Hillsboro recorder., 1888-08-02
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Twenty-four alligators were killed in
one night by boy at Spring Garden.
The inland lakes in Voiusia county are
lower at present than at any time during
the past ten years.
The catapillars are seriously injuring
the pea and potato vines in certain To-
calities in Pasco county.
A member OF the Jacksonville military
named Frazee refused to pay a court.
martial fine Of $25 and was arrested. III
cost considerable before the authorities
would release him. .e
The growers in and around Orlando
have netted so cents per pound for white
grapes. 1t is not improbable that in a
lew years grape culture in Florida will
become one Of the leading industries
Alachua county has large acreage Of
vineyards. .5r.
There is man in Palatka who imag-
ines that he is teapot. He is perfectly
sane on every other subject, but nothing
can convince him that he is not a teapot,
and an earthen one at that. He sticks
out one arm to orepresent the spout, bends
the other to represent the handle, makes
a Kissing noise to represent the escaping
steam, and then, if any one comes near
him, is very uneasy lest they hit him and
break off either his handle or his spout.
The relief measures to be inaugurated
by the Marine Hospital Bureau will in
clude house toulouse inspection of the
infected villages and the guarding Of
them for a period of ten days, or until
the fever shall have entirely disappeared; /;
and also the disinfection of all premises
wherein the inmates have had fever.
Guards will be Immediately placed to
prevent the refugees from injecting other
places. Persons wishing to leave the in
fected villages will have to pass the
usual detention period and have their
clothing fumigated.
Kentucky.
A boy named Linnell Combs, II years
of age, has been sent to the penitentiary
at Frankfort, for life, having murdered
three year old sister.
II. W. Henry. one of the most bril-
liant young lawyers in Western Ken
lucky, shot himself on Monday, at his
residence, dying instantly. He had been
out on a political speaking tour. He
was only thirty years old.
North Carolina.
The trial If Cross and White, bank Of.
ficers, on the first indictment ended in a
conviction. Crsss was sentenced to seven
years hard labor, and White to five years.
An appeal was taken. The bail was
fixed at $4,000.
The first bale of cotton of the crop OF
1888 was received at Galveston on Wed.
nesdsy. 1t weighed $50 pounds, and was
classed as middling fair staple. It was
sold at auction at 10 cents per pound,
and win be shipped to Liverpool via New
York.
Lieut.. Flipper, the colored officer in
the United States army, who was dis.
missed some years ago, and afterwards
Joined the Mexican army, has turned uE
at Ell Paso, with story of two old gold
mines which he has found in Mexico,
just bursting with ore.
virginia.
The coroner's jury assembled at the
scene Of the recent collision on the Nor
folk & Western Railway, rendered its
| verdict on Wednesday as follows: "We,
The jury, find the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company guilty Of neglect in
sending complicated orders not easily
understood by employees Of the company,
as shown by the evidence adduced before
the jury, and for its failure TO designate
engine No. 3, which would have pre-
vented this collision; and it is the opin-
ion Of this jury that the Norfolk g.
Western management should be held
responsible for the results of this disas-
tern
Gen. W. s. G. Wickham, second vice
president and receiver Of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway Company, died very
suddenly at his Office in Richmond on
Monday. He was hale, hearty and vig-
orous until O'Clock that day when he was
suddenly taken i'll. lie laid down on
lounge, and in less than twenty five
minutes was dead. The doctors attrib-
ute his sudden demise to heart disease.
He was born in 1921, was in the Virginia
Senate before and after the War. He
was successfully captain and colonel Of
the Fourth Virginia cavalry, and later
became brigadier general in the cavalry
arm Of the service.