The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-22

The AnastaSia folks are making p-epara-
ito TO reopen communication with the
main land
The Methodists at Manatee are having q
protracted meeting this week, conducted by
Rev. a. A. Robinson.
The Old Manatee warehouse at Braiden-
town gave way Su day. night during the
sluall and is wreck.
Twenty-six carloads of oranges left San
ford on tie j., T. Il K w. road THURSDAY
morning for points north.
The work of laying the concrete for the
asphalt paveme I was begun wednesday on
Valencia street, st. Augustine.
There are three establishments at st.
Augustine handling shoes exclusively, and
four Others carrying large stocks.
An old colored man named Bell, who
lives at Miccosukie. was in NJ Jntlcello last
Friday, and claimed to be 124 years old
The Tropical hotel at Kissimmee is grad
ua!ly filing up, and no doubt will have
| good season. Business generally is LOOKING
| up.
| Monticello for the past three weeks have
killed over 1000 quail in the fields around
town.
The express business of Tallahassee has
grown to be so immense that w. ID. Will
son, the agent, has been compelled to secure
a large double wagon.
Bishop Whipple Of Minnesota aud party
passed through Tallahassee 10 a private car
few days ago, en- route to Maitland,
Orange county, where they 60 to spend the
winter.
Judge Broome will go to Tallahassee i'm
medlately on the adjournment OF the term
Of court now in session al Kis,immee to sit
in the supreme court In cases where
Judge Maxwell is disqualified.
The Seminole hotel at Winter Park will
open Jan. l. One hundred rooms have
already been engaged. II. B. Plant and
family will end the winter there, and viii
arrive as soon as the hotel opens.
Samuel A, Long, prominent citizen of
Grahamville, for long time member of
the board of county commissioners, died
suddenly at his home last Thursday night.
His death wi be great shock to his friends
throughout the county.
A well founded rumor is being circulated
at st. Augustine to the effect that Mr.
Flagler has just consummated the purchase
Of tne property of Manning Daniels, across
the San Sebastian river. The purchase
price is stated as be ng $4,000
Dr. Alexander of St. Augustine. has a
cunning little tortoise shell kitten for which
his Immense dog Prince" has conceived
great affection, aud when kitty wants to tax.
form and purrs herself TO sleep.
There are nine or ten pie sure yachts
on their way to Key West from New
YORK to spend the winter in and around
Key West fishing and hunting. The own
ers and party will follow by rail or steamer.
The Keys are full Of deer and other game.
There is reason to believe that all the
mysteries of old Fort Marion, at st. Au-
gustine, have not been revealed, and that
dungeons may exist in some of the bastions
now apparently solid. Old citizens relate
traditions of myriads of small, low cells
leading one into another.
The st. Cloud sugar mill has started up,
though only to get the machinery in goo
running order, as the recent heavy rains
nave had tie effect OF starting the cana TO
another growth, and therefore lessons is
sweetness. 1t is expected that aao5her
month Of dry weather, with some cold,
will benecessary. to bring it up to the stand
ard.
Lake Tohopekaliga is higher now than for
three and a half years past, putting some Of
the lowest reclaimed lands uider waite
again, and destroying many dollars worth
of cabbage and other vegetables. The
| Okeecnobee Company has commenced work
again o the canal between this lake and
Like kissimmee, and will widen the canal
to l06 feet.
The following lines were picked up on the
South beach, near the Second Battery, CON
fined in tightiy-corked bottle, and explain
themselves, uo-wit: Steamer Comal, bound
for New York. thirty miles north of Key
West, 100 miles off shore. Wind Ne,
clear. All drunk in the Storage The oil,
Spaniard is bilious. but will probably re-
cover. Last sailing port, Key West.
At Kissimmee the trial of Mack Bowen
as one of those accused of the murder of
Horace Stalby, the colored policeman killed
last September, the st ties attorney has
made out a strong case against him a.
either the principal or one of the accessories
before the fact. There ara two other
charged with the same offense, but the
court granted a severance, and each viii be
tried sepai ately The weather is quite cool,
rendering it very uncomfortable in the
court house, as it is not provided with
stoves.
B. G. Nanez de Villavcencio, NJ D., a
distinguished physician and traveller, ar
| rived in st. Augustine on Monday to make
| that city his home The doctor has made
epidemic diseases a study, and has spent
much OF his time in South America, Ha-
| vana and Mexico, studying the nature of
the disease aud the most efficacious method
of treatment. He is an enthusiast on the
subject of incubation, and subscribos to
the theory of Or. Freire of Rio Janeiro.
| uc tuaO ho udo uluCu
actual experience Of the results Of iuocula-
ton, and is convinced that the dreaded
scourge can be effectually prevented in that
| manner.
Two small schooner yachts of a peculiaY
pattern came into the harbor at st. Angus
| tine, Wednesday night, and dropped anchor
in front OF the city. They were the al
vanoed guard OF the feet Of the Biscayne
| Bay Yacht Club, and are just from Ne
| York, after a hard and stormy passage
| The whole fleet will soon be along and viii
cruise In Florida waters all winter, with
| Biscayne bay as headq arters. Ole Of the
| yachts, the fiagshipof . fleet, is the Presto,
| commanded 10y Commodore Ralph Monroe.
| while the Nettie is in command of Vice
| Commodore Edward Hine Kirk Munroe
the famous canoeist, Is the secretary Of the
organization, and is now on his way to JON
the feet with the yacht Aapata.
Orlando Record: The big freeze Of two
years ago occurred In January 1856. The
coolest day in that year was Jan. 12, on
which date the thermometer registe red 90
above zero at ESQ O'clock a. m. in Orlando.
! The general prediction made at that time
| that the freeze would do no permane {
damage TO the orange trees in this vicinity
has b en- fully verified, or trees which bad
| just come into bea ing in SO, aud which
lost their fruit in that year by reason OF
the phenomenal culd spJll, are now heavily
laden with luscious fruit. Stebbins' grove,