The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-02
FLORIDA.


improvements are being made to the
Sanford house property.
Tie fall term of Rollins College, at Winter
Park, commenced yesterday.
The various public schools throughout
Orange county commenced yesterday.
b. w. Fontaine Of Micanopy has been
offered IS OO0 for one of his bearing groves.
Paul Long killed two deer the other day,
about mile from his residence, at Lake
Helen.
Two-thirds of the amount necessary to
give Micanopy a railroad has been sub
Scribed.
Mrs. A. A. Saunders has been appointed
postmaster at Oucco, Manatee county, vice
j. Bartholomew, deceased.
Judge Hanson fined the marshal of
Arcadia 81 and costs for carrying a con-
cealed weapon. He must wear it in plain
view hereafter
Rev. E. Mcdonald of DeLand is getting
up convention from the color ed Sunday
schools Of Volusia county, to meet in
DeLand on the fourth Friday in October.
George w. Thompson attacked John w.
Wilson, near Sharon, Clay county, Mon
day, with stick, and inflicted wounds
that may prove fatal. Thompson isl jail
L. B. Condo aud Ramon Alfonso, cigar
manufacturers of Key West, have formed
copartnership under the firm name of Condo
q Alfonso, for the manufacture of fine
| Havana cigars.
The contest between the Alert and Vigi-
liant hose companies at Tampa came off as
announced last Thursday afternoon. and
resulted in victory for the Alerts-the
second time they have won the pitcher from
the Actives
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail-
road condemned two parcels Of land near
Palatka Monday, one belonging to Mr..
Pitts, the other to j. Brown. The jury
selected to hear the matter gave Pitts 500
and Brown $500.
The people Of Lake City greatly regret to
lose j. g. McFarlaue, VINO proposes to re-
move to Southern California next month,
lie has offered his valuable place, insisting
OF thlrty-six acres i'll the western extension
Of the city, including the picnic park and
| spring, for sale.
The cigar factory of Pulling g. .Jelks.
whlcl has been in operation at Madison for
some months past has been moved to
Greenvllle. This move was made IN order
to get the business nearer Judge Pulling. he
having recently moved his family to his
plantation near that place.
Cattle belonging to j. D. Clough of
Key West took $500 in premiums at the
Hamilton MO- fair. Cattle belonging to
second premiums, amounting to $50, at
the Michigan state fair; also 500 in
premiums at the Buffalo IN. " fair
AT Palatka Monday "Possum,n the negro
charged with the killing of a little colored
boy ABOUT week ago, was committed to
await the fall term of the circuit court by
Justice Coke. No one was held as accessory.
The ever-preseAt witness was unwilling to
swear that "Possum" did the shooting.
DR.. j. V. Harris and family will bid adieu
TO Key West on or about Oct. Is, and will
take up their residence on the lemon and
pineapple plantation of the doctor. on the
Caloosahatchie river. Tne handsome resi-
dence now III course of construction on the
plantation Will be completed by that date,
Dr. 5. s. Sargent, who went to Okla
homa in the ays of the rush to that land
OF promise, has disposed of his interests
there and is expected to return to Eustis.
He originally went to Eustls for the beneft
OF weakened lungs, aud entirely recovered
his health there. 1t is surmised that ho
hnds the climate too rigorous for his health
out west.
The opening of the Georgia Southern and
FLORIDA railroad, which was advertised for
Oct IL, will probably be postponed on ac-
count OF the giving way of the bridge over
the SuWannee river at White Springs It
gave way when construction trAil at
tempted to cross ON tue morning of the
25th, when four cars loaded with material
went down with the bridge.
Oviedo Chronicle: The voters of Oyiedo.
Geneva aud Chuluota have signed a petit
ton for the removal Of the county seat.
This action does not commit them to vote
for any particular place, but they wish it un-
derstood that unless Orlando furnishes rail-
road communication with this section of
the county they are ready to vote for
place that can be reached without the great
Inconvenience that they are now put to to
reach Orlando.
The contract for rebuilding the warehouse
at Jacksonville of the Clyde line has been
awarded to Blair Bros. of Green Cove, and
work will begin at once on it, as it is &C
cordlng to the contract that the building be
ready for occupancy inside of five weeks.
AS it is impossible for the company to get
/ any more wharf room, the new building
viii be the same size as the old one and Of
the same material a frame of wood covered
with corrugated iron sheets.
In conversation at Jacksonville, Tuesday.
| Oswald Wilson of the alliance exchange
| said that there was at present no prospect
for combining of forces between that
| body and the Florida Fruit Exchange.
| Several propositions, he said, had been
made by the alliance, but so far to no pur-
| pose. One of these was that the fruit ex-
change come over into the alliance. but
that 1t still preserve its distinct and separate
organization, simply operating under the
general supervision of the alliance much as
railroad system manages leased line
which still keeps up its corporate existence.
The fruit exchange, however, would not
entertain this offer.
Orlando Record: Day before yesterday
| Mrs. Henry Rusk of Sanford came to Or
lando and entered complaint to Deputy
| Sheriff Pickett that her husband had de-
serted her, and wanted him to find out his
whereabouts if he could. Mr.. Pickett took
| the case ia hand and soon learned that Mr..
| Rusk, in company with a woman named
| Susie Donegal, had lett for Mexico. Be-
! fore leaving Sanford Mr. Rusk had mort
gagged his property and raised all the money
he could, which he took with him, thus
leaving Mrs. Rusk without funds and with
a young child to support.
Kissimmee Leader: A party of negroes
were engaged in their usual pastime of
| gambling over at Goblet's plantation last
Sunday, when a quarrel arose about a
woman As usual in such cases, one word
brought on another, when the lie was given
and row resulted. To get out of harms