The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15

Johns River and Atlantic Coast railway
some time next autumn. The road will run
from Beresford, three miles southwest Of
DeLand, on the Jacksonville Tampa and
Key West railroad, through DeI4and to
Daytona
AT Oviedo William Cleaver has
bought Joseph Lenhart's orange
grove in town for his cousin,
Mrs. james NJ Vandegrift, Of Delaware.
The grove consists Of 375 very choice trees,
l75 of them old bearing trees. The price
paid was 81 900.
A. G. Kingsbury is now ready TO put in
candescent electric lights into the hotels
and private houses at DeLand. The ma
chinery is in position and in fine working
order. j. b, Stetson has eighty lights IN his
new $50 900 residence, and uses no other
means of illumination.
Charles A. Sheldon, Postmaster of Gaines
Willie, Says he viii pay reward of $40 for
the name of the person who, on Sunday,
March H. wrote indecent and unbecoming
language on a notice which he had posted
on the door of the general delivery depart
ment of the post Office.
The Nolusla County Sunday Schooe As
sociation held its third ANIMAL session in
DeLand last week. Hardly more than half
the schools in the county we e represented.
F. G. NattletOn, Of Lake Helen, was re-
IAN1NNNa
Land, was reelected Vice President.
There are nearly three times as many
cases on the criminal docket of the st.
John's county Circuit Court this term as is
usually the case, among the number being
the trial of Palmer Williams, charged with
the murder of Nelson Ford. This case was
continued from last term upon application
of the defendant.
Oviedo Chronicle: The orange business
must be paying one when an orange
grower of twenty-five years standing re
fuses $1,000 cash for one acre of grove. J.
O. Jelks is the man who has done this. and
who can say he did not do a wise thing
when he is told that this acre will produce
from 81 200 to 81, 800 worth of oranges per
annum.
Senator Pasco is rather sanguine in the
belief that the bill increasing the appropri-
alton for jacksonville from $50 900 to
$25O,O will be passed, notwithstanding the
belief that no more public buildings will be
provided for AS for the Tallahassee and
Key West public buildings, the Senator
sees no reason why they should not pass,
only they will not meet the needs desired.
Secretary Pasco intends returning to
Florida some time next week, to confer with
the State Executive Committee with refer
ence to the selection of delegates to the ma
tional convention. The Senator does not
share in the belief advanced by others that
the Executive Committee of the State has
the power to select delegates, but he thinks
that they should be chosen by tho party
from the respective districts or in State
convention.
At Pensacola, owing to the failure of Con-
gress to pass the deficiency bill, there areno
funds in hand with which to pay the costs
in the trial of criminals in the Federal
courts now ia session. AS several of the de-
PENDANTS are in prison in default of bail, and
as an adjournment sine die without clearing
the criminal docket would keep them in
durance for another year, Judge Settle, it
is said, will dismiss those cases in which de-
PENDANTS cannot furnish bail.
The store of B. w. Fontain, of Micanopv,
was burned last Wednesday night. The
cause was accidental the fire having caught
in an adjoining shanty owned by John A.
Simontop. Only few goods were saved.
As nearly as can he estimated the loss was
5000; insurance $1,000 By the heroic
endeavOrs of Messrs. johnson, Heidi, Hen
derson and Others, Mr.. Fontain's dwelling,
in close proximity to the blaze, was saved
1t was thought that Mr.. Fontain's great
excitement would result fatally, but, though
still confined to his bed, he seems somewhat
better
The sixth annual session of the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Honor, convened at San
ford Tuesday. Seventeen of the twenty
one lodges are represented. Eight new rep
resentatives received the degree of old age.
Four lodges have been instituted since the
last session. Number of lodges Jan. /, 81;
last year, II. Membership this year, 6S7;
last year, 565. The financial report showed
$3.50 over the liabilities Eight members
deceased the last year. Twenty-four ASSESS
ments have been called. State Medical
Examiner j. D. Fernandez, of Fernandina
reports 159 petitions submitted to him last
year for approval, thirteen of which he re-
jected
Charles NJ. Pickering died at Mandarin,
last Thursday, in the 18th year of his age
He was an old man and well respected citi-
zen of Flo ida, having settled there Just be-
fore the close of the last Indian war, and
living in Jacksonville and vicinity since the
year 1870 Mr.. Pickering was former owner
of the famous orange grove now belonging
to Mrs. H. B. Stowe, at Mandarin, on the
st. Johns river, which property he sold at
the close of the late civil war He also
owned at various times valuable property
IN Jacksonville. The property joining the
Bars block, on Bay street, belonged to him
at one time, and also small but valuable
orange grove in East Jacksonville.