Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-13
FLORIDA.

There are 226 scholars attending the va
riOus schools in DeLand-
John K. LIANT beth has resigned as Cap
/ tain Of the Gainesville Guards.
The only candidate now in the field for
! Mayor of Sanford is P. J. ParramOre.
The Southern Express Company has
inaugurated a free delivery system at
! Sanford.
The Masous of Palatka will have pub
| lie installation OF officers, with grand
| concert, on Dec. y.
Very few oranges have been shipped
from about Gainesville this season. The
! growers are waiting forIthe fruit to rlpen.
John +. Rollins, late Receiver OF the
! United States Land Office, has gone to
his home at Fort George, where ne will
in future reside.
Palatka Heights will soon commence
I the construction of water works. Appli-
/ cation TOR charter is to be made at the
earliest opportunity.
The ferryboat Armsmear has gone to
! Palatka TO run In connection with the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West road
and the White road to the Halifax river.
}. S. Davis, late oil the New York and
Northeastern railway, has been ap-
| pointed yardmaSter at Sanford for the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail-
| way.
Thanksgiving will be followed by many
amusements in Palatka. First is the
! Guards ball, then the Memorial fair, the
Masonic concert, Episcopal festival, Pres
| byteran MikadO, etc.
Herman Brown is running his brick
| machine at Sauble at the rate of Il. 900 or
$4,000 per day. lie is cramped now for
want Of sheds, and has made large con-
tract for lumber TO fill this want.
Last Tuesday night the Holmes county
court house, at Cerro GordO, were de-
stroyed by fire. The fire was the work of
an incendiary- The records and all prop
erty belonging to the county was burned.
At the st. Augustine CITY election on
! Tuesday the following ticket was elected:
Mayor, DR.. Andrew Anderson; Alder
| men, w. s. M. Pinkham, George w.
Gibbs, E. d. Sabin. b. Ganovar, W. NJ.
Ingraham, w z. Eichbaum; Clerk,
! William Moody; Marshal, j, V. Drys-
| dale; Collector, &. Oliveros; Treasurer,
j. W. Allen; Assessor, Nj. T. Masters.
While the Indians were stopped at the
depot at Tallahassee Sunday one of the
pspooses began 10 squirm about in the
bag in which 10 was tied up, ana hanging
| against the side OF the car with only its
head sticking out. The old squaw took
down the bag, laid the naked embrio war
rior on her lap. caught the Jerusalem
| CIlCkei bUdJ was mixing MIN BQulrm.
| cracked the pesky insect under her thumb
nail, tied up the youngster in his bag,
| hung him up against the wall, and all
was serene again.
| At Tallahassee on the night of the cleo
! ton, while the horde of hoodIums were
parading the streets of the city, rafting.
| tin pans, ringing cow bells and beating
| drums in celebration Of their triumph
| over the intelligence and virtue OF the
In I, 49,
the residence of Hon, Fred T. Myers, the
Democratic candidate for the Senate, and
| hOoted and yelled like iniuriated demons
| After singing, "We'll hang Fred Myers
on a sour apple tree" they yelled at Mrs.
Myers, who was alone Ia the house with
her children-Mr. Myers being absent at
one OF the precincts W 1ere the count was
| still going On-and ordered the blinds
| thrown open, accompanying the order
| with threats to hurl brick bats through
| the windows.
! AS printed in the NEWS the day after
| the occurrence, when the train on
I which Senator Call, Col. Davidson and a
hundred other passengers who had been
| to Plant City TO attend the Davidson
meeting, was running between Cork and
| Sparkman, one of the windows of the pas
! senger coach was suddenly smashed in
and the glass sent flying in all directions
| Opinions differed as to whether the
smash was caused by a rock or other
| missile thrown or a shot fred into the
| train. A resident Of Cork explains the
| mystery as follows: On the same day the
freight train had left a lot OF panel doors,
with other freight, in the open shed OF the
warehouse and the train above referred
to, being the fast mail, sucked one of the
doors from the shed and burst 1t into
atoms and doubtless made a sharp report
when 1t crashed against the coach.
Mrs. Carrie Evans, of Palatka, the
mother of little four weeks old babe,
was mortified Wednesday at noon on
going into the room where her child had
been lett asleep about five minutes before
to see some OF the white rats, pets oil the
house, eating the face of the child. Her
screams soon brought all the inmates of
the old Putnam House cottage, W here she
resides, to her room, when IL was dis
covered that the child had been severely
bitten about the face by the rats, and
probably the left eye of the little one
totally destroyed. Mrs. Evans says that
the rats were drinking the blood which
was flowing from the wounds when she
entered the room. The cheeks, lips,
tongue and nose of the child were bitten,
and when first seen its face was covered
with blood. The child was quietly sleep
ing Wednesday afternoon, but no one
knows what VIII be the result OF the
wounds 1t received.
Pursuant to a call issued some weeks
sluce by number OF the leading nursery
men Of the state. the following gentlemen
met in convention at the Opera House at
Palatka Wednesday: James Mott, OF Or
landO; w. w. Hawkins, Lake George
Aaron War;, Georgetown; A. j. Beach,
Palatka; w. Il. Reed, Drayton Island: f..
II. lison, Lakeland; =. w. Reasoner
Manatee; II. l.. W heatley, Altamonte; q.
T.. Campbell, Lake Weir; Edmond IL
Hart, Federal Point; +. 5. Cone, Crescens
city; q. l.. Taber, Glen st. Mary; W. &.
steele. switzerland; j. Il. Anderson. san
Mateo; Charles b. Pelton, Lake Helen;
". II, Mann, Meanwhile; A. n.
Manvlile, Jacksonville; A. /. Bdwell.
Orlando; ". X. Cessna. GAINESVILLE;
A.. "A. sanford. rhomasvilie, Ga.
Permanent organization was effected
under the name Of the Florida Nursery
meme Association. Tue following are
the officers elected: President. A. /. Bid
well; Vice President. +. $. Cone; Secre-
taty, q. l.. TAber; Treasurer, i. X. Ander.
son. The Obiec1 of the ASSOCIATION ~ tor
the mutual benefit OF all uurserymeu, and
10 80 agree that there viii be Uniformity
ln prices and the description at fruits.
Ihest questions, NJ well as Inc introduce
ton aud Classification of fruits, were
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