The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-25
FLORIDA.

An express office is to be established at
Floral City this week.
r. s. Nelson Of Daytona IS in New York
| selling Il st Florida coast real estate.
W. r. Fits of DeLand mas purchased the
lumber that was used for the Gaskins gal
lows.
Attorney Osborne of Virginia was adj
mitted to practice at the bar at Barlow last
week.
A young man in Fernandina drew $500
prize in the last drawing Of the Louisiana
lottery.
Rev. w. w. Hicks is now the big rice
planter Of Florida. He has 800 acres planted
in Lake county.
Judge Broome and Judge Hanson have
changed circuits for week or two in pre-
siding over courts.
At Fernandina, Tuesday, Charles Freeman
was acquitted of the murder of sailor
named Charles Grandman.
Mrs. Morris of DeLand has accepted the
position as private secretary to +. E. Bond,
superintendent Of the Orange Belt railway,
S. Paul Brown, an attache of Webb's
"Florida on Wheels" will very shortly
start in to make new directory for Jack
sonville
The ordinance relating to the location of
saloons in Orlando has been amended SO as
to read that they shall be 200 feet apart,
instead Of 400
Everything necessary to the completion
of the marine railway at Pensacola is now
at hand. and work is going actively forward
on the structure.
G. e. Ellis of Gainesville sold his pointer
dog few days since to j. NJ. Smith, en-
gineer on the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railway, for $50.
Owing to dispute between the day and
barracks students, there will be no crack
| company in the East Florida Seminary at
| Gainesville this year.
Work is progressing on Mr.. Flagler's new
base ball park at ST. Augustine. Four or
five clubs, composed of men from the league
and association clubs, are expected to pass
the winter in the city.
Milton w. Bryant, purser of the steam
ship Lizzie Henderson, died at New Orleans
last week. He was a popular young man
among west coast people.
Work on the Leon hotel at Tallahassee is
| progressing finely, and many other i'm
| provements indicate the approach of a
lively winter for the capital city.
| W. B. Barnett of Jacksonville has been
appointed by Gov. Fleming a delegate to
| the national silver convention, which is to
be held at St. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 26.
q.
| of Fernandina, were brought before Judge
Schuyler on Saturday and Monday, charged
| with perjury. Their asses are now under
going investigation by the grand jury.
The need of more hotel accommodations
| IN Fernaudina was never more apparent
than at the present time. The hotels and
| boarding houses are full, and visitors are
absolutely compelled to ask for accommo-
dations at private houses.
The estimated expenses of the CITY of
! Jacksonville for the next fiscal year, as
| prepared by the committee of council and
| board of public works, amounts to $780,
962 10, divided as folio IS: For alaries, care
| Of teams rents etc, $50, 052 so; fire depart
ment, $21, 1876 IS; interest on bonded debt.
S9l ,606; sinking fund, $500; judgments,
S2,32S.
| Be jamin II. Wilson of Manifold
fou der of the Citrus County Star, died in
England recently, where he had gone to
visit his mot or. He was born in Stafford
shire, England, Aug 81, 1899. Three chill
| dreu survive him, viz, L. c. Williams.
editor Of the Fort Gratiot Sun, Michigan
w. B. j. Williams, editor of the Point Ed
ward Post, Point Edward, Ontario, and
Mrs. George E. Niles, the wife of the pres
ent editor of the CitruS County Star.
The Birmingham Age Herald wants a
canal cut from the head of the Mobile river
to the bay OF Pensacola. This would give
to the whole country drained by the Ala
bama and Tombigbee rivers and their
| tributaries access to this splendid harbor,
in addition to that Of Mobile. Should the
waters of the Tennessee ever be connected
with the Alabama or Black Warrior, then
all the country drained by that river would
also reap advantages from this canal
The board.of medical examiners for the
Second judicial circuit met at Tallahassee,
Tuesday, at the office of DR.. George H.
Gwynn, and organized by electing DR.. Theo.
Turnbull of Monticello, president, and Dr.
George Lamar of Quincy, secretary and
treasurer. They adjourned to meet in Talla.
hassee on Monday, Nov. rs, 1889, at which
meeting the board will conduct examina.
tions, examine diplomas and grant certifi.
cafes to practice medicine.
Gus Thomas, a colored man, living five
miles southwest of Lake City, was assasSi
mated at his home at dark on Oct. 81. All
his white neighbors speak well of him. The
coroner's jury, composed of the best citi
zsns, could not elicit testimony sufficient IL
fix suspicion on any one. Sheriff Bethea,
Judge Ives as coroner, and Justice Jas Der
Taylor worked throughout the day to get
the facts. The circumstances point to col
ored people as the criminals. Two were
| concerned.
A negro named William Dawson.
who has been working at Callison tie camp
and who lives at Franks Park, place
about eighteen miles from Ocaa, while try.
ing to beat his way TO Archer, att -mpted
to board the $50 freight train on the Florida
| Central and Peninsular railroad at Ham.
mock Ridge Tuesday morning while in mo-
ton, but slipped and fell under the train
causing both legs TO be horribly mangled
He died from the effects of his wounds the
same day,
| Anastasia Island is known the world over
| In the past the lighthouse and the build
| ings connected Herewith were the only at
fractions there. Its attractive and natura
surroundings are fast bringing il into prom
inence. Tor this reason o. Howe, built the
Casa Marina. and he is now making ma
terlal improvements In an icipation Of a
successful business the coming winter.
Broad verandas, aifording fine view OF
tive ocean, are being built all around biz
hotel, aud nothing will DO left undone "a
MAKE this one Of the most attratiye 70
sorts in Florida.
In reference % the Pensacola dispatch 70
the effect that u was r1mOred that eN
United States Marshal Birds arrest had Deeu
ordered, Marshal Mlzell ~ Jacksonville said
Wednesday that be had made no such
order - Saunders; tant there wsfe 90
charges against Col. Bird, ard that tl'
whole stQTy Nas q pure fabrication. bli