Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-04

FLORIDA.
A division Of the Sons OF Temperance was
Organized at Ocala Friday night with u
members.
IL Is intimated that some startling facts will
soon be gwen to the public CONCERNING fbe
financial affairs Of Ocala.
hyde Park, miles from Ocala is tn have a
rallrOad station and be otherwise imuroved
with view 10 inducing settlement.
Ii. j. Ward, Of Boston, Thomas county ca
was IN Ocala Friday in search Of a missing
son, lad OF 10 years, who left home To accom-.
pany DR.. LIRhtfoot. representiDo j Ne;
can llnlment." through the country. The
doctor borrowed Mr.. Wards horse and on
gaged the services Of the boy. After a dill
gent search OF sever9l weeks, Mr.. Ward found
the party at Ocala. and. after giving the ioc
tor little talk, departed with MS SON Tor
home. '7 9O' Aoi
1onn, who has been confined in iail at An
alachlcola for several months for the KILLING
OF tne supposed murder of Mrs. Crum,
OF Carabelle, last year. was removed
TO the residence Of Mrs. Campbell. on
account OF extremely IN health. on Satur-
Jay afternoon at O'Clock he died. He said
repeatedly. previous to his demise: s.IiIi teli
t' III tell II nOw,' but he did not reveal the
secret OF the murder, and 10 Is buried with
MN. Dykes. who is now IN iail as an accom-
FHee' VIII be tried at the next term Of court.
g.. Empora Gdsette; Last week We clipped an
item from the Bronson Times in regard 90 an
orange tree at that place, which had three
crops OF oranges on it and was In bloom for
ah0ther crop. We can DO better than thar
\ III. Pend'eton, OF New York owns "A grow.
near TINS place IN which is a tree from which
tue season s crop has just been picked, aud
SUN there remains four Il stmCt crops while
me tree Is IN full bloom for the hfth. one
crop Is from last July's bloom. and is lust be-
ginning To rpen; the second is from blooms
10 september, and Is about the size Of a hens
egg; the third II from blooms in November,
ana IS about the size ~ an egg Of a partridge.
and the fourth is the size of bullet
In pursuance OF the order of tho "A r,,o.r.t B..
Executive Committee, the vote for the County
CierAshlp, OF Suwannee, between J. W. New
man ami ID. VI. McAlpin, editor Of the Live.
Oak bWtstiH. was decided at the court house
Friday, 10y lot. There We're present several
members OF the Executive Committee, and
otner cltiAens OF the county. Mr.. Newman
nelng absent, Mr.. McAlpln declined To draw
himself, but allowed the appointment of "a
substitute o. draw for him. The committee
selected IL. ID. Allison on the part Of Mr. Me
Alpln, and 4. Il. Parker in behalf OF MIR
Newman. There were ten blind ballots put
INTO box. upon one Of which was written
the word "Olcrk.' 4 benny was tossed for
uf7t uraw anu MI Newman wou. The draw
lhH ihch procec'ted IN regular order and upon
opening the ballots the WORT CLERK" was
found on his side.
Ocala Item: Quite "a stir was caused Thurs
day ln the social circles of silver Spring ami
lhc business circles Of OCala hy the sudden
departure Of /. Y. Wcstervclt. "A merchant do
ing business al the Spring, for parts unknown.
lie is supposed 10 be IN New Orleans. The
sensational and painful nature: and for fcar
that our Information may not be entirely cor
rert aud out Of regard for the feeling of his
heart-brOkrn Wlfe. we refransfrom publish
INK the rumOrs anuat. WesterVelC was IN
deuteu 10 several Of our merchants i'm amounts
named below Our enterprisiug neighbors
kennedy ROwell were the first To learn that
he had abscOndcd. With characteristic
promptness they Knocked that very night al
the door Of Lawyer Turney's private apart
meuts, and had him TO fix up the proper
papers 20 levy an attachment early next
morning. They then hunted up the Deputy
Cl rk OI the Circuit Court and got matters i'm
ape SD that by O'Clock Deputy Sheun
Hodge was ON his way TO Silver Spring. They
thus got aheai and secured the cash. Later
ln the daY the news became general, and most
OF our business men took legal steps 10 secure
their accounts. The following Is a list OF AL
that we could collect: Kennedy & RoWeu
500; W. Robinson. SOS; Ri Delouest, SIS.
A. f. DelOuest, $l4; J. NJ. Blair, $50; ID. q.
' AN Pelt N Co., $50. VIII Wilson. who was
clerkiug for Westervelt, also has a claim, buj
tile amouut Is not known. The shameful CON
duct Of Wc=teryeiJ Is very darh
he not ouly attempted to de
fraud his creditors. but has ruined the virtue
Of the flower Oi his household. At one time
he was highly respected, and only receutlv
neit The responsible position Of railroad agent
at the Spring lie left several days ago, fol-
lowed by his daughter the next day.