The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14

I The total assessment Of Lake county, out :
side OF back taxes, is S3,Got,00J in round
nu nbers. By way of comparison, the as
seSsments of the property lclu1ed IL the
town plats Of The three principal towns IN
the county will be OF res. Lees urg
leads with an assessuIe It OF $liOO0J,
Tavares comes next vita an assessment OF
/ S95, 900 and Eust.s next with an assessment
of $50, 400.
| Fore Meade Progress: F. C. Stiller, late
| OF Brooklyn, y. Y, VINO owl ed and com
manded the bark Hattie Ann Cow, whlch
was lost in gale Off Cape Hat5eras, IS now
building boat close t. the river bank, as
sisted by Mr.. Sherratt, the purpose of
taking o trip to the islands on the gulf
coast, and possibly getting Pensac la or
Mobile. She will be about % feet long at
the keel aud % feet on deck. Her beam
will be feet, and depth of hold from deck
to keels n about feet She will be sharpe
rugged and carry center board.
The Lake Jessup ruck growers report an
entire failure Of their crops this season,
owing to the great quantity of rain which
has ia len during the past three months.
Many OF them have lost very largely, hav-
ing pla tied heavily iu the fall Albert
Namerick's garden at Solary's wharf was
doing finely, and was earlier than usual,
but the rising waters Of the lake have
al most drowned out the best of hi garden.
homo ma ke5 with splendid variety of
vegetables raised on land farther back from
the lake.
Visitors from all parts of DeSoto county
who inspect the new court house now being
built at Arcadia, express much surpri Se
and satisfaction at tle size and appearance
of the bulldog as well the rklnansnip
1t is 60SSO feet, two stories high. There
are eight rooms on the first floor. four of
xrni EvO ev9D 5,-1e
The upper floor is divided into two jury
rooms, 16x22, and cour5 TO IN $500. The
ceiling in the lower floor is II feet high, a d
in the upper % feet. The hight of the
building from the ound to the comb Of
the house is So feet. Hal ~ ct wide run
through and across the building.
At Orlando Tuesday morni at l o'clocl,
e house occupied b Mr. Raleigh on Con-
cord avenue, was entered by q burglar,
who climbed trellis to the roof of the
front piazza cut oae of the sats of the
blind, reached il and unlatched it, chen
pulled the upper sash down. NJ. Ralei sh
was awakened by he noise, but nos being
able to locate wat part Of tho houSeit was
in, ran down stairs to investigate, whea
the thief became alarmed, aud in lis exit
from tae room smashed the glass in both
sashe'. As ne descended from the piazza
roof Mr.. Raleigh had a good view Of him
through tne glass in the front door and got
outside in time TO send a flying Ratchet
after his retreating form.
Orl ndo Record: TIe old story of man
travelling on a Mississippi steamboat who.
on approaching landing where a crowd of
some fifty or sky men we gathered,
called out, Hello, c lionel, and every ma
in the crowd answered was never better
illustrated than last week. We happened
to mention to couple of gentlemen, in a
sort of mysterious manner, that we knew
Of couple of 20 ing men who were carry
ing things with high hand id imagined
no one knew of ter doings. and If they
did not 60 slow we would call at ention to
it in sucn a way as to call halt. Thit WIS
only joke on our part, but wituin an hour
four different young men came to us, AID
begged that we would dssist. IT'S we'll.