The morning news., 1889-04-10
FLORIDA.

DeLand is flooded with new silver dollars,
the Volusia county bank having just i'm
ported 5000 Of the issue of 1889.
A meeting was held at the Rogers build
ing at Orlando, Monday, which was largely
attended by English residents, to take steps
20 organize cricket club in Orlando
Mr.. Scott, who recently purchased the
Homer Brooks grove on Lake Conway, is
making extensive improve nentS, and says
he will arrange II as a pleasure resort, with
boats, swings, refreshments, etc. The street
car company expects to extend its line to
that point during the coming sum ner.
Charlotte Harbor Beacon: Recent sur
veys have developed the fact that the lands
south of the Caloosahatchee river are not
all in the Everglades, but that thousands
upon thousands of acres Of the best lands
of Florida, high and dry, are situated in
what has formerly ben termel the low
lands.
On last Saturday, near Hopewell church.
in the eastern pa Of Hitlsborough cou ,ty
horse attached to buggy in which Mrs
j. II. Hull, with her baby and Miss Ethel
wind Harrison were riding, ran away and
upset the buggy. Mrs. Hull was seriously
hurt, but the baby and Mss Harrison es-
capped without injury.
Petitions are OUT asking for a second cleo
ton for county site for Citrus county
Homosassa will give $4,000 court house
and bridges. The main Hae of the Silver
Springs, Orlando and Gulf is within mile
and a quarter of Manifold, the present
county site, and this makes that place more
desirable to many than any other
The Tampa police arrested a goat and
confined it In the lookup one morning La
week for disorderly conduct. 1t announced
the fact as plain as a goat could tAAt there
was no oleomargarine about him. but that
he was an unadulterated butter, aGd went
to work 10 prove it to any one who wanted
to test the matter by appearing on the
streets in his vicinity. As he had no license,
| the police took him in charge.
At Orlando last Saturday evening, be-
tween and Z O'Clock, Mr.. Acree noticed a
bright blazo in the room of the Western
Union telegraph otice, over E. d. Hole
mans grocery store, Oh Cnurch stree. Mr.
J. Nj. Lane, VINO WAS near by at tle time
rushed up the stairs, and finding the door
locked, the operator having gone to supper,
he broAe it open, aad as he entered be saw
that one the lamps setting on the table was
all aflre. He took the lamp in his hands
and carried it down the stairs to the street,
where he extingushed it with dirt Tne
prompt action OF Mr.. Lane prevented what
might have cen a most disastrous fire.
Orlando Record: The pres 9nt legislature
seems determined to pass good game law
for the preservation Of both birds and ami
mails. Four bills TO that end were intro
duced one d ~ last week, and now that such
interest is manifested by our lawmakers
we hope whatever act on the subject is
passed, it will be such an one as will impose
penalties sufficiently severe to make the law
a success. The useless and ind scriminate
slaughter Of plume birds within the last
eight years has almost rendered them eX-
tlnct, and as a consequence water snakes Of
every variety are appea ing. 1t is a well
known fact that our plume birds are very
de,tructiye to snakes. Particularly have
the pink curlews and purple gallinoS diSap-
peared, two of the hadsomest birds u be
found IN the world. The same is true OF
the parsqletts. We trust the act will not
allow the sale OF game but for sixty DAYS in
the year, and absolut, ,ly prohi bit selling
plumeS.
Sunday Frederick Douglass was rendered
special car by the jacksonville and ST.
Augustine railroad. aud went from JacA-
sonville to st. Augustine. At , o'clock a
reception was rendered him in Genovar's
opera house Fully 700 auditors were pres
ent, including prominent people of both
races. A nunlber of leading colored men
occupied seats beside the speaker on the
stage. Mayor Dewhurst introduced Doug
lass, who SAID that ho had not expected TO
make a speech in st. Augustine, and did
not know what to say OF what the audi
ence expected. He then proceeded to give
a repstltion of the speech delivered at the
Sub Tropical in Jacksonville, creating
much applause among those of the audi
ence who had not listened TO it before
Owing TO limited time, the speaker was
compelled to 60 before lie had finished. The
audience rose and sang a national anthem,
after which it dispersed, and Douglass left
on the afternoon train for Jacksonville.