The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-21
FLORIDA.

w. Murray, superintendent of police OF
New York city, is at st. Augustine.
Lieut.. Charles @. Morton has arrived
and taken charge of the military depart
ment of the East Florida Seminary at
Gainesville.
A young lady of Sanford sent five dol
lar bill in a letter to Orlando last Tuesday.
Neither the letter or the bill have reached
there, or been heard of.
At Orlando about o'clock Tuesday morn
ing burglar entered the house of J. b.
Butt and took from his pants pocket $25 In
money and a silver watch.
Mr.. Brannan, the contractor for setting
out $50 live oaks along the streets Of Or
lando, has secured all the trees, aud will
have them set out within the next two
weeks.
Last Saturday B. F. Gaines, a young
white mau, iS years OF age, was struck and
instantly killed near Chipley by passen-
ger train. He attempted to cross the track
in front Of the engine
1t is rumored that the democratic mem
bers will resign from the board II aldermen
Of Sanford, because the republicans, having
at the late election secured a majority Of
the board, have the control.
The Orlando Guards are drilling hard to
compete at Ocala for the big prize. Tae
next month, on which dates it is expected
low rates will be given to and from Ocala.
This morning at II: 80 O'clock, the citizens
of Palatka will hold a meeting for the
purpose of organizing a steamship line be-
tween this city and New York. The pros
poets are that large number of the citizens
from the, city and surrounding country will
be present.
The road bed for the South Beach track,
on Anastasia island, which has been thrown
up for some time. is being cleared of weeds
and rubbish and the ties are arriving
But the irons, which come from the narrow
gauge of the Jacksonville, Ia npa and Key
West road, will hardly be laid before next
summer.
Paul Capo Of the coquina quarries, on
Anastasia island, has a contract to furnish
$4,000 barrels of coquna for the bridge that
is to be- built across the st. Johns at Jack
vile. The coquina is to be used in making
concrete piers. First, huge iron tubes will
be set up, and the concrete will be tamped
down in them.
At st. Augustine George Gibbs consum-
mated sale of his sail boat Undine, Satur
day. to Capt. Cutting, who will rig it over
and prepare it to race against the Chemaun
for the state championship flag held by Mr..
Pinkham. Mr.. Gibbs thinks his boat had
no chance against the others in the recent
race on account of the techicalities. The
Undine Is one of the boats that were ruled
off on account of foul.
Saturday there arrived Off the bar at st.
Augustine a small schooner, which was
towed into Sanchez dock by the Vilnette
towards evening. She proved to be the
City OF Nassau from Nassau. She was
charteredSy G. T. Smith of Chicago to
make the voyage and bring the romans of
J. 80 obi IsNNl i'll IL
died two days after their arrival at Nassau.
Mr.. Smith and his wife were on board.
The body was prepared and shipped to Chi
cago Monday.
The Gainesville Record says that Pro
fessor Foyle has been requested by Dr.
jerome Cochran, state health officer of
Alabama, to write a paper to be read at the
convention called by the governors Of the
different states. to meet at Montgomery on
Feb 20, TO consider the best methods OF
etfectual quarantine, permitting the least
obstruction to social and business inter
course during the prevalence Of yellow
fever. The paper will be entitled, THE
Life History of an Epidemic of Yellow Fover
at Gainesville" illustrated by photographs
and map OF the city showing density
population, topography and infected places.
Within the past few days there has been
organized company with O capital of
$50, 900. for the building and operating Of
railroad, numbering, ETC., with headQuar-
ters In Orlando. The company is to be
known as the Pierce IL Tory Investment
Company. and is composed Of the firm of
Pierce a. TORY and some English capital
lists The company has purchased and will
continue the novelty works Orlando. it
is also the intention Of the company TO
build and operate railroad from the vicin-
ity Of Clay Springs to some near point on
the I. o. and A. railroad A steamboat
will also be built and put on the Wekiva
river. Capt. Pierce, the president of the
company, will leave in few days for the
north to purchase necessary iron, machin-
cry, etc.
An effort is being made to get an appro.
priation for the deepening Of the channel in
Santa Rosa sound thereby enabling the
steam tugs of Pensacola TO enter Choctaw-
hatchee bay, and bring down large RATS Of
timber which is now impracticable. IL
would also enable schooners OF considerable
Dimensions to engage in trade with the in
habitants around the bay, and would en-
able them 10 ship cotton, tobacco and other
farm products Another idea that has been
suggested is to seal up East Pass (which is
or 40 particular advantage to commerce.,
and thus cause the waters of Choctaw-
hatchee bay and its tributaries to find
Us Noo W VIC 3 ulA bhiN uS Nlb sOuuus Is
would increase the depth of water in the
channel and would also, because OF the in
creased volume Of water passing out over
the bar of Pensacola bay, have a tendency
to deepen the channel entrance TO that port.
The following branch exchanges Of the
Farmers Alliance have been established in
the several counties: Suwannee county
branch exchange at Live Oak, r. +. ALI
soE, business manager; R f. Rogers, presi-
dent; c. H. Crimson. secretary; capital
stock $4,000, $500 paid in. Alachua
county branch excha &c, at Gainesville, w.
ID. Dickinson, business manager; w. X.
Cessna, president; J. j. Goodwin, secretary;
about $1,000 raised Bradford county
branch exchange, at Lake Butler, A. j. Nc
Kinney, business manager; about 81 900
raised. The exchange Is In operation. High
Springs branch exchange, at High Springs,
w. F. Hughey, business manager; John
Vidian, presidents; G. W. Stroble, secretary
$50 raised. Levy county branch exchange
at Bronson, William Comm, business man
ager; William Watt, president: J.
ID. Clyatt, secretary. By close
calculation the business manager Of Levy
county reports ssviny Of SIS, 600 to the
members and ST., 900 b. tho county at large
for the past year Of 1888 A branch ex-
change is also establishgl NJ Rock Bluf on