The morning news., 1888-05-20


A prohibition club is being organized at
Orlando.
The citizens OF Cocoa have taken the nee
essary steps toward Incorporating that
town.
A nine-and-ahalf pound trout is the big
gest fish yet caught out Of the fresh water
at Lake Worth.
At Ormond. Mr.. Vogelgesang has sold
bis Young grove in "old field" to r. f.
Bixby, Of New York. for 5000.
The new bridge at Dayt1na was "ofi-
cially" opened last Tuesday. The following
are the rates. Foot passengers, &c: one
horse and buggy, 15c. double team, 25c.
Gov. +. A. Perry returned 10 Tallahassee
from Pensacola On Monday. His dauRht er
Mrs. DR.. Ross, is much better, and hope s
entertained that she will rapidly recover
from her protracted and serious illness.
There is "A great deal of complaint all
over Jackson county on account of the drill
worms. They are also very bad in Leon
and Wakulla counties. They iniure young
corn, but do very little damage to the older.
j. s. White brought into Mariana. last
Friday, "A rock fish that wei ghed Tvs enty-
eight pounds He brought in another on
Tuesday that weighed twenty-five pounds
Both were caught out of the Cbipola river
Grecnville has the honor OF organizing
the first Democratic club in Madison county
for this campaign. IL was organized last
Saturday, with Capt w. ID. Griffin as Presi-
dent, and VI. w. Linton as vice president
a few days since, bear killed a large
COW near Bayview. After killing the ami
nal brun dragged her some distance into
the st. Johns river swamp Those who
saw the bear say that he was very large
one.
,f
Monday last, instructed his attorney, Ar
thur +. s. Williams, to bring suit against
the Indian Rfuer Nelos to recover damages
| for libel in the sum Of $4,000. Suit ac-
cordipgly has been brought.
A card from Rev J. r. Sharpe, Of Jack
sOnville, says that Mr.. Aud whose myste-
rious disappearance from Gainesville was
mentioned a day or two ago, spent n night
at the parsonage with him about three
weeks ago, and at that time he was expect
ing TO 90 home to his father in South Caro-
lima.
At the municipal election for town off,
GERS, nj Rockledge, held last Saturday, G.
s. HGrdee was elected mayor: Messrs. l.. A.
GngraS and j Il. Wooten, councilmen; II.
H. Wilkins IN, reelected town clerk; T. H.
Stripping, marshal, and j. Dickson, asses
sor. There was some talk of contestiug the
election, but 1t is thought that this will be
given up.
Arooka City Union: Col II. II. Jones,
one of Georgia's oldest and most popular
journalists, arrived in Apopka City last
night and Is out among our people today.
talking upn the Savannah NEWS, of which
paper he is travelling agent and CORE
spondcnt. The NEws is "A true aud tried
friend Of Florida and never loses an opp)r-
tunity 10 speak a good word for us, and
hence it is popular with our people.
On Saturday Maj st. Clair Abrams, of
Tavares received instruction from Charles
A. Sinclair TO immediately advertise for
bids for 2, 100000 bricks for the big hotel
and for the cigar factory. All the bids are
10 bo In bv June |, and the delivery is 10
begin bv July /, by which time $50, 900 are
TO be delivered, the same number by July
10, tie same number by July 10, and tue
same number every ten days thereafter
until the whole are delivered
The convention met at Mount Dora, Lake
county, Friday. The chairman was Il. A.
| Wilson. The delegates to 81. Augustine
are; B. II. Milan, $. w. Teague, c. T.
| White, Ed Wilson, w. Royal, W B Den
! ham, w. n. Jackson, w. 4. Lane, Ii. 4.
Wise, II. a. Corley, d. p. Godfrey, unin-
structed, unit rule. Primary elections
recommended future Lake Democracy will
be victorious. Tboro was quite contest in
| the convention, and conteSting delegations
from Okohumka aud Astor were ruled out
Some time since an Oakland negro had
his pistol stolen from him. and one of tho
citizenS of the place volunteered his services
rs detective to ferret out the thief. His
suspicious We're directed toward a white
boy, about 10 years old, win Gillespie by
name. The scf-constituted detective inn
mediately began to cultivate the acquaint-
nnco Of said Gillespie in order To ontrap
him, when be suddenly found that he was
short S41. II seem, that during his init
inato association with Gillespie the latter
| had nesced him i)r the above amount
/ The boy was arrested and brought to Jail,
! where he awaits trial.
Ono day last week at Ocoee Jim Pauld-
! ing (coloredl became enraged with woman
to whom he was paying his attentions. and
attempted g kill her, but the misdirected
bullet only passed through tho hand Of the
intended victlm. The ensuing night jim
| set fire TO the womau's house and burned IL
down. The next morning he shot at. with
ont effect, another negro who was his sue
cessful rival, and iied before he could be ap-
pretended. Sheriff Anderson, upon being
| Informed Of the facts, wrote letters to
| several Ulnpns Including OranVa Citv aud