The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-12


ming from Townsville to Montice 10 in
forty -seven minutes.
Col. Harvey johnson of st. Augustine
and native of Maine, cast his seventeenth
vote for President Tuesday, and be
says every one was for democratic candi-
date.
Oranges in the vicinity of Victoria, Or
ange county, are rotting badly, and drop,
ping from the trees. The loss from rot ani
splitting this season is unprecedented IN
that section.
The First National Bank of Ocala enjoys
n marked degree of prosperity, as shown by
the fact that it has just declared semi-an.
nual dividend of par cent, and added
$4,000 more to its surplus fund.
BY a freight train running into cross
tie train near Chandler on the Florida
Southern railroad Wednesday, Section
Master HOLSTER was instantly killed and
several other mon badly wounded
Myron Gillett of South Lake Weir sold
500 boxes OF lemons at the depot for ~ 80
per box. Shook Bros. of the same place
Stripped the same number of boxes, and will
take Their chances in the northern market
There was a good laugh on the repu6li-
cans at st. Augustine Tuesday when it wes
learned that c. w. Carter, their candida
for assemblyman, had failel to register and
was not a voter Of this county, aDd there
fore disqualified to act even if elected.
Tony Canova was ia Iitusville wi b the
fine sloop Arrow on Monday. 1t is rumored
that he will run the yacht Tarpon and the
Arrow both as tourist boats this season.
The Arrow will, probably. run on banana
river and the Tarpon on Indian river.
At DeLand James Atkinson and L. NJ.
Donald of Enterprise appeared on the
streets Friday morning. They were com
PEELED TO leave town Immediately. Atkin-
son said that there had been no yellow fever
at Enterprise, and that the whole thing
was simply grab game To get money.
Two German families, consisting of ten
persons, arrived in Monticello Saturday
last from New York. They have gone out
to Casa Blanca, and will purchase land
and take up their permanent residence
there Another family, consisting of seven
members, are expected in about two weeks
AT Titu,ville work is progressing rapidly
on the big scow being built for the railway
company. The length, over all, is some
thing like 10 feet, and
the beam 26 feet. The sides are on
and the bottom nearly planked, and caulk-
ing the seams commenced the first part OF
the week
About seventy-fve colored men, workers
in he sand pit north of st. Augustine, gath
cred along the north Gordon Tuesday, evinc-
ing a disposition to walk over the guards
and 90 into town. But the guards we're
ready for them, and the sight Of a lumber
of douple-barreled guns deferred them from
making the attempt.
Harry B. Buder of lola, sent down raft
on Monday that contained lS7 cypress logs.
This drift was comprised in twenty-thres
sections and was nearly 700 feet long. 1t is
the longest raft by great odds that was ever
run through Lees Slough. Henry Atkins,
pilot, with five other hands, took it through
without 10 ing stick.
A man chuck full of enthusiasm, but a
little uncertain about his equilibrium,
stopped by the st. Augustine NetUs Office
Tuesday night and waving his hat cried
out: "Rah for Garrison and Heav Gland,
and Tn rton and Murmaul l voted for
em all (hic), an I've lived here thirty seven
years, and I'm thirty yetm
Tho lake Weir section is making quite
reputation as a lemon growing district.
Many of the big groves that were frozen
down in the big FIRE 70 of 1886 are now as
large as they were previous to the freeze,
and large quantities are being shipped and
the growers are obtaining good prices.
Gen Bullocks crop Melted 81 box.
A box of eggs was recently shipped from
Starke to q stall-keeper in the CITY market
at Orlando. and upon being opened one Of
tue eggs was found to have incubated, and
the chirping of g little chick came near
stampeding the inmates of the market, who
concluded that the noise of the callow
biped was the ohirping of a deadly microbe
that had run the quarantine blockade.
At Pensacola the receipts of fresh fish re-
ported Thursday morning embraced 1900
red snappers by the smack G.. L. Daooll,
600 red sn3ppers by the smack Harry Jud-
son, and 900 pounds of blucfish by thA
smack Jack-I- Don't-Care for Saunders a.
Co. 400 red snappers by the smack Man
tic, and an unascertained haul by the smack
John Pugh. The receipts for the next few
days will probably be light, as the weather
is bad, and the few remaining smacks that
are outside have in all probability sought a
harDJr.
At st. Augustine Wednesday night, as
Friday. the colored democrat, was walking
down st. George street, two or three from
the gang of oolored mon hanging about
stepped out and began abusing him with
vile and threatening language. Mr.. Mccall
was the only policeman near, but promptly
went to Fridays protection. The negroes
then began abusing Mccall and told him it
was a bad night for policemen, and the mig
gers were going to do just as they pleased.
But they did not, though, for their pleasure
evidently was to make mince meat out of
Friday.
At Palatka, between IL and o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, some one entered
the clerks Office at the court house and
walked off with the ballot box of precinct
No. IS of the city of Palatka. This DO
contained $50 majority for the republicans
Mr., Hargrove, the clerk, says thai
he cannot account for its dis pear.
ance. The boxes were all together OF
the floor near the door, and he thiuk,
it was slipped out while his back wa,
turned. The stealing of this box will have
no effect on the result Of the ele ction, or
the canvass of the vote The returns made
out by the inspectors Of the precinct show
the vote. But in case the democrats should
ask for a recount, they could not have it
so would have nothing to be governed by pu
the tally sheet. This being the case, i
looks very much as il the stealing Of thi
box was more benefit to the republican,
than to the democrats.
About month ago a fracas occurred in
mill house at Lloyd station, Jefferson
county, In which John l.. Bryan was seri
ously cut with a knife, aud for some tim
it was thought that the wound would prov,
fatal. There was no positive evidence as I,
who did the cutting, but it was charged
that one Judson Cason, "A negro residing
over the jefferson county line in Leon, wa
the party guilty Of the offense, so a warran
was issued by Judge Puleston for his ar
| rest, and it was placed in the hand
of Lee Houston for service. On Tuesday
| evening Messrs Lee Houston, J. L. Bryal
and Arthur Duncan repaired to JudSol