The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-07

somewhat higher than the last assessment,
but We hope. as do all property owners, that
in another year taxes will be considerably
ltSsened.
At DaLand a bond in $4,000, signed by
F. s. Goodrich, Fl. A. DeLand and John Is.
SCetson, reading to the County ComIDls-
stoners of Volusla county, conditional, that
in case DeLand is selected as the county
SCAT at the election to be held on March ~,
they would erect brick court house and
buildings there free of expense to the coun-
ty, was presented Monday and filed IN the
office Of the County Clerk.
A lively fracas occurred in the office Of
the Pittsburg Lumber Company, at Jack
sonville, Monday. An engineer who hadn't
been paid for several months concluded to
take it OUT of one of the officers of The
company. Several of the employees tod
Marshal Wharf when he made a levy on
the property the other day that they hadn't
been paid since last July. There are some
thirty or forty employees and it is said that
ell of them are creditors.
At st. Augustine the Second Artillery
Band gave a complimentary serenade 10
Mrs Gen. Grant at the Ponce de Leon Men
day night. Owing to a sudden slight lime s
Mrs Grant could not appear buJ through
L. =. Roberts, clerk Of the Ponce de Leon,
sent her regrets to the membe-s Of the band,
stating that illness prevented her from
acknowledging the compliment in person.
The Ponce de Leon orchestra followed in an
open air concert, which was listened TO by a
large number of people.
The legal sales at the court house at
Jacksonville, Monday, wera only fairly at
tended The commissioners sales all passed
off at nominal sums to close cases, etc. The
only really valuable property offered for
sale was large grove, 900 bearing orange
trees, with house, etc, in Vousa county,
near Oak Hill, he property of Alexander
Berry and Henrietta c. Berry, and sold in
the suit of HatUon Tenner. The property
is worth $4,000 fully, and as only $4,000
was offered for it, the sale was postponed
one month.
Thursday has been designated as Baker
and Columbia counties day at the Sub-Trop-
ical Exposition at Jacksonville. Command
ant Orleman and President Holiday, of the
State College at Ocala. are arranging to go
down III company with detachment of
twenty-five cadets. Since the advent of
Capt. Orleman the discipline of the cadets
has become his especial trust, and a most
praisewOrthy and salutary change is OBJ
served among the boys. The military disci-
pline, which is patterned after West Point,
is exacting, but the boys have "fallen inn
with good grace to the rules and are taking
great interest in their duties.
The regular meeting of the Duval county
Board of Health was held at Jacksonville
Monday. DIR. Kenworthy. City Health
Officer, appeared before the board, and
presented his report regarding the alleged
adulteration of milk. He also exhibited
samples, some ten in number, of the water
used for washing out the milk cans and
that used by the cows for drinking. He
reported that several of the wells he had
condemned. A good deal of discussion
ensued on the subject, and finally DR..
Knight was authorized to investigate the
subject and report at later meeting He
was ordered also to procure average
samples of the water from which the
animals drank, to be sent off for chemical
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