The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-08
FLORIDA.


The erection of one or two new brick
stores will soon begin in Madison.
The Ocala high school building is being
rooted and begins to show its goodly pro
portions.
A son of Alden Turner of Umatilla, got a
fall Monday, and was SO unfortunate as to
break his arm.
ID. r. Townes of Panasoffkee has sold his
large grove to Messrs. John Conley and e.
l. Austin for $4,000.
The LeesbIrg Rifles give an excursion
next Tuesday, via the Florida Southern
railway, to st. Augustine.
The peach crop throughout the state is
SAID to be exceptionally good. some farmers
feeding their hogs on that excellent fruit
A robber invaded the peaceful home of
+. Mccall of Ocala Monday night, and de-
parted with his pants, the pockets of which
contained S. note.
David Padgett, who killed BENJAMIN
Bryant (colored) in the northern portion Of
Columbia county May %, has been lodged
i'll jail TO await trial.
Some miscreant deliberately poisoned
twenty-five ducks belonging to a colored
woman near Amelia, last Monday, by Civ
ing them stryehnine.
The Methodists held meeting last Sat
urday and Sunday at the Mathis school
house, souihof,Perry, and eight or ten new
members were received.
Leesburgs building boom has com
menced. In short time four brick blocks
viii be IN course of erection, besides q num-
Der of wooden structures
II. II. Linville has been appointed SAM
tary inspector of FernRndina at a salary of
81 per day when actually engaged in per
forming the duties pertaining to the
position.
The three acre lots beyond the depot at
Lake City sold at masters sale Monday
brought, respectively, $780, 1926 and 1875.
This at forced sale and in a comparatively
unimproved section Of the town, shows th at
Lake City property has a value
A statement of the amount of business
done by the Butfum Loan and Trust Com
pany, Stanton. Fla. has just been issued by
the directors In this statement a surplus
OF $l2, 900 is shown, an increase of s., 900 for
the six months business ending Nav 81
1889.
The question of allowing cattle to run at
large on the streets of Leesburg came nm
before the city fathers at their last meet
ing in the shape of a petition against the
custom, signed by forty citizens, but the De-
rition was laid Oh the table. The subject
will be brought up again at the next meet
LIZ VI INC NpuhCll
j. A. Enslow, Jr., treasurer, has received
letter from the food relief commission in
Pennsylvania, which he is DESTROYS of Dre-
senting to the relief committee of St
Augustine, the different appointments
having failed to get the committee together.
Enslow still holds the fund, amounting to
over $400, awaiting instructions.
Mr.. McCurien, proprietor of the hotel at
Pemberton, and l.. E. Billingsea, Justice
of the peace in that neck of the woods. got
into little difficulty last Saturday, when
McCurien knocked Billingslea down and
butchered him up considerably with a bar
low knife. IL is said that Billingslea pro-
voked the difficulty, which will probably
cause his death.
The Florida Produce and Manufacturing
Company of Leesburg have on hand 3. 200
gallons of orange wine only nine mo tbs
old, which is pronounced by critics to be
the very finest Mr.. Malyvan is celebrated
for his competency in making wines, per-
fumes, essences, marmalades, iellies and a
score of other things which this establish
ment will manufacture as soon as they can
perfect certain things
The remains of man wererfound in q
swamp near the railroad some five miles
from Cedar Keys, a fey days ago. 1t was
evident from the appearance of the remains
tlldb Nnb pei SUI IsAu b6Su uedu long time.
perhaps several years. A valiSe, the metal
rims of several pocket books, something
over 81 in silver, silver watch, a pistol
and door key, recognized as belonging to
BettlinIs hotel, were found with hun. The
name Monroe was scratched on the watch
case.
Or. Louis Haas of st. Augustine, who
was arrested on Wednesday evening on a
charge of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, has adjusted matters and has been
released. 1t seems that the doctor was i'm
posed upon by man in Brevard county,
for whom the doctor undertook to secure a
divorce. The doctor secured the loan of
some money on a note for the Brevard
county man, who was to pay it back the
next DAY. When DR.. Haas went for the
money the man had gone, and the doctor
was left in the lurch.
What might have been fatal accident
happened on the Lake Griffin tramway,