The morning news., 1889-04-26

E6ubS "a PGNh1 anu 9iAesR DooAAS eht h1l p AtS.
At a meeting Of the city council of
Gainesville Monday, the mandamus issued
by Judge Finley was answered by stating
that the action of the council was based
upon Irregularities.
Florida mas an area of 4,7l4 600 acres OF
solid land, {, 400 square miles of water. 19
rivers navigable distance of 1000 miles
! 1t produces more than half of the sea island
cotton grown in the United States
One of Alachua's county officials is a
| much church-going man. On Sunday he
attended services Of the Presbyterian Epis-
| copal and Methodist churches, and took IN
Sabbath school at the Baptist church.
| DeLeon Springs Is now incorporated and
officered as follows: Mayor, w. J. Nc
Timmons; marshal, John Timmons: cler k,
j. S. Dennis; aldermen, w. s. Broderick
c. F. Barney, Sherman Daniels and James
Munroe. The last two are colored men.
There arrived in Punta Gorda the other
day from Kansas, an elderly lady, with
two old hens sitting on duck eggs. She
had carried them all the way, in the car
with her, each old hen sitting contentedly y
in a basket on either hand in her car seat.
A patent was issued from the United
States patent Office Tuesda y to Sidney Cook
of Orlando, assignor Of one-half TO f. F.
Sperry, for a wrench This is a very useful
and ingenious tool which Capt. Cook of the
Orlando gas company devised some time
ago.
J. B. Staten of Ocoee has one Of the finest
patches Of tomatoes in Orange county. He
has set out, in all, about forty-hye acres,
and has been offered 81 800 for the crop on
a portion OF it embracing about fourteen
acres. Mr.. Staten has also about four
acres in cucumbers.
In a recent town electi On az Seville, w.
V. Spencer and T. A. Feaster were caudi-
dates. Forty votes were cast. The cleo
ton board returned that Feaster received
20 votes and Spencer IL votes. Now %
OF the electors have made affidavit that
they voted for Spencer.
MeSsrs. Rand & Drew are putting a large
steam saw mill at Pasadena, two miles
and a half south of Dade City. These
will be the most extensive works on the
Tampa division of the Florida Railway and
NAVIGATION railroad and, when fully COM
pleted, in South Florida.
At Orlando Last week H. P. Bussey lost
valuable horse in a peculiar manner. The
horse was hitched to a tree, and IN some
manner got one of his hind legs over the
halter rope, throwing him to the ground,
breaking his hip bone, which necessitated
the animals being killed.
The Spring says that Clay county truck
growers propose to enlarge the acreage of
awberries the coming season. An effort
will be made to erect a packing house,
when refrigerator boxes will be supplied,
and facilities secured for shipping berries
in the most approved manner.
Baird d Bro, at their two mills near
Hague, it is said, dsburse each month
about $500 for labor alone. They keep con
stantly engaged thirty-five head of horses
and mules hauling logs. Their mills are
located in a finely timbered region, and
they ars doing an extensive business.
a little son of Mr. Charles Conway, at
Wilderness, Clay county, recently, while
playing around an orange bush acci-
dentally pierced one of his eyes with a
thorn. His parents hoped that the sight
was not destroyed, but the pupil became
enlarged and finally burst, so that the
little one is forever deprived of the sight of
that eye.
At Sanford Saturday night the railroad
police arrested a negro named Manuel
Evans, on a telegram from Barlow. in
which it was stated that he had committed
highway robbery near that city. He was
taken to the city jail for safe keeping. On
putting him in Jail he was searched and
two So caliber pistols were found on him.
Sunday morning when Officer Mitchell
went TO feed him, he made a break for
liberty. Officer Mitchell fired three shots
at him. but without effect. He was finally
recaptured and put back in Jail.
The Palatka Herald is responsible for the
following: "A man at small station on
the Florida Southern railway the other day
took down the mail sack which was sus-
pendsd on the crane and hung himself there
lnstend, so that he would not get left.
When the fast mail came along and the
route agent put out his catcher and hauled
in the man instead of the mail bag, the fel-
low In short breath said: I've been left too
Iuany tunes by this narrow gauge road, and
don't intend to get left any more, if it
Kills me or this internal old road.'n
At Charlotte Har0or last Sunday morn
ing some one noticed that Mr. Watkins
who was sitting in his boat anchored Off
shore, seemed to be sitting in a very
cramped position, and their curiosity being
aroused they went TO him, when they dis
covered him to be perfectly helpless, not
able TO speak articulately or to move a
muscle of the body. He was carried to his
home, where every attention was given
him, but with little effect. Mr.. Watkins
has been greatly exposed recently III all
kinds OF weather, and it is thought this
may have been the cause of the stroke of
paralysis
Since the burglary and attempted murder
at LOngwood last Thursday night, in which
Mr.. Brewster aud Mr.. Parks were shot, the
latter dangerously, Sheriff Anderson mud
Deputy Puckstt have been at work endea-
vorlnR TO ASCERTAIN and arrest the gaity
parties. Many people believe the crime to
have been committed by negro, as we'll rs
the three previous burglaries on tho same
office, but Mr.. Anderson kept his counsel,
and Monday arrested a man by the name
of Lewis z. Burckle, resident OF that
place, and at one time doing good busi-
ness IN the mercantile line. Mr.. Anderson
thinks he has sufficient evidence 70 convict
him.
At Orlando, Monday night, some daring
thief succeeded In stealing from w. r.
O'Neal about $40. Mr. ONeA, when he
retired, land his pantaloons o chair near
an open window, and the thief, by the
means OF stick, managed to abstract them
from the room. MIR. O'Neal was unaware
OF his loss until Tuesday morning when he
got up, and, finding his pantaloons gone,
instituted a search for them, when he
found them lying on the ground near the
open window. minus their pockets, which
had been cut Off, and what money they con-
tained. The thief was thoughtful enough
to leave q bunch OF keys that were in the
pockets at the front gate, whore Mr.. O'Neal
found them.
X. F. Baker, who lost all OF his goods,
clothing and Jewelry in the fire OF the
Lucerne house at Orlando, succeeded ia
finding among the debris his gold watch
aud chain, silver cup and silver medal.
The watch case was perfectly sound, as also
was the chain, both bong If hno gold. The
works Of the watch were, OF course, ruined
The crystal was melted down on the dial