The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-17
FLORIDA.

Heavy shipments of tomatoes are still
being made from Gainesville
The Young Mems Democratic Club of st.
Johns county was reorgauiZed at st.
Augustine Tuesday night.
A Brooksville man offers to bet 800 that
the Republicans will elect the next Presi-
dent, and 800 that the Republicans will
carry the State of Florida.
Rev. j. H. tombstone, who came South
last January for his health, intending to
stay only few months, has received and
accepted call to the First Baptist church
at Palatka.
A. N. Doyle, of Palatka, has been author
lied by Capt Jeans, of the Grand Army,
TO organize post among the colored people.
About seventeen have been enrolled, and
will be mustered in soon.
Dr. j. Harry Hodges, a bright young
man who spent much of his early life in
Gainesville, has just received the appoint
ment of resident physician at the Good
Samaritan Hospital, in Baltimore.
General Passenger Agent Baird of the T.
o. q A. r. r., says that he is making ar
rangements to have the car containing the
exhibits to be sent to Cincinnati with the
Knights of Pythias of Orlando, sidetracked
in the very heart of the city, at the Grand
Central Depot, corner Third and Central
avenues. This will put it where every Wis
itor will see it.
Paul B. LaLane has returned to Tampa
from jacksonville, and will assume the
duties of collector Of internal revenue on
June l, vice Mr.. Martin, who goes tovOcala
to act as collector there. Mr.. LaLane's
territory comprises, besides Hillsborough
county, the counties of Manatee, Polk,
Pasco, DeSoto, Lee, and a part of Brevard
and Monroe counties His office for a time
will ba NJ ha Tau,Y,a a1 4
George Summerlin has already pulled
ripe watermelons from his farm on Park
Island, in Lake Tohopekaliga, and will have
plenty of them on the market by Friday
and Saturday Of this week Mr. Summer
lin took several car loads of melons to
Washington last year from which he real
lied largely. He will make trip to Jack
sonville and Atlanta this year. He has sew
eral acres planted, and now has between
1000 and 5000 nearly ready for market.
While Frank Dickson, a very worthy
colored man, was sitting in his house in the
town of Bushnell, Sumter county, on the
night of May 5, he was fired at by an UNI
known party from the outside and so badly
wounded that he died on Tuesday of last
week. Henry Glover and Paul Swilley,
both colored. were arrested on suspicion
and the trial developed such facts as justi-
fed the officer in committing them to Jail
in Sumterville Evidence was produced
to the effect that Glover had threatened the
life of Dickson on a former occasion.
Congressman Davidson is making an eff
fort TO have a carload of shad eggs dis
tributed in the streams of Florida The
Vice President of the Pensacola and At
lantic railroad has arranged for free trans
portation from Pensacola to Apalachicola
in order to stock Perdido Yellow, Shoal
Chattahoochee, Chipola and Alphabetical
rivers. An effort will be made to secure
the same facilities from the Florida Railway
and Navigation railroad down to Plant
City. AT that point cans will be taken over
the narrow gauge road Of the Florida South
ern Company for distribution into the vari-
GUS streams as far as Punta Gorda.
Mr. Paul, of Winter Park, while out
walking on Sunday afternoon, and near
Lake Killarney, came across huge alligator
lying in the road. Mr.. Paul, seeing that
the animal was very well contented, left
him and went in search of a gun. After
spending an hour in going from house to
house, he succeeded in finding one and, on
reaching the spot the second time, found
the monster where he had left him, and
taking aim at him, succeeded in placing n
44cartridge in the corner of his left eve.
The gator was taken to Orlando and turned
over TO A. NJ Nicholson. who is to dress his
wounds and mount him into an umbrella
stand. The monster measured feet and /
inch in length, and feet 4 inches in cir
cumterence.
A half interest in the Pensacola, Gulf,
Land and Development company of Pens a
cola has been disposed of TO syndicate. rep
resented by Clarke Hayes and 6. y.
Hall Of Meridian, Miss. What the figures
were is kept a profound secret and the
only fact ascertanable in this connection is
the change in the personnel of the Office
w. A. d'Alemberte, treasurer; A. c. Blount
Jr., attorney, and $. n. Van Pragg, secre-
tary, retiring. The offices are now filed as
follows: J. G. Peterson, president; G.. Q.
Hall, secretary; Clarke Hayes, treasurer
William Fisher, attorney. II is understood
that the company intends improving the
property before Offering any of il for sale
They bave already had the tract surveyed
and blocked Of, and they will establish.
during the summer, a system Of street car
lines bisecting the property.