The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-12
STATE ITEMS.

Judge 4. X. Foster i holding court at
Key West.
The building boom in Orlando contin-
ues undated.
Sheriff Anderson. of Orange, has re-
ceived the death warrant of Enoch Car
ter, who is TO be hung on Jan. -. 1887.
Nine tramps were arrested in Orlando
Monday and put in the calaboose, where
they doubtless found it more comforta-
bic than being out in the woods.
The testimony In the New ton murder
case, taken at Orlando, contained over
1O0,C0 words, and the cost to the State
since the arrest of Newton, some three
years ago, has been over $4,000
1t is rumored that the Taylor county
band of outlaws entered the Econfenee
river county ten or twelve days ago,
and killed a man named Sapp-two men
by said name, father and son, icing en-
gagged in procuring cedar timber. The
Governor has offered a reward for the
capture of this hand of outlaws.
y few days ago trash pile in the con-
vent yard at Pensacola was fired. and in
burning set fire to the fence which was
near the building, and would have eX-
tended to the building but for the pres
ence of mind and prompt action of a lit
tie girl, who saw the blaze froIn up stairs
and flew across the room and down
stairs, seized the water bucket and eX-
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about a dozen-could get there with
water.
Purseley, the negro rapist, who was
found guilty in the Circuit Court at Jack
fiendish crime on the person of Mamie
Crane, has, ever since his conviction.
been very unea " and walks about his
narrow cell nea-ly all the time. He has
been asking the other old prisoners a
great many questions about Robinson.
who was hanged "A few months ago. Ii
is thought that he will have to pay the
same penalty.
! Hudson & BonncIl, groccrs, who did
business on the south side of Bay street,
JacF @onville, have sold out Their
entire stock to J. c. Greeley of Jack
SONY ne. and Myers Bros, of Savan.
! nah. Rumors of failures were being
| circulated about the firm on the streets,
but they have no foundation, rs it wee
authenticity stated that Hudson & Bon
nell were solvent, and that they would
continue 10 run their establishment IN
East Jacksonville.
Capt. T. w. Lund, of the the steamer
Fox, under special charter, took up the
Econlockhatchee, leaving Sanford last
Saturday morning, ard returning Fri
day night, a colony Of Gei mans, he
have acquired several thousand acres
of land on that stream, and will ut once
begin the erection of houses and cleaning
of lands, with n view to permanent set
Element and the cultivation OF fruits and
! vegetables and general farming. The
arrival of the colony, and the first steam.
er on the EconlOckhatchee, was signal
Ized by the assembIage of large con
course of citizens, the firing of guns and
''three schecrs and tiger" for Captain
| Lund, the Fox and the now colony. The
| Fox Is the pioneer steamer, and its cap
tain the pioneer nav ,gatoi of the st
Johns and its tributaries. Ii is probable
that the Econlockhatchee will be thor
oughly cleaned out, al logs removed ant
that its navigation will hereafter be reg
ular, for the convenience of the large
population settling there. The leading
spirit in the new enterprise are Messrs
SChuit, and Carson.