The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-24

/ Tse Officers Z ,La First National Bank q
Stafford -ave e-- reelected, With tn same
4 b1eri 4 director.
( J. K Ns---1ze- is being u-Eed b. his
many f-I--.s-l t--CC-e G czrG date for the
ofi,s Of CIV .-e-sur-r and assessor OF Sza-
1 flrL
( Paul Cars houss On A astasia island
was .rr-es tv --Ltn.1S sunday. C1n-
siderable damage wzs dine, bat 10 persons
/ Injured
/ TIE postmaster u DeS7to. HIIsborouzh
cou1tv. FLORIDA. complains that the mail
/ for that ,-s. flee is frequently sent TO post
I Offices il De>J15 county.
The Nap,as Company have succeeded in
| pre- slli1Z On the Plant company 10 have
/ the Olve-.. call a. Naples on her way TO
and from Key "ss. AMI Tampa.
At s.. Au-us-iae. Tuesday. the Miller &
Brundage 81 Augustine Transfer Company
bought cu- tie wagons, horses, mules. etc,
Of Can't. H. i. snow. TIE consideration is
not known.
Senator James B. Beck Of louisville.
XIV. was guest u the Sanford house last
week. He Ieft for Cuba Monday, and will
return and make Sanford his headquarters
for the winter.
The recently elected clerk Of the circuit
court for Monroe county has appointed
Charles +. King as bis deputy. Mr. King,
well-known ~ Gainesville. viii attend to
the duties Of the office.
A few days ago a fire broke out on St.
George street. ST Augustine, in the house
Of Anthony Hepp. Mrs. Hepp was verv III
at the time, and has since died from the
effects Of the excitement.
Mrs Betsy Cash died at the residence Of
Henry While, in Q 1ilcy, last Tuesday
morning. She was % years Of age, and a
strict member Of the Methodist church.
The remains were inferred az Hebron
Aubrey Hopwood Of Winter Park shipped
some time since large number Of boxes to
England with the result of having but
three boxes in which there were any specked
oranges, AMI very few at that. They Melted
81 per box.
Miss Rose Cleveland. sister of TIE Presi-
dent, was registered at the San Juan hotel
at Orlando Saturday. having arrived on
the afternoon sJuthbOund train. Miss Cleve-
land left On the fast mall Saturday night
for points south.
Il the case Of the state vs. Luke Cant,
tried at Orlando Tuesday in the criminal
court a verdict Of guilty was rendered
Tlis is one Of the colored school teachers
from Winter Park, who charged for nearly
three times the number Of daily attend
ance.
Mrs H. B. futile, a guest Of the Sanford
house, who has scent the last three winters
at Sanford, received a telegram Sunday in
forming her Of the sudden death OF her only
son, II. A. Tuttls Of Cleveland, O., who was
killed in a raj road accident Saturday at
EImwOod. Mich.
A gentleman from Dakota arrived in
Florida a few days since, and in couversa-
ton Wit prominent citizen Of Orlando
said there were more deaths last winter ID
D. Ice. - i
than there was in the whole state Of Florida
last summer from yellow fever.
sylvester Root, late Of the firm Of Root
d > arcy Of LOngwoOd, died at the resi-
dence Of his son, G. A. Root, at Glen Ethel,
on Wednesday morning, Jan. rs, Of infam-
nation Of the stomach, aged IS years and
10 months. M. Root was a native of Con-
necticut, but mad been citizen Of Indiana
for twenty-five years. He moved to Florida
SIX ears ago.
While the Knights of Pythias of Jack
s0nville were holding a lodge Of sorrow to
commemorate the herosm Of their dead
brothers, during the most impressive and
solemn part # the ceremony the gas lights
htckered three times, and a cluster Of four
jets suddenly went out, as the four bright
lives bad been suddenly extinguishei, the
coincidence Icing noted with feeling of
awe"
j. W B.inn, the contractor for the new
warehouse Of the Savann b, Florida and
Western railway at Jasper, arrived on
Tuesday last, and imme lately commenced
his labOrs with about fifteen workmen. The
brick pillars are being put up entirely with
cement instead Of mortar. The b aid ng
will lie 52X9J feat, with fire-places in the
waiting room and teleg. aph and ticket
office
Orlando's well-knOwn colored local poll
tlcian, Prince Townsend died at his house
on the south end Of Lake Holden, Saturday.
He bad been sick for a month past. Prince
was a somewhat notorious character about
town Of late wears as u local politician, and
is we'll remembered by the older residents
# Orlando as the old darky who furn shed
the music for all the dances when the town
was in its primitive state
1t is stated that young man named Pose
Of DeLand recently put up at a hotel,
while away from home, and upon retiring
for the night double-locked the door, put
bis watch, revolver, umbrella, hand sachel
aud outer clothing under his pillow, saying
he was afraid some thief might climb up
the lightning rod-tO the fourth story-and
steal something. Before retiring he blew
olt the gas. Luckily for him, friend got
into the room or he might never have
awaked.
On Dec. 4 last G. H. Baker of Oakland
shipped two boxes Of oranges to lis mother
al Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England. They
were packed without more care than is
ordinarily exercised in the shipment OF
fruit 20 the northern states. They reached
their destination on Dec. 90 when it was
found that only three were specked in the
entire box. This was indie q re naTkable,
especially when it IS considered that tney
were hummock oranges. generally deemed
far more perlshable than these from pine
land.
Secretary Villas has dismissed the appeals
of Roam Sapp, Gerry T. Poppell, Daniel A.
Robertson and Elisha F. Mallory, from the
| decision from the land commissioner, in
rejecting their applications to make pre-
emptlon filings to tracts of land in the
Gainesville land district, which is the six
mile limit grant 70 tho FLORIDA Railway
and Navigation Company. The secretary
has also affirmed the rights Of Thomas
Foster, Willie N. Long and the heirs Of
| Osman Nichols to tract, Of land in he
same district, which were claimed by the
same company.
At st. Augustine on the first Tuesday in
January all the county officers were sworn
In except Sherif-elect II. II. Floyd, who
made formal demand upon the present in
cumbent, Sheriff Hernandez. for the Gus
to1y Of the Office Sheriff Hernandez re-
pied that his commission did not expire
until three months hence, and that he had
decided upon legal advice 10 retain the Gus
tudy until his commission expired Her
nandez afterward decided 70 turn over the
Office TO his successor Monday Floyd was