Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-14
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FLORIDA.
Gainesville has seven soda water foun-
tains in use.
A Chinaman will open a laundry at
Gainesville.
The bills of the First National Bank of
Orlando are being paid out rapidly.
Several tons of ice are shipped from
Apalachicola by nearly every boat.
The State Medical Association was
booked to meet at the Opera House in Pa
latka yesterday.
Bacon burning in the ruins of the recent
fire at Gainesville is emitting an odOr
which is almost unbearable.
l.. G. Tubbs, an Orange Heights mer-
chant, plead guilty to the charge OF SELL
ing tobacco without a license, and was
fined $40.
George F. Young is burning kiln of
$4,000 brick to be used by j. j. Patrick
and himself in erecting brick building
in Orlando.
W. X. Bartleson and J. s, Allen are
each erecting for themselves an elegant
residence nearly opposite the Methodist
church at Gainesville.
Petitions are in Washington for two
new post offices in st. Johns county, one
at Warrltield's station on the St. Angus
tine and Palatka railway, the other near
Moccasin Branch settlement on the same
road.
A 12-horse-power steam engine used
for running cotton gin and grist mill on
the place of w. HI. Sanders, six miles
northwest of Monticello, exploded, caus-
the death OF two negroes and wounding
several others,
Wednesday, while Samuel j. johnson
was walking across floor at the Cypress
Lumber COmpany's mill, near Apalachi-
cola, he slipped aud fell, causing the edge
of large and very sharp chisel he was
carrying in his hand to cut serious and
painful wound in his thigh.
The prospects for the new paper factory
at Sanford are bright. The proprietOrs,
Williams Bros, OF Brooklyn, have pur-
chased the patents bearing on the pal
metto fibre process for making paper and
have secured machinery that will turn
out 5000 pounds of fine paper daily.
The stockholders of the Apalachicola
and Mariana Telegraph Company met
Tuesday last and elected the following
new officers as directors: J. N. Coombs,
w. T. Orman, H. G. Hicks, g. A. Patton,
one place untitled. The new board of
directors then elected j. n. COcmbs as
President and g. A. Patton Secretary and
Treasurer.
At Sanford, last Saturday evening, just
at the beginning Of religious exercises
on the corner of the Sanford House yard,
Arthur Schuman, better known as
''Cockney," ignited lot of fire crackers
near the crowd, and terrible racket en-
sued. He was promptly arrested, and on
Monday morning he was taken before
Mayor Shrine, who. upon the urgent plea
for leniency by the preachers and others
engaged in the religious exercises, fined
him $50 and costs.
The Grand Division Sons OF Temper
ance met at Ocala Tuesday, p. 6. W. P.
Rev. G. G. Mclean presiding. j. Nj. Fair
lie, Grand Scribe, read the annual reports,
showing an increase Of six divisions and
one hundred and iftysiX members during
the past year. The officers for the current
year are: G. w. P, DIR. w. l.. Baldwin ;
G. w. A, William r. c. Meeks; 6. s., j.
| H. Bants; G. T.. Joseph Thomas; G.
! Chaplain, Rev. G. B. Wilmer; g. c., Ed
ward Williams; q. S, J. B. Collins. The
Ocala division has entertained the dele
gates Handsomely, and the w. @. t. u.
rendered them grand reception In the
| Opera House Tuesday evening.
The Orlando Record prints the follow
ing: An English lady has arrived at
Orlando with nine children, a parrot and
/ 40 pieces OF baggage. What became of
/ her husband is not positively known, but
it is surmised that the poor man took to
the woods at the first favorable Oppor-
tunity.-Ex. You are mistaken in your
surmise about the man taking to the
woods. He came to stay, and has since
his arrival cleared 40 acres of land,
planted 500 orange trees, and has a yegeta-
BILE garden for the children to attend TO-.
He has only been here three months. but
has sold vegetables enough to make a
living, paw for horse team and farming
utensils, and owes no man dollar.
The yacht Frolic came near running
afoul of cyclone in Santa Rosa sound
last Saturday. The FrOlic, with some
eight or nine Pensacolians on board, was
near the NarrOws and sailing quietly
along when Mr.. Mallory heard a peculiar
rushing. kissing sound, and without more
ado lowered sail and hove to, luckily Just
In time, as the cyclone whirled past, miss
ing the frall craft only few feet. Mr.
Mallory's account of the unwelcOme
visitor tallies exactly with the scientific
description Of a cyclone. He says the
circle was some forty or more feet in d.
ameter, with the water dashed and churned
TO foam on the outer edges, while in the
centre was a space some twenty feet IN
diameter that was perfectly still, so much
40 indeed as TO nave the appearance OF
having oil upon it. Mr.. Knowles says
that but for Mr.. MallOry's prompt action
the boat would have been struck and more
than likely swamped in the swirl OF che
wind and water.
The trial Of John Austin for the muir
der OF Alex. lGlenn was concluded at
Gainesville ruesdaythe second day Of the
trial. The jury, after being out fifteen
hours. returned with verdict OF guilty
of murder in the second degree" the pun
ishment on that charge being cOnnne-
ment In the penitentiary for life. Inc
verdict was quite "A surprise TO many, as
IL was generally looked upon as having
been willul. cold-hloOded murder, and
the majority Of the citizens thought Ver-
diet of murder in the hrst degree would
be rendered. The murder was committed
some time last September in negro house
near the Florida Railway aud Nayiga-
tion Company's depot IN GainesVlle'
where John Austin and Alex.
Glenn, both negroes quarreled about
disreputable wench, the row terminating
in Austin breaking Glenn's head with
slin0 shot, The murderer then fed,
taking with him Ada Sheperd, their mu-
tuaI enamorata, over whose affections
they had quarreled. A few days later
both Austin and the girl were arrested by
sheriff Tucker at place south OF Ocala,
taken back To Gainesville and jailed, put
the Girl was afterwards released.
Where was Davis Captured?