The morning news., 1889-05-22
FLORIDA.
Peaches have made their appearance a
Brooksville.

Peaches have made their appearance at
Brooksville.
Floral City has a newspaper, and Crystal
River is to have one soon.
Capt. Bail y's mill at Homosassa was
totally destroyed y fir, last week.
The city marshal Of st. Augustine has
issued circular to the various property
holders AMI tenants telling them to clean up
t4eir premises.
At jackson vile Monday Joseph Phillips,
poicena was placed on trial charged
with the der of Luke Hawkins, an es-
capi g prisoner He was acquitted.
N. j. Tilghman & Sons of Francis have
purchased 400 fee fron. on River street.
mill at Palatka, on Whi"h they will bul
a large saw mill, with machinery to turn
gu tue fi TEST 50 t Of lumber.
The Lake Helen people are reported by
the Life Rs n s0ats of profane erup ion
over the closing Of the A. w. station
| at tina place n the sun mer. . Q ferocious
citiz.n sai | IL was an outrage, and the pe =
pie ught to tear up the TRACK and burn the
depot.
Under st. Augustine's new charter an
electio for city cou Gil and mayor will
take place in June, aud already there is
cOnsi cradle clucu sing. The council will
II.
collector, and the various other city
officers.
F. M. Fowler of the St. Augustine Re-
gatta Association, who year ago SC )ooed
up the prizes at the Charlsst n regatta A
with his yacht. Marion f., mas write th At
club exJeAdi * to them = ordial iuv .tatlon
TO co Ae 70 Florida aud participate in the
Csdar Key regatta. 1t Is now settled
fact that some Of the st. Augustine boa S
I'D a
big race for 81 ,000 o. j ly T.
The last rail OF tue Ovi4do. Lake Charm
aud Lake Jesup railway was LAID on the
main branch from Lake Jesup to OWED }
o Ned ie'day nignt Ths men are no =
hauling cross ties on the hand-car AMI
placing the on the road bed hers needed,
aid after this is me they will go back and
straig en- and ballast tee track, and when
this is completed they propose to CO nmence
putting down the track on tue Lake Charm
branch.
Prof. Louis List is handing subscrip-
ii N around among the merchants OF St
Augustine to secure funds whica will be
given Us przss in grand interstate band
confess. He has already met with some
success. The professor has been in cjrre-
spond nee with various bands Of the south
ERA cltiei, d he ates that representative
bands from the leading es OF Alabama,
louisiana, Georgia, ) uth and North Caro-
lima have signifieI their int ton Of conn g.
The insur noe on the buildings DESTROYED
AMI the one damaged by the rire in East
Jackso vile Sunday morning. amounts to
$3.50, divided as follows: +. l.. K light,
40; Mrs. 1elfair, $1,000; Tillna White,
(house and furniture), 81 900; Gull Hall,
$500; Su day schon cuape , SO 0; j. G.
Gresiy, $500 The house of NJ Greedy,
destroye /, was iasured for 81 $40, and t. o
one scorched for 81 600 The loss on the lat
ter was oily SlO0
Monday NOR ing as the train from
Oviedo was crossing Sanford avsnue, whore
the teepAons wire crosses the railroad,
Robert /. Kurtz, the bag sags master, who
was standing top of freight Cur, was
struck By tue telspho wire a knock ed
off the train TO the ground. He Rs not
missed until the tra'u got almost into the
depot, and the an ehgile was sent in
searcn of him. The place "as fou d where
he fell aud his cap which was knock ID of,
but ne had left. Fortunately the place was
q soft sandy spot free from roots or stuInps,
and he esaa ,ed wit oaly a severe spraln OF
the arm. Upo rec pvsring from tue shock
he walked birehsadsd into town.
1t will be RENE no Arsd that = short time
before his removal to Chattaho chee John
b. Raym mi, who was convicted Of u ter
ing forged check upon ths Cltiz z'n' Ma
tionai Bank Of O'lAndo. attempted to escape
from jail by saving the iro ba which
protected its windows. Ray nond was dis
covered in the j Al yard toe act OF delib-
eratey leaving, having made MS
a ~ window from VIII ca he bad
succeeled in saving the metal gratings.
He wa promptly placed back In tie jail by
Deputy s sriff Il bs A nderso !, wno, IT,
gethsr with Sheriff J. G.. Anderson and
Dsputy Puckett, have been closely investi-
ga Ing the matter few days since they
fastened on 60 claw which lei 10 an OK.
planatlon ot now Riym md secured the i'm.
pie nents with which to eff ct nis escape
+ flowing up the cliw. Deputy Sheriff
Puck u went 20 L nEwood. under orders OF
She. IN Auderso , aud arrsGsd J. ID. Muir
RAJ, vs. ho was seen leaving the jail on the
eve ing Raymond a tempted hl' escape,
jus short while before the latter Was
f0un ~ the yard.
}. r. Llambias has just returned 20 Sc.
hugus. lilH, and ha T0p iFta that tho 81. Au-