The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-18
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= besss OF OfIando is the SentineFS
candidate for Governor in 1900. The Sem
tinel says that South Florida had only
one governor in forty years-ex-Gov.
M'tchell-and Beggs will be the next
P. H. Gnlen of Ocala, in company with
three other gentlemen, went down to Sill
yer Springs Friday night on a fishing ex-
petition and returned Saturday night.
The catch was 400 Dream, two cells and
two catfish.
Rev. w. 5. Blaisden of Victoria was bit
ten by a ground rattlesuake last Wednes-
house, he heated poker red hot and burnt
The wound out. He is now our of danger
and doing well.
W. c. MARSHALL of Punta Gorda was in
Sanibel for day this week. having been
sent by the New York World to write up
a story of a deviltish that was reported
caught off the coast near there He was
armed with all that was necessary for
first-class story, but neither the fish nor
the fisherman could be found.
Up to to-day there have been 5.25S bales
of tobacco imported from Cuba to Tampa
This tobacco is for consumption by the
cigar industry there. Every bale of this
tobacco represents a cash outlay of $500
by the time it reaches the factory, which
should give a fair idea of the proportions
of the financial part of the cigar industry
in Tampa.
Plant City tobacco growers who have
worn long faces since their failure to sell
the '9S crop. are now looking brighter.
They have $4,000 pounds of excellent leaf
at Quincy, and now have good prospect
of selling it at so cents. Their agent NJ.
L. Floyd is in Philadelphia and writes
that he is about to close a deal for the
sale of the entire lot.
Volusia County Record: The vegetable
industry in many sections of Florida Is
proving this year as remunerative as the
orange industry ever did. Beans and Irish
potatoes are going to the Northern mar
kets by the carloads every day, and big
prices are being realized. The tomato
crop is just beginning to move, and very
fancy prices will be obtained for this pro-
duct for the next month.
Capt. George Lynch, assisted by the stu
dents, is making elaborate decorations in
the chapel of the East Florida Seminary
at Gainesville preparatory to the COM
mencement exercises. The decorations
win reflect great credit upon the taste of
the genial captain and his students. The
commencement exercises this year will be
the most elaborate ever witnessed at the
seminary, and both teachers and pupils are
working hard for that occasion
Tampa Correspondence Times Union
and Citizen: Those people who may have
thought that compliment was simply in
tended by recent references to Judge Jo-
seph B. Wall as gubernatoral candi-
date, may find themselves mistaken There
is every indication here that this is a Sc
rious matter and the friends and admir-
ers of this gentleman feel that he is the
most available man for the position, and
are laying plans to that end. The move
ment seems to have some popularity
throughout South Florida, and politicians
who claim to keep their fingers on the DO
ltical pulse of West Florida declare that
he will have many warm supporters and
much strength coming from that section
Three months from this time is the limit
set by George W. Davis, chief engineer
and manager of construction of the Jack
sonVille and Southwestern Railway for
the completion of the first forty miles of
track beginning from the eastern termi-
nus at Cummer's mill This will add
new tributary TO the swelling flood of
traffic that is annually being diverted to-
ward Jacksonville. Under the direction
of Mr.. Davis The work of laying iron on
the graded portion of the road begun yes
terday. The steel crossing to be used in
passing over the tracks of the Florida
Central and Peninsular road has arrived
and will be put in place during the week.
thus enabling the company to use their
locomotive and cars in the work of con-
struction. When this is completed Mr.
Davis expects to progress with the laying
OF track at the rate of a mile per day.
Lake Butler Bulletin: The Herlong Rail-
road, known as the Gainesville and Gulf
is being rapidly pushed to its completion
a Sampson. The intention of this line
was to afford a method by which the
heavy vegetable growers of Micanopy
could reach the markets with their pro-
ducts. At Gainesville this line makes con
nection with both the Plant System and
the Florida Central and Peninsular. Now
in addition TO the thirty miles of the orig
inal road, an extension of nineteen and
one-half miles of track is being built from
Gainesville to Sampson in this county,
thus giving the Herlong Company direct
communication wSh the Southern Rail-
way, via the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida Railroad Company. This will give the
fruit growers below Gainesville the benefit
of three lines cutting at each other and re-
6ucing rates, and doubtless Mr.. Herlong
and his partners will have the grateful
thanks of their patrons for the good facil-
tiles offered.