The morning news., 1888-12-21

| Chief Hoey wants the JacKsOnVlle
police force made thirty strong.
A squirrel was recently shot and killed in
the woods of Citrus county with bell tied
around its neck.
According to many of the Florida papers,
the mail service in hat state il about as bad
as could be imagined.
Train No. 4, which left Pensacola Mon
day morning. killed an unknown nesress
near McDavids station.
o. p. Dura1t has purchased the mercan-
| tile establishment of the Cypress Lumber
! Company at Apalachicola.
| J. n. Hooker has begun the erection of
| brick block of three stores on the corner OF
| Broadway and Parker street, Barlow.
Arcadia has given the contract for build
| ing her 5000 court house to Z, r. Reed.
| The Hall Safe Company win put in the
| vault.
E. w. Bond, mayor Of Willoughby, O.,
| has arrived in Yemassee, and is talking of
| entering the saw mill and railroad business
| again.
Port Florida is a new town thirteen miles
down the river from Sanford. One thou
sand oraage boxes will be used there this
season.
The schooner Robert T. Clark arrived at
Warrington several days ago and unloaded
a large quantity of stores for the lighthouse
| department.
There is to be race at st. Augustine
this week between f. Capo and Vic WIS.,
| oski, for $40 side, the race to be five miles
around the Alcazar.
Something unique in the potato line is
| now grown in Lakeland. 1t is SO much
like the pumpkin, both in color and flavor,
| that it is almost impossible to distinguish
between them.
Salt can be shipped from Tampa to Bar
tow over the Florida Southern railway for
2213 cents per sack, but from Punta Gorda
to Barlow, about the same distance, the
freight over the Florida Southern railway
| is 90 cents per sack.
A gentleman was in Manatee last week
who drained lake Tohopekahga for the
Di>ston company. He looked at part of the
hummock south OF Manatee and was greatly
impressed with the necessity, as well as
feasibility, of a thorough sys en- of drain
age as applied to that valuable tract of
| land.
W. N. Coleman, who some time ago at
| tempted to burn out of the county Jail at
| Apalachicola, was taken to Blountstown,
where he was convicted last week and SEN
fenced by Judge Walker. Coleman was
charged with burglarizing several places
| at Wewahitchka. S me time during tue
night, after he had been Sc fenced, Coleman
managed to escape from the Jail and has
not been heard of since He took a change
of venue.
Alderman Llamblias Of st. Augustine
introduced resolution in the city council
night or two ago. to the effect that the
fire eugneS and apparatus be turned over
to the committee on city property, and
that the heais of the fire department be
directed to obey the instructions of the
committee. The members of the depart
ment, which is a volu teer organization.
| threaten to disband unless the objection
able resolution is withdrawn.
The new shipping master OF Pensacola,
Capt. L. II. Putnam, has broken tue b ~
colt instituted against him by the sailor
runners, by the appointment as his agents
Of two boarding house keepers, James
| O'Brien and colored man named Davis.
| These agents are experienced sailor board
| ing house keepers, and are thoroughly con-
versant with The business, aud will furnish
! the shipping master with all the sailors he
may want to supply the demand from cap
| tains of vessels.
| The board of health of Polk county Mon
day removed all restrictions to passenger
| travel to and from all points in Florida ex-
| cept Jacksonville. There was strong dis
position to remove the restrictions against
| jacksonville also, but it was finally de-
| cided to await advice from the board of
health of Duval county. Woolen and cot
ton fabrics, household furniture, bedding,
fruit and personal baggage from places
where the yellow fever has existed this year
| is still prohibited.
town wrote letter in Septe nber to lady
friend in Kirksville, Mo. The young lady
addressed was absent at the time, and be-
| cause the letter came from Florida, and
had holes punched through for the purpose
Of fumigating, her mother hid it until
| good frost made its appearance, and then
not feeling satisfied that the fever microbes
were sufficiently killed desired her to wait
until it showed, when it conld be left cut
of doors all night in order to make it safe.
Jacob Summerlin, of Orlando, spent a
few days recently in and about Madison
| buying pork, hogs and turkeys for the
South Florida markets. Hs lett between
5000 and $700 there with those from whom
he purchased. He paid at the rate Of Al
cents per pound on the hoof for hogs, and
among the lot were several only months
old, for which he paid IS each. With the
pasturage and range for hogs in that
county, be says there is no reason why any
one should not get rich in raising them.
Mr.. Whitaker and family, of Kansas
City, arrived at Barlow last week He
brings with him twenty-six men, a car load
of horses, and two car loads of agricultural
implements, and household goods He will
proceed at once TO make improvements on
a large scale on his magnificent place at
Homeland, setting ut new groves, the cul-
tivation of choice flowers, semi. tropical
fruits, etc With 500 acres of as fine land
as there is in South Florida and capital un-
limited, Homeland will soon become a
| revelation.
the St. Cloud and Sugar Belt railroad
commenced running regular trains Tuesday,
lea wing Kssimmee at $50 o'clock a. M,
and arriving at St Cloud at $50; return
ing. leaves st. Cloud at 5:15 and arrives at
| Kissimmee at 6:15. The road is now very
nearly completed to Run iymede, which
will make its total length of twelve miles.
| The above schedule is only temporary.
The feeling in Kissmmee is very strong
that this road will in the near future be
pushed on to the Atlantic to some point
affording deep water.
| In his asst will and testam ment made in
August of last year, the late S. f. Halliday
of Gainesville bequeaths the bulk of his
estate, after the debts are paid, to his
nephew, Byron Horton, of New Nork. To
his sister FL en- j. Grant. and to his brother,
Matthew b. Halliday, is given $3.50 each,
and 500 is given 20 the Presbyterian
church Of Gainesville. A portion of the
estate was also willed to the late Louis |.
Fleming, who died during the epidemic in
Jacksonville. j. d. Matheson and Byron
Horton are the executors.
Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Bo d and Mrs. Bunch
Of Barlow, we over to Lakeland in the IN