The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-28
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
There are many more Northern visitors
in Gainesville this winter than there were
last year. Most of those now there ex-
pect TO remain during the entire winter.
Some sneak thieves entered ]. V. Harris
lettuce patch at Tacoma Monday night
and relieved him of picking about twelve
crates. The amount lost reaches s25. The
tracks of the thieves headed in the di-
rection of Micanopy.
j. A. Mcdonald who is in charge of
the extensive operations of the East Coast
Railway az Nassau. including the erection
of the Hotel Colonial, the estimated cost
of which is over $1,000, 900, left for Nassau
Tuesday on the steamer Miami
Punta Gorda Herald: The Fort Myers
Press notes that Spanish gold coins are
again plentiful in Southern Florida as n
result Of the reopening of The cattle trade
with Cuba. As yet Spanish gold coins are
not 80 plentiful in the vicinity of the
Herald Office.
Mr.. F. o. Painter of DeLand recently
sent one crate of kumquats to market
and received $24 returns for them. This
is one of the choicest of the fruits of
Florida and the wonder is that more of
the people do not plant them. They make
beautiful tree and may be easily pro-
tected, as they are small.
The ladies of the Cathedral congrega-
ton at st. Augustine are busy making
prepare tons for the annual fair, to be
given in the Bishops hall next month
They have already received some valuable
contributions, and will spare neither time
nor labor 10 make it a success. The pro-
ceeds will be added 10 the altar fund,
the object of which is to erect a magni-
ficent high altar in the Cathedral.
Another death has occurred at Cocoa,
and another good citizen gone. B. Nail,
after an illness of about twelve days,
died at his home Tuesday The funeral
took place Wednesday from the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, of which he was a
consistent member. Mr.. Nail has been
mail carrier ever since the railroad car
ried the mail. The town will miss him,
as he was for years its only public team
ster. He was 81 years old.
Gainesville Sun: Savannah and Jack
sonvllle are kicking at the action of the
river and harbor committee, while Tampa
is well pleased and compliments the COM
mittee. While we would like to see all the
cities interested secure ample appropria-
lions for the improvement of their har-
bors. we cannot help believing that the
aggregate whole of the sum appropriated
has been equitably distributed, and that
the committee has acted impartially.
The Punta Gorda Banl- has been reor-
ganized and $4,000 added to the capital
stock all the stock now being owned by
residents of Puuta Gorda. II will be in
corporated as a state bank, and hereafter
will be an independent institution, it
formerly having been a branch of the
state bank OF TT. Meade. Its name has
not been changed and il will continue to
be known as the Punta Gorda Bank. c.
L. Huddeston will continue to serve as
cashier P. w. Meadow will probably be
president vice Warren Tyler, and j. H.
Harrington vice president
De Land News: The cassava factory
is taking in cassava as fast as it can be
hauled 1t is a mighty poor man that can
not dig two tons day and each acre
has averaged from 80 to 60 tons according
10 the care or cultiva ton and fertilizer
used Six dollars a ton is being paid for
the crop And yet some fellows who are
too lazy to dig a ton a day are kicking
Considering that cassava will grow in al
most any old place, and The factory is
close at hand there is much encourage
meut for orange growers, who can make
an excellent income from cassava while
waiting for the halcyon days Of oranges TO
return.
The liquor dealers of Jacksonville are
etill demanding the refunding to them by
the city a certain amount of money col
lected as a license under the ordinance
passed by the city last September AL
ready r. w. Simms. a wholesale liquor
dealer. has succeeded in gaining decision
from the Supreme Court on habeas corpus
proceedings, wherein he was arrested and
fined in the Municipal Court $500 for not
paving the $1,000 license tax. Since the
order OF the court dscharging Simms, ac-
lion IN the Circuit Court to recover $500
was begun by JOS. Zapf, who paid a IL
cenee as wholesale and retail liquor dealer
apsregating $1,000 other suits Of like
nature have been instituted
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