The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-24

J. C. Norwood Of City Point. is going to
build a residence.
There is great inquiry at DeLand for
houses for the winter.
The indications at Lake Helen are that
oranges are going to split badly.
The Orlando Gun Club has received its
outfit Of traps and clay pigeons, ana Will go
into practice at once
One of the most interesting sights in st.
Augustine harbor is a large school of por-
poises fishing for mullet
A Sanford grocer exhibits a pumpkin
weighing seyelty-sev ven pounds, which was
grown in Orange county.
John d. Carroll, lately Of the Savannah
| Times will start new paper at Bradford,
called the Florida HdUkeye.
The st Augustine and Havana cigar
| factory Of Genovar Bros. q Co., at 81.
Augustine, is now in running order.
| Several parties who left Orlando during
recent years are corresponding with real
estate agents with view to returning.
At Midd!eburg during last month there
were 1000 log shipped out OF Black creek,
besides several lighter loads Of sawed luu-
Der.
Certain pieces of property in st. Angus
tine that six years ago sold for hun
dreds have since sold for as many thou
sands.
The convent at San Antonio has been
supplied with blinds. Five years ago where
this large building stands was dense pine
forest.
There are $40 acres planted in tobacco
in the counties of Gadsden. Leon, Lee and
Holmes. The crop is estimated at 5l3
| pounds per acre.
Emanuel Bros store at st. Augustine
was broken into Wednesday night, and
| about $500 worth of goods were stolen. The
thieves are still at large.
Robbers entered a number of houses at
Dade City w edneSday night. Three watches,
| one pistol and some clothing were taken.
There is no clew to the burglars.
A Sanfordite who held ticket in the last
drawing Of the Louisiana lottery failed by
just one figure of drawing 10000. How
ever, he got $50, coming out $50 ahead.
There is some trouble about the postoffice
at Middleburg The man who has been ap-
pointed is very obnoxious to the people,
and they are working hard to "dethrone"
him.
The waters of the Econlockhatchee are
higher than they have been for some time
| and are sweeping over the floor of the big
bridge across the stream between Chuluota
and Oviedo.
A consignment of freight left New York
over the Ocean steamship line and South
Florida railroad for Orlando on Aug. Is
and arrived on Aug. 20. Some from Boston
on Aug. ID arrived on Aug. 90
South Florida seems to be booming, and
the Indian river country is becoming a
summer as well as winter resort. Last
Monday night the Indian River hotel, at
| Titusville, had to turn away guests.
The Oscsoia County Medical Society met
at Kissimmee Tuesday, and elected the fol-
| loving officers for the ensuing year.
| President, James p. Peeler, M. D.; vice
president, s. g. Worley, NJ D.; secretary
and treasurer e. b. Gwin, NJ. d. Nearly
all the physicians in the county are MEM
| bers.
A Daytona correspondent says: What a
shame it is to kill the turtles! At this sea-
son the flesh must be more or less unwhole-
scme and, besides, every old hen killed re-
duces the supply OF eggs. If this kind of
thing is allowed to go on, loggerhead tur-
| ties will soon be numbered among the ira
ditions"
Work on the Georgia Southern and
| Florida railroad dock at Palatka, is pro-
crossing very rapidly. 1t already extends
100 feet out into the river, and 200 feet
more are to be built. The contractors,
Won Eberstein, COuper & Co., say the work
will be completed about tue middle Of
September.
At Cocoa, last Thursday afternoon the
sloop Blanche, owned by Mr.. Thrall,
capsized and considerable excitement was
created by the event Mr.. Thrall and his
son Harry, with Mr.. Blauvelt, we're on
board when the capslzs took place, and all
received good ducking, but no serious
damage was done.
Complaints from citizens in the southern
/ portion of Orlando are mad about a rusty
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water works. The cause can readily be at
trbuted to the fact that the water cou-
sumers on the extreme edge of town are SO
far away from the center of population that
| the water stands III the mains SO long with
out use that it partakes of the iron from the
mains.
Subscription papers are now going the
round for the purpose of collecting sufA-
cient mouey to erect a Methodist church in
Titusville, the board Of county commits
sioners at their last meeting having de-
cided not to allow the Methodists to hold
services in the court house again. Mrs. j
7. Turner, assisted by Mrs. Happersett and
Mrs. Ender, have collected $3.50 IS for the
purchase of an organ.
A meeting of orange growers was held on
Tuesday at the store of l.. I. Rodgers al
Daytona. Mr.. Hart of Hawks Park ad.
dressed the meeting, and a number of sig.
| ulIIt Us W6lo ODldluSu III Uid purpose Ol
organizing a branch of the orange growers
association at Daytona. All present were
favorable to the enterprise. The meeting
adjourned to meet next Tuesday, when it j.
expected an organization will be perfected
SMITHS Bile Beans will prevent and cur,
liver disorders, sick headache, bihousness
malaria, wind on the stomach and bowels
foul breath, dyspepsia, pains in the back
and chills and fever of the worst type
clear the complexion by driving the excess
of bile out of the blood; most economical
medicine in use; not half so expensive a
pills aud a hundred times better. Sole
everywhere, in 25-cent bottles only. Dose
: one bean"
Are You Happy at Eomep
, How many men or women are there whC
can answer this question in the affirmative