The morning news., 1889-03-03

In the case Of John Prsgg vs. the city OF
Orlando tie jury a srdsd i'm 500 damage
for rgmOyiag, as a nuisance. his stock Of
tame animals 10 his museum on Orange
avenue ia that city.
Around Arcadia the orange groves never
pVese tied a pretIier appearance. Some of
the groves a e yet loaded it'll the golden
fruit, and the trees are in full bloom, filing
the air with their fragrance.
The bridge across tue river at Tampa was
finished and turned over to the city auh0ri-
ties on Wednesday evening. Miss Jessie
Leonardo has the district OF being the
first LADY to cross over IL in a vehicle.
Judge Harrison of Tampa issued license
on last Monday for the marriage Of George
William Granville Leyeson Cover, W widower,
and Mary Caroline Blair, widow The
| above is the name Of the Duke Of Suther-
| land.
At Palatka Thursday night the members
Of the Methodist Episcopal church. .outh,
met at the parsonage ard most agreeablY
surprised the pasoor,s Mr.. Castell and bis
family with innumerable packages Of good
things.
| At meeting Of Veteran Post No. l2, G..
| A. r., at Palatka Wednesday night, COM
mittees were appointed to receive and
| entertain the visiting posts on the state en-
campment which is to bo held ia Palatka on
| March II.
General order No. 40, from the presi-
| dents Office OF the South Florida railroad,
| states that from and after to-day the office
Of right Of way agent will be disco tinued,
and the business of that Office DO carried on
through the land department.
Capt. Welcome Hyde aud Humphreys
Pierce, Of Appleton, Wis, were IN Hamil
ton county last week, looking over the
large tract oi timber land bought by them.
| The Georgia Southern aud Florida road
will run so as to enhance its value very ma
terially.
A gang of burglars and safe crackers
have been infesting tho country along the
line Of the South Florida railroad this win
ter. Detectives have been on the hunt for
them for some time, ard two Of them have
been arrested and ara now il the Tampa
Jail, and the trail is hoJ on enother one.
Ek-United States Senator Simon D. Con-
over left Tallahassee for Washington Fri
day He will be present at the inaugura-
ton Of Bre'r Harrison, and if any stray Of
fees are promenading Pennsylvania avenue
| looking for the man, they will fall over the
ex-senator before they have gone two
blocks.
The Inauguration Of President Harrison
will be attended by a grand military dis
play. Tho marshal Of the day is Gen. James
| A. Beaver of Pennsylvania, and one of
his aides is Col. j. De " Hazard of
Eustis, Fla. Col Hazard was on Gen.
Hooker'j staff during the war, and lost
his left arm, fighting gallaatly at the
front.
There are now over seventy students in
attendance at DeLand Unive; sity. Ihis is
about the same number as were tuere at this
time last year. g. T. Sampson hai, CO =
tributed $500 to the university, to be used
in purchasing d flrst-class air pump ami
necessary apparatus, with all their accesso-
ries, to add to the physical department Of
the university.
The following officers were elected at JAS
per last week: Mayo, l.. E. Robertson
clerk, A. B. Small; treasurer, W. b. Green
marshal, W. H. Hinton; sssessor, I, H.
Alexander; aldermen-k T.. Tores, j. D
Tuten, J. H. Ancrum. To ill unexpiFed
term of j. f. Stewart, rsgned, William
H. Greene. OF the old board, Aldermen
jennings ard DuBose hold over.
Maj. r. Walpole of Arcadia, special aeen'
of the revenue department, rep irts tha
the government officers at Key West ar,
doing their full duty, and that there is les:
smuggling going on there than for years
past. He says he has watched the entire
coast very closely and been out for two OF
three days at a time, but has discovered
nothing going on that is in violation of tbs
law.
There are several gentlemen Of means II
Chipley. from Ohio. who are looking oveI
that section with a view OF purchasing.
large tract OF lana Tor the purpose OF rals
ing TOBACCO on an extensive scale. Ihel
say thaC they are wei pleasei with tn'
situation, ali tha5 ~ tnl1-S move along al
rlght, ana inc 4ahI oWAe'N VIII plg the
property down 20 falf price 'hey "ll oul
several thousand acres ana 60 rlshU 10 pre-
pairing the GROUND ioc uslaeSs
Arcadia Al cddthH: TIE woods are full
of bird plume hunters The present higE
prices paid for egret plume5 have caused {
, regular stampede for the prairie5 anL
sloughs, aud run has been made on powder
e frr Daedt, srJ -, 30 ~
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} The only change in officers Of the DeLard
University for the ensuing year wes IN the
treasurer, Mr.. Sargent resigniug that posi-
ton and DR. j. F. Forbes beiag appointed
in his stead. The name Of the institution
will, in all probability, be changed from
DeLand University to Ststson University.
The academy building viii heretftar be
known "a DeLand Hall, and the library a
Sampson Library, IN aOnor Of Mr.. C. L.
Sampson, the liberal doaor 10 that branca