The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-29

Orlando Is going to have baby show.
The Orlando Record name, How f. NJ.
Hammond for president of the state Senate.
Mrs. j. Rogers, gave birth to a child a
day or two ago that was already provided
with tooth.
The Tallahassee Building aud Loan Asso-
citation, at its regular monthly meeting
Monday night, loaned out 81 900 at a dis
count Of 36 per cent.
A private car with John Robinson, his
physician aud several attendants arrived at
the depot at Tallahassee Monday The old
Snowman is broken down il health and has
come to Florida hoping to recuperate
Judge Broome was at Orlando Saturday,
on his way home from Tavares, whore he
has been holding court for the past two
weeks. He returned to Tavares yesterday,
when a murder case, the first in the county,
was Co be taken up.
One teacher reported to the school board
Of Hllsboro county last Saturday that he
had to suspend his school for the reason that
he had to wade knee-deep in water to ges to
the school house, ald the little fe 10 vs.
couldn't make the trip"
The schooners Spy and Transit, in charge
of Capts. Olson and TAYLOR, arrived in
Titusville yesterday on their way TO Key
West. These are government boats. built
specially for the Florida coast survey, to he
commissioned at their destination for coast
service.
A Mr.. Hill of Cincinnati, O., has been
spending some days with N d. Allen in the
vicinity OF Plant City. It Is understood
that Mr. Hill is canvassing the matter Of
establishing at that place a plant for the
manufacture Of orange wines and con-
fections
The following citizens ticket is in the
field at Sanford For rnavor, A. NJ.
Thrasher; for marshal. A. A Wheeler; for
treasurer and collector r. II. Tomlinson
for clerk and assessor. L. w. Peabody; for
aldermer, Fl. VI. Papworth, f. F. Barnes,
and 7. +. Mercy
Willie Costa fell off the roof Of julius
Balls tall two story residence at Tallahas-
see few days ago and instead OF furnish
ing the corpse for funeral, as il seams any
boy would have done, he picked himself up
In good order, and is at work again as il
nothing had happened.
The annual meeting Of the Florida Nedi-
cal Association will commence to-day at
St Augustine This meeting Of he asso-
citation will be tho most important one ever
held in the state, as the whole subject Of
yellow fever, its treatment spread, proven
tion, etc, will be fully gone into.
The case OF Rhodes vs.. the South Florida
court about two years ago, in which tbs
plaintiff obtained a verdict Of 5000 dam
ages, was taken up 70 the supreme court on
appeal by tho defendant The appeal was
heard lately in the supreme court and udg
ment reversed. This sends it back for trial
again.
question is now agitating the public
mind Of some Floridians about the area OF
the state. IL has been put down as the
second in area Of square miles east of the
Mississippi and Georgia first Bat the
American Encyclopedia allots 50, 25s square
miles TO Florida aud 5000 TO Georgia,
m king Florida first, as has been generally
supposed.
Capt. W. G. Mutt, assessor Of taxes for
Orange county, has completed the tax
books, and the commissioners have about
completed the examination. These books
and this assessment are the best Orange
county ever had. The present system Of
arranging all land in accordance With tho
numerical order Of sections renders it an
easy matter to find any particular piece Of