The morning news., 1889-04-13

I Will die. lie III DuBO1L was wv
\ hasty: that be was Innocent and would
! have explained everything if he bad been
asked TO do so. Wragg has wiIe and
several children, one daughter about
grown. He is a man of good reputation, a
physician Of fine practice The Duponts
are one Of the first families Of Gadsden
county. The lady in question Is very bright
and quite pretty, and about 20 years old.
| Common report says thst her fall dates
from her school days in Carolina
FLORIDA.
A number of new houses are going up in
Arcadia.
Pecan trees are putting out nicely in the
Tallahassee country.
The State Dental association is in session
at st. Augustine with good attendance.
Yesterday Sanford celebrated the com
pletion of the Orange Belt railroad to that
place.
J.T.G. Crawfo-d, receiver of the United
States land office, has been i'll for several
days past.
Bishop Weed vas at Palatka yesterday,
and held a reception in the evening at st.
Marks hall.
Myron B French has sold to James T.
Van Burkalow one acre Of grouad in Wind
sor for Sl50.
The convention Of sheriffs of Florida was
in session at Tallahassee "Wednesday. At
tendance small
The CITY council of Palatka "Wednesday
accepted all the bonds as presented by the
newly elected officers.
Jackson & Crawford of Gainesville
shipped thirty-three head of fine beef cattle
to Savannah on Tuesday.
A suicide was prevented in St Augustine,
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friends ofanunfortunate of young man.
Work on the new court house at Arcadia
is progressing finely, and it will not be long
before the building will be turned over to
the county.
Grape fruit is being shipped in consid-
cradle quantities from Arcadia, and ship
mentS of beans and tomatoes are being
made daily.
Capt. Wibb Conner has resigned the
Office as special timber agent for Uncle
Sam in Florida, aud has taken a homestead
North of DeFuniak Spricg gs.
The American Transportation Company
forwarded 700 quarts of Strawberries
from Gainesville Wednesday over the
Florida Railway and Navigation.
Collector Dromgoole's report for the past
three weeks, which has been turned over to
the city treasurer of Gainesville. shows that
he collected the sum of 81 l,6}4 OIL
Among the recent transactions in real
property at Pensacola is the transfer by w.
A. S. Wheeler of his handsome residence
on East Wright street to Mrs c. c. Yonge.
Eugene LeVerne Barnes and Miss MAY
deMedicis of st. Augustine were uaited in
marriage at the residence of the brides
parents on Cordova street at st. Augustine
Thursday.
At Key West the salvage of $1,000, and
the expense of 5000 on the Italian bark
Govianni A. was paid last Saturday, and
that vessel will probably sail for Rio Janeiro
in day or two.
Hon. r. w. Davis has returned to
Paiatka, after an absence Of several weeks.
He will not be able to deliver his address at
Quincy on Memorial day, as it is important
for him to attend the United States court
which meets in Key West about that
time
match between a bull dog, large size,
and mastiff, for a purse of 500, was to
take place at Orlando Thursday, in the lit
tie oak grove near Lake Davis. Quite a
crowd was expected to witness the fight, as
considerable money was to change hands on
the result.
A gentleman in Orlando has little rat
terrier which brought forth four little pups
Wednesday night, one of them being singll-
larly deformed. 1t was perfect in its fore
parts, but seemed to have been cut off at its
loins, thus leaving only two feet 1t lived
several hours.
j. nj. Lane of Orlando is the over of a
valuable Ceylon cat The principal dis
tinguishing feature of these.cats is that they
have no tail. They are great rabbit catch
ers, being able to effectually deceive q rab-
bit by fleming to be one, and being able by
reason of having no tail to carry out the
deception.
The different lodges of the Improved
Order of Red Men, in the towns along the
Florida Railway and Navigation road from
Bronson, north, will have an excursion to
st. Augustine on May 13. Twelve cars will
be required to carry the excursionists, and
they will number some 500 or 900. The
occasion is the celebration of st. Tam
many's day.
The customs authorities have just meas
ured the new schooner Sylvia c., built by
John Fl. Savel, at Bay Point. The result
of the measurement is shown in the follow
ing: 49. tons gross, 47.35 tons net The
vessel IS owned by Mr.. James Campodonico
and will be used as lighter in the mill
business of MesSrs. E. Campodonico & Co.,
of Bay Point
AT Ocala, Thursday, the tournment was
a success. There we're eleven entries and
1000 people were present. G. A. Tellewel-
Ter of Orange Lake took the first prize, 500
in gold; w Pawkins, travelling agent Of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, took the second prize of $50;
Hamp Chambers of Orange Lake to )k the
third prize, and L. E. Dozier Of Leesburg
took the fourth prize. There was grand
ball at night
The attractive home for tie friendless,
recently completed at Pensacola, is located
near the margin of what is known by the
anything but euphonic title Butcher Pen
Pond" The ladies identified with the
homes completion and workings have re-
volted against such an ill-sounding name
and by common consent have decided to
call that sheet of water Lake Charity-a
name that will harmonic with the spirit
and purpose Of their near-at-hand undertak-
ing.
The signal service at Gainesville, over
which Judge Bell presided, has been discon-
tinued because a sufficient sum has not been
raised to place in position a pole high
enough to be seen a respectable distance.
The judge says he is willing to interest him
self 10 the extent of securing the dispatches
and displaying the proper signals, but can
not atfori to carry all the burden. A pole
OF sufficient hight. with a weather vane at
tachment, could be procured for less than
$50.
At Belleview some unknown rascal 81
lently lifted merchant M. l.. Smiths bed
room window last Friday morning, entered
the room, and deliberately took his pants