The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19

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The Blake canal which runs into the Hal
flax few miles south of Daytona viii
probably he widened four feet, at an ex-
pense of 81 900. The engineer who has the
work in charge says it will be done this
spring.
The Florida Railway and Navigation and
the Tampa, Orlando and Apopka railroad
| is now selling excursion tickets from jack
sonvile TO Orlando on every Tuesday and
! Friday. These excursions are taking well,
and on those days the trains are crowded.
There is a strong probability that the
$1,000 offered by the Florida NJ and |. Land
Company as an inducement for the location
of the county site at Sararota will now be
donated 10 the trustees of the Sarasota
Academy. aud by them be used in the erec-
ton OF building and the equipping OF the
same.
A rice hulling machine is a necessity in
the Sarasota'section. Rice Of the very finest
quality is grown in the saw grass land about
four miles east of the town, and woull be
grown in much larger quantities than 1t
now is if there were proper facilities for
hulling and cleaning the grain.
The Key West Saw Mill Company have
added to their plant a nsY piece of ma
chinery for rounding sponge poles. The
len gths are cut by the circular saw in
squares, ana they are then transferred to
out at the proper size, neat and smooth.
There are rumors Of one or two more
cigar factories for Lake City at an early
date. The factories give employment to a
! large number OF young boys that would
othe wise be loafing upon the streets. The
export of cigars from Lake City continues
| TO grow and III but short while will he of
very larg proportions.
The attempt of DR. Maxwell. Of Lochbie,
TO commit suicide was the result of sick
ness. For several weeks past he has been
in i'll health, and the nature of his malady
| produced an extreme depression of spirits
and morbidity that led to a temporary aber-
| ration of mind AMI then on to the irrespon-
sble act of attempting bis life with large
dose of morphine.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has Just
| issued statement that shows the pay re-
ceived by district attorneys, assistants and
marshals in Florida during the years 1885,
! 1886 and 1887. For 1885 attorneys $3.50;
assistants none; marshals, S3,245 For 1886,
attorneys, $3.50; assistants none, marshals,
! 1863. For 1887, attorneys, 81 ,93l; assist
ants none, marshals, 1928.
Wild turkey and venison are coming in
plentifully at Sarasota, and pompano
fish are more plentiful. Fishing has
never been better than this season.
Guests at the hotel have difficulty
|
IT is not generally known that mullet can
be caught with hook and line, but they can.
! All that is necessary is to bait the hook
with dough, of which mullet are very fond.
Thursday morning one of Orlando's mer-
chants made proposition to two of Or
landos popular young men that if they
| would wea, around town two hats which
he might pick out he would present each
with a new straw hat. Seeing no better
| of tif,rr "a
cepted the proposition and sailed forth, one
wearing young girls hat and the other
that of young boy, and paraded the town,
much to the amusement of the street
gamns.
At Sanford Thursday, in opening a box
of large plate glass, which were to be placed
in the front windows of the store in the
Stone q Grove block. the glasses were found
| to be completely smashed Two of the
glasses measured 64xl20, and two 62x120,
the four costing about $500 delivered. The
glasses were shipped care of the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West railroad, but
by some means were brought from Jack
sonville to this city by boat. and evidently
were broken en- transit.
Mr.. Kleindesheag had very narrow es-
| cape from being burned out of house and
home recently, at his place mile sonth of
| Sarasota. He was burning brush in q field
near the house, when the wind shifted and
| blew the flames towards the buildings. 1t
set fire to and burned to the ground a store
! building, and it was only by the most siren
uous exertions that he saved his residence.
The building burned was the one behind
which the assassins of Charles Able were
concealed when they fired the fatal shot.
At Pensacola Thursday William Won't
worth was convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States government. and
sentenced to pay tine of $500 and to be inn
pr sOned for sixty days. He has a family
consisting of a wife and nine children, liv-
ing up the East bay, the eldest of the lat
ter being girl about Is years of age. They
are entirely dependent upon the husband
and father, and even with his support,
were living in state of abject poverty.
The fine he need not pay, by interposing an
oath of pauperisnt, but the imprisonment
he will be forced to undergo.
The Sunday School Convention to be held
in Gainesville "Wednesday and Thursday,
4th and 5th of April, bids far to be a very
| interesting occasion. Among the speakers
who have promised to be present are Rev.
s. #. Gale, subject, "The Field" Rev. NJ.
| Tass, subject, Central Idea of the Sunday
School Work" Hon. A. }. Russell. Influence
of the Bible in Perpetuating Our Civil In
situations" Rev. j. L. Gilbert, of Indiana,
| Observation-Disclosures of Instruction of
the International Sunday School convention,
| is expected to address the convention Miss
Lula Tucker, of Sanford, has been invited
to give her views on the management of the
young. r. 7. o. Smith win speak ON the
relation of the family to the Sunday school.
At Pensacola the following petition is
being circulated and signed, and win be
presented to the Board of City Commission
ers at special meeting this evening: ITO
his honor the Mayor and the City Commits
sioners of the Provisional Municipality of
Pensacola: The undersigned, citizens of
Pensacola, respectfully ask your honorable
body not TO pass an ordinance granting
rights of way TO the proposed Pensacola
Short Line railway until the draft OF the
ordinance for that purpose is published,
and an opportunity given to the people to
examide its terms and conditions. We de-
sire the protection of the public interests
and ask that the ordinance be not passed
by a suspension of the rules, but in CON
formity with the law giving time for ex-
animation and amendment
Under date of Feb. p, 1883, Hon. H. L.
Lilienthal, Mayor Of Sanford, and chair
man of the committee formed by the
Mayors Convention TO ascertain the wish of
the people as TO the calling of the Legisla-
ture in extra session, wrote TO Hon. A. :.
Mann requ sting him to obtain, if posi-
bic. the views of each member Of the
House and Senate, as well as an expression
of opinion from such county aud State Off