The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-26
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
The Orlando public schools closed Thurs
day.
Tomatoes in North Gainesville are said TO
be fast dying out
There are fourteen prisoners now Ia the
county Jail at Gainesville
f. J. Reel Of Orlando last week shipped
IL, 900 orange trees TO California.
The Punta Gorda Beacon complains Of
piles of decayed fish in that place
The farmers in jefferson county report
the cutting of corn and cotton by the
crickets.
The Hickory Bluff (DeSoto county,, saw
and planning mill will be moved to Abel,
Ga. this week.
Rev. H. S. Skanes (colored) saw n ghost
healless woman.
n B. Beviu, six miles west Of Gaines
vile, has sold bis entire cabbage crop at
figures averaging about 5000
Lumber is on the ground for the building
of the hotel, corner Of Pine street and
Granada avenue, at Ormond.
The Suwannee county Sunday school con-
vention will convene in Welb)rn on Friday
before the second Sunday IN June.
George Lyman has presented Rollins
college, at Winter park. with 5-inch Clark
telescope, one OF the Lest Of is size ever
made
Serious charges have been made against
the DeSoto county board Of health as to ex-
tfavagance, want Of enforcement of sani-
tary rules, etc.
The young pears in Jefferson county are
looking spleudidly, and the indications are
that the crops will BE- much larger than
first anticipated
John 7. G.. Crawford, receiver Of the
United States land Office at Gainesville, is
very sick. 1t is feared by his friends that
he cannot recover.
Mr.. Netcalf Of Fort Mead has ma lie quito
a success Of Bermuda onions. He viii get
about :, 900 bushels from ten acres. They
are large, clean and solid.
William Kentof Aponlza, on Nondayl last.
while working a circular saw at St9rbrd's
mill, got two Of the tigers on mis- left hand
caught, and they We're severely cut
At meeting of the town council Of
Titusville, held last week, r. W. Smith was
employed to act as city scavenger for the
town, at salary of $50 Der month.
Pineapplas and guavls are being extern
sively planted along the C4loosahatchle
river. no CROP Of piueapp.us WIll be
larger this season than ever before.
Considerable stir has been caused at II
tusviile by the removal OF the postmaster,
J. f. Gruber L. e. Scri nge5ur received
his official appointment W e4lesday night,
and viii qualify at once.
The dry weather az iltusville is causing
the leaves on orange and lemon tree +
shrivel up, and the neWlv-forned fruit is
dropping perceptibly. Unless it rains soon
the orange crop viii suffer materially.
j. T. Clark better known as "Didn Clark.
of the Clayland neiEhbOrh1od, near Live
Oak had his Residence lyifonau sud crr,pl-a
house, together with all contained aerein,
completely destroyed by lire on Monday
last.
B. Codrington, who has lately returned
to DeLand from Cuba, is trying to secure
a party of young men to form a colony to
emigrate to the River Plartein South Amer
lea, where he expects to make fame and
fortune raising cattle for tho European
market.
Rev. Mr. Sturgis of fernando county has
invented a way by which the cabbage pal
metto plant can be utilized to the suyserv-
ance Of the domestic household. It is prob
able that a factory for manufacturing the
Stmgis palmetto mop will be estabh he'd
in Ocala.
On Wednesday evening the little child of
Nellie Blakesly of Jacksonville, residing on
Ashley street, near Hawk, got very badly
burned, his clothes having caught on fire
while he was trying to replenl h the fire IN
der MS mothers wash kettle that stood in
the back yard. The little fellow mad his
hide literally taken oil from his chin to ms
toes, and is now IN very precsrious caudi-
ton. Notwithstanding the severity of hls
burns the little chap, scarcely Z years cid,
makes no complaint, " cause it makes
mother cry
A very unfortunate accid Mt occurred
last week to an old darkeV while on his way
70 lar1a sdh d 70 s,.,.V
eli mixed up together, it seems, in a wagon,
and the gun, concluding 70 unmix things,
went eli, and part OF the old man went
of too, that is, from the elbow Of one arm
down. They We're brought TO town, the
POOR old man bleeding pr1fusslv, and under
the manipulate ms Of DR.. LLOYD, the llorcd
ply stefan recently located at Ocala, the arm
from the elbow was taken OF. 10 Is said
the Old woman was pretty well sprinkIed
with bird shot.
A serio-comic affair took place on the
streets OF Ocala last Tuesday morning. the
result OF which might have proven moro
serious than comic but for the rare tact
displayed by r. +. Nouuge Ii seems that
a negro boy By the nam OF John Dawkius
whom tue city athUriaes have baen want
ing for some tim, made his appearances
upon the streets during @ I'm 4lci alton
day" and last Tuesday his arrest was at
tempted by policeman. He resisted. and
in the fist and cuff melee vas abolt To get
the best of the police an when D. h.
McIyer came 20 tho rescue OF the cities
constituted authority In the meanwhile
quite a number cf the dusGy tribe had con-
gregated, and sorlou, trouble would have
perha. resulted bad not Nr Y0un 20
about this time turned ON with hose sluics
of water sufficient t. have put ont any COM
haEratiOa.
Some thirty years ago a party by the
name If Willard bought a common lo0kirg
fiddle, for which be paid Slsj. About five
years afterWard tie. having ,quGudercl lis
money, sold 1t 20 another man who finally
pawnet 10 for a small sum to Capt y. ~
Parham, now agent Of the S south Forl ia
railroad, Of Sanford. Capt. Iarham las
owned the fiddle for over twenty years ami
II has always been noted for lis saee
ness uf tone and poNe-. OF htp
years BE- has been laid Ha .e aui
got on. "a repair Thursday be took 30 20
>. Miller 10 havo DO rppare 4. when &c.
Miller discovered that 30 was very old ADD
rare lus rumont 10 fHuld I.o following
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