The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-02
FLORIDA.

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FLORIDA.
The post Office at Gore, Levy county, has
been abolished.
A. j Tison has sold out the material of
the Indian RiUer Mirror to Julius King.
Peaches are being planted largely around
Bronson, and all seem TO think they Will be
more profitable than oranges.
r. f. Rogers takes charge Of the Live
Oak Banner this year, and expects TO make
the paper first-class in every respect.
A new post office has been established at
| Heath, on Banana creek at f. b. Sackett's
place, who will also be the Postmaster.
A large area has been planted in oats in
| Levy county the present season, and farm
ers are hard at work preparing for other
crops
| G. w. Jones, Jr., son of ex-senator Jones,
| Of Florida, has been appointed clerk to an
Indian agency in Nevada. He leaves for
there to-day.
| Nfessrs. c. f. Pointer & Co., of Orlando,
shipped by the South Florida railroad Fri
day about 5000 pounds of dry and green
hides to Boston
Rev. f. S. Widdemer, of Philadelphia,
| has invested in a section of land near Jud-
son, and is preparing to spend his declining
| years in the land OF sunshine.
| Cedar is DelnS Snlppeu from Iile lhuldh
| river country to Cedar Key. ID. II. Nc
Elveen, of Titusville, disposed of large
lot to the Faber mills the present week.
The PRESBYTERIAN Synod Of Florida will
convene in the Methodist church of Orlando
| Wednesda next, the Methodist congrega-
ton having kindly offered their church for
the meeting
The orange crop in Levy county was
nearly double that of last season. Quanti-
ties of the golden fruit yet remaining on
the trees will be shipped forward during
the next few weeks
John Teemer, the oarsman, left Palatka
Friday for Punta Gorda. Mrs. Teemer was
delighted with the very small portion of
Florida that she had seen, especially the
orange groves and flower gardens.
The farmers clubs at Tiger Lake and
J Little river have been organized into the
Alliance, and the others will be organized
within the next few days, except perhaps,
) one which desires to pull by itself.
On Monday night last colored man in
the suburbs of Live Oak, finding no blacker
spot to shoot at, planted pistol ball in his
leg, lust below the knee, the bullet ranging
down, and it was taken out by DIR. Perry
> Just above the ankle.
On Dec 20 the ex Confederate and Fed
eral soldiers held very pleasant meeting
in AleXander's park at st. Andrews. There
! are q NUMBER 81 pN -SOlulels lnefe, DOLu SlQeS
being well represented. Gen. Miller, an ex-
, Confederate and at presenta State Senator,
made speech.
, Capt. r. j. Adams, of Palatka bought
. some potatoes from a local dealer some days
ago. The other day some of them were
being cooked when the inmates We're
startled by loud report in the kitchen. An
investigation revealed the strange fact that
one of the "praties' had exploded, strewing
things around promiscuously.
w. c. Hargrove, of Palatka, has received
for trial several orange tree protectors, to
be used on young groves. II consists of a
cloth that is pinned around the tree, hooked
on to the lower branches and staked in the
ground at the foot of the tree. the object
is TO keep the tree from the bad effects of
too sudden thawing and the idea seems to
be good.
On last Wednesday evening as the 6:35
passenger train was going into Live Oak
from Gainesville it took the wrong track at
the switch where the the Savannah, Florida
and Western crosses the Florida Railway
and Navigation, the switch having been left
open, and colided with a freight train
before it could be stopped. Both engines
were badly damaged and baggage car was
smashed into, but no one was injured
There are sixty-eight miles of railroad in
Suwannee county twenty-six of which be-
longs to the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company, and forty-two miles TO the
Savannah Florida and Western Railway
Company. The Florida Railway and Nav
igation Company pays 1856 IS State taxes
and 81 Cos GO county taxes, and the SaVan-
nah Florida and Western Company paws
} 81 500 90 State and 81, S52 % county taxes
in the county on the right of way and roll
ing stock and telegraph line, The plant In
vestment Company pays So 81 State and
SOL 9S county taxes on lands in the county.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
pays 50 81 State and SIS "A county taxes.
A Mr.. Lawrence registered at a Palatka
hotel the other day, and after looking
around concluded that a good bearing
orange grove with a handsome lake front
would about suit his fastidious taste. There
upon he sought out Mr. Henry Peterman
and was taken to see his nice grove near Pa
latka. The stranger was satisfied and closed
the bargain, and gave Mr. Petermn a "cer-
titled check for $3.50 for him TO take out
$50 70 bind the trade. Mr. Peterman made
some inquiry, and being satisfied regarding
the commences of the check gave hun 500
in cash, in change. Shortly after Mr.
Lawrence disappeared, and later tho check
was foun to he worthless Mr. Petermen
is now looking for Mr. Lawrence.
Second Comptroller Butler has suspended
50 much of the accounts of Pay Inspector
Caswell, navy pay agent at New York, rs
concerns the payment of 500 TO 4. F.
Boiler q Co. in November 1883 for services
OF men and plant in building new iron pier
at naval station Key West, Fla, including
all extra work in handling material and
transportation, etc. In this case it was
shown that Congress made a specific appro-
priation of $50, 600 for naval wharf at Key
West, and that cost of the work exceeded
the appropriation by the amount in dispute
The payment of the excess was authorized
by Rear Admiral Nichols, at that time Chief
of the Bureau of Construction and Repair.
and charged to the contingent appropria-
ton. The Second Comptroller says that the
provisions Of section 36i0, prohibiting the
expenditure Of any sum in excess Of specific
appropriation. have been clearly disregar,icd
in this case. HI adds, however. that Paw
Inspector CaSNell u no ways at fault in this
| transaction and that while the .,,u,,o,.,i,,,,