and operated by the city
authorities. An ordinance was also pre-
pared and passed its first reading, enti-
tied, IAN ordinance to establish a light
plant. TO be operated by the city, and to
issue bonds to erect the same
At the Arcade Hotel fire at Orlando
Wednesday morning DR.. Whittenmyer lost
nearly all of his clothing; ]. T. McMurray
S160 in cash and a portion of his ward
robe; DIR. Robinson, $50 in cash and
some of his apparel and Henry Klein
and wife a gold watch and diamond jew
elry valued at $3.50 or more. Landlord
Burden had been carrying $4,000 insur-
ance for a long time, and dropped 81, 600
when times. piHehed too, hard, finally fail
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month, leaving $1,000 in force.
The report of the postoffice at Tampa
for last year, which has just been finish
ed by Postmaster Reynolds, shows that
5,221 domestic money orders were issued.
amounting to 1852, 323.11. Foreign money
orders numbering S95 and worth $22, 622 9S
were also issued. This, with several other
stems of money order business made the
total years receipts in that department.
run up to 1914 210.91. The office paid 9,573
domestic orders. TO the value of S99.551. %,
aud 104 International orders, amounting to
$2,16768 The postal business shows that
the gross receipts for the office were S42,-
20468 against $24 ,523. 81 in(1S97. There were
1,22S,569 2-cent stamps sold during the
year, against $40 104 in the previous year
1t is also announced that on the first of
the coming month the Tampa postoffice
will be made an international money or
der office, and that all orders made pay
able in Cuba will be handled there
Jacksonville Metropolis: No one in this
section denies that the vegetable crop was
considerao oily damaged by the cold last
night "wednesday. While some farmers
say their vegetables were nipped, they did
not believe the orange trees were hurt IL
requires cold TO the degree of 20 TO kill an
orange tree. and it must be of longer dura-
ton than the one Wednesday night In
1895 the thermometer here indicated IA de-
grees above zero for one night, and the
following season 100000 more oranges
were gathered than the previous year.