The morning news., 1888-11-06

The ST. Petersburg foks have Just com
pleted their new school house, which as
been built by free contributions from the
people.
Louis D. Robinson left Pensacola Thurs
day night for Augusta, Ga, to join Arm
strong Bros. minstrel show as ballad
singer,
Postmaster Wise had, on Monday, Oct. 30
the largest mail ever received at the Oak
, land posto1ice, fact difficult to account
for at this season OF the year.
On Monday last carpenters were sent out
from Oakland to erect new depot between
Forest City and Toronto, and the structure
is now approaching completion.
At Orlando Friday, Arthur, the son Of
Prof. Collins, fell from fence and sus.
tained fracture of his arm, which resulted
in his death Saturday morning.
The orange shipment by j. E. Willis of
Oakland still continues with much vigor.
Others are also shipping, and OIklaud sta
ton begins to put on its winter war paint.
The Orange County Board of Health is
not a band Of loving brothers. D.. J. w.
Hicks has resigned because NJ. G. Rerdell,
another member, has become obnoxious to
him.
At the election Thursday at Oakland for
municipal officers P. A. Demens was elected
mayor, J. c. Buckley marshal, George A.
Hill town clerk, and Henry Kaufman, r.
L. Harris, T. j. Appleyard aldermen.
The public schools of Orlando will not
open until next Monday week in consequence
of a number of Circu Instances over which
the board had no control, among them
being the death of Prof. Collins little SON.
At Oakland the orange season has opened
in earnest, and large number of growers
have commenced picking. The crop is
large one, aud it is to be hoped will be n
profitable one to all who own bearing
| groves.
The contract for the erection of forty
! tenement houses of tea rooms each, to be
used by the Nome factory operatives at
Tampa, was let last Saturday. About forty
bids were received and they varied from
| $500 TO 81, $50.
Hon. George B. Sparkman, Gen. Joseph
B. Wall, Sheriff James p. Martin, Hon.
| jeff b. Browne and Col. Lamont Bailey
started out from Tampa last week by prl-
| vate conveyance to make a canvass of the
eastern part of the county.
Emory F. Skinner, republican candidate
for the state Senate from the Pensacola dis
| trict, accompanied by several friends, went
to Buff Springs Friday to speak, and, &C
cOrding to an account by an eye witness,
not a soul turned out to hear him.
There is no excuse for carpenters or
| laborers of any kind to be idle in Tampa
now, for contracts have already beean let
| for more than fifty houses to be erected
! within the corporate limits, aud work has
already been commenced on most of them.
The son of J. A Carlisle of Gainesville
| who WAS injured few VS. since, is doing
| well. The accident was caused by his get
ting too close to another boy while chop
ping, and was struck with the ak across the
| iorehead near the eyebrows, cutting to the
| bone.
| The Gambler section is making quite a
| reputation as a lemon growing di ,trict.
| Many of the big groves that were frozen
| down in the big freeze of 1885 are now as
| larEe as they were previous to the freeze
and large quantities are being shipped and
the growers are obtaining good prices. Gel.
Bullock's crop netted 81 box.
| Henry Kausmann of the Orange Belt car
works, at Oakland, is PREF airing the plan for
a huge pile driver, with hammer that will
deliver a blow of 1,S00 pounds, and will
drive piles from so to so feet in length, ac-
cording to depth of water. 1t is to be used
| in completing the new wharf at st. Peters
| burg, and for other uses along he line of
| the road.
Marshall James, a convict, made his
escape from the Florida state prison on
| Saturday. He is about % years of age: 4:
hair, eyes and color black, and one of his
| front teeth is missing; has a round face,
| and is about 5 feet ) inches tall He was
under sentence from Orange comfy, and
the contractor, c. K. Dutton, offers SOS for
his capture and detention until identified
| Information can be sent to II. M. Wood,
| Live Oak
A house on East hill, belonging to P Mo-
loney, occupied as grocery by j. N. An
| drews, was, with its contents totally
destroyed by fire Friday night. Moloney's
loss is $500. He is insured in Ed Gale DUMAS
agency for $500. Andrews loss is about
| $500. He is insured In Knowles Bros.
agency for $500. The fire is supposed to
have originated in a back room in which
| there was some straw and In which couple
of men had been smoking before the house
closed.
West Hillsborough Times: We an
nounced recently the narrow escape OF the
| Rev. p. II. Dieffenwierth from case Of
| ockjaw as the result of an orange thorn in
the knee; the trouble, however, didn't stop
at that. his knee lnfiamed, and has
made most dangerous absess, for several
days threatening a fatal termination. We
are pleased to be able to report that now
the case presents favorable symptoms, and
it is thought that the old gentleman will
soon be on his feet again.
Gainesville Advocate: Fred J. Hutchison
Of Boston, who spout most of last winter III
Gainesville, and who was closely connected
L.
ton sendIng $50 for Mrs. Gruelle and family
Mr. Hutchison has kindly volunteered,
through request published in the Boston
Record, asking for aid for the afflicted. The
$50 was contributed by Naval Commander
Thomas 0. Selfridge, George B. Nichols and
others This was worthy act and comes
to a well deserving family in the hour of
need.
Jasper Times: We are neither personally
troubled nor are we an alarmist, hut whe
we are convinced that the quara ltiue regu-
lations have been violated we think it proper
to say so. The package of election tickets
received at Jasper, to be used at the election
in this county by the Republican party,
was printed and put up in Gainesville where
there were eleven new cases of yellow fever
on Tuesday and five moro on Wednesday.
Yet this package is put on the train, four
miles outside Of Gainesville, never fumi-
gated, and delivered at this place. We call
ou our board Of health 10 look more closely
into the matter of freigbts from south of us.
In the death OF Col. j. II. Graham
Gainesville loses another good man. Col
Graham was formerly resident of Illinois,
and held commission as major in the
famous Seventh Illinois cavalry. (THe
famous Grierson Rangers.) He removed to
Florida a number of years ago, and has
been a resident of Gainesville most OF the
| time. He has done considerable busnes
| Sniactinp pova~nnant lands fOr r,ur.bosaro