The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-11
FLORIDA.

People in the suburbs Of DeLand are
making hay.
The daily output Of the ice factory at St.
Augustine is from ten to twelve tons.
The bill for transcribing the records for
Citrus county is s., 800 and for Pasco 81, 600
The steamship Lizzie Henderson took the
first shipment Of oranges from Manatee last
Tuesday.
There will be democratic rally at San
ford tomorrow. Gen. Bullock will be one
of the speakers.
Volusia county was last week without
clerk or treasurer, and had lost the combi-
nation of her safe.
The new cottages to be erected for Mr..
Flsgler back of the Ponce de Leon, will
cost about 50, 900 each.
Henry Stevenson has been awarded the
800 reward for the capture of the negro
who terrorized Daytona.
Sixty pounds Of butter were sold from
the commissary department of the barracks
at St. Augustine to private families on
Wednesday.
Col Austin of Brooksville, attorney for
the Cray Brothers. charged with murder. is
doing everything possible to have the boys
admitted to bail
The new court room In the county court
house at st. Augustine is now being plas-
tered The room is to be 36x70 feet, well
lighted and ventilated.
While Hamilton Curry of Manatee was
engaged in moving heavy stick Of timber i,
it fell, catching his foot between it and an
other piece of timber, breaking some of the
bones Of his ankle.
The plastering on the walls of some of
the new buildings at st. Augustine is said
to be cracking, the result of using salt
water sand, which comes at 5 cents a barrel
less than fresh water sand.
About twenty men attended the drill of
the Leland Rifles last week. This organi
zation seems to be tobogganning into OBJ
livion. 1t once had sixty active members
and now has but twenty-eight.
The election at Manatee on last Saturday
for assessor, and for raising school tax of
mills, resulted in the election of 8. G.
Gates for assessor. and in favor of raising q
3-mills tax, there being only one vote
against it.
Messrs. Reasoners Of Manatee are expert
menting with a new grass, which they ex-
pect will prove a valuable addition to the
forage plants of Florida. They have cut it
twice this year, and it now has another
growth of nearly two feet.
A large number of citizens attended the
democratic demonstration at Oviedo Sa tur-
day morning. An immense crowd was in
attendance, banners were flying on all sides,
| and every one present was thoroughly
happy and confident Of democratic success.
| DeLand Record: The indecent haste
| shown by tie parties who circulated petit
ton praying for the appointment of Mr..
| Faulkner's successor, while that lamented
public servant was yet lying in the chamber
OF death, was an exhibition of very bad
taste.
Dan Shea, an engineer on the jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West railroad, died
in Palatka Sunday after an illness Of ten
days with typhoid pneumonia. Mr.. Shea
| was chosen to carry President Cleveland,
wife and party through South Florida last
winter.
Two gentlemen left Orange county last
spring, both afraid that yellow fever would
make its appearance in Florida, and went
to Northern Alabama--Decatur-i order
10 be sure and escape it. Now one of them
is already dead-Dr Bowman-and Mai
Killian Is reported as having it.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Drew, Mrs. II. K. Ingramhnd
Mrs. E. w. Mcclellan, three lady journal
| lists, have exhibited wonderful pluck in re-
naming in Jacksonville during the cpl
demic. Mrs. Drew, in addition to her
| journalistic work, still finds time to visit
and help the SICK and many poor families
have reason to bless her gentle, womanly
qualities.
DeLand had two exciting runaways last
week, but happily no person was seriously
hurt ny either. A horse being driven by
Mrs George took fright, throwing that lady
out and shaking her up severely. Later in
the day an ornery-looking gray horse be-
longing to Mr.. Stetson dashed up tho Boule
ward like The Bard coming down the stretch,
and spilled his negro driver out into the
sand.
At st. Augustine railroad official tele-
phoned the board Of health the other day
complaining that there was a dead cat
about the promises somewhere. He was in
structed to gather up the carcas and bury
it four feet under ground. That was the
last heard of the matter until the next night,
when he made complaint that the cat had
not been buried yet. So the board propose
to have him up upon his complaint, for not
carrying out their orders.
The Messrs Reasoners OF Manatee received
a box of bulbs, plants, etc, from Botanic
Gardens, Natal, South Africa, by the steam