The morning news., 1889-01-17

latka up to Nov. 2l, 1855, amounted to
S3l $50 54. There was In the sinking fund
at that time Sl.'I' Is, ana In the fire aad
water fund Sl,a.i 81.
B. NJ Turner saperintendent of the
Fonrth division railway mail service. saws
he has CARTE blafr4, from the Department.
to make all changes necessary to give the
raa,ula Of FLORIDA the best possible mail
facilities, and that he proposes to do his
| best.
The Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany, besides doing all it can for the tray
cling public, isd1us all it can to encourage
and foster the planting Oh the best grades Of
tobacco 1t is supplying seed for the ask
ing, and to the full extent Of its power has
aided in testing the experiment.
J. A. Hancock # Kathleen is one of Polk
couutys successful farmers. He lives ten
miles north Of lakeland, and has lust
finished making 7o) gallons OF syrup, and
saved seed cane enough TO plant au acre and
a half next seas54 He sold $40 stalks of
cane OFF Of an acre and quarter. This
cane was grown on pine land lightly fer
tilted.
A uniform reduction Of 10 cents per boz
on oranges has been made by the Florida
Southern railway between all points and
Gainesville. The rate from Eustis is now,
IS cents, or As coats TO New York, The
route is: Florida Southern railway to
Gainesville, Savannah, Florida and Western
railway to Savannah, thence by steamship
TO New York
Luke Cant and A. T. Redman, the two
col0red teachers Of Winter Park who were
arrested for defrauding the county, were
brought up for trial before Justice Lane
Saturday, and the evidence being sufficient
against them they were bound over under
$500 bail TO appear before the criminal
court, and not being able to furnish it they
We're lodged in the county jail.
At the meeting of st. Johns Presbytery.
held at Orlando last week, steps were taken
to divide the presbytery, its territory ex-
tending from Fernandina on the north to
the keys on the south. By the division, the
northern portion retains the old name Of
the Presbytery Of ST. Johns: and on the
question of name for the new presbytery
considerable discussion arose, and on the
first vote of the body the name of the
Presbytery of Tampa was adopted and i'm
medlately the vote was made unanimous.
S. A. Goodrich has sold his place in St.
Andrews and has started with his family
for Mariana by team. From there he
will go to Thomasville, Ga. Mr.. Goodrich
was the first purchaser of Cincinnati lots at
St. Andrews TO arrive at the bay. He was
the first settler from the north to become a
registered voter there and was the first
justice Of the peace in the new town of St
Andrews. He went there from Boston,
Mass, and during the first year was better
known as "Boston" than by his right name.
Gaskin, the wife murderer, was brought
mp from Indian river last week, and had
preliminary examination before Justice
BOtefuhr in Daytona. The result was his
commitment on the charge Of murder. and
he has been taken to Jail. Four out of six
witnesses gave bonds for their appearance
at court, but two others, unable to give sat
isfactory security, are held. Justice Bot
fuhr has also unearthed evidence winch
seems to convict Gaskin of another murder
that Of former wife and child in Geor-
gia. He was then going by the name of
Spencer.
The meeting last Tuesday night at the
council room at Daytona, 70 take into CON
sideration the new charter proposition, was
not as largely attended as desired. j. H.
Slayton presided and 5. NJ. Bartlett was ap-
pointed secretary. Considerable talk of
sewerage, sea wall, drainage, etc., was in
dulged in by those present, and upon mo
tiOn to adjourn until yesterday by DR..
Grace, a committee Of two, VIZ: DR.. E, c.
Atwood and Laurence Thompson, was ap-
pointed to represent the people in a confer.
ence with the council to formulate a new
charter to be acted upon by the legislature,
the result to be reported at the adjourned
meeting.
The schooner Maynard Sumner arrived
at her dock in Palatka last week. She was
loaded with the Bangor orange box ma
terial, hoops, etc, and consigned to G. f.
Eaton. She was soon unloaded. and on
Wednesday took her departure, but not
until she had damaged the new bridge to
the tune of some $500. The schooner Delhi,
loaded with orange box material for Mr.
Eaton, should have arrived before Christ
mas, but was blown off during the Decem-
Der gale on the Atlantic coast, her deck
load lost, and her cargo under deck badly
damaged, and she was picked up off Ber-
muda, almost If not quite a wreck of her
former self.
Crawfordville Times: Daniel Vickers, q
young man Of unquestioned veracity, tells
of an "old timer" that inhabits the jungles
of the East river, in the eastern part of
W akulla county. Daniel formerly lived in
what is known as the PIN Hookn settle
ment, which Is contiguous to East river,
but moved to this place about seventeen
years ago. At the time Daniel left his old
home a number OF his hogs had strayed off
and 'goue wild' in the river swamp, con
sequently were left behind A few weeks
ago, while out hunting near his old home,
Daniel found a monster wild hog. which
he recognized at once as being one of his old
stock. Dan says it was a "whopper," and
would weigh fully 800 pounds, and that
IS tusks could be sean for $50 yards, elis-
tening like polished ivory in the MONDAY
sun.
The Eustis, Fla, correspondent of the
MORNING NEWS sends as follows: Quite a
number OF visitors are coming into our town
now. We hope by March to have as many as
usually visit US. The Methodist conference
is being held here. There are about fifty
ministers in attendance. The county teach
ers' institute IS also in operation. Up to
date 1900 boxes of oranges have been
shipped from Eustis. The crop is about
half moved. The first solid carload OF
oranges ever shipped from hero left few
days since for PIttsburG, Pa. shipped by
| j. ID. V. Hazard. The incoming freights
! are heavy, and the merchants are doing a
fair business. DR.. a. l.. Brown took a gov
ernment inspector down the Oklawaha
river as far as Silver Springs a few days
! since. No doubt this stream will soon be
! cleared of distractions and opened for
navigation.
The marriage Of w. L. Booth, and the
arrival of himself aud his bride in Cocoa on
| last Friday evenings steamer from Titus
! vile, has been the topic OF general conver-
sation there ever since. These two hearts
now united, says the Public Spirit, were
children together years ago in "Merrle
England" Our "leddie" sailed away TO
seek his fortune in the states, while the
young lady remained in the old country and
there married. Shortly after her marriage