The morning news., 1889-04-27
vile. where he left his son John still quite

vile, where he left his son John still quite
sick.
At meeting OF the Gainesville Guards,
Tuesday night, it was finally decided not to
attend the Was 7ington centennial inaugu-
ration at New York.
Mayor Brown has commenced to thor
oughly clean up Gainesville, II. F. Dutt0n
& Co. having generously provided suffi-
cient am unit Of money to accomplish the
work.
The vestrymen of st. Johns Episcopal
| church are trying to maee arrangements
with Miss Emma Thursby, the great song
st"es. to give concert in IaiiahaSse next
Monday night for the benefit of the church.
The colored people will have big excur-
sion on May to Monticello from points on
the Savannah, Florida and Western and
| Florida Railway end Navigation. at least
| $500 people are expected there on that day.
Cha les Wilson of Cedar Key is 10 years
of age. 615 feet in hight, aud weighs 208
| pounds. lie has two brothers-Ona II years
| old, feet tail and weighing $50 pounds,
and the other 10 years old, and already
giant.
| Mr.. Pinkson, at his place a few miles
| southwest Of Gainesville, has five acres of
as fine rye as can be grown in any country.
Its average hight is abovel feet, aud
the heads and grain are Jportionately
developed.
New Augustians complain that on Thurs
day night las three scavenger's cart loads
were dumped on the marsh on their side of
the river but 30 aces from the bridge, and
that a crowd of buzzlrds have been teasting
on the garbage since.
Leon county circuit court met in Talla-
ha>see Monday, Judge D. S. Walker pre-
siding, and Judge E. G.. Love, state attor-
ney, in attendance. The grand jury organ
lied with Thomas J. Roberts foreman, and
E. J. VanBrunt secretary.
Franz Bromhill, occupying a room in the
old skating rink at Ocala, was found dead
in his bed Wednesday morning. A post
mortem examination by DR.. Van Hood
disc We ed that ne died from the effects of
fatty dege leration of the heart.
1t is predicted by sagacious men that the
co ming winter will witness the inaugura-
tiol of an era of prosperity unexemple in
the history Of Flo ida. The feeli p everv-
where is manifestly plain that unless some
unexpected calamity should occur the
future of the stat will be bright one.
If all the fertile lands adjacent to Gal es-
vile were cul livated they would produce
of fruit and vegetables a sufficient quantity
to provide for a home population of hun
dreds Of thousands, and have surplus enough
to feed an equal number in the north. Not
produced in Alachua county, the develop
ment of the resources of the soil has but
Just commenced.
Master Fred Witham, while putting on
belt at tie Cypress Lumber Company's
mill at Apalachicola last Tuesday, got his
coat caught on a set screw of the aft and
was thrown around the shaft several times.
His right shoulde' was dislocated, and he
| received very ugly cut on the forehead.
His face IS cut and bruised pretty badly.
Hi wounds are all very painful, but, fortu-
nately, not serious
Alderman Nance of St Augustine offered
the following resolution Wednesday which
was unanimously adopted: That the city
treasurer be directed to reserve 80 per cent.
of all moneys which may come in the city
treasury for taxes and all moneys now on
ha d as sinking fund to pay certain obli-
cations made by the council. The city
| clerk was directed to immediately notify
the treasurer Of tle action Of the council.
The Haygood band of Cedar Key was the
| only state band in attendance, but the Sub
| Tropical management declined to allow it
| to play lone hand for the gold medal Of
| fered for tho best s.ate band in attendance,
and decla ed the band contest off with no
| pr ze. This caused CO siderable comment
and ill-!eeling on all sides. Cottrell 81
Finlayson Of Cedar Key have put a new
| glass front into their building aud the most
| attractive thing exposed in the windows is
a magnificent hand painted clina set, pre-
| sented to the yacht Mamie by an admiring
New Yorker.
The county board of health for Alachua
county met Wednesday and unanimously
agreed 70 tender their resignation to Gov.
| Fleming. TOls action is taken on the ground
that the statute and the rules and regula-
tiOns of the state board are Construed TO SO
| completely nulllfy the county board of
| health as to indicate the possess
sion of merely noml al authority on
| the part of the county board, making the
duties imposed only clerical, and without
| compensation. This action may cause sim
liar proceedings on the part of other county
boards, and lead to additloual'legslat ad-
| Justing matters on a more satisfactory
basis.
A few days ago there was shooting
affray on Cypress cre4k between James
| Morgan, John Clemmons, Charles Glenn
mons and Mr.. Land. There has been bad
blood between Morgan and Land, and he,
In company with the Gle nmons', went to
Mr.. Lands house and cursed and abused
him, and said il he would come out they
would fix him. Land took his shotgun and
Went out to meet them. Morgan fired on
| him with a revolver aud then ran, fol-
lowed by his allies. Land fred upon the
fleeing parties, but without effect. lie then
SET nlS uOB after them, ana Morgan shot
the dog and killed il. Nobody was hurt
Land had the parties arrested. Morgan re-
sisted, but was taken by force He was
put under 500 bond for appearance at the
circuit court The Clemmons' were dis
charged.
James Doig Of Gainesville claims to have
invented at Charleston, s. c., in 1852, tho
frs machine made for setting typo At
| that time he was an apprentice in the
| Fhenlx Iron Works in that city, and was
sent 20 adjust some shafIing n the Courier
office, and while in the office seeing the COM
| positors setting type, IL occurred to him that
a machine could be made to perform the
work. he forth with set to work to con-
| struct such a machine and succeeded. Pho
machine was taken To the printing alIica,
aud given thorough test aud worked ad.
mlrably. The printers believing that their
| occu patton would be- gone If the machine
should come into use, waited upon Mr..
| Dulg, thea but boy. and nCtltied him that
he must not proceed any further. He was
| greatly alarmed, and has not since had any
thing 70 DO with type-settiug machines.
! New York parties, however, got hold Of tue
| inYention, ana out Of 1t has grown the per-
! fectsd machine now In use.
| A colorsd man by the name of Wright
| and two other raftmen had Il dispute with
one WIN Adams 1T Lucky Lake landing on
| ChipOla river Thursday, April 4, about
some timber. Adams claimed that the tim.
/ har balnpUad IN Mr. nrynau sr,.a -