The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-28
FLORIDA.

| A fierce fire was raging in the woods on
Anastasia island TuesIay.
| The land office at Gainesville has been
closed by order of the commissioner until
| further notice.
The oranges in Alachua county are split
ting and rotting on the trees, caused proba-
bly, by the recent wet weather.
The Thomas building on the north side
of the square, at Gainesville, has been torn
down by order of the health authorities
A sail boat, containing refugees from
jacksonville, was stopped in tho river Sun
day night, opposite Palatka, and prevented
from landing.
w. R. Carter of Jacksonville will not go
TO Rome, Ga. as announced, but will in the
course of a very few DAYS resume the pub
LEGATION of the Metropolis,
The deputy sheriff at Hawthorn went to
the city limits of Gainesville Monday after
noon to deliver some prisoners he had cap
tured. He refused to enser the city.
1t is said that there is a Harrison and
Morton club in St Augustine composed of
100 white members, who hold secret SEES
sions. The story is considered very i'm
probable.
Saturday night the inspectors Of the st.
Augustine guard found but one man Sleep
ing on his post He was promptly dis
neglecting his duty.
N G. Motley of Orlando has followed the
example of Mr.. LeMoyne and instructed his
agent W. T. Hull, at Barlow, to collect
from and after Sept. l only one-half rentsn
until the present depression in business is
passed Messrs. Hughes, Statham and Hud-
dleston are the tenants thus benefited.
The gale which has made things howl in
the Ancient City for the past three days is
the annual northeaster. Tides have risen
at least 2 feet above their average hight,
and sportsmen have been having great fun
shooting marsh hens on the creeks and
borders OF the rivers. The gale is some
what earlier than last year, and the weather
much cooler.
One of St. Augustine's old boatmen, the
other day, in speaking on the prospects of
the weather. said: There will be an earlier
winter this year than we have had in
score of years. His reasons were these:
THE fig trees and many other trees are
shedding their leaves and preparing for
autumn. AT night, If you listen. you can
hear the plaintive note of the kildee as it
flies south to the warm sun. The kildee
generally comes about three weeks hence.
There are many other signs which emphati-
cally forecast an early winter
st. Augustine NeUs: Saturday afternoon
the coin with the spike in it was driven in
the sidewalk opposite Joseph's store. Sew
eral parties came along and tried to pocket
the coin Wits but little success. When
down the street there came an old white
haired gentleman leisurely sauntering
along, saw the shining coin on tho sidewalk,
stopped slowly down and caressed it with
his fingers, but it wouldn't go with him.
The old gentleman got up, and such look
as he gave the onlookes, by group and
singly, was enough to freeze one into a
lump Of ice.
Green, the old carpenter who died in a
stable at Palatka Saturday, instead OF be-
ing poor, was a miser, and owned consider
able property, and up to the time of his
sickness was earning SO day He refused
to take medicine, and would not have assist
ance Of any kind Not long since he sold a
valuable piece of property for quite a sum.
What he did with his money is not
known. 1t is said by those who
know, that he has more money than
most mon in Palatka, but led beg
gEr's life The undertaken who took charge
of his body, says he was the filthiest object
he ever saw, his under shirt being in rags,
and it almost dropped to pieces when the
outer garments were removed. Everything
was done for his comfort, but il was of no
avail. Z. r. Farrar, who buried the miser,
could not get back into the city, because he
had no health certificate Not wishing to
be outdone, he showed Green's burial per-
NIT and was allowed to enter.
A meeting of the physicians of Jackson
VILE was held Tue day. Vice President
McQuaid addressed them upon tho alleged
wholesale abuses which have crept into the
system of providing delieacies and so forth
for the sick upon physicians orders The
doctors in turn expressed their views, and a
general discussion of the whole matter was
had. Certain strict rules win hereafter
govern this system of relief, but physi-
clans will be held accountable for
| all orders over their signatures.
In the course of the discussion one in
nocent-looking practitioner related that he
recently signed an order for several articles
for patient, but. trusting in the general
honesty of mankind, had left some space
between the last line and the signature.
Into this space the following was subse-
quently inserted by some party or parties
10 the deponent unknown: Zone case
Mumm's quarts" Another order for lone
caicken" had been adroitly raised to
| ''twelve chickens by the insertion of q