The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-16
FLORIDA.

AAhClut county.
The election of Alderman Jewell as City
Solicitor of Orlando causes vacancy IN
the Board Of Aldermen.
Sportsmen are still meeting with good
success, securing game on the hunting
grounds around Gainesville.
The new moss mill which is being erected
at Gaines ville by II. F. Dutton ~ Co., IN
their GIN house, is almost completed.
The people Of RocIlledge are making
efforts to build a lJ-foot wide shell road
from Cocoa to Maj. Magruder's, distance
Of three miles.
A little Cuban boy. son of Mrs. Domin-
guez, was found drowned in the break
water at Fort Taylor, near Key West, Sat
urIay morning.
w. Z. Wood, u plasterer of Sanford, was
struck by an engine at a crossing in that
city Monday night, and both legs were cut
Off. Death followed his injuries in a very
few moments.
A rumor was current at jacksonville
Tuesday that the Governor had removed
Sheriff Holland, and another to the effect
that the Sheriff had gone to Tallahassee on
very important business.
The revival meeting at the Methodist
church at Fernandna still continues. Rev.
o. w Branch, from the South Georgia
| Conference, is in the city, and assists the
pastor during the present week.
Osburn, the deserter from the United
States army, who was arrested at Atlanta
a day or two ago, attempted TO commit
suicide by drowning himself upon his ar
rival at Pensacola but was seized before he
could accomplish his purpose.
Special policeman Bird (colored) Of Jack
sonvllle, is charged with opening four sta
bles at Jacksonville Monday ngnt and re-
leasing the horses in them SO as to coniine
the animals in the city pound and collect the
81 fee allowed by the local ordinance on the
subject.
John McCloud (coloredI escaped from
jail at Starke Sunday night by boring a
hole through the wall OF the new county
jail, assisted by outsiders. McCloud was
confined on a charge Of having burglarized
Mr.. Bergenskold's house, near there, short
time ago.
Previous to the drill of the Orlando
Guards at their armory Monday night,
Capt. Shine in behalf Of the company, pre-
sented Capt. Allen, of the Kentucky Mill
tary Institute, with an elegant gold watch
charm as a token of the esteem in which he
is held by the command.
A fish peddler from Crystal river named
Hicks is supposed to have gone crazy. He
was seen by several parties on the Crystal
river road, near Paramount, last Tuesday.
lie had erected barricade near the road,
and warned passers by to keep at a respect
full distance. At last accounts he held the
tort.
While sweeping room few days since
one OF Oakland's housewives found a pack
age which she supposed was lamp-black and
threw it into the stove. There was sudden
fash ana n conclusion like a small earth
quake. The package was simply wet pow
der, and its dampness only prevented what
might have been Il serious catastrophe
Congressman Dougherty was heard be
fore the River and HarbOr Committee at
Washington Tuesday in regard to more
liberal appropriations for the rivers and
harborS in Florida. Congressman Davidson
will have a hearing Friday The committee
has considered the subject as II related to
Florida, and will not make up their schedule
, without giving that State full hearing.
> The Secretary of War has sent to the
Senate the report from the Chief. Engineer
as to the amount-$300 ,00l-that can be
proitably expended in improving the north
west channel, near Key West, during the
, next ti,cal year He also says that for S50,-
, 600 n channel POO feet wide, and capable OF
allowing the passage of vessels drawing
twenty feet, can he made through the two
:. sand bars near Little Mangrove Point.
The correspondent of the News at Tar
pom Spring, Feb II, wrote as follows: THE
first regular through passenger train on the
Orange Belt railroad came through 10 this
point last night, bringing Mr.. Jacob 5. Diss-
ton, his family and servants Mr. DlsStOn
, comes to occupy very handsome cottage,
which he has just built here. The town was
ablaze with bontireS, and the Parpon House
post Office and other prominent buildings
were decorated with Chinese lanterns.
5 The Oviedo branch OF the Florida State
% Immigration Association was organized last
Thursday with siXty-9ix members, compris
ing the representative cit zenS OF Ovledo
- l.. 4 Al
as follows Hon. George II. Braine, Presi-
5 dent; Capt. NJ. E. Brock, Vice President
Andrew Aulin, Treasurer: Philip Isaacs,
, Secretary, and W. j. Proctor, Col. q. H.
Brewster and j. +. Foxes, Executive Com
I mittee. Oviedo is alive and active, and
. people are preparing to push through sew
| eral enterprises which will bring the Lake
5 Jesup region into prominence.
: The purchase last week at mortgage sale
t of the Apopka and Atlantic railroad, by L.
g o. Garrett, President of the Citizens Ma
t tlonal Bank of Orlando, means possibly &
| new railroad for Orlando. This road ex
a tends from Woodbridge to Forest City, and
D it only requires two miles OF grading tC
a | connect Woodbridge with the Orlando and
| Winter Park railroad Three miles of grad
ing between Forest City and Clay Springs
connects it with the Alabama, Florida and
!, Atlantic, which is graded from Clay Springs
to Eustis and cross-tieS ready. This would
then be the Watering Place Route pass
; ing through Clay Springs, Rock Springs
Indian Springs and Silver Springs.
g About II o'clock Monday morning a terri
D BILE cyclone passed near Summit It came
4 from the west. just north of j. w. Cald-
a wells house, and passed through the heavy
$ pine timber east of the railroad, moving
/ the large pine trees down like straws In
Y one place it picked up a large lghtwood
a log that would probably weigh "a ton, and
/ carried il about twenty-five feet. 1t came
e 10 the farm OF j. w. Sanders, and leveed
Y his house to the ground, destroying about
/ $500 worth of furniture, and carrying his
No. 5 cook stove about fifty feet from the
house. 1t passed close to y. Gocanour's
, and Bedford Everingham's houses, aud
, passed on in the scrub. No one was hurt,
as Mr.. Sanders aud wife are North
Y The storm that passed over Orlando Sat
/ urday and Sunday was unusually severe IN
- its results and did considerable damage in
2 places throughout the city. Saturday
afternoon aud evening and Sunday morn
. | ing the rain poured in torrents and the
e water ran IN streams through the streets,
q washing the loose sand along in It's course.
{ I On Main street, where IL Joins Lake Lu-
| cerne, tine water has washed out a deep
4 gully ia tie middle of the road, making an
4 ! extremely dangerous pla q for teams 10
q pass ia tue night. G. A. Boone's grove, on
D ! Lake Lucerne. suffered heavy damage. tie
! lnnd adjoining the lake being washed uttay