The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
TAVARES TOPICS.
The New Court House-Forty Suits
Against a Railroad

AAo N0W OOuTG f1OuS0-EOTCY Suits
Against a Railroad.
TAvAREs, FLA, Oct. 15.-The new court
house for Lake county is about completed,
and the final payment has been made to the
contractors. Nothing remains to be done
tut hang the inside blinds The carpenters
finished work on Thursday, Oct. 10, and the
painters on Saturday, Oct. IL. The build
ing is of Flint river brick, laid in red NOR
tar to the heading 9urse Of the first story,
and in black mortar from there to the top.
1t is af ,er the Byzantine style of architect
ure, with solid twelve-inch walls, and
has been erected under the imme-
date supervision of Jabez II.
Sears, agent and superintendent
of Hon. Frank Jones of New Hampshire,
who furnished the money to erect the build
ing, which is a sufficient guarantee of the
thoroughness of the work. The building is
45x70 feet, two stories high; lower story, II
feet; second story, II feet in the clear, On
south erd of the building, opening out of
clerks office, is a tire-proof vault 12xl7
feet. On the lower floor are seven rooms
one each for circuit court clerk, recorder,
county judge, supervisor of registr ration,
assessor, collector. aid superintendent of
public instruc ion.
THE sECoNDFLooR.
On the second floor is the court room,
39x43 feet, two jury rooms, sheriff's office,
state and county solicitors offic and rooms
for detention of prisoners awaiting trial
The court room is finished overhead in
panels The walls are wainscoted about
four feet, and the balance of walls and cell
ings are plastered and hard finished. The
woodwork inside is stained cherry color,
oiled and vanished. On the north front of
the building is a tower SO feet high, sur
mounted by steep roof 10 feet high, on
| top of which is a weather vane All the
rooms are furnished with flues and ventilat-
ors. The total cosC of the building is about
| $4,000, and 1t Is presented to the county by
Alexander St. Clair-Abrams in pursuance
of his offer to donate court house to Lake
| county in the event TavsreS was elected
county seat The fall term of the circuit
court, which convenes next month, will be
held in the new court house.
TO EXTEND THE TRACKS.
The Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West
Railway Company is preparing to extend
tue track on the Sanford and Lake Eustis
division from Tavares to Lane Park, 215
miles, and will take up the narrow gauge
tracks of Florida Southern road between
these points. Tavares will lose the terminus
of the jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
and gain that of the Florida Southern.
FORTY LAWSUITS.
Among the cases set down for trial at the
November term of the circuit court are
over forty against the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway for burning the
town on April Q, 1885, Nearly $50, 900
is involved in these suits, and the verdict is
matter of vital importance to the suffer
ers by that fire.
AMONG THE GARDENS.
Market gardeners in and near Tavares
are planting fall crops, and, notwithstanding
| the unpropitious season last winter aud the
losses sustained by ma y, the acreage will
be considerably increased.
The l0lacre truck farm of Hon. Frank
| Jones will all be planted in vegetables the
coming season. A large force of men are
now at work on it getting ready for
| planting