The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-18
FLORIDA.

Guests at the Alcazar at st. Augustine
average thirty per day.
Tire Atlantic house and grounds at Oak
| Hill have been sold for IS, 800.
There are said to be seventeen places n
! Orlando where rice beer Is sold.
Poisoning the caterpillar is being engaged
in by the farmers in the vicinity of Green
wood.
Greenwood will have an election on Sept.
on the question OF abolishing the munich
pal government.
A lot of the material for the new Jail a.
Mariana, consisting Of the steel cages,
etc, arrived on Tuesday.
The Palatka EcenjAg Herald is out in
new dress and printed on a fine quality of
paper. It's paper to be proud Of.
The Davtona Journal has been sold to
John NJ Jolly OF Mansfield, O, who will
take charge Of tae plant on Oct. -.
The crop prospects throughout Jackson
county is generally good, especially is this
50 with regard ts corn and sugar cane.
On the first Sunday in September services
viii be held in the new and handsome St
James r. +. church at Leesburg, the first
ever held.
The five road superintendent of Lake
county have met and organized, with 4. $.
johnson as chairman and 8. w. Owens as
secretary.
City Marshal Bennett Of Orlando is again
engaged in making tho August house-to-
house Inspection, provided for by the state
board of health.
Between 400 aud 800 persons in Jackson
county had their assessments raised on their
real estate by the county commissioners at
their last meeting.
Brick and cement sidewalks have been so
generally laid throughout the business pOr-
ton Of Orlando that the wooden walks and
sand breaks begin to look lonesome.
The board of directors of the Florida
Orange Growers Union will meet in Or
lando Aug. 81. Plans Of organization and
other matters of interest will be discussed
j. G. Mckibbin is president of the board
and Henry Hutchison secretary and treas
urer.
On March 81, 1888, the 373d year Of the
oxistanc5 Of st. Augustine was celebrated
in grand style. II was Ponce de Leon day
and the event brought to the city the great
est crowd ever gathered there. 1t is sug-
gested that the city celebrate the day every
year.
Maj p. A. Foster is making great sue
cess Of bahama culture at his country seat
about a mile south of Orlando Thursday
he brought in sixty punches of Harris
choice. Which numbered f 900 bananas. The
major has about 1000 more punches to
harvest.
Gainesville Advocate. An old colored
man brought in a basket Of chickens yester-
day, which he called spring chickens
Nv hen were they Matched out!" asked a
purchaser. well, boss, dem chickens was
bawn las fall, but dey jist begin to grow
las week"
Maj. S. N. Van Praag left Pensacola
Friday for Memphis. Little Rock and the
Oklohoma country. He goes in the interest
of the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget
Sound railroad, and will doubtless meet
with cordial reception from the people OF
such places as he may visit on his journey.
The St Johns county commissioners
levied a tax of 4 mills on the dollar
for school purposes, and the school board
has levied "A tax of mills for the same pur-
pose, which puts the assessor in n guam
dairy, as he does not know which to obey
He will wait until he can get legal advice
from the attorney general or comptroller
general
J. A. Albrison's little son, about 10 years
Of age, died W Wednesday night from being
crushed at the saw mill of Hegerman 81 Co.
at Chipley. 1t is reported that he was as
slstlng his father in rolling logs on the car
riage, but by some mishap the hook missed
Its hold, and the poor little fellow hardly
knew what death was. He died about two
hours after the sad misfortune.
One day last week, while an old coiored
man was digging out stump in the west
end Of Starke, some colored boys made his
head Il target for numerous brick bats
A passer-by asked him why he did not run
the boys away. Case / amt hurt yit, sab.
You jest wait till dem coons gittin' tired
an hit low, so it hurts, an den hits. an if
you see any young darkies limpin' bout
| beggin' hnlment to-morrer, lay it to dis
| yere roots.n
Last week Sheriff Watts captured negro
that committed murder several weeks ago
near Clayton, Ala, and held him over at
Chipley several days. There was reward
of $3.50, and the sheriff, thought the best
way was to take his prisoner up the Chatta-
| hoochee river to Eufaula, thence to Clayton,
| but the negro being handcuffed by one
| hand only to an iron rod in the engine
room, succeeded in slipping it off and escap.
ing at Columbia, Ala.
NAPOLEON WOODS WATERLOO.