The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-12
FLORIDA

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Judge White viii preside in Judge Nc
Clellans place at Vernon next week.
4 military company. with twenty-five
members, has been organized at Key West.
Seven children were baptized in the
| Presbyterian church at Micanopy last Sun
day
w. c. c. Branning, of Titusville, shipped
| over one hundred young aligators away on
! Tuesday.
The Orlando bar met few days since,
and recommended Hon. Geo. p. Raney for
the Supreme bench
Only eight pieces of property were auc-
| toned off at the town sale of land at Titus
vile for taxes on Monday.
! The new Episcopal church at TituGvile
| is reaching pleasing proporti ons to the eye,
and by another week will be half com
| pleted.
Mrs. o. F. Laney, of Titusville, caught
mOccasin snake from one of the wharves
/ last week with a hook and line The hook
had some bait on it at the time, as she was
| fishing for chubs.
A colored man, named George Harrison,
was arrested at Tttusvile Monday by
| Deputy Quincy for robbing Alex Foster Of
about $50 worth of goods from his house,
near the Haulover.
The cornerstone Of Mount Tabor Baptist
church, Palatka, will be laid on Nav 10,
Rev. J. Jamison, of Jacksonville, officat-
ing, assisted by Beauty Lodge, No. IS, F.
and A NJ, Palatka.
| At Palatka. Senator George p Fowler
has just purchased a large and finely
located building lot on Kirby street, on
which he intends putting up comfortable
and elegant residence
The Brevard county sale of land for taxes
| occurred Monday, and was notable for the
number of parcels bid in by the State. The
market value Of lands at tax sales seems to
be very low at present.
| At Titusvile sparks from locomotive,
one day last week. set on fire the mainsail
| of the sloop Helena, owned by DR.. Orndorff,
but Capt. Joe Smith happened to notice the
smoke and extinguished the fire with a
bucket of water.
A Methodist Episcopal Sunday school was
formed at Titusville on Sunday before last
with s. II. Ray as Superintendent The
ground has been selected and it is expected
that an edifice will be erected shortly The
new Sunday school numbers thirty-five
members.
1t is less than year since certain parties
came to Pensacola from Michigan aud pur-
chased land just beyond this limits Of the
city, paving s17 per acre for their pur-
chase. One Of the purchasers has just writ
ten that he had sold two acres of his land
for $500, or $3.50 per acre.
The Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial
| circuit convened at Gainesville last Tues
day, but adjourned, without taking up any
cases for trial, until Monday, June %, in
order to give the farmers and planters an
| opportunity to attend t. their crops, and
take advantage Of the recent rains.
Members Of the Haines Syndicate are now
| at Orlando from New York looking after
the interests of the Orlando and Winter
Park railroad, They express themselves as
greatly pleased with the aspect of affairs,
and say that the road will be at once pushed
rapidly to completion, and be in running
order by July next.
Reed & Steere, of Titusville, made an as
signment last Saturday for the benefit of
their creditors to Robert Morrow The lla-
bilities of the firm are estimated at about
81 800. The assets consist of stock inven-
tOried at 81 200 and open accounts of about
$500, only part Of which are collectable.
The business Is being carried on by j. F.
Reed for the assignee.
1t is said that Messrs. Beach a. Miller are
building very light draft steamboat, to
be called the Bessie Tysen, which will run
from Daytona TO Jupiter two trips per
week, connecting with the steamer Gov
ernor Stafford, which they will run as an
outside boat from DaytoOa to Jacksonville.
The new boat, it is said, will draw but
eighteen inches of water, with powerful
machinery.
The Clay County Convention met Thurs
day at Mlddleburg and elected five delegates
to the State Democratic Convention, to
meet at 81. Augustine May 80. viz T. Cope
land, George N. Bardin, w. Il. Wilson,
a. w Fowler, J. C. Beck, Jr. Alternstes:
son, l.. W. Kickliter and l.. r. Thomas.
Cleveland was Endorsed The delegates arc
instructed to vote for F. P. Fleming as long
as he is a candidate before the Democratic
State Convention for Governor.
Finch ScruRgs, one of the Orlando
Records carrier boys, was quite seriously
bitten by his horse Wednesday when about
to start on his route. Ire horse sprang at
him. and bit his face in two places, under
the left eye and through the upper lip. The
force Of the blow caused him to fall, and
the other side of his face was somewhat
bruised by contact with the ground, but he
chung TO the bride rein, regaued his feet,
fastened the horse to a post, and, after
having his injuries attended to, supplied his
patrols with their papers without uttering
a complaint.
Joseph Maultsby, Jr., son of j. NJ.
Maultsby, of Mariana. was attacked last
| Saturday by large SOW in the lot of John
| Milton and seriously bruised and bitten.
| The SOW was devouring u litter of pigs be-
| longing to another SOW, when Joe and sew
eral other children interfered, whereupon
the SOW made fight and al, the children ran.
| All escaped except Joe, who was knocked
down, falling upon his face, and was bitten
| and bruised from the back of his head to
| his heels, one arm being bitten through.
His screams brought assistance, and he was
rescued with difficulty. But for this timely
aid he would undoubtedly have been bitten
to death, as tn SOW seemed determined to
rend him in pieces.
| A daring forgery was perpetrated at Or
! lando day or two ago by negro man
named John Clyatt. A check on tne First
National Bank intended for and made pny-
able TO the order OF Col. H. G.. Harrison,
was lost before it reached his hands and was
| found by the forgcr, who took it % tho
| store of Mr.. lsear TO he cashed, taking part
| of the amount of the check, SIS, in goods.
and, in the presence of Mr.. Isear, indoors d
the name of II. c. Harrison on It, On
Monday Mr.. Isear went to the bank to
make his usual deposit, aud with it this
check, payment of which in the meantiu ne
had been stopped by Col. Harrison Tue
check was refused by the bank and notice
sent TO Col Harrison. The negro has been
arrested.
The recent action of the Mayor of st.
/ Augustine, in filming Messrs Chamberhn d
/ Sons aud Thomas Falany for their refusal
| to pay tle monthly dues TO the city for the
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