The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-23
FLORIDA.

The democratic convention of the First
district will be held at Tallahassee Sept 5.
A. e. Mason commenced work last week
on the Methodist Episcopal parsonage at
New Smyrna
Travellers have to pass through the hands
Of ten quarantine officers between New
Smyrna and Palat "a.
The new quarantine station established
west Of GGtlin station, in Orange county, Is
now coupleted, but the outlook is that it
will not be needed.
Luke Bryan, while working upon 6. d.
Brvan's new house soutn of New Smyrna,
on tuesday, fell from the roof and sustained
ssvere iute nal juries
n. B. Rarnwell Of Sanford has in his
pos ession copper coin made in 1884, and
given 20 him in that year TO induce blih to
take medicine while Frustrated with yellow
fever.
Quite refugee camp has been established
at Moncrief Springs, where great many
OF the Young men OF the city spend their
II gifts. Sunday they INDUCED i'll picnic
ana n general good time.
Two schooners loaded with yellow fever
refugee from Jacksonville arrived off the
inlet at New Smyrna last weex, but was not
allowed to enter a. there is a quarantine
oni er stationed at that point.
The citizens of Dupont have thrown their
doors open and invite the people Of Jack
/ souville to go there. The mayor of that
place says he has lot of lumber, which
will be donated TO those Wishing to build
temporary houses there.
Owl < 10 the large exodus of people on
account of the yellow fever excitement,
/ there was quite run on the First national
! bank at ST. Augustine. II st Of those who
! left we're well tO-do and a large proportion
| depas.tOrs The bank paid every dollar
| asked for,
! A communication was received by the
! st. Augustine Press from northern lady,
a day or two since, stating that she wished
her paper disc Rtinued for the rest of the
summer, for fear chat it would not be prop
cry fumigated. Size is spending the sum
mer in Connecticut.
The commissioner of agriculture has APP
pointed Prof. A. III. Curtiss, editor of the
Florida Farmer and Fruit GroVer, as
state agent for the statistical bureau Of the
national department of agriculture, TO fill
the vacancy clus d by the death of the late
Judge j, G. Knapp
At St. Augustine, Friday, B. J. Pacetti,
while working on the new court house,
made q misstep and fell to the ground. One
of his ribs was broken and he received
severe internal injuries. His condition
Saturday morning was said to be critical.
Mir. Pacetti i about 81 years Of age, and the
SHOCK was severe one
1t is officially announced that lines to the
north will NOT accept baggage from Jack
sonville, Orlando, Plant City, Tampa
Punta Rassa, St Marks and points on the
Manatee river. Baggage going to any
point south OF line drawn from Whining
ton, n. c., and Memphis, Tenn, will not be
accepted from any place in Florida
No one is now in the quarantine station
at Orlando, the last one having been turned
out on Saturday. There was at one time as
many as nine suspects in quarantine hay
ing boon put there because they came into
Orlando without health certificates All
were in good health the whole time they
were in quarantine and are all right now.
DR.. Lawrence Alexander of ST. Angus
tine was put off the Palatka train a lew
days ago He is member of the board of
health and city physician. He had been &c
Gainesville with his children, and return
ing, failed to got his health certificate
countersigned at Palatka. He had to walk
seven miles and was awful mad, leaving a
| streak of birthstone behind him the whole
way.
A report was circulated in Jacksonville,
Monday, to the effect that Paul Wigs,
formerly a telegraph operator in the office
there, who left wheE yellow fever was first
announced, and who was reported as being
SICK with the disease at Goldsboro, n. c.,
was dead. Immediately upon hearing the
report, Mr. Crowley telegraphed for par
ticulars, a d in the afternoon received an
answer ID the effect that Wigs was up and
about. and it was not believed that he had
had the yellow fever.
The following named gentlemen were
elected members of the democratic execu-
tive committee for the Second congressional
district by a committee which was APP
pointed for tn pu pose at the Orlando
convention; r. J.. Anderson. Ocala; E. C..
F. Sanchez, Gainesville: A. w. Cockrell.
Jacksonville; G. f. Cone, White Springs
Nat Poyntz, Orlando; B. G.. Alternately,
Altoona; Fl. +. York, Starke; j. l. Inglis,
| Madison; G. II. Delano, Lake Helen. 1t
was unanimously agreed that the executive
committee should be reduced to nine in
number, as a committee composed of one
| from each county in the district would be
exceedingly cumbersome.
w. A. Gilbert returned to jacksonville
| Tuesday from a fishing expedition to Mas
| sau sound, and is now better satisfied with
Jacksonville than ever. He says that Oh
arriving ut the sound his party were met
| by fellow in boat, who demanded that
they stay on the other side of the channel
and not come over into Nassau county.
| The party demanded the authority upon
which they waro prevented from crossing.
| The mau ciaIucJ That lie was a Quaran-
tine officer, but after some fumbling
in his pockets said he had loft his papers at
home. The party refused to recognize his
authority unless armed with his papers: so
nc left them and went TO Fernandna, re-
turning with notice from Mr.. Hoyt to the
effect that he was a duly authorized officer
| for that part of the ;county. Having in
spec;ed with this document, they rowed
back into Duval waters and ordered the
officer not TO dare cross the river or he
would be arrested and quarantined for six
months; but the officer was very careful to
keep on his own side, so escaped the direful
| consequences.