The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-12
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
Capt. n. e. Brock OF Oviedo has pur-
chased the residence of George II. Browne.
The CITY council of Kissimmee is putting
down an artesian well in fronto the school
house.
The real estate transfers in Osceola
county amounted TO nearly 100000 last
month.
Twenty-one carloads of oranges left
Sanford Saturday morning for northern
market.
Considerable complaint is being made by
the merchants of Gainesville in regard to
the express rates charged them.
The firm of Jacobs & Douglass of Chulu-
| ota, has dissolved q. NJ. Jacobs buying out
his partner, and will continue the business.
Capt. William Young, late postmaster at
| Tocoi, and a prominent merchant and
orange grower, has removed to St. Angus
tine
| Prof. E. Debois, proprietor of San Louis
and Andalusia vineyards, in Leon county,
has received an order from one of the
largest nurseries in the north for 10000
| Cynthian vines.
The st. Augustine Improvement Com
| pany has the plans about completed for
beautiful stone church to be erected for the
| African Methodist Episcopal church on a
lot south of school No. 2.
Gen. Hedstrong turned over the key of
the new Methodist parsonage at Oviedo 10
the building committee this week, who have
accepted the building and express them
selves as highly satisfied with the work and
material in the building. The house con-
sists OF six rooms aud a kitchen.
Jesse Breedlove was married at Clermont
| few days ago to Mrs. Lille Ludington, by
Squire L. H. Todd. The bride was widow,
nplN Wa 49, ak.. h.. -.
ried when only II years old. Her husband
died two and a half years ago They will
live at their new home, Mont Vesta.
A negro woman at Deland complained 60
justice of the peace that two young col
| ored men had stolen away and hidden her
daughter. The justice interviewed the vii
lains and gave them the choice between
producing the girl and going to Jail, and
they restored her 10 her mother VINO gave
her salutary beating.
A singular case occurred at st. Augustine
Saturday. A box filed with matches,
about feet long and l foot square, which
came on the steamer Rickerson, was dam
aged by water about one-third its length.
1t was stored among other damaged goods,
but after time ignited by spontaneous
combination. The fire started just on the
line between the wet and the dry matches
No serious damage resulted.
The twin cities Of Clermont and Minneola
have organized a first-class baseball club.
Their grounds are next to the: Hotel Cler-
mont, and when completed will be splendid
in every particular. The nine is O strong
one, and will be pleased to receive chal-
lenges from any of the numerous clubs in
the state. They play the Dade Citys at
Oakland on Nov. Is, that day being the
third anniversary for Oakland
AT recent meeting of the trustees of
Trinity Protestant Episcopal churcn at st.
Augustine Saturday it was decided to build
an addition to the church for the coming
winter. The cost of the extension will be
about 5000. 1t was the original intention
OF the trustees to commence the con-
struction of a new church this fall, but
mistake in the architects designs caused a
postponement of the work until it was too
late to get it under roof before winter.
The following postal route orders have
been issued for Florida during the past
week: Route 10, 235, Jupiter to Hypoluxo,
from Dec. l, 1889, to March 81, 1890. in
crease to six times a week between Lake
Worth and Palm Beach, two and a half
miles. Route 1921, Meyers to Alva,
mail to contractor one hour in advance of
schedule time, while no connection is
broken and no objection is caused thereby
At Pensacola Saturday Capt. Henry
Narcotic, United States Of America, retired,
was served with notice Of two libel suits for
Sl0, 900 damages, one instituted by the PEN
sacola and Atlantic Railroad Company for
S., 000 the other by Col. w. ID. Chipley for
| a like amount. The suits are based upon a
Florida which was published in the
| 1inaes-Star Of Cincinnati, in September
last, and which questioned the validity of
railroad land grants in this state.
| Apopka is a candidate for county
seat Of Orange county. and the
| voters there are working the sur
| rounding country for votes. This may DOS
sibly be the means of defeating the election
of either Orlando or Sanford on the first
ballot, as it is necessary for the successful
| candidate TO have a majority Of the whole
vote cast, and few hundred may accom-
plish this. In Lake county it was necessary
to hold a third election, because Tavares,
the leading candidate, lacked less than fifty
votes OF majority of the votes cast.
Plant City Courier: Our young men
got up quite a contest in the matter of
wrapping and packing oranges last week,
and some splendid work was done. Up to
Thursday night James Burney was the
champion, having wrapped and packed
ninety crates, handling about 1900 or
anges for that day one by one. For this he
won prize of 81. On Wednesday Thomas
w ilder set in at sunrise, and at $3.50 o'clock
he had wrapped and packed 125 crates,
which, at an average of $50 oranges to the
crate, made Is, $50 oranges handled one at a
time, This is fast work sure, and Mr..
Wilder is the champion packer so far.
Pensacola Netos: The board of health
held meeting Saturday night to discuss
the situation as relates to the presence in
the city of a case of diphtheria developed
at the residence of Otto Goldstuker. They
had previously detailed Dick Wharton and
Lew Speigner to act as guards, cautionin 2
them not to leave the premises or to come
in contact with the family. The former
left the premises Saturday. He was
arrested and locked up in the city Jail.
Speigner was seen conversing with mem
bers of the family, and the board resolved
to send both men TO the quarantine station
for forty-eight hours to have their clothing
fumigated.
The Orlando Record of Saturday saws
Hon. Frank Jones, Col. Charles A. Sinclair
and other prominent citizens of New Hamp-
shire, started little before daylight yester-
day morning on an extra train over the
T. o. & A. and Midland railroads to point
two miles beyond Gotha, where teams that
started from there at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing were waiting to take them to the Lake
Butler country. Quid nuncs are on the
qui vive, as it is believed the party are ex-
aiming the condition Of the grading and
ties on the Tavares AnODka and GulP rail.