The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-18
FLORIDA.

| 1t rained almost continuously at Ocala
last week.
Neil McAlpin of LAFAYETTE county is o
candidate for clerk of circuit court in that
| county.
The demolition of dilapidated houses at
| Cedar Key has begdn. The old Island
house was the first to 60.
The republicans in convention at Ocala
concluded not TO nominate a state senator,
as they couldn't elect him any way.
The movement put forth by few NAL
contents In Osceola county to put out an
independent ticket for county offices is
rapidly falling to pieces. Ole by one, those
who entered into it are leaving and RETURN
| ing to the support Of the regular demo-
| cratic ticket
| Alderman S. e. Ives, chairman of the
street committee, has a large force OF
hands emplo yed cleaning Orlando of the
| rank growth OF weeds which have sprung
up since the rainy season set in. As fast a.
| they are cut down they are raked up and
carried Off, and the ground sprinkled with
| lime
| Quite streak of bad luck seemed TO strike
| a BAY View chap last Sunday afternoon
wnilo airing his figure around Clear Water.
In the first place Ais horse fell through the
make,hift of eros ing on the railroad, east
| of the school house, and his clothes got
pretty well soaked then, while galloping
ahead Of buggy occupied by two young
men, his horse fell down in the road, when
horse rider and all got run over.
| The independents of Walton county have
nominated the following ticket For
the senate. John L. McKinnon; for the
legislature w. b. Saunders; tax assessor,
| Philip Garrett tax collector, w llker
sheriff, j. A. Mcleod; superintendent of
public schools, J. A Campbell county
| judge, S. p. Darby. J. A. McLean, demj-
cratic candidate for clerk has no opposi-
| ton.
Cedar Key Gulf View: Chief Engineer
! De Gamer Of the revenue cutter Crawford
| mas shown US a wardrobe built by himself
| of red bird-eye cedar wood and curled pine.
The latter excels in beauty any specimen of
| that beautiful wood we have ever seen.
| The panels are drawn out so as to show
identically the same figure on opposite
doors. As specimen of Florida curled
| pine, this wardrobe deserves a place beside
the famous wardrobe OF cabinet gotten up
| by Gov. Drew at Ellaville aud exhibited at
many of the great expositions.
Madison Record: The "o!d long house,
having been condemned by the board of
health, is now being RACED to the ground by
| II. P. Shaffer, to whom the contract for its
removal was awarded. II Is said to be one
of the Oldest buildings in town, having been
| built in 1880 There is said to be two other
| buildings in town nearly as old, namely,
the residence of the estate of Mrs. H. S.
Smith, and the one now occupied by S. S.
| Smith, but the latter having recently been
remodeled throughout Is, however, virtually
new. The "old long house, has been used
for various purposes, at one time serving as
a court house, and it was in the room used
| as a court room that the murder of young
| Frank Patterson was committed 1t has
long been deemed a source of disease, and
has several times been condemned before.
For some time several of the citizens of
Ocala have advocated the advantages to be
had by establishing an exposition at that
| place. Through the influence and enter
prise Of Maj. g, w. Campbell, one of
Marions commissioners to the late Sub
Tropical exposition at Jacksonville, the
matter was brought to a beginning
last Tuesday by the assembling
of several prominent citizens, who
met in the Ocala house, for the pur-
pose of obtaining the sentiments and views
Of those present II is the purpose of those
interested to establish permanent exposi-
| ton at Ocala for the winter business aud TO
represent each county in Central Florida.
committee Of five was appointed by the
chair, consisting Of Mcssrs. mpbell,
Clarde, Knight, Mann and Fox, to draft a
suitable address to the county commission
| for the purpose of co operation and calling
for convention to take immediate action
! in the matter.
King Hall of the New York World, re-
turned TO Jacksonville from a trip to Mac
clenny Friday, walking fifteen miles of the
distance and back, and having much diff
Guilty in getting through Baldwin. He
found sad condition of affairs, and the
afflicted people anxIousy expecting relief.
The names of those who have been sick
since tho outbreak are as follows: Rev. Mr..
Snowden, rector of the Episcopa! church,
Rev. Nj. Folsom of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, DIR. James and son. Dr.. Will
Jams, b. Vauskoy dangerously nl-proha-
bly, dead), G. Duncan, Miss Bradlsy. Miss
Fuller, Philip Bowling, George Pierce, Mr.
and Mrs Bryant and three children. MIRA
j. ID. Macclenny aud niae children, Mrs C.
b. Macclenny three children and nephew
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Wolf, Mrs. bowling of
Jacksonville and six children, A. Gnsten
and wife, Mr.. Collins telegraph ono
rator), infant and two sisters, throo chill
dren of j. c. Smith, Misses Jennie and
Nettie Lakin, Ju1ge Y. Smith, Wife aud
two sons aud daughter, Mis-, Kato Sewer.
| Mayor WATKINS, wife ana daughter, and
four colorcd men Many have recovered.
| The worst OF the cases now tbore are those
OF DR.. james, who IA worry I'll h. Vavskov,
probably dead; c., Dupcau, very III, aud
one" child Of &. y. Macclelny, very IA.
Tho who have died are as follows: j. G.
Smith and wife, Miro. Brvants iafant,
! Nfilta a. ~ o.,I