The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-07
FLORIDA,


The Monticello merchants are doing a fine
business.
The colored Baptists Of Monticello are
improving their church.
Judge Broome holds court in Osceola
county beginning Oct 8.
John G. Borden and ia mily have returned
to Green Cove from the North.
The Putnam county Jail has twenty-seven
prisoners confined within its walls.
The Congregational church at New
Smyrna is moving onto ward completion.
DIR. A. Anderson has decided to remain
at st. Augustine and resume his practice.
1t is said that eggs and chickens were
never so scarce in the Lake City market as
now.
Another daily newspaper, under the man.
agemsnt of E. G. Post, Is to be issued at
Palatka soon.
w. H. Merrill has been appointed post
master at South Jacksonville, vice G. N.
Winald, removed.
While coming down stairs at her resi-
dence at Orange city Tuesday night last.
Mrs. Shivers fell and dislocated her right
arm.
Oglesby Bros, of New Smyrna, captured
on Tuesday evening 1870 pounds II sea
bass, the weight Of each fish ranging from
to 20 pounds.
Prof List Of st. Augustine made a bet
Friday that he could play for six hours GA
the piano without stopping, which he did,
and won the bet.
Mrs Flora Truslow, wife Of W. A. Thur
low and sister of Mrs. J. I. Mclaughlin of
st. Augustine, died on Friday, Sept 81, at
johnson City, Tenn.
The Columbia county ora1g crop Is
estimated at from 250, 900 to 300, 600 oranges,
and about all the growers prefer to sell 10
Lake City instead Of shipping.
j. E. Alexander passed through Orange
City for the coast Friday. He saws that ne
received $1,000 fee in his railroad case be
won during the present term of court.
s. Snyder and A. S. Malay, living near
Waukeenah, robbed a bee tree at the head
OF the Waucissa one day last week. from
which they took eighty pounds of nice
honey.
At Green Cove Springs Mr.. Wilson has
commenced the erection of another build
ing directly north Of. but adjoining, those
on Magnolia avenue just finished. 1t will
be 22x5O feet. but only one story.
A large number Of the citizens of North
City and Pumpkin Hill suburbs Of st.
Augustine are discussing the question of a
municipal government. Col A. Simonds
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Sanitary report of Monticello for the
month of September: Population, 1000
marriages, white 2, colored | !; deaths, dropsy
l, whooping cough l, swallowing potash /,
all colored; births, white l, colored3 SAM
tary condition good.
Hamilton county declares her LOYALTY to
the PRINCIPLES of the farmers alliance ex.
change Friday the stockholders met and
elected board of directors for the urpose
OF conducting branch exchange at Josup,
with capital stock Of S., 600
Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock-Coit, who has
gained considerable notoriety BY giving
smuggling matches in her parlor and other
wise astonishing New York and San Fran
cisco society, was formerly a resident of
Palatka, the daughter of DR.. c. NJ. Hitch
cock, u. 3. A.
Mrs. Mary E. Dickson, wife of Gen. ]. ].
Dickson, will soon publish history OF the
battles Of the late civil war fought in
Florida The book will contain 230 pages.
and will be ready for distribution early in
December. Dickson and His Men: Rem
lniscences of the War in Florida. y is the
title Of the book
owen Robinson, who for some time past
has been living at Eureka, Cal. has re-
turned 10 ms old home in Orlando. Mr..
| Robinson says that California is far from
being the paradise that many imagine. and
that the great secret of her success in OH
tanning Immigration into the state has been
through her extensive advertising.
Live Oak Banner: The farmers of the
Sixth disuric. have donated twentv-fi We
bushels of corn TO John l. HarreU. the old
gentleman who had his entire crop com
pletely destroyed by the heavy rains some
weeks since. There have been several
donations rendered Mr.. Harrell by the
good farmers Of this section Of the county
also.
The commissioners of Putnam county
ordered the assessor TO tax the Presbyterian
and Episcopal church parsonages on the
ground that they were not occupied by their
respective ministers, but rented TO outside
parties. Thurs lay al attorney appeared
before them and read the law on the sub
ject, whereby they rescinded their former
order.
About ten days ago a crowd of negroe,
were fired into at Palatka, the weapon Us 81
being Winchester life, and two Of them
killed. Suspicion fell on "A negro named
Horace Lee, aud the indsfatigable sheriff u
Putnam county, James H. Shelley, has bsen
on his trail ever since. lie finally located
him al Lave Oak and made the capture
Friday.
Palatka Herald: b. p. Calhoun Of this
city returned yesterday afternoon from
orinona On the coast, having IN bis posses