Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-10
FLORIDA.

The State political pots are more than
sImmering.
Ice is again scarce In some South
| Florida towns.
The burglars have not given Palatka the
gO-by altogether. The residence of Maj.
S. COnant was entered Tuesday night.
The Sanford Gas Company has pur-
chased piece OF land between Fifth and
Sixth streets and Holly and Cedar
avenues for The works.
The stock men of Volusia county will
meet at Enterprise to-day for the purpose
| OF organizing such an association as the
one recently organized at Fort Mason.
At Titusville Saturday NJ. S. Jones was
| thrown from his wagon, dislOcaUing his
arm and thumb and sustaining internal
injuries which prevented him from deliv-
eriAg the Fourth of July grafton Monday
| morning.
Three coaches loaded with excursion
lists from Sanford, Enterprise and De-
Land, arrived on Monday morning to wit
ness the regatta and base ball match,
| Quite number of ladies were among the
| excursi0nists.
The camp meeting which opened last
week at Williams camp ground, McDayid
Station, in Escambia county, ended Mon
day. The attendance throughout, while
very good, showed a decrease from last
/
daily attendance was 900, and on Sun
| day the crowd must have swelled up to
5000.
The dredge Chester has succeeded IN
cutting halt of the distance through the
new HaulOver canal, and she is meeting
with no difficulties in cutting other than
few places where small veins OF quick
| sand are found, which necessitates her
backing up and cutting again. 1t is SAID
that the coquIna will not delay her pro-
! gress any.
At Titusville Saturday F. B. Sackett
showed a hill of oats which contained q
stalks, all from single oat, which he
! planted for curiosity to zee how it would
| yield, The stalks are full six feet high
from the ground, and an average one of
| them contained 146 grains Of oats, which
would aggregate on the 81 stalks over
| 5000 grains.
At Palatka negro, who had been ar
! rested for larceny and who was on trial
Tuesday at the court house, broke from
the court room and gave the officers a
warm and spirited chase Tor few blocks
before being recaptured. He was shot at,
| but the bullet missed its mark, and aside
! from the fright received the negro was un-
harmed. He is now in jail.
The firm of Hudnall & VatterlIn has
been dissolved. The firm has done an eX-
! tensive trade in the shoe business for
more than two years past in Florida,
having a house at each OF the cities of
Sanford, Orlando and Palatka. The houses
at Sanford and Palatka have reverted to
H. p. Vatterlin, the junior member ofth
firm, and the Orlando house will here
after be owned by Mr.. Hudnall.
The Sanford Journal was closed on
Thursday evening last, July l, by Sheriff
j. G. Anderson, on an execution issued
by the Circuit Court in favor of MacKel-
lar, Smiths d Jordan, type founders, Of
Philadelphia. Pa. The amount of their
bill is $1,0l4, and other Judgments have
been rendered against the journal Pub
fishing COMPANY which will take all the
assets. The office furniture, fixtures,
types, presses. ETC., are advertised at
sheriff's sale on Monday, Aug. , at the
door of the court house IN Orlando.
The Democrats of Orange county are
called to meet in delegate convention in
Orlando, on Tuesday, July y, at IL
O'Clock, for the purpose of selecting TWEEN
ty delegates to the Second District Demo
cratic Congressional Convention, to be
held at Ocala on August 4. The commit
tee recommend that the Democratic voters
OF the several precincts hold their prima-
ries on the Saturday preceding the hold
ing of the County Convention. namely
July "a. The ratio of representation will
DE one delegate for each precinct, and one
for each twenty votes or fractional part
of twenty above ten, cast for +. A. Perry
for Governor at the last general election.
Last Saturday evening Kinnis Black,
living six or eight miles above NJ iltOn,
MORALLY wounded man named Glover
in drunken row at Milton by striking
him with nail clamper on the mead, from
the effect OF which Glover died Sunday
evening. Both men had been drinking TO
some extent, and previously in the day mad
atisticuh engagement, but were separated
with no BARN done. Late in the evening
both met in Mayer Bros store, when the
quarrel was renewed. Black threw ten
pound weight at Glover, which missed
him and struck Budd Jernigan, who
had Just entered, on the head and fac,
dangerously injuring an eye and knock
ing him senseless. Black then picked up
a nail clamper aud dealt the fatal blow,
telling his victim to the floor, jumped in
MS buggy and fed lie is still at large.
Glover was comparatively stranger in
mat county, and leaves family in
straitened circumstances TO mourn his
untimely and tragic end.
Monticello Constitution: The severe
storm that occurred here on last Wednes-
day was very unusual occurrence for
the month Of June in this section. The
wind was from the southeast, gradually
yerging TO the southwest, accompanied
with considerable rain, and subsidIng at
about IL O'Clock at night. Comparatively
little damage was Effected in town be-
You'd the prOstration of fences and shade
trees and the stripping OF all fruit from
the LeConte pear trees. In the
country, however, the damage was
serious. Dir. b. II. Barnes and
others think the corn croD Will be cut of
about one-half. Very little fodder will be
realized, and the cotton has been injured
somewhat, but not to very great extent.
In addition TO the buildings Frustrated,
referred to by our Lloyds and Waukeenah
reporters. we learn that the gin house on
the Mitchell Jones plantation was de-
stroyed, several houses on Mr.. John Cuth-