The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-16
FLORIDA.

A Mariana man gets 81 cents per pound
for ice.
p. Sendoya's new two-story store at Ybor
City is about completed.
Thursday lightning killed horse at Bag
dad belonging to ID. F. Ragand.
Nine passengers from infected localities
were put off at DeFuniak Sunday night
The Bluff Springs mills have closed down
on account of low water and scarcity of
logs.
j. B. Vaughn Of Pensacola, says he has
cut As, $50 shingles from one cypress log.
The product was valued at $l06 So
A canning factory and Chinese laundry
are the enterprises actually inaugurated in
Leesburg within the past four weeks.
Maj Walpole contemplates buying the
Enterprise Herald and removing it to
Wild Wood during the coming winter.
The DeLeon Springs Courier was moved
into DeLand Thursday night. 1t will be
weeks, when its name will be changed to
the Volusia County Record Mr.. Peabody
of Sanford has editorial charge.
At DeLand Charles Hale took a green
horn into Fisher & Sutton's, one day last
week, to treat him to glass of soda.
What sort of syrup will you takew in
quired the clerk of the greenhorn. an
take New Orleans" said the greenhorn;
none Of this common Florida syrup in
mine"
Deputy Collector T. K. Spencer of Tampa
received a telegram early Monday morning
from Surgeon General Hamilton. ordering
the immediate shipment of $50 tents TO
Boulogne, place in Nassau county, between
Jacksonville and Waycross. They were
marked to DIR. Guiteras, and put in car in
few minutes after the telegram was re-
ceived, and left for that place Tuesday
morning.
The Key West delegation to the Barlow
convention arrived at Tampa, Sunday, on
the Mascotte. On arriving, they were told
that the time for converting that body had
been postponed, but they said that they in
tended to go to Barlow whether the CON
vention was held or not They did not pro-
pose to be left out by any means, and pre-
ferred spending their time in Barlow until
the convention convened.
Lake Helen was Incorporated Friday.
An enthusiastic meeting WAS held at the
school house, "a out of the 6l voters in the
corporation being present. There were SO
votes for and . against incorporation.
Following are the officers elected: Mayor,
j.. z. Mace clerk, j. W. Davis; marshal,
Allen Mlllhouse; aldermen, A. II. Pelton, j.
w. Westlake. 5. Currier, II. Marring, b. H.
Wright, f. r. johnson. The council held
a meeting and elected J. w. w estlake presi-
dent. The corporation covers two square
miles. John Dyals is one Of the two who
voted against incorporation, and saws that
he will take the matter before the grand
jury.
On Monday the board of health Of Tampa
issued the following; at is our duty TO an
nounce to the public that there are few
cases Of yellow fever in Tampa; only six
cases where the diagnosis is positive. and
four suspicious cases. The disease is by no
means an epidemic, and so far 10 deaths
have occurred. All Of the pronounced cases
are located at the east end of Lafayette
street and the eastern part of old Tampa,
except one at the corner Of Franklin ard
Whiting streets, where yellow flags have
been displayed. One suspicious case near
the depot All towns, villages and settle
ments in the county that may desire to do
so, are authorized to quarantine against
Tampa, and their action will he sustained
by the board OF health. The expenses Of
such guarantees must be betrayed by those
communities that establish them"