The morning news., 1889-05-09
FLORIDA.

The first reader class in the public schools
Of Alachua county numbers 900.
Fires in the woods around Stafford are
doing much damage to improved property.
A Kissimmee fisherman with hook and
line caught $50 pounds OF bass one day last
week.
Papaws weighing five and six pounds
are to be seen growing on trees in Lee
county.
Simmons & Evans, merchants at Fort
Myers in one day last week S Id $500 worth
of goods
George Russell, formerly of Waterhouse
& Russell, has opened a canning establish
ment in Orlando.
W. C. FerridaY wants to be postmaster al
Bronson, but the citizens want Mrs. Lind
say, the present incumbent.
1t is rumored that Mr. Flagler is thinking
seriously of putting up a magnificent hotel
at Grassy Point just opposite Jacksonville.
The Palatka merchants are making
arrangements for free excursions to be run
into the city from points south and north OF
Ucala.
The sheriff of Osceola county found.
upon his arrival at jacksonville, that the
man held there as the Kissimmee ravisher
was the wrong party.
The Baptist and Methodist churches and
Sunday schools of Mandarin, Green Cove
Springs and all points along the river, will
give tneir annual union piclic to Pablo
Beach to-day
There appeared in Orlando on Thursday
night religious enthu usiast who firmly be-
lieves he is the appointed agent OF God to
redeem the world Ho tells marvellous
yarns about his power.
Capt. Sidney Cook of Orlando has Just
- Al.
patent office that his application for
patent on an improved roller coulter for
plows has been allowed.
A. s. Cook 81 Co., of Gainesville, sold
last week for w. Z. Conye.s one entire
shipment Of cabbage for So %; also 800
crates of cabbage from a patch OF two
acres, netting 81 05 per crate.
Brunswick Ga, will not permit baggage
or household goods of any description to
arrive there from Jacksonville, without the
sworn statement Of tle shipper, the health
officer Of the town, or the county board of
health.
The passengers on the Orange Belt rail
way coming to Sanford Saturday night,
had a hard time. The engine ran off the
track at Monroe and the train remained
there all night. The passengers walked to
Sanford on Sunday morning.
The type, presses and fixtures Of the San
ford Publishing Company we're sold at a
special masters sale Monday, to satisfy
mortgage IN favor of the Cincinnati type
tou dry. They we're bid or bv Dolph
Edwards, for Edwards q Street, for $3, 100.
Walter Howard and James Hogan we
the only convictions for the pc i. g tiory Mt
tho late term Of Levy county circuit court.
Each got six months for larceny. A peti.
ton is being circulated asking the governor
and the pardoning board for pardon for
James Hogan.
Col. j. Stewart, the big railroad con-
tractor, has taken the contract TO build the
connection between the new bridge across
the St John's river at Grassy Point, oppo-
site Jacksonville, and the Jacksonville aud
st. Augustine railroad. He has already
com nenced grading and clearing the track.
A tremendous fire occurred on April %
in tho Blake hummock, uear Dayt ma, by
watch the Bacom orange grove was dam
aged from $1,000 b. s. 600 ia the destruc-
ton Of bearing trees. The fire came in
from the pine woods before tteoag
we terly wind, and no exertio could stop IL.
A ne gro man. hailing from ST. Augustine,
was arrested o. suspicion on Friday Ht
Green Cove, and is now Ia the l0cx-np wa &
Ing for "a bit Of news concerning Ills early
history The fact that the prisoner had
more pocket knives than be know wha. 10
DO with, and was o1deavoring 70 poidle
them cut, iod - hia arrest.