The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
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AfOAAtDAs
The building boom IS stiH on in Lake
land, and bids fair 10 continue all sum
mer. The class OF buildings being erected
is the better class Of dwellings which viii
be occupied by the owners as soon as com
pleted
The new phosphate works which have
been located three miles west Of Fort
Meade, are improving business there
large force of hands is now at work and
TWO saw mills have been located nearby.
which are under contract TO furnish the
company with 1900 feet of lumber per
day
Capt. r. d. Poser has on exhintiou in
Hubbard & Macdun's window, al Ocala,
melon that tips the beam at serenity
nine pounds. lie has others like it. Never
before nave melons been so cheap and
so good in Ocala as at present. Forty and
hfty-pound melons sci for cents, and Of
less size TWO for cents.
Suwanee Democrat: We learn from a re-
liable source that Capt J. ". Whiddon
of Arcadia has paid out something over
$4,000 for cattle in Suwannee county dur
ing the past four weeks. The captain has
almost depleted our ranges. but so far as
we Know. all his dealings with our people
have been pleasant and satisfactory on
both sides.
Rev J. Munsinger Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, North, died suddenly az
Windsor Thursday Of heart failure Rev
Mr.. Munsinger was born in Pennsylvania
seventy-one years ago. He has filed the
position of assistant postmaster at Wind
scr for fourteen years. The funeral ser
vices took place at Wesley Chapel after
which he was laid to rest in Providence
cemetery.
+. w. Harrison, well known druggist
of Key West, and Miss Lily Benuy of
Georgia were married in Tampa Thursday
afternoon and left for their home on the
island Mr. Harrison came up 10y Tues
days boat and Miss Bentley arrived on
the Florida Central and Peninsular train.
where she was met bys the prospective
groom. They were driven at once to the
court house, where the ceremony was per
formed
Tampa Times: Since the announcement
that Gen. J. b. Wall viii not be a caudi-
date for Governor, the name OF Sena tor
Fred Myers i often heard in places where
politics are discussed. Mr.. Myers has
some warm friends in this county and
they no doubt would like TO see him fiji
the Governors chair; and from the way
he presided over the Senate, nobody can
doubt his ability TO fill the position ac-
ceptably.
South Florida Sentinel The number of
people leaving Orlando for the summer is
larger this year than ever before, ir strikes
us. II is simply astonishing 20 see how
many have gone and are yet to go. 1t
clearly shows that there is no great search
~ of money in our town, for it takes
money 10 travel. Fortunately many have
friends and relatives whom they will visit,
and. aside from transportation, their ex-
penses viii be light Almost every one
leaving expects to return next fan.
There is no change in the labor situa-
ton at Tampa. Thursday night the man
ufacturers' committee tried to have a
meeting with a committee from all the
working factories in the city but they
could not get together. The cgarmakers
treated them with silence and not a single
committee or man appeared at the place
of meeting to talk 10 the manufacturers
committee. The manufacturers have or
ganized and are determined TO make a
stand now for their rights, and there is
going to be a bitter struggle if the men
continue in their determination to hold
out.
The tracklayers of the jacksonville and
Southwestern Railway have completed the
laying of the first ten miles of track from
Cummers mill, in Jacksonville, westward.
Considerable delay in this branch of the
work has been occasioned by The difficulty
in obtaining rails as the demand on the
rolling mills is Unprecedented, and they
have been unable to fill orders promptly.
Some delay was also occasioned in getting
the crossings over the Florida Central and
Peninsular and Plant System tracks, but
this has been accomplished and track lay
ing has progressed during the past week
al the rate of a mile day. BY Aug. Is
it is expected that the connection will be
made at the 2S-mie post with the Florida
Central and Peninsular and regular trains
Will be run from there at once. Within a
week all the grading on the Jacksonville
end of the road will be finished, and the
construction camp win be removed to the
Southern division, and work on that part
of the road rapidly pushed.