The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-31
FLORIDA.

wrecked, out the mule was unhurt.
FLORIDA.
Oranges are looking we'll at Fort Ogden
and promise better than month ago.
The Baptist church was the first house
of worship in Gainesville to be lighted by
gas,
Joseph H. Durkee has been appointed
receiver Of the Tavares, Apopka and Gull
railroad.
There is talk Of disciplining of some of
the members Of the Baptist church of Fort
Ogden for non-attendance.
The Curtis block, at Orlando, is rapidly
approaching completion, and will be one Of
the handsomest In the city.
Sixty-two deaths occurred at Orlando
during the twelve months ended Tuesday
Of these forty-fve were white.
F. G. Bethea has just sold his house and
lot to j. o. Carr, and is improving his
orange grove a mile from Fort Ogden.
The name of the negro killed at Palatka
by train Saturday night, was George
Phillips He was drunk and asleep on the
track.
Herman Hellmich, electrician Of the Plant
| steamship line vessels, with headquarters at
Jacksonville, is in Tampa putting an cleo
trio light on tho steamer Kissimmee.
The wholesale stores of Orlando are now
handling sugar manufactured at st. Cloud.
1t is q very large grained but quite good
sugar, and is sold at fifteen pounds to the
dollar.
Palatka needs system of sewerage
badly, and the people are ready to bond
the city and make the much needed i'm
provement If the Supreme Court will only
let them.
Probably more than twenty business
houses in Orlando were closed Tuesday to
give proprietors and clerks an opportunity
to attend the revival meeting Of the Metho-
dist church.
There was a severe thunder storm at
Gainesville Tuesday afternoon. More rain
fell than at any one time in two years.
The house of S. f. Halliday, near Oliver
Park, was struck by lightning and burned.
The machinery of the sugar mill at st.
Cloud is all being taken out preparatory to
the improvements which will be made be-
fore the next grinding season. At least
$4,000 worth of new machinery will be
added, about doubling its capacity and
effectiveness.
5. A. Stevens, of Wildwood, raised an
onion weighing ~ pounds from seed planted
in November. 1t was of the Neapolitan
Mari, igola variety. His neighbor raised
several red Bermuda onions that weighed
from l pound to pound 2 ounces on pine
land, without fertihzing.
John Leonardy was fishing with seine
In the river at Matanzas, few days ago
WHOM an enormous saw-fish ran into tho net.
The fish struggled 6ercely, and cut the net
up badly, but only succeeded in entangling
itself in the meshes more securely, and was
finally captured. 1t was then measured
and found TO be - feet and inch In length.
Pensions have been granted as follows tc
people of Florida: Original invalid, Samuel
Puleston, Monticello; original widows, etc.
Mary j., widow of John w. Brannon, Jack
sonville; Mexican widows, Olive, widow OF
Neill Monroe, Fort Meade; increase (old
war; Nathaniel F. Chapman, Barlow
Mexican survivors, Alfred Iverson, Kissim
NEE; Mexican widows, Martha c., widow OF
Preston S. Brooks, Jacksonville.
The Oviedo Chronicle says: It begins to
looks more and MORE as If Lake Jesup will
DO the head of large steamboat navigation
on the st. Johns river. 1t Is now reported
that the Florida Midland railway, which
now has its northeastern terminus at Long
wood is seeking an outlet to the north via
Lake Jesup, and this, with the Orlando and
Lake Jesup railway, will furnish a larg,
volume of business for the steamboats,
The future for the Lake Jesup country wa.
never brighter than it appears to-day.
L. R. Decker, of Ttusville, fell from tn,
roof of the chancel Of the Episcopal church
last Monday afternoon about O'clock, and
fractured three ribs on his loft side. Tht
staging, which was very slight, gave WAY
while he was fastening the cross to the peal
of the roof, and he fell down the roof on t
another staging and from thence TO the
ground, where he was found in an uncon
scious condition, and remained 80 unit
after he had been home some time. Had il
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the roof he would undoubtedly have beer
killed by the fall as he would have struck
upon large tool box just below.
The trial of the libel suit of C. w. ia
cocks, Treasurer of Orange county, against
the Argus Publishing Company, for an
alleged libel, laying the damages at $40, 600
was begun at Orlando Tuesday. Tho suit
is based on the following article, published
in the Sanford Argus "Orange county i,
enjoying % a defalcation. 1t seems that
the County Treasurer is some S35, 600 short
in his accounts, but claims that the county
will lose nothing. The Orlando papers do
| not mention it, but the Sanford argus
takes everybody -Iightly-to task about it.
The best way Is to make an example OF
| treasurers who allow themselves 10 get
snort --Daytona Messenger. Glad to note
| your ideas on this subject. We want more
newspapers that are not afraid to voice
bDtlI l1olS Oil ~ tlliJDl tAlb a SuDJeCU 10 inc
people at large The Argus proposes TO
watch the peoples servants and do all in it's
power to have the public faithfully and
honestly served"
The Fish Commission car which left for
! Florida few days ago with 5000, 900 shad
! eggs, arrived at Washington, d. c., Tues
! day. The intention was to hatch the Young
fish en- route and distribute them in the
streams in lower Florida. The party in
charge OF the car, however, found that the
warm weather was Matching the fish 50 fast
| that they would not be able TO get them to
| southern Florida alive. as they will not live
| long In the tanks after hatchiug The re-
suit was that they were obliged to distribute
| toe whole lot much earlier than intended,
and many were placed IN the streams of
Southern Georgia and Alabama The most
of the four million distributed were placed
in the Perdido, Blackwater, Yellow aud
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rivers. On Thursday, the
car will start again with q now T., and by
! special arrangements the Commission hopes
! 70 get them through TO Southern Florida
! this time. They will be placed ia the With
laco ,chee, Hillsborough. Peace and other
rivers Col Davidson, who has been push.
| ing for this, is delighted with his success
| Tho total number distributed on the two
trips will probably be seven or eight
! millions
Madison Recorder: The Hamburg settle.
ment of this county has been intensely agi-