Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-15
FLORIDA ITEMS.

L. Bucki & Son will extend their road V'sse
10 a point on the Suwannee river about Y0h
fifteen miles from Ellaville, and then con- h,sa
meet with boat for Cedar Key. Hills
borough is to have new jail Madison isass
wants a tobacco factory 4, ,Daytoniaisto q, hp
have q knight OF Pythias LODGE.
Cholera is taking off many hogs IN Madi- e7a@
SON county. i; The ofeqgiaeers ofthe 4, ii
started out TITO to dcfinitely locate the line Of Ii
that road Robert Serene, .., os eolsred pias,
int ID the i iail At sumteryiIle charged With adt
breaking open al store, died of Meningitis nhsl
IA large saw-fsh fourteen feet in
length was caught in the bays at the SAi =
mouth of the Myakka river. DIR. King, hnk
OF Boston, made the unusual catch while,
fishing for tarpon with hook and line ~
"A brick-yar is to be established at $50 81
DeLeon Springs, ,Slas j. Wright, OF 81
DeLand, has resigned the office of county @''@
assessor. :. E. N. Waldron, of Welaka, VI
has started grTyg we. a
chased o., 900 acres Of pine and cypress .;a'=l
timber land of Hamilton county. In zp
quiries concerning Alachua county are "'
coming In from all portions of the North, sG ~
and there is no doubt but that next Fall a.,
will witness large influx of visitors and
settlers. Mr.. Lancaster, of DeLand, Is @@ T4ss
now filling large orders from California -.s
for orange nursery stock. He expects to
leave with carload or two within the q
next few weeks and will be absent about ss,.
thirty days. A Cuban gentleman in Key
West, who has number of pretty daugh- @s Ill
tiers, complains to the mayor that he was -
congregating around his premises. The go
l. Had IN
watch affairs. The immense sugar mill
Of Disstons was started up at st. Cloud, ''-5lb
on the beautiful lake OF East Tohopeka- =
liga. Mrs. Hamilton Disston, Of Phila-
delphia, christened the enterprise u.
w. Paul, ]. w. Willis and A. w. Wne- .:5a
gold, from Crystal River Fla, went to e.
Jacksonville. They registered at the '
Plaza. II. r. Leshman, clerk of the hotel, "A
went to their room to call them for the
early train. Getting no response to his @
knocks, and thinking he detected the
odor of escaping gas, he forced the "
door open. All three of the men
were found lying unconscious, while
the gas jet was turned half on....
Ed. Perine, popularity known in Lake a5
| Weir circles, has been missing. He was 81.
to make trip to Homosassa, conse-
/ quently no fear was entertained till re- ssj f.
| Gently, when boat was found capsized, s.g ns,
| also q handkerchief bearing his name.
| -. The I'd Artillery band gave COM ~ a&'
] pllmentary serenade to Mrs. General a.T
| Grant at the Ponce de Leon hotel in St.
Augustine. Owing to a sudden slight .s*"
illness, Mrs. Grant could not appear, but a
through L. p. Roberts, clerk of the
Ponce de Leon, sent her regrets. Ed = ~
ward F. Pittman, a cigar manufacturer, 8
of Quincy, cut the throat of George
Hughes, also cigar manufacturer, and 'if'f
| head of the firm Of George Hughes & Co.. 9n
Forest fires ragged near Mill Creek, doing
much damage to the property Of +. Z. "a
Southland, destroying his house and con- .ur
tents. =. County Solicitor A. w. Owens
filed with the clerk Of the Criminal Court
at Jacksonville, forty fifty bills Of infor-
nation against parties who were reported
| by Sheriff Btoward and his deputies as
being inmates Of the gambling houses re- q !.
Gently raided :. "A large party of promi- -
! nent New York and New England people
are in jacksonville. The tour Is one con- 90
Quoted by the Pennsylvania Railroad ... . L
Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, NJ. p, |
spoke before the Irish National League at ,s
the opera house in Jacksonville. The &,
| Omaha party Of excurs:onlsts, who ar.
| rived at jacksonville two weeks ago and
\ who have since been down on the Gulf
coast, left for home. They were all de-
lighted with their trip and expressed
themselves as Florida converts. sr