The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-21
FLORIDA.

| 10000 boxes of oranges
Immense patches of Strawberries are
being planted out i Pasco comfy.
The late rains have caused the oranges in
the northern counties to badly spl t.
The different cigar factories in and about
! Key West are working on full time.
The opening of the East Florida seminary
at Gainesville has been postponed until
! Dec. /.
! Palstka will vote on Dec II on the ques-
| ton Of issuing bonds to raise money to pay
off the city's indebtedness.
! Depositors having a balance in the First
! Nat .onal bank of Gainesville can ge5 their
drafts cashed by II. f. Dutton & Co. for
| the present.
Owing TO the sickness of both Mr.. Ora
| ham and Mr.. Voyle, the business at the
First National bank at Gainesville is en-
tirely suspended.
The mavor of Gainesville received
telegram Wednesday from the Louisville
CourierJOurndt, saying that $500 was on
the way to that city.
S. C. Chandler of Palatka, who has been
in Europe the past three months, has re-
turned to American soil, and will soon re-
sumo his legal practice in Palatka.
The Merchants ma ional bank building at
Ocala will soon be completed, and will DO
one of the most substant al and best
| adapted for its purposes in the state.
The orange crop around Clear Water
Harbor is more advanced than usual. 1t is
a matter of some surprise that great pro-
portion Of the fruit is already well co,ored.
The postponement Of the Santa Fe River
Baptist Association from Oct. "a until Dec.
- meets with the approval of all con-
cerned. 1t will meet at Lacrosse on that
| date.
The Southern Express Company has
stopped the messenger from going further
than Newnansville, and F. d. Warner is
now running from that place to Gaines
vile.
A few days since Rev. p H. Dieffen-
| wierth of Clear Water Harbor stuck an
orange thorn in his knee and has been seri-
ously threatened with locked jaw. DIR. Fay
was called in and the old gentleman was
soon relieved.
Rev. C. C. Mclean, well known in st.
Augustine. is travelling in the eastern states
soliciting funds for the Methodist college
at Orange City. His family is in Philadel-
phia, but expect to return to st. Augusta le
by Christmas.
An Episcopal clergyman from Madison
arrived in Gainesville Wednesday, but was
notified by Mayor Brown that he must
leave the city, as it is IN direct violation of
the resolutions adopted by the city council
for him to remain.
The fine weather brings cotton in very
freely to Ocala. The receipts, though not
so great as last year at this time, are in
creasing. The quality of the cotton is ex-
cellent. Nearly all the planters are of the
opinion that the crop will be short.
Senator Call, Mr.. Davidson and few
other gentlemen took passage on the
steamer Simpson from Pe1sacola Wednes-
day night for Apalachicola, via st.
Andrews and Carrabele, the two me ti0ned
intending to speak at that place and the
informed ate points.
The building on the west side Of the track
at the jacksonville Tampa and Key West de-
pot is being fitted up for hotel aud bar to be
known as the Cannon Ball hotel. Bettelini,
the restaurant man of Jacksonville, is to run
the est .blishment. A dining room will be
run in connection to serve passengers on
trains.
At Orlando, Tuesday, while four men
were on a hanging scaffold putting the
printing coat on the rear end of the new
Presbyterian church building at the corner
Of Main and Church streets, the iron hooks
sustaining the ladder which formed the
scaffold gave way, precipitating it to the
ground and carrying with it George Scho-
field, o. s. Maltby, George Sewell and
Will Blanchard. None of the men sustained
serious injuries except George Schoheld
who was thrown distance of five or six feet
| awav from where the scaffold landed, fall
ing flat on his back and rendered insensi-
BILE by the shock.
B. G. tanning, deputy sheriff of Putnam
county, with a requisition in his pocket from
the governor of South Carolina, arrested II.
r. Squires, a car repairer at the Florida
Southern shops, at Palatka, Wednesday.
Squires is wanted for arson. He asked the
deputy to allow him TO 60 home to make a
cnange in his clothing, as he was dirty and
greasy. His request was granted. His
wife was seated on the back piazza. Tho
prisoner went in the house, changed
his clothes, and while he was STOPPING over
to kiss his wife, the deputy, who is q very
modest man, conveniently turned his head
in another direction. Taking advantage OF
the situation, Squires made break for lib.
erty, with the deputy close behind Seeing
that he could not overtake the prisoner Mr.
tanning fired at him five times, and is sure
that two shots took effect. The fleeing III ar
returned the fire without effect, and sue
ceeded i'll getting into the swamp, as he lived
quite near to it.
The report of the land commissioner
states that the tresspassing in Florida on
the public lands has consisted in cutting
and boxing pine trees for the gum thereof
3 | to be distilled into spirits of turpentine
4 The trees are often killed by the boxing
3 and if not they are rendered worthless for
lumber. Reports have been received from
| w 6SUern tlOr1Qd lnulcablnR tndU UlnDer un-
lawfully procured from the public land in
that state is probably being shipped in
large quantities to foreign ports. The
Italian firm Of e. Campo Donico & Co. is
| charged with having received 4.512, 900 feet
. of public timber, and probably exported q
e portion Of the same. This firm is composed
4 entirely of aliens, the majority Of whom
9 reside in Genoa, Italy, and are successors
3 to the Italian firm of Piaggio Bros, re
t ported to have despoiled the public lands oil
{ millions of feet of timber in years past
The report also shows that Florida has re-
4 ceived over 100000 acres under tn,
! swamp land grant.
Foster S. Chapman mayor of Orlando
! has issued the following proclamation
acknowledging the mercy OF God in Civ
/ ing US plentiful crops and prosperity all
a over this county, and articularly in keep
ing the scourge OF yellow fever from oul
| county aud city, therefore, as mayor OF
: the city Of Orlando, issue this, M
0 proclamation, calling upon ali tn
t citizons of Orlando ard Orange county
o both white and colored and ash
v the cooperation OF all the ministers an'
( members of the different churches and civil
} Organizations of our city to unite in render
0 ing 70 Almighty God the praises and thanks