The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-29
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The San Juan hotel, at Orlando, will open
ON Jan. L.
Over 5000 boxes of oranges will leave
the DeLand station this season.
An Italian named Sagiri fell into the
hatch of a vessel at Pensacola Tuesday and
was seriously injured.
Two soldiers at Fort Barrancas started on
a pleasure trip yesterday, but having on
board ''too much Christmas" were upset
and drowned.
A gentleman in Massachusetts, owning
property il Florida, desires to negotiate
with the relief committee in Gainesville for
the loan of 81 900.
William Williams was arrested at Gaines
| vile Wednesday on a charge of attempted
rape on a little girl years of age, a daugh-
ter of j. c. Sebastian, both colored.
Frank Hughes and Ed Frazier had diff
| Guilty on the streets at Gainesville Wednes-
day night, in itch Frazier was shot, in
| flicting painful, but not serious wound.
| A Norwegian fell overheard from one of
the vessels at Pensacola Tuesday and COM
rade jumped over to save him. They were
both rescued, but with considerable diff
| Guilty.
| Much Of the freight taken out of the re-
cent railroad wreck near Kings crossing
was so badly bursted open and damaged.
that it is being sold by the company at the
Gainesville depot.
S eriff George A. Zehnbar of Palatka,
accompanied by Capt. A. N. Edwards, ar
rived in st. Augustine Wednesday night on
| the lookout for forger who was supposed
! to be in that vicinity.
| An exploding firecracker came very near
| destroying an eye for 4-year-old son of
| Julius Stark Of Gainesville but prompta and
| thorough treatment removed all i'll effects,
| and he is all right again.
| Lieut.. Gov. Maory of Leesburg was at
| Lake Weir "Wednesday looking up the Rice
shooting ARRAY Mr.. Roach, the object of
| Mr.. Rice's vengeance, is doing well and will
recover, but he is fearfully damaged from
| the bullet.
Work on the new Presbyterian church on
| Valencia street, at st. Augustine, will be
resum when the pavement on that street
is completed. 1t is expected that the build
ing will be ready for occupancy in one year
| from now
In the 300-yard race on Christmas day,
| between the horse of William Simmons of
| Longwood, Phil Leonardy of Oiteen, and
| 2. j. Parramore of Sanford, William Sim
mons horse came out first, Leonardy's sec
| ond and Par amore's third.
A pretty sight at Palatka Christmas
/
| one of the large oaks in the Moragne grove,
| on River street. The flames leaped high
| and wide, and before the hose company
| arrived to extingush them the sight was
| grand.
Isaac Montgomery and Romeo Young of
| Arredondo got into a drunken frolic on
| Monday, which resulted in Montgomery's
| cutting Youug's throat with pocket-knife,
| which caused his death W Wednesday Both
hOx nh< NI1
Montgomery is in Jail.
The amount required to complete the
three miles of Orange Belt railroad to San
| ford has been subscribed, and work began
Christmas morning. This is one of the
most important feeders" to that city, and
runs through a fiIe country. 1t will be
finished into Sanford in less than sixty
days.
The yacht race that was to have come off
on Christmas at Palatka was postponed on
account of the Vikings competitor not
showing up, and the Vikings skipper refus-
ing to sail over the course for the prize. In
the second class, the Paul was on hand
promptly but the Bertha did not show up
until the race had been declared off.
s. A. Adams, the well-known correspond
emit of the SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, left
Boston, Mass, Thursday for Jacksonville.
He has been absent nearly six weeks, and
will no doubt return to his home and labors
much refreshed in mind and body, after
the severe strain of nearly four months in
cessant newspaper work during the cpl
demic.
Mr. and Mrs Kirk Monroe arrived at
Key West last FRIDAY, on he steamship Rio
Grande, from New York, to spend the bal
ance of the winter in and around Key West.
They have their own yacht, which is very
pretty. and Mr.. Mo ros is said TO be most
-
He is connected with the large publishing
house of the Harpers, and is well known to
Floridians.
The board Of directors of the South
Florida Chautauqua met at Mount Dora on
Tuesday last and discussed the plans and
programme of the coming session. The
dates determined upon were March 12 TO 81
inclusive. Rev. r. S. Holmes, the conduc-
tor for the past sessions, will not return,
and the committee is IN orrespondence
with gentlemen who have had extended ex-
perience in conducting these assemblies.
Capt. Mailing, of Lakehurst farm. brought
into Kissimmee, last Thursday, water
melon weig hing thirty-four pounds, which
he left on exhibition at Makinson's grocery
store. This melon was a volunteer, and
had received no attention or encouragement
in its efforts to show what soil will produce.
T Q captain is confident thai with a little
care and attention he can produce not only
watermelons, but almost any other kind of
crop at nearly any season of the year.
Ex-Postmaster Speir Of Orlando died
Wednesday night Of heart disease. H
was born in Tallahassee, on May 1.
1888. He continued to reside in Tallahassee
until the breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted in the confederate army and
served until Oct. /, 1854 when he was
he was captured by the federals at Enter
prise and sent to Hilon Head as prisoner,
where he remained until March, 1865, when
he was paroled. He then went to Jackson
vile and for short time was in charge of
the commissary stores of the con-
federate troops stationed there. IN
April, 1865, be started up the st.
Johns river. in company with Mr.. Brant
ley, in large open boat loaded with gem
eral merchandise, consuming ten days in
making the trip. Mr.. Speir brought his
| portion Of the goods to Orlando, and imme-
diately opened store in log building,
erected by himself, just opposite where the
market house n armory now stands.
| As soon as postal service was resumed In
the south after the war. he was appointed
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