The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-24

the Florida Southern, having returned from
Cuba, where he procured "A supply OF the
best and freshest tobacco seed, will furnish
the same TO any one applying at the Citi-
zens' National Bank at Orlando.
Dwight d. Porter brought into Orlando
Saturday magnificent bunch OF Dwarf
Cavendish bananas, containing about 10
| perfect specimens of this delightful fruit.
I Mr.. Porter raised them on his place on the
South Florida railroad, near Conway.
On Tuesday last Sheriff w. A. Sheffield,
Of Lake City, received telegram from the
/ Sheriff of Clay county, at Green Cove
! Springs, telling him to look out for four
negroes who had made robbery there OF
several breech-loading double barreled guns
a lot Of jewelry and various other articles
| Two arrests followed.
! Mr. Munnerlyn has bought of the Hills
borough Real Estate Agency the two lots
/ ut Clear Water in front OF the "Orange
Bluff cottages, including the unfinished
I building standing in the corner. A an
early day he will take steps To set up fine
! business house upon the land, and will move
the post Office into the heart of the town.
Some time this week Mr.. Forrest will
start out to see what assistance can be OBJ
tanned from settlers along the line toward
building railroad from Kissimmee to
| Ruunymede via st. Cloud. Col. Scott of
| the Pennsylvania railroad, and Hamilton
! Disston being interested in this new route
| is evidence that there will be no foolishness
about the business
]. V. Drysdale, the missing City Marshal
of st. Augustine has been heard from, and
| will probably be in st. Augustine to-day
| He tc.egraphed Chief of Police Sabate, who
is now acting City Marshal, from Houston,
| Tex, stating that he was on his way home,
and on Saturday he telegraphed his brother,
| w. Is. Drysdale, that he would be in St
Augustine in three days.
Lake City Tobacco Plant: Oranges sell
cheaper in Lake City than anywhere else in
the world, and we say it without fear of
| contradiction. They are bulletined now at
25c. to 7jc. a hundred, and have sold this sea-
son as low as l5c. per 100 At retail they
can be had at this time at from DC. to 10c a
dozen. And they are as good as those. that
sell at from twice to four times as much at
| the great groves south.
Dr. G. p, Carver of St Augustine, is the
owner of the Oldest house in St Augustine
The house is situated opposite ST. Francis
Barracks, on st. Francis street A few
years ago the doctor found the house in a
dllapidated condition and restored it to a
degree Of beauty, at the same time preserv-
ing the old architectural lines The doctor
has found that the house was built between
l363 and 1870, and was occupied by monks
Advices from Stornoway, under date of
Jan. ), are to the effect that a number of
logs Of timber, described as rel pine, but
believed to be pitch pine, have washed
ashore in several places from Barra Head to
Butt of Lewis. The logs are described as
being charred and marked odd" They
show, however, traces of other marks
| among them "OK" or "OR, Xxx" and
there is an opinion that they We're part of
the cargo of the bark Ornate British from
Pensacola for AndrosSan, which was posted
as missing Dec. /, 1887.
Pensacola Commercial: 1t is said that B
X Pitt has sued or is about to sue the city
for $40 900 or $40, 900 on old railroad bonds
held by him 1t was believed that all these
bonds were lifted, and it was stated. uni SIS
we are mistaken, by the present city attor-
ney, at, or about, the time that the
| new bonds were voted, that the $280,00O Of
new bonds would more than cover the old
indebtedness. There must be a mistake
somewhere, as the whole $3.50, 900 have been
| issued, and there is still a large part of the
old debt apparently remaining.
f. w. Peabody, secretary of the recent
convention of Mayors held in Sanford. Will
issue In few days a circular and petitions
to the Mayor Of every city and town in the
| State for the purpose of procuring sigma
lures. One of the petitions is to Congress
asking the establIsmentOf a national quar-
antlne station, and the other is to Gov.
| Perry asking him to convene the State Leg
| lSlature in extra session, at the earliest prac-
| tlcabe day, for the purpose of taking such
! action as may be necessa~y to create A State
| Board of Health, whose duty it shall be to
| protect the State from the introduction Of
! yellow fever and all infectious diseases
About 3 O'Clock Sunday afternoon
interest was aroused in Jacksonville by the
| appearance of IL balloon, which must have
| been at least 10000 feet above the houses
! 1t came over from the north and when
| directly over the city rose above the cur
rents and came to standstill, remaining
| almost stationary for at least twenty
| minutes, when it descended some distance,
and, being caught by the currents of air.
was drlfted rapidly southwark 1t was evil
| IDENTIFY quite a large balloon, and nOtwith-
standing the fact that the best glasses in the
city We're brought into use, none were
| strong enough to indicate whether anyone
was with it or not. The supposition, how
ever, is that there was no one with it, and
| that 1t had been sent up by some one near
| by for their own personal amusement
The cases of Lieut.. Wilcox, Private Sny-
der and j. w. Grady, charged with violat-
ing the city ordinances by being diSordery
! on the streets, came up before the Mayor Of
st. Augustine Saturday. Lie3t. Wilcox
entered plea of guilty, and a fine of S. and
costs was imposed. Snyder pleaded not
I SulltNf bhb Ndo iiiitu CIV anu ttNlS, from
which he appealed. The complaint against
| Grady was dismissed. On the adjournment
| of the Mayors Court the crowd reassenbled
at the Sheriifs office. where the charges of
assault against the officer and the private
Were to be brought up The charge against
Lieut. Wilcox was that OF a simple assault.
| He pleaded guilty, and Justice MacWilliams
imposed fine Of $50 and costs. The tine is
! generally regarded as a heavy one under the
| circumstances Snyder was charged with
aggravated assault, but after pleading not
! guilty, his case was postponed.
| For several days sacred concert had been
advertised to be held at Park Opera House
at Jacksonville Sunday night, and the ser
| vices Of some of the best talent in the city
had been secured for the occasion. S. c.
| Wilsum was announced as the manager of
| the affair and tickets were placed at the
various hotels for sale There was to have
! been final rehearsal Sunday afternoon
| but this did not come off owing to the alb
sence of themanager. Manager Burbridge
/ of the Opera House, has decided not to al
| low II used unless the money was paid him
i'll advance, and some of the singers had
| come to the same conclusion. After wait
ing i'll vain for the manager yesterday after
| noon the singers returned to their respective
| homes. An investigation made late in the
! day revealed the fact that the manager had
boon round TO the hotels and other places
where tickets had been placed on sale. and
| collected them, with what little money had
boon rppplVpI aff,ptvo,.ls tout