The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-15
FLORIDA
WakuHa county wants physician.

WAkUlld county WduUS u puNSlClhu.
The city registration books at Orlando
have been revised, and about 800 names
struck off the list
J. w. Purviance has just received returns
on about 400 boxes of oranges which aver
aged 81 37511 per box.
Myers d Co. commenced canning oysters
at Chester, Nassau county, last Friday, and
the prospect is good for large business.
About forty of the white teachers of the
public schools in Jacksonville recently met
in the Duval high school and organized a
teachers association.
Supt. Tutwiler, Of the Sugar Belt road.
has the piling all down for the drawbridge
over the East Lake canal. The bridge is to
be solid, substantial iron structure.
At Oxford the Baptists aud Methodists
have recently completed new houses OF
worship. That of the Baptists will seat 800
people, and is nice-looking, weil-propor-
toned, comfortable house.
Capt. B. NJ. Sims of Oconee, a stock
holder and one of the directors of the Git
zens' National bank of Orlando, has sub
scribed 81, 600 toward the construction Of
the Orlando and Oakland railroad.
Gardening at Lake Helen is much re-
tarded, owing to the dry weather The
orange crop in most Of the groves is about
half as large as last year. But few oranges
have as yet been shipped.
A handsome house has been completed on
the east side Of Lake Helen, which will be
occupied in q few days by Capt Blake and
his son Ellis and their families. Mr.. Mace
is now erecting a unique cottage nearly
opposite the postoffice for Westcott Of New
York.
A dance will be given by the ladies of the
St Augustine General Hospital Association
on Thursday, Nov. 81, for the benefit of the
hospital fund. Mr.. Angel has kindly ten
dered the use of the Little Casino for this
purpose. The supper will be served in the
dining hall Of the Alcazar.
The Alachua Baptist Association closed
pleas ant and profitable session recently with
the Baptist church at Oxford. Rev. Paul
Willis was reelected moderator, E. II. Rem
holds, ST., secretary, and Willie Mathews,
treasurer. The next session will meet with
the Baptist church at Sumterville next
October.
AT the regular meeting of the town coun-
ell at Lake Helen, held Monday evening,
Nov. 3, resolution was offered fixing the
tax rate for the year at ~ mills. Alder
man Westlake opposed it strenuously, be-
lieving the tax excessive and burdensome,
and injurious to the prosperity of the town,
and on the passage of the resolution resigned
his seat in the council.
Tuesday evening, as the special train over
the 0. and w. T.. railroad for Orlando was
near Lakemont Park, it struck COW aud
threw it under the engine, and before the
train could be stopped, the engine and bag
gage car aud front trucks of the passenger
coach passed over it. The engine was
lifted from the rails, but fortunately was
not thrown from the track. 1t is needless
to say that the COW was dead.
Richard Saunders, colored man en-
ployed at the Loomis Manufacturing Com
pany's buildings now in course of constr NC
ton at Fernandina, came near meeti pg
with fatal accident Monday morning. A
large joist, being hoisted to the second
story, tumbled backward, striking and re-
bounding on Saunderss stomach. He was
senseless for nearly an hour, but no serious
results are anticipated, as at last accounts
he was resting easy.
Everything is ready for Oakland's iollif-
cation to-day. 1t is estimated that there
will be 5000 to 1000 people there. Promi-
nent men are going from all over the state.
Sanford and Orlando both close BUSINESS in
the afternoon and turn out. Several mil
itary companies aud brass bands will be
there. Manager Bonds private car will
bring distinguished guests in after the fast
mail from Jacksonville passes They will
will be given reception.
DT6UlClS
that Lake City will be the greatest railroad
center in the state of Florida. Fifteen
trains pass through there daily, and another
line is projected to Birmingham direct
Mr.. Banfill is general manager and organ
| izer of a large syndicate, and has over
| $4,000 taken in ten days by the leading
business men of the country. MIR. Harris
of Jackson, Mich, president of the Florida
Chautauqua, took $1,000 on his representa-
| ton.
| Mary j.. wife of Paul Bennett (coloreD
Of DeLand, has been confined TO her bed for
nearly twenty-one months, and on Nov / a
piece of her skull, 2xl15 inches in diameter
broke and worked its way out Of her fore
head, just above and between the eves
She is perfectly rational, is recovering, and
the skull, where broken, is healing, and it is
thought a new skull will cover toe broken
place. In all the time she has had no doctor
attending her, but has been administered to
by her husband and 12-year- old boy.
w. D. Vinzant, deputy sheriff, on an
affidavit of States Attorney T. A. Nc
Donell, arrested and brought to jackson
vile Wednesday John Higinbotham,
charged with criminal assault upon Mary
| E. Thomas. Hignbotham was arraigned
before Justice of the Peace Ed Williams
and committed to the county Jail to await
thesaction of the grand jury yesterday
morning. Hlglnbotham was arrested on
the same charge some little time ago, but
was released after a preliminary hearing
| The woman In the case is an imbecile aud
partially paralyzed.
At Lake Helen law suit is pending in
volving the validity of t he ordinance for
bidding the running at large of cattle, hogs,
| etc. A number of cattle belonging to
| Reuben Marsh were confined in the pound,
and he procured a writ releasing the cattle
and summoning the marshal to answer at
the next session Of the circuit court. The
law of the state relating to Incorporated
towns specifies the right to prohibit the
| running at large Of cattle, etc, as one OF
! the powers of incorporated towns; but the
| cattlemen claim that this has been set aside
by subsequent acts of the assembly. Ham
| lin & Stewart of DeLand are retained by
the prosecution, and Miller by the defeuse.
| The case is an interesting one, as it involves
the rights of all Incorporated towns in the
| state.
| Gainesville had a small sensation of it,
! own last week, and of a most unusual kind
| One of the smallest scholars of the kinder
! garten, while swinging hath by a string in
the school yard suddenly lost his grip when
| the lath flew over the fence into the adjoin-
ing yard, and unfortunately struck little
child under the eye, making a bad wound,
and giving a painful blow The next mo-
ment the mother, with streaming hair and
blazing eyes, burst into the school ward with