The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
FLORIDA.

ten up simply for the glory that was in it.
FLORIDA.
Theassessor's books have been turned over
to the county commissioners of Alachua,
who are now examining them.
Mrs. e. K. Lowd of New :Smyrna has re-
ceived a check for 500 from A. w. Benson
of Enterprise for the new Congregational
church.
Frank P. Andrea, chief of police Of st.
| Augustine, has been suspended for one
week for getting ON big drunk and paint
| ing the town red.
The bridge and trestle timbers for the
Monroe addition to the Orange Belt rail
way, are rapidly being prepared at the
Orange Bel. shops.
But two counties in the state raise more
money for school purposes than Alachua-
namely, Duval and VOusia; though Marion
is close after Alachua, falling behind only
5000.
On Sunday last there were ordination
exercises at the Oakland church in the
| forenoon by Rev. Mr.. Richardson, and
services in the evening. Three deacons
were ordained and the sacrament admins
tered.
Madison Record: We hear it whispered
around very gently that a northern syndi-
cate has become interested enough in to-
bacco culture in this county to make
proposition to a certain citizen to devote
$4,000 to the enterprise.
| G. NJ. Messer's store house and its con-
tents situated at Dellwood in Jackson
county, were destroyed by fire on Sunday
| morning last between the hours OF l and 2
! o'clock The loss is estimated at So 900,
which is covered by an insurance Of $1,000.
g. Lopez Bailey for so long time con-
nected with the First National Bank of
Palatka, but now in the insurance business
carries the remarkable record with him for
never having in all his banking experience
taken in piece OF counterfeit money, or a
forged check.
| Messrs. Smith e. Rogers of Sanford have
received from some unknown friend, about
| 100 of the handsomeSt Spanish fans ever
seen, with which Mr. Rogers intends t.
decorate the office of the Sanford house.
Some of them are works Of art and will
make it the prettiest office in the state.
Contractor Brin, who built the now
| warehouse at Jasper for the Savannah.
| Florida and Western Railway Company
has the contract for putting up the ware
| houses on the Plant Investment Company's
wharves at Key West. He will take his
men with him and commence work at
| once.
According to the assessment rolls, only
about one acre in forty in Alachua county
is under cultivation. In Monroe county,
which contains 10.Sl4 acres, there is but
| one acre returned as under cultivation. The
entire number of acres in the state is re-
turned at nearly % 900, 900; the number
cultivated is $4,000.
Col. d. Ira Baker, examiner of the de-
partme Of justice, Washington, d. c., is
| at Pensacola with his daughter. Col
Baker Is in the south for the purpose of
making an examination of the offices Of the
clerk and deputy marshal Of the United
| States courts, the manner of keeping
records, etc.-in fact, is upon an extended
tour for the purpose of examining into the
| internal arrangements and management of
| all offices of record in the south under the
jurisdiction of the department Of justice.
The assessed value of real and personal
property in Alachua county is s., 666, 27S
total amount Of state tax levied for 1888,
| less insolvencies, IS SIS, 1917 81: the amount
assessed for county purposes is $50, 400 Al !;
of this amount $21 073 78 is for school pur-
poses. There are $50, 492 acres returned for
| assessment; the number of acres improved
and in cultivation is 1891; the aggregate
| value of all real estate assessed in the county
| Is, Including railroads, 1858 1874. The
number of horses aud mules returned is
| 2.56S; the number of neat and stock cattle
| is $685.; the number of sheep and goats is
| LIS; the number of hogs is 7106. Full
| cash value of all live animals is $245, 40S.
| The valuation OF property in Alachua
| county is falling off. The county now
ranks about seventh or eighth on the list.
The following from the Gainesville Ad-
| uocdte adds facts to those already pub
lished on the subject by the MORNING
NEWS; I'VE announced day or two ago
that there was a discrepancy found in the
accounts of our Z. M. at this place. We
have purposely refrained from further al
| fusion to the matter in order to give Capt.
Sheldon, the postmaster, time 20 straighten
matters up, but up to this writing he has
not succeeded in doing so. 1t is but just t,
| Capt Sheldon to say that he is doing all he
can and affording his bondsmen all the op-
poTtunity possible looking to the elucida-
ton OF the mystery The amount of short
| age thus far discovered is g. 900 Capt
Sheldon declares that the apparent short.
age is owing to some mistake in the ac-
counts and has sent for an expert to I'M
ravel the matter. Capt Sheldon has here
tofore borne good reputation. He and
his family live quietly and economically"
Pensacola Commercial: One of Pensa-
cola's sailor clearinghouse keepers is re
| ported to have been guilty of the following
neat trick: He first, by some means, OBJ
| talned-some say stole-four men from a
vessel. He then went to the captain and
offered to assist in catching the deserters for
| certain sum. This was given The men
were captured and lodged in jail until
| wanted. When the vessel was ready to sail
the men were taken aboard in irons As
the vessel was passing outside one of the
| mon jumped overheard and was picked up
| by the boarding house keepers runner and
brought TO this city The man who jumped
overheard was in irons, but he wore life
| preserver, and the proximity Of the runner
| indicates that the affair was a pre-ar-
| ragged matter. The boarding house keeper
thereby obtained his reward-the advance
money-for experimenting the deserter IN,
and still has his boarder on hand to ship on
some other vessel.
st. Augustine Neios: Hon. Daniel N.
Lockwood Of Buffalo, N. Y. arrived at the
Ponce de Leon yesterday with his wife
This is Dan's first visit to st. Augustine
We call him Dan, as all the boys of p 'omi-
nence in the Democratic party OF the north
know him by that name. One Of tue NetOS
staff called upon Mr. Lockwood at tue
Ponce de Leon this morning and had a very
pleasant conversation with him. Dan
is a genuine Jeffersonian democrat. He has
represented his district in congress a
couple Of times and is known nationally as
the man who nominated President Cleveland
for every Office to which he has been elected
In the course OF conversation, Mr.. Lock
wood said he was very much disappointed
by President Cleveland's defeat and attrib-
uted it to the excessive use of "soap.n In
regard to this he says: THE republican