The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-29
FLORIDA.

The two democratic clubs at Orlando
have been consolidated.
DIR. Mobiles new drug store at St Peters
burg is nearing completion.
At Terra Celia N L. Courier has bought
piece of land on the island, and will build
house.
The new county of DeSoto will register
1900 voters-1 900 democrats and 300 re-
publicans.
William Ivers of Palatka, who has been
in Europe all summer, Is i'll quarantine at
Hawthorn.
Sunday no church bell was heard in
Gainesville. This had never occurred be-
fore since there has been bell in the city.
At Oakland the recent rains have caused
good many oranges to burst and fall from
the trees. Still, there will be large crop
this year.
A man named Turner (colored) was az
rested at Gainesville Monday for an assault
with an attempt to commit murder on d.
E. Cooper.
The registration book has been open for
the first time in the new precinct at Punta
Gorda. The list is at present 102-mostly all
democrats.
Polk, DeSoto and Lee counties, compris-
ing the great southwestern portion of
Florida and the gulf coast, have never had
suspicious case of fever.
Maj. Gruelle exposed to the air piece of
fresh meat for forty -eight hours and 1t was
not tainted, which shows that the atmos-
phere around Gainesville is not very I'M
healthy.
Two storms that have famed the west
coast blew the death whistle of the mos
quito. They were worse in February than
they have been since that time, something
unheard of heretofore.
The quarantine regulations have reduced
the supply of paper In some Of the Florida
newspaper offices to a low ebb. The Oak
land Sun comes out on green and the San
ford Journal on yellow back ground
st. Petersburg is still booming. G.. P.
Boherer and family, formerly or Lacoochee.
arrived here Tuesday night, and are occu-
pying Mr. Bedford's new cottage in West
st. Petersburg Mr. Boherer has opened a
hrst-class grocery store
Judge Hicks was acting mayor pro tenn
of Apalachicola Thursday, and he passed
judgment upon the cases of several "knights
of the pasteboard." They were fined from
$50 downward, and the marshal was ordered
to put them at hard work upon the streets
unless the fines were forthcoming.
The mayor Of Orlando has put on an extra
policeman, we'll mounted, who is to keep
watch on every road leading into the city,
and every morning to visit every boarding
house and hotel and carefully examine the
registers and see who have arrived and
where from. Another extra foot policeman
is also put on in town.
Two hundred fishermen with their boats
aud nets in perfect repair are now idle at
Punta Gorda, awaiting definite arrange
ments that are being made for the shipment
of their fish. There is one more outlet via
Hawthorne that will not pass any infected
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fourths Of the fish shipped.
D. Houghtaling of Terra Celia moved his
bees from Mr.. Courter's to his home, at
least those that the bears did not destroy.
In less than a week bruin made tracks In
the potato patch, last Tuesday night turn
ing over two hives, aud on Friday night de-
stroyed two more, making ten In all de-
stroyed by bears Mr.. Houghtaling and
John Andrews succeeded in killing the bear.
Both fred at him as he was in the act of
turning over another beehive.
Quite an amusing incident occurred at
Hawthorn Monday. Two tramps, thinking
that by playing Off sick they would get free
board for a month at the pest house, en-
tered that town and reported at quarantine
headquarters The officers, scanning the
cadaverous- looking individuals before them,
took fright at their unhealthy appearance
and found safety in flight Excitement ran
high for awhile and the tramps were desc t.
eel in their time of need. The laugh was on
the quarantine officers, but they gained sat
isfaction by driving the "kAight." out of
town.
While the train on the Florida Southern,
which was returning TO Palatka with a
party from Tavares, was coming out on
Micanopy junction Wednesday night, the
engine struck black object which at first
the engineer thought 10 be a man. Whom
the engine had been stopped an inves iga
ton proved IL TO be an alligator twelve
feet two inches long The engine struck
! the saurian just back Of his had, almost
geveriog the head from its body, and tear