The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-18

/ time, and walking was not to be thought Of.
| They finally decided to ride with the mal
in black, and proceeded to the station in
! the company Of Bob Smalls.
FLORIDA
A mattress factory is to be started at
| Gainesville shortly.
Ladies conduct a large portion of the
hotel business in Gainesville
The walters at the Charleston house, Or
lando are now English girls.
Pear shipments have begun. They are
! quoted at good prices in the market.
The orange growers Of Osceola county
met last Saturday and perfected their Or
/ ganizatiOn.
! A panther has been seen once or twice
recently near Capt. J. F. Livingston's farm
near Madison.
Thomas A. Johnson, citizen Of Quincy,
and for many years tyler of the Masonic
lodge, died Sunday Of pneumonia.
The fig crop is r1pening about Madison.
| The rainy weather has served TO take away
mucn Of the palatable qualities Of the fruit
William jackson Of Daytonia was ar
rested in DeiIand on Friday for perjury.
| He gave bond for his appearance at the
next term Of court
j.. b. Condo, a cigar manufacturer of
| Key West, offers to remove his business to
| Sanford If the citizens of the latter place
| viii loan him $4,000.
| A report is current at Palatka that CAPT
! Lucas had purchased a 22-foot flyer in Bos
| ton, and creates flutter in yachting cir
! Giles. She Is said to be fast and cost $500.
Len LeBarOn has been appointed Lloyd's
| agent at Pensacola, succeeding tho late
! Maj &. Ia. LeBsrOn. There was a half
| dozen or more candidates for the position
|
| the American Building and Loan AssOCa-
ton, was in Green Cove on Wednesday.
and organized branch association in that
| place.
The improvements being made by the
Plant Investment Company indicate that
| the syndicate still have confidence in the
future advancement and prosperity of
| South Florida.
William Alsobrook, one of the Oldest and
most popular citizens Of his section, died at
the residence of his son-in-law, A. j. Cas-
sadly, at Lisbon, last Tuesday evening, aged
about 70 years.
| The tobacco syndicate has contracted for
a warehouse 100x6O on the Santa Clara
! plantation, near Quincy. and just beyond
the town line. the farmers are vigorously
cutting tobacco.
At Marietta, eight miles from Jackson
| vile, Tuesday, Miles Price, Jr, owner of a
saw mill, was shot through the leg and
once in the side, by James Y. Coleman, a
! logger with whom he had dispute about
wages.
Willie Hansel, the murderer of Deputy
Sheriff Seth Taylor of Sanford, has been
captured at Madison. Sheriff Anderson
| aud City Clerk Stanton Of Sanford have
gone t., Identify and take the villain to the
Orlando Jail
Material is being delivered for the extern
sion of the freight depot at Kissimmee. AS
the present building is too small for the
| business done, eighty feet will be added
work will begin IN u few days on tho new
union passenger depot, which will be in
front of the Tropical hotel.
Alfred Osgood of Madison set trap for
rats in his store few nights since Imag-
inc his surprise next morning, upon discov-
ering snake of Is inches length compla
Gently cooled therein Evidently his snake
ship had been lured therein by the tempt
ing bait of rats previously caught.
The Pierce & TORY Investment Com
pany at their novelty works in Orlando,
have just finished handsome set Of altar
furniture for the Episcopal church at Con
way. The set consists Of pulpit, table and
| chairs, all made in curly pine, hard finish,
and deliberately carved and turned.
A black snake, skinned by the taxider-
mist of Haines City, X. Il. Hodgman, had a
king snake inside that only lacked foot of
being as long as the black snake which
measured seven feet. In his shop Mr.
Hodgman also has a frigate bird with a
white head aud neck and a stretch of eight
feet six inches of wings. 1t was killed near
Haines City.
A man at Perry got bitten by mad dog
the other day, but he didn't tear around
rip his shirt and try TO bite other people,
as somebody else might have done. Like a
sensible man he took the purp by the back
Of the neck, laid him on a block and
chopped off his tail just behind his ears. At
last accounts the man was getting along all
right.
Military honors have been scattered pretty
freely in Maids N county recently. Col.
| c. ). Hardy OF Greenvllle was first made
brigadier general by the governor Upon
his recommendation w. S. Jordan of Mad
ison was commissioned major, and j. W
Smith, also of Madison, was made aide-de-
camp of the above named-general, with the
rank of captain.
Near place occupied by colored woman
named Joshua, IN the vicinity of Hog Town
creek, Alachua county, piece of land
about 80 feet square caved in and sank down
few days ago to distance of 95 feet The
rushing of the water is still heard and it
still continues to cave in and extend the
yawning chasm. The dwelling house is
only about fifty yards off, and the old
woman is getting ready to move.
The dwelling house 80 West Union street,
Jacksonville, was completely Quilted byfire
Sunday morning. 1t was owned by W w.
Douglass and occupied by Charles. ".
Church The fire, which was evlde atfy of
incendiary origin, caught in the center of
the house in little passageway near the
kitchen The house was worth about 5000
amount of insurance unknown. On Mr.
Churchs furniture which was entirely de-
stroyed, there was an insurance of $3.50
H. c. Braddock while walking near a
house occupied by Dan Horne and Nathan
Mcdaniel, two colored citizens of Gle coe,
found where hogs head had been buried
and scratched up by dogs. As it was we'll
known that neither of them owned hog.
the citizens decided to investigate matters,
and found a box of fresh pork salted away,
and tabecloth belonging to S. H. Rauler-
son. Warrants for the arrest of the negroes
have been issued, and an officer is looking
for them.
At kissimmee, last Friday night, thieves
broke into the grocery store of Waters &,
Carson and robbed the money drawer, get
ting about $40, and taking a few groceries.
Su day night the grocery store of r. s.
Craig x Co, Williams & Outtan, j. S.
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