The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-18
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I meeting of the State Horticultural Society
III Jacksonville, 10 have them select Gaines
VINE as the next place Of meeting. H. G.
fietcher of North Gainesville, a member
| OIL the society, is in charge of the mat
Ter and will ask the City Council at its
next meeting TO pass a resolution inviting
the society TO meet there.
Gainesville Sun: ]. C..~Lambert, the
young man who stole a bicycle at Ocala
last winter, and afterwards sold it to E..
b. Whiddoh of this city, passed through
GAINESVILLE yesterday on his way to the
peultentlary, in charge of F. e. Bridges.
I lie was sentenced for five years. The SEN
tehce is considered very severe, but is due
10 the young mans contempt and general
demeanor in court. He plead guilty.
st. Augustine Herald: Mr. w. C. Middle
ton of this city has grove of orange trees
| at Moultrie numbering 200 in all. now in
full bloom. and promising finely. Those
| trees are of the Satsuma variety, budded
| on to Trifoliata stock. They came out of
me freeze unscathed. We congratulate
Mr.. Middleton on being so fortunate. This
successful use of the Trloriata stock may
furnish valuable hint 10 Mr.. Middleton
| ncighbors.
Tampa Tribune: The solitary case of
smallpox that appeared in this city some
weeks ago is now thing of the past The
city board of health discharged the pa
tent who was a negro woman on last
tuesday. Everything inside the house, in
Guiding the clothing and furniture, had
been taken out and burned. The building
has been thoroughly fumigated and thrown
open, and will be kept in that condition
for period of thirty days
Cutler, Biscayne Bay: The large
amount of money loaDed by Mr.. Flag,er
on the east coast has done untold good
to the settlers, and also shows who their
truest friends are. If any one was in
ciined to cry down railroads before the
freeze, he has surely changed his opinions
since. The ability to aid with so generous
an amount must be a source of great
pleasure TO Mr. Flagler, who has forever
endeared himself to the entire community
along The east.
Florida STAR Mr.. w. H. Mcfarland Wis
tied DeLand Monday and gave an exhi-
bitlon of his tent protection for orange
trees to Mr. Stetson, the apparatus work
ing most perfectly, covering a row of trees
in five seconds; two trees were covered in
less than two seconds. Mr.. Stetson seems
deeply interested in the plan, and express
ed himself well pleased. Mr.. Mcfarland
is now at work on two outfits for exhibit
ton 10 the officials of the Florida East
Coast Railway.
Gainesville Sun: Mr.. Cheeves, who is
guarding those quarantined, on account
of smallpox, was badly frightened one
night this week. He was seated near a
fire and dropped off in a sleep. He was
awakened by a noise resembling that made
by rattlesnake, and which seemed very
uncomfortably near. He jumped up, but,
after careful investigation, found nothing,
and came to the conclusion that he had
been dreaming. Later he went to sleep
again, and for the second time heard the
noise, which continued long enough for
him 20 locate it, He had built his fire on
top of a hollow stump, where a huge rat
tier had it's nest. The snake was burned
to death.
The 400 cigarmakers at the Ybor Man
rara factory, in Tampa, are on a strike.
This means that 600 or 100 people at the
factory are out of employment The griev
ance is that the cigarmakers do not want
the management of the factory to weigh
the filler tobacco that is given them.
Their complaint was made to the man.
agement, and they were told that Mr..
Manrara would be communicated with by
telegraph, and that as soon as he was
heard fro II the answer would be made
known. - committee went back to the
workroom and made short speech to
the worknen, and they all at once left
their seats and took to the street.