The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23

olt last winter, and not yet having suffl-
/ cent roots to hold, and few old fenc3s. no
/ damage was done. The rain was just what
was needed.
! The deleglte who will represent Sumter
county at st. Augustine are: l. +. Barwick,
/ A. L. Harley, William Jones, J. d. Crump.
I e. NJ Blake and r. G.. Wright. They are
for Bullock for Governor The convention
unanimously Endorsed Cleveland for
President and Mabry for Congress.
Tho vote on bonding the city Of Orlando,
III on Saturday, was: For sewerage 226,
against sewer ge 20; for schools 22S,
against schools 66; for funded debt PA,
against fund a debit 20; making a majority
Of - over the two-thirds necessary to carry
for sewerage and for school purposes "a ma
joriUy Of - over the two. thirds necessary,
AMI for fund.- * majority over two-thirds
Of ~ votes.
Monday was celebrated by the colore1
people of Orlando as emancipation day,
though why May 20 Is set apart for that
celebration people were unable to learn
One colored man was asked why May %
was being celebrated as emancipation day,
when as a fact, the proclamation was is
sued on Sept. %, 1862, TO take effect on Jan.
l following, and he answered; "Oh, we
didn't hear OF it down here until in May
In ten days the Alcazar at st, Augustine
Will he surrounded with asphalt pavement
Norkmen are now busy on the last few
yards of Cordova street. When this is
completed, work on asphaltng will be sus-
pended until fall. Mr.. Bolze, the coDtrac-
tor, will then asphalt King street to the
union depot, Valencia street from Cordova
to the union depot, and "A proposed street to
run north and south connecting King and
Valencia streets.
The Democratic convention of Orange
county, called TO select delegates to the ST.
Augustine convention will meet to-day in
Orlando, and will be one of the largest
bodies of the kind ever assembled in the
county. The convention will, it is expected,
declare its preference for Hon. J. G.. SDecr
as its choice for Governor. This convention
will not nominate county officers. but defer
that until August or September, and only
elect delegates to the State and Congress-
ional conventions.
The ladies of st. Augustine met yester-
day afternoon in the roCunda of the Ponce
de Leon and organized a Hospital Associa-
tion. Mrs. II. NJ. Flagler became interested
last winter in the efforts to organize an
association in st. Augustine, and consented
to endow the hospital with lot and build
ing worth s., 900 to $4,000. The ladies
have had the accomplishment of this great
work in view for a long time, and now,
having received SO much encouragement,
have organized permanently.
Sheriff Martin left Tampa for Plant City
Sunday night by request of a telegram
from one Robertson, asking him to come
Immediately, as the life of Tom Wilder was
being threatened by an incensed people over
a brutal thrashing given a man named Col
Inns by Wilder and two associates. Collins
had spoken slightingly of young woman
of the place, and Wilder and two Others
chastised him numerically for it, 1t now
appears that the citizens of Plant City are
indignant at the undue punishment given
Collins, and that Wilder is apprehensive of
his own safety.
Some time ago Capt. R. C. May, a
wealthy citizen OF Indian River, Fla, ad-
vertised in newspaper for a wife. Miss
Laura h. Clarke, an estimable young lady
Of Richmond, Va, answered the advertise
ment. Pictures and letters were exchanged
and the result was marriage engagement,
and the day was set. Capt. May arrived
in Richmond last Tuesday, one day previous
to that fixed for the marriage, and beheld
his fair hincee for the first time, and was
more than happy at his choice. They were
married Wednesday in the presence of a
number of friends, and Immediately left
for their Florida home.
The dock of the Plant system at Port
Tampa is said to be something over 400 feet
long and the trestle from the shore to dock
Is ABOUT o,UUU IeGC IN length. A long shed
covering tho platform for about 300 feet
and 10 or IL feet wide has been put on
stanchions on the south side of the dock
proper. There is said to be 50 feet of water
at the dock The coal dock for which
piling is being driven now, makes an obtuse
angle from the main dock 1t is said That
when completed it will be 800 feet long,
and about as wide as the main dock which
is less than 40 feet. The material used in
this whole structure is pine. The piling is
pine cieosoted. The cost of this colossal
wharfing, when completed, has been pari-
| ously estimated by disiuterested parties
| from $4,000 to 100000 A
couple of hundred yards south OF the
trestle, and near the main land is a scrubby
island, said to contain about twenty-five
acres of land. This Mr.. Ingraham has
ordered to be cleared at once, and work will
begin on the island this week. 1t is njlder-
stood that a pavilion, restaurant, bath
houses, quays for sail boats, and all conve-
niences which belong TO a first-class seaside
| resort, will be erected on this spot, now
called Picnic Island. The supposed fact
that the feet of the famous fernando
DeSoto first cast anchor in this bay-just
34S years ago this month-will prove an
incentive to make hundreds go who would
not on any other account.