The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-25
FLORIDA.

The hay crop around Leesburg is very
large
The creation of fire department. is advo-
Gated at Gainesville.
Pans for buildings to cost $45, 900 have
been drawn in Tampa.
Gov. and Mrs. Stafford will leave Arizona
for Florida on Sept %.
A new hotel is to be built at Newport,
where there are sulphur springs
Bishop Edwin G.. Weed oficiated in the
Episcopal church at Palatka Sunday.
Mrs. Dr. Sears has presented to the ks
simmee Baptist church a silver communion
service
The Winter Park and FAlrview base ball
niaes will cross bats in Orlando on Thurs
day next.
Already $50 students have apple for adj
mission into the State Agricultural college
at Lake City.
It is reported that the offices of tn Orange
Belt Investment Company will! be removed
to st. Petersburg
Only Ave deaths have occurred in Lees
burg thus far this year 1889, aud only one
death from malarlal causes
st. Andrews counts on the speedy build
ing of a new railroad TO connect with the
Peniasular q ID Atlantic road
The steeple of the Baptist church at Fort
White mas been completed and adds greatly
to the appearance of the building.
r. d. Knight is erecting very handsome
two-sGory residence of nine rooms in East
Jacks onville, which promises TO be one OF
the most attractive homes IN that suburb.
The insurance on the house of William
Clark at Jacksonville, which was partially
destroyed by fire Friday night, was 81 500,
and on the contents $4,000. The loss will
l.. l., lid 81
Sheriff Johu A. Pesrcs OF Leon county
has been in Jacksonville two OF three DAYS
looking for an escaped Georgia convict
named William GreeA. Green is supposl
to have gottea wind of the saeriff's visit
and TO have stepped over iato st. johns
county.
Rev. Robert Fl. Howren. father Of
Evangelist Howren, foc fifty years an
itinerant preacher in the Methodist Eois-
copal Church Solta, died at Jasper, Sunday,
in the 705h year Of his age. lie begaa his
ministerial career on that circuit fifty years
ago. His last word was preach"
Sunday was the second anniversary of
Sanford's big fire, when nearly ali the
business portion Of the city was laid in
ashes. Bus toe burnt district has long
since been built up with elegant bricS
blocks aud the city presents an appearance
to-day in handsome buildings second to
| acne in the state
| Bronson Times: At an examination OF
| teachers recently held III a neighbour Z
county, the superintendent among OF er
problems given for solution, asked, what Is
anat3mya Oae of these who wanted 30
teach tue young idea how to shoot, gave
| the following answers: Anatomy treats
of tbs human body, which Is divided into
three parts, the head, the cast, an the sEoa
mick. The mead contains the eyes and the
brains, If aay; the chis5 contains the lungs
aad a piece OF the liver. The sbommick is
devoted to the bowe.s, Of which there are
| five, a, g, 1, o, u, aad sometimes w and y.
There wasa very quiet local option cleo
tion in Marion county Monday The anti
| prohibltionists alone PUT forth an effort and
they carried Qcala By III majority, out Of
a total vote of 35S. Iwo years ago the ant
| prohlbitionistS, in a vote OF 800, carried
| Ocala precinct by only one vote Priva @
adyioss give Shady Grove IS majority for
the wet side, Two years ago the wet mar
jority was 40. Private advlcss give Silver
Spring PARK so majority for the wet, and
the same is said Of Camp lizard and Blue
Springs The impression prevails tnat the
county has gone wet though the majority
will bs small. The dry majority two years
ago was lS9 in the couaty.
Tarpou Springs Truth; The man by the
name of Tongue who came ashore at An
clote recently, and was cared for by Mr.
Cobb and Capt Hope, hes mad an erratic if
not romantic history. He was for years q
sailor. His family live at Reddick, and
when his father disd he left valuable
estate TO be divided among four children, OF
whom the subject of our Sketch was one.
lie, however, was away upon the sea, aud
had not been heard from for years. Due
search failed to fad any trace Of him, and
the estate was divided among the remain
ing heirs. Twelve years afterward the
missing brother returned. The estate was
reiivided, and the newcomer found him
self in possession OF about $4,000 in cash
aud some valuable real estate. He was
improvident, and the money was soon gone
and the real estate eacumbered His APP
pearance at Anclote was pitiful. One
day Mr.. Cobb returned home from
Tarpon Springs apd found ragged,
emaciated being lying in speeches. stu
por at his door. The wretched wanderer
had sailed from Cedar Keys in an open boat.
aud made his way down tae coast, u4ti
exhausted from hunger and exposure, he
landed at Anclote. and managed to find his
way to Mr.. Cobb's mousse M. C3bb cared
for MIN through fever and delirium, and.
with Capt. Hopes help, clothed hin, and
communicated with his friends at Reddick.
But before funds could arrive, the return
ing prodigal started up the railroad track
afoot, homeward bound.
$1,000 ---aas-.-~s