The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-21


We setables throughout the section around
Leesburg IS mucn la, ger than it was last
season, and a huge crop is expected. Since
the rains all she crops are fiourishing finely.
Bond has been sent to Washington for $50
Springfield cadet rifles and two pieces of
ordnance with full equipment, for the col
lege at Lake Cay. the college will be al
lowed LOO rounds of ammunition every
year.
Were it not for the northwest room of the
court house at Gainesville being occupied
by Surgeon Martin, that building would be
deserted. No clerk, no sheriff, and In fact
no county official other than Deputy Sheriff
Bayer is "around about"
Carrabelle, the town that was so small
that some South Florida papers could not
locate it in the United States, rolled up
democratic majority that just came in
right to save Franklin county from going
over to the republicans, both legislative
and county tickets.
Fourteen physicians of Pensacola last
summer signed petition, addressed to the
Hon. Secretary of the Navy. requesting the
removal to other scenes of Surgeon Ross,
United States navy. The surgeon. who is
now at Fernandina, is laying pipes, to be
continued at Pensacola, for three years
longer.
Supt. Larned Of the Florida Southern
railroad, has been quite i'll at Palatka for
several days. NJ r. Mo an, of the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West, has had one of
his easy riding coaches fitted up for com
fort to carry him to Waycross, 50 that he
can join his family in Atlanta as so On as he
is able TO stand the trip.
j. f. Luten, one of Leon county's plant
ers, who has ad many years experience in
tobacco culture, plapted this year one aud
two-fifth acres in Cuban tobacco He has
gathered, assorted and weighed up, ,253
pounds A sample of it was declared by
competent judges to be extra fine, and worth
at least so cents per pound.
Two hundred thousand oranges cut I'D
and manufactured into various commodl-
ties is the record of the Florida Produce
Manufacturing Company, of Leesburg. for
the past three weeks The factory now has
on hand 1000 gallons of orange wine, which
will be shipped to New York and Europe.
AS soon as it was known hat the Volusia
county board of health had declared Off the
Gordon, as prevention to Orange City and
other sections Of the county, the city co IN
Gil called special meeting, and on Thurs
day night they ordered tue mayor and CITY
health officer to put on guards south of the
city, and no one from Enterprise is allowed
to enter there.
The tramway from Crawford Bros. tur-
IL
seven miles north Of Lake City is now com
pleted to the Florida Railway and NaviEa-
ton depot, and the delivery of spirits and
rosin will begin immed ately 1t VIII take
to some time after January to move the
stock now on ha I'd, and the manufacture
will go right ahead.
j. H. Pitman of Worth comfy, Georgia
accompanied by his brother and others,
passed through Tallahassee Wednesday with
lOnNad with Eub H.
fisheries. Long distance from the east
don't seem to be any obstacle in the way of
tsh-eating Georgians. They regard 1875
miles a very short distance to aul good.
fat gulf coast mullet.
The manager Of the Florida Cracker of
Lakeland came near losing his home by fire
last week. Fortunately the fire was dis
covered before it had made much Roadway,
and although kind neighbors promptly
hastened to the rescue, his two gro wn
daughters, with commendable nerve and
presence of mind, had the fire out by the
time assistance arrived
Capt. A. c. Thompson of Lakeland has
killed four rattlesnakes in the last MONTH
two last week and two some three weeks
ago-on his place, some two miles south of
town, and also small alligator. He caught
the latter by the tail and startsd to the
house with it to show to his wife, but it
fought him so badly that he had to kill it,
which he did with fence rail
Last week Tuesday there was regular
old fashioned log rolling and feast at the
plantation of Louis Wiselogal, near Mari
anua. The people tor miles around tur led
out and rolled logs all day, clearing I'D
about fifteen acres of land. In the evening
they had party for the benefit of tie
workers. as well as their invited friends
that could not be present during the day.
I,aka ('izy hUptaro lin
squirrels by the hundred. In fact it is
said several parties recently bagged
considerably moro than that number in a
single day. They sell on the streets at five
for Is cents. Quite number of wild ducks
are also brought in, while the lakes co l.
tlnue to yield their tribute of table fish.
Oysters and salt water fish from the coast
are now being added to the list.
M. M. Haynes of Lane Park. after a
lingering and painful illness Of several
months, died on Tuesday night at the resi-
dence OF his mother on Haynes Point, east
ern shore of Lake Harris He was a son of
the late Capt w. w. Haynes, once county
surveyor OF Sumter, and for several years
= he was identified with the boating interests
of Lake Harris, having at one time owned
and run the steamer North State
Tallahassee TdLldhdsseam: John Mitchell
has given notice that he will contest the
seat OF Capt. Z. Houstoun in the state Sen
ate. We wouldn't do it, Johnl You'd feel,
y. so awful lonely in the Senate now not a
single black face in there but yours: Won
would look like an ink bottle in a snow
bank. Besides, John, your chances of get
ting in are about equal to your prospects
for being chosen Prince of Bulgaria.
There are a half dozen tickets and states
already made up and being completed for
the people to choose from at the forthcoming
of Gria.
headed respectively by S. e. Ives, NJ. r.
Marks, f. j. Reel, II. G.. Garrett, j. w.
Anderson and w. f. Wheaton, for mayor.
are being put forward. All manner of
combinations are being made embracing
the candidates announced for the other
Offices No less than thirteen candidates
for marshal are announced or talked of
and more are to come.
The large crockery establishment and
house furnishing store of G. S. L'Engle Sc
Co., at Jacksonville, has been closed since
last Saturday on account of the sickness of
Charles Sanders, the faithful and efficient
manager, who has had sole charge of the
store since the outbreak of the epidemic.
All drought the dark days of the plaques
stay in tho city. Mr.. Sanders remained at
his post, attending punctually and faith
fully to business, and had escaped the fever
so long as to lead himself and friends to
fondly hope that he would go unscathed.
Tom Willis, who raised a row at the court
house at Tallahassee and got shot last week,
died Sunday of his wounds. A post morton