The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-27
FLORIDA.

The poor house at DeLand now has ten
inmates.
Brsidentown has had just one through
mail in nine days
At Sara SotA, day or two ago, John
Belk was cut nine times by John Bass
Judge NJ. M. Belisario of Jacksonville has
been appointed justice Of the peace by Gov
ernor Perry.
Two hundred and twenty-five quarantine
guards are on duty around st. Augustine
and in St. Johns county.
No express has come into st. Augustine
for several days, aud the agent, Mr. A
Rogero, is busy deVising ways to arrange
its coming.
Velusia county's prisoners are in the
Palstka Jail, but will be removed to DeLand
as soon as the Jail there is in readiness to
receive them.
tured i'll an attemnt to run the west Gordon
at st. Augustine Friday night. They are
now held in quarantine.
1t is rumored that if the Orange county
board of health relaxes its regulations in re-
gard to quarantine, Orlando will establish
one of its own, similar to Ocala.
?. W. Reasoner, late a commissioner for
Florida ut the Cincinnati exposition, and
well-knOwn in connection with the sub
tropical exposition, died near Braidentown
a few days ago.
The old house at st. Augustine, formerly
owned by that famous confederate general,
Kirby Smith, has in the past month under
gone a complete transformation. 1t was
once but an old owl rookery; it is now one
of the handsomest aud most unique dwell
ings III the ancient city.
DeLand Record. The DeIIand CORE
spondent of the SAVANNAH NEWS writes
to that paper calling on the wholesale mer-
chants of Savannah to run a steamer or
even sloop regularly into New Smyrna,
carrying back oranges. honey, fish and
oysters. This sounds like a sensible sug-
gestion
The First congressional district republi-
can convention has rendered the nomina-
ton for congress to DR.. II. r. Benjamin of
Tampa Whether the doctor will accept or
not is yet question. Ii he does, he will be
the first straight out and out republican
candidate that that district has had since
the Hon. George Washington Withers pooh
(colored) was squelched
There is a rumor going the rounds that
+. j. Seymour of st. Augustine, who had
been ont in the country on a mission of the
Republican party, finding he could not Sc
cure a permit to come back BACKED his
| face, Friday night and attempted to run
| the lines II he made the attempt, he was
| unsuccessful, and will be compelled to
enjoy rural life until after Nov. 2
| Not little excitement was caused on the
street at Jacksonville Monday by rumor
that Capt. Jack Keefe had died at the Sand
hills during the night previous. Numerous
inquiries were made at DR.. Mitchell's office,
| but as DR.. Solace Mitchell had not como i'm
from the hospital the rumor could neither
be confirmed nor denied. Just before noon
the doctor came in and was the bearer of
| good news-Capt Jack was improving
rapidly and as lively as cricket. The
report had no foundation whatever.
ST. Augustine NelOS: The general impress
sion concerning the hospital Is, that it will
| be made pest house in the event yellow
fever enters the city. Such is not the case
| The idea in building a hospital was to have
n place in which the first cases could be put,
completely isolating them from the town
The capacity Of the hospital is only about
twenty-five. The ladies of tho auxiliary
association went out yesterday and ar
ranged in shipshape manner four beds. two
for males and two tor females. To-day
they will arrange in the colored department
OF the hospital four more bods This is an
ample precaution against an emergency
that is all.
st. Augustine Netos: A big force of work
men is on the Jacksonville and St Au-
gustlne railroad changing its gauge. Civil
Engineer Knowlton has laid Off new line.
which commences At the head of the ST
Sebastian marsh, and makes a bee line for
the new union depot BY frost the change
in gauge will have been completed. Not
withstendng the yellow foyer, Capt. \. j.
Foxs st. Augustine and Atlantic Coast
Line railroad il progressing rapidly,
The captain now makes his head
quarters at his homo in Port Orange
Everything except the laying Of the
iron is finished between ST. Angus inc and
Moultrie. The canal company mas not
been idle either their work has been rapidly
pushed. Just imagine what ST. Augustine
VIII be In years time; her bar will be
improved she will be the entry port OF a
canal 800 miles long, which will penetrate
through the richest orange growing section
IN all Florida, will DO at the conju ction of
three nayi-able rivers. viii be the terminus