The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-09

governor as justice of tho peace for Alachut
county.
Over forty communicates participated il
the celebration Of the Lords supper at Pal
metto last Sunday.
Palmetto boasts of the largest public
school in Manatee county, numbering
seventy-three pubils.
Gen. Malone is large holder of stock in
the Creosote Lumber and Construction
Company of Fernandina-
II is intimated that the Palma Sofa post
office stands chance OF being discontinued
for the want of a postmaster.
Nearly everybody on Manatee river is il
some way engaged In the orange business
packing, shipping, buying or selling.
n. B. White, brother-in-law of Abraham
Lincoln, and the former orange king oil
Buffalo Bluff, was in Palatka "Wednesday.
The firm of Turner & Gardner at Titus
| vile was dissolved last week by mutual
consent, j. p. Turner continuing the bust
| ness.
The Tampa Hotel Company made another
purchase of land adjoining the hotel grounds
Wednesday, paying therefor $1,000 per
acre.
Oranges are commencing to move for
ward from Indian river section. The fruit
is ripening much earlier this year than for
many years past.
1t is not definitely known yet who will
run the Putnam house at Palatka this win
| ter, as the directors have not settled upon
the party up to date.
| Several vessels at Fernandina are on de-
murrage and drawing from $50 to $50 day
each from the mill men, who fail to supply
the lumber fast enough.
The excursion of grape growers and real
estate men from the grape-growing coun-
ties of New York arrived in Jacksonville
Thursday afternoon on the fast mail train.
DIR. Alex. Terrell, a prominent young
Lille King, daughter of Judge King of
Gainesville, were married Wednesday morn
ing.
Ii is reported that the draymen in Havana
have boycotted Key West cigar manufact-
urers and will not haul their tobacco from
the warehouses to the wharves for shipment
to Key West.
The Hotel Indian River, at Rockledge,
will open Dec Is with j. NJ Lee as proprie-
tor. The hotel was sold under the fore
closure of a mortgage last Monday, Mr..
Lee buying it in for $50,S3l.
The South Florida Foundry g. Machine
Company OF Orlando are having gas put
into their works, in order. owing to the
have longer hours for work.
Circuit court meets at Palatka on the 18th
inst. The principal matter of interest be-
fore the court will be to determine which
of two negroes, If either, is guilty of the
murder of Ike Mungen last month
The Volusia county commissioners have
let the contract for building the Jail at
DeLand to Clake & Neil. Price 81, 900: to
be completed in sixty days. Pauly & Co.
have the contract for the cages; price
$5,875.
Benjamin Galloway, who was convicted
at a recent term of the United States court
at Pensacola on charge of trespass, and
who subsequently fed, leaving his fine un-
paid, was captured Wednesday near
Geneva, Ala.
Occasionally. when the train arrives at
Bostwlck, nice-looking young man jumps
OF ana kisses the best-looking girl at the
depot, supposing her to be his sister. He
apologies 80 nicely that the girls are be-
ginning TO look for him regularly.
- The fish packing companies at Charlotte
Harbor use 600 barrels a week, and the
Home of that place says there is an excel
lent opening for a barrel factory. The sea-
son lasts until May 10. The Home also
urges the establishment Of an ice factory.
Front street. at Palatka, will be opened
TO the river as soon as Mr. White returns,
which will be in December This is to be
done at the request of the Georgia South
ern, which proposes to erect $50, 900 pas
senger depot, provided the street is opened.
DR.. and Mrs. E. T. Robinson and son.
Ben. and Mr.. Merritt Hibner of Orange
City were shopping in De Land Thursday.
The latter has established his loyal claim,
and comes into possession of the Hibner
estate, valued at $4,000, most of which is
located in Wisconsin.
at Orlando Wednesday, Acting Mayor
Ives ordered the work on the building on
Pine street, next to the one formerly occu-
pied by X. Il. Bower, stopped, on the ground
that it was in violation of the ordinance
prohibiting the erection of wooden build
ing within the fire limits.
Capt. r. p. Paddison returned to Titus
vile, from his trip to Jupiter, Saturday
night, completing the work of erecting the
beacons ordered by the government on
Indian river by placing the lamps in posi-
ton. Five of the new lights were burning
Saturday night for the first time.
The Jacksonville, Tampa g. Kew West
railway system offers prize of $25 for the
best poem consisting Of not less than fifty
lines on the subject "Indian River" or
Lake WORTH The contest closes March
next. General Passenger Agent Ackerly
will furnish particulars on request.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes, with their four
children, arrived at Cocoa from Michigan
last week. The Hill building, in which Mr.
Holmes and his brother intend opening the
banking house. has just been repalnted and
put in first-class order, and before long
Cocoa can boast of first-class banking
house.
John w. Hall of Little Marco came into
Fort Myers Friday with several crocodile
heads which he obtained at Shark river
The former owner of one of the heads was
twelve feet in length. Mr.. Hall SAYS the
| crocodiles are harder to capture than the
| alligators, as they are more wary, harder
to approach, and "chuck tulip of fight.
A majority of the colored stevedores held
a meeting at Fernandina Wednesday and
made ruling that no stevedore could load
more than one vessel at a time nor make a
contract for another until through loading
the one in hand. This was approved
Wednesday night by the Knights Of Labor
assembly, and at a late hour all but one Of
the stevedores had signed.
At Key West Peter T. Knight. one OF
the owners of the sloop- yacht Sophie. and
D. I. Sweeny, owner of the sloop-yacht
Caoutchouc, have just agreed to sail ar
| eighteen-mile race to Sand Key and retur n
! for SlO0-S50 side. 1t is also agreed thar
the Sophie shall give the Caoutchouc fifteen
| minutes start, the race TO be sailed during
| the first twelve knot breeze.
Parties were in Pensacola for the pur.
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