The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
FLORIDA.

The bridge at Palatba hns been chartered
by company with capital Of 100000.
The improvements in and about the post
olflce at Daytona are now nearly completes.
Ferdinand Bostwick has been appointed
supervisor OF registration for Dade county.
The prohibit,onists will hold state con-
vention at Orlando, Sept. ID, to select
presidential electors.
The republican county convention of
VoluSia will not be held until late in Sep
TENDER.
There is every reason to believe that by
next May Florida will have an efficient state
board of health.
The Daytoua Rifles now have an elegant
dress UNIFORM all paid for, and have quite
a fund Id tho treasury.
There were nearly 1000 children attending
school last year in Volusia county. -Four
years ago there were less than 400.
Trouble is brewing in Calhoun county,
arising from the nchmg of a negro last
week y party of enragei whites.
S. A. Robinson of Orlando has been ap-
pointed tax collector of Orange county to
fill the unexpired term of Mr.. Montague.
The tide at Milton was remarkably high
last week The saw mills there and at Bag
dad were force BY the tide to shut down.
The mayor of Orlando will impose fine Of
$40 or ten days" on all persons who origin
ate false runlors In regard to yellow fever
A. w. Garnett has taken the mail con-
tract between Hypoluxo and Miami for one
year. Louis and Guy Bradley are assisting
him as mail carriers.
| Last Monday j. d. Mitchell of Daytona
! shipped the first lot of guavas Of the season.
The crop, of which he has a large one, is
now rapidly ripening.
| Tho Pensacola electric light company's
building is nearly completed. The engine,
| boiler aud dynamos will be received soon
and placed i'll position.
The Chipley Light Infantry of Pensacola
has accepted the resignation OF Capt.
Palmes The vacancy viii be filled at the
next regular meeting.
1t is reported that one of the st, Angus
tin, quarantine officers shot and badly
wounded man who was supposed to be
trying to run the quarantine.
Capt E. J. Glass of Jesup, who has been
cruising along the Florida coast for some
| time, is so pleased with Miami that he has
decided to make his home there.
During the past week the editor of the
| Daytona Messenger has answered several
letters of inquiry in regard to the east coast
| from Maine to Daytona, and intermediate
! points.
Two boys, named LarlSins, who have been
stealing from Mr.. Green's store at Bagdad,
were shot Wednesday by set gun which
Mr.. Green had placed in position to catch
| the robbers
Eb Mansfield of Daytona went out the
other morning at 6 O'Clock on the peninsula,
and at $40 he had nice deer swung in the
saddle and venison for breakfast. Eb shot
| the deer from his horse.
o. C. Heasiey of Melbourne succeeded in
IL. L.
driven landward by Thursdays breeze
The birds plumage measured seven feet and
three inches from tip to tip.
Jack sonvills papers all summer spoke OF
the excellent sanitary condition of that
place, and yet it took twenty men and
seven carts half a day to clean up the
premises of one of their business men.
At Milton, Wednesday, negro named
| Dick Rufus, was struck by the pilot of an
engine on the Pensacola and Atlantic. He
was lying near the track drunk, it is sup
posed. His head was badly mashed. He is
not expected TO recover.
A few days since two colored laborers,
while clearing up land in the vicinity of
Narrow's cut, near Miami carelessly al
lowed their fire to spread into Mr.. Lum's
cocoanut grove, burning over some twenty
acres before it could be put out.
| ne steamer IlCOlaJd Drought Uu6 Die
driver up to Eau Gallo a few DAYS ago and
she succeeded in putting down sixteen piles
| FOR Mr.. Olmstead's new wharf. The steam
| boat company has decided not to build a
| wharf at that place as they contracted to
do.
E. Y. Painter of Datona raised 1895 worth
of Bermuda onions on three-fourths of an
acre of high pine land at cost of S164 So
| besides all a large family could use. Mr..
| Painter thinks that if he could have irri-
| gated the onions he would have had many
more. A profit Of sl70 81 is not bad. Many
acres of land are titled that do not retrn $50.
A settlement of the long standing litigation
| between NJ L. Smith and the town of Day.
tona has been reached, the basis Of settle
| meut being that Mr. Smith redeem the tax
certificate Tor 1885, Iavs the taxes for 1887,
to ether with costs of levy, etc. also from
| William Jackson, the tax certificate of 1894
| for which he pays the legal 25 per cent. pen
atty, and refunds 70 the town treasury the
amount expended in lega. expenses amount.
ing 10 some 500. The total expense to Mr..
Smith is over 81 900, of which the town re.
ceives Soms $500.
The dwelling house of John Long, near
Orlando, was completely destroyed py fire,
Thursday night, with all his household
goods saving nothing but ono mattress.
sion of lamp being used by Mr.. Longs
son, who ran cut TO get blanket or spread
to smother 1t with. On returning to the
room It was in perfect blaze. The flames
then spread so rapidly that nothing could
be saved. The house, household goods and
| fruit trees surrounding were insured in the
agency of White, Guernsey a. Giles for
81 500, which fully covers all losses.
A Grand Island, Lake county, CORES.
pondent of the NEWS, writing on Aug 90,
says: "Our county seat matter has been
settled, giving Tavares the site, Unless the
| supreme court decide otherwise. The vel
! low fever has not caused us any uaeasinass.
as we are POI miles from Jacksonville, and
over 100 miles from Tampa. We are in
hopes soon to have our railroad changed to
standard gauge, which will be great con-
venience TO u.s. as we receive and ship u
great deal by carload. Our mail facilities
are good, "a we get the MoayINa News the
same day of publication. Poll les is quiet.
Orlando Record 1t is very encouraging
for those who arc feeling blue over the
yellow fever business 10 see the carloads Of
heavy machinery passing through here on
their way 10 the st. Cloud sugar farm.
Eleven carloads of huge cylinders, columns,
boilers, and strangely shaped, massive tubes
and rings, have been brought in over the
T., o. and A., and were transferred to the
South Florida fiat cars by tho energetic and
onterprising Joseph Butts. Several car
loads are yet 70 coIns. 1t will not be long
before such machinery as this, and even