The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23


poned to Feb. 20 next, at DeLand.
The long looked for organ for the cathe-
dral at st. Augustine arrived Thursday,
after lying for weeks at Jackso vile.
1t is awful dry in Sanford. All the club
rooms are closed, not to be opened again.
Ia Orlando the great English club house is
shut.
t. V. Porter has purchased the grocery
store Of S, NJ. Mixson, near the postoffice
at Gainesville. Mr.. Mixson will return to
his farm.
j. r. Ergood has purchased the fine resi-
dence Of Mr.. Roe, situated on Lake Osceola,
near Winter Park. The price paid was not
far short of $4,000.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway and it's branches offer to excur-
sionists round trip tickets at the price of
one fare, from Dec. % to Jan. !, inclusive
There are fourteen cars Of naval stores
loaded and awaiting shipment from Bakers
mills now, while several more cars will be
ready as soon as transportation can be had
The 30-horse power engine from the old
mill at Bakers mills has been taken up, and
will be used in run ing the gang edger and
some other small machines at the new mill
1t is now known that the South Florida
Railroad Company really contempiates
erecting brick passenger depot at Tampa
III Uno near IuDuTe, OUT no one seems TO De
able TO locate the spot.
Owen Williams, son Of j. A. Williams, of
Lee, died last Friday night of malarlal fever
He was in lis 23d or oath year, and is highly
spoken Of by tn SO who knew him. His
death is the third one in his fathers family
this year.
The Tampa Street Railway Company
propose to have as much Of their work done
at home as possible, and just now under the
supervision of Supt. PARCEL, two cars for
freight traffic are being built at the com
pany's shops in Ybor City.
The Florida Land and Colonization Com
pany, through their manager, F. II. Rand,
offered to give the Orange Belt railway
1000 worth of city lots if they would
come into Sanford, also all the timber for
ties, piers, ETC., that they needed.
A young man by the name of Nance of
Nashville, Tenn, was so unfortunate last
Monday night as to got his foot and leg
seriously injured at the tank Just outside of
Chipley. Drs. Wilson and Bellamy were
called in, who amputated his leg.
At Bakers mills Mr.. Gary, sawyer, came
near being killed on Monday by the break
ing of scantling he was holding from the
engine to Iush car on the side track.
The piece of timber snapped and knocked
him speechless, but he is all right again.
work on the artesian well at Titusville on
the condition that the town pays the ex-
pense OF the work for that time Up to
wednesday limestone was encountered
which seemed to send up water almost as
white as milk.
The colored people of Gainesville desired
to have a shooting match, tournament,
gander-pulling, etc., at the base ball park
on Monday, to which they expected several
no. rwa1 wtrak.@
council was petitioned for the use of the
park, but they refused.
j. ID. Cox, who is in jail at Madison.
charged with murder, from Taylor county,
was carried before Judge White last Satur-
day on a writ of habeas corpus and motion
for bail was made by his attorneys. The
motion was refused, and he will remain in
jail until the adjourned term of Taylor
court convenes.
At noon last Monday smoke was seen to
issue from among the shingles on the
kitchen of A. Livingston, at Madison, and
an alarm of fire give g.. Assistance was
prompt II ladder placed convenient and
Willie Davis and G. T. Beggs vaulted to the
top of the building, and by well directing
bucket or two of water, put the incipielt
fire out. A defective flue was the cause.
j. H. Allen and L. d. Browne, ATTORNEYS
for Gordon r. Ro sers, convicted in the
court of Orange county of viola
ton of the prohibition laws, obtai ed a writ
of prohibition from Judge Broome, return
able Feb. IL, at which time it will be argued
before him in Orlando. This writ raises the
question Of the jurisdiction of the criminal
court in cases arising under the prohibition
law, besides several other nice points.
At kissimmee the trial of Mack Bowen,
one of those charged with the murder of
Horace Stalvey, ended Thursday in a YER
dict of guilty of being accessory before the
fact of murder. Under the law an
accessory before the fact is punishable by
hanging, unless recommended to the mercy
Of the court. which was not done in this
case. The court will proceed to the trial
OF the other two accused as soon as special
venire can be obtained.
As soon as the new schedule, and conse-
quent increase of travel, begins on the
South Florida railroad the st. Cloud Sugar
Belt railway will rearrange its schedule.
and thus permit Orlando people and others
north of Kissimmee to visit tne great sugar
mill, and return home the same day. Steps
are being taken to commence the manu-
facture OF rum from what Is called the
thirds" IL is expected that this branch
will keep pace with the making of syrups
and sugar.
A stock company has been formed at Or
mond for the purpose of growing vegeta-
bles for market in subirrigated gardens. 1t
has a capital of $4,000, and already has |
ten acres planted in vegetables. Jas. Car |
nell is manager of the company, and W. j. |
White, ex-president of the st. Johns and |
Halifax railroad, has been made its presi- |
dent 1t is their intention to run three or |
four delivery wagons in st. Augustine this |
winter TO deliver their vegetables, which |
they will ship there twice day from Day |
tona.
At Titusville last Sunday Mrs. A. Corwin |
and her sister and child were out sailing in |
the Dolphin with Mr.. Anderson, and |
when about mid-river OFF Sand Point the |
boat turned over, but luckily did not sink. |
Mr.. Pierce, on board the Rockledge, no |
ticed that the sail Of the boat disappeared |
aud concluded capsize had &C. |
Cured; so he launched lifeboat off the |
steamer, and with one oar and piece of |
another reached the Dolphin, after a hard |
tug at rowing. All on board were then |
brought ashore.
Joseph Voyle has constructed a chart |
showing the rise, progress aud decline of |
the yellow fever epidemic in Gainesville.
The chart shows at a glance the number of
cases ca h day, the time those who diei |
were taken and time Of their DEATH The
first cases were on Sept. IL, the last Nov. rs; |
tie first death was Sept. IL tho last Dec. 3. |
There were six cases after the frost. The |
fever reached its maximum ON Oct. %. Its |
term Of greatest activity was from that
time until the day of the heavy frost and
freeze, Nov. 20. During that time there
were ninety-five cases. The chart shows |