The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-02
FLORIDA.


ton. J. L. Combs, Chairman
FLORIDA
Monticello butchers sold forty-six beeves
during Octobsr.
} Senator Pasco has appointed Hausell
Baker Of Monticello as his private secretary.
Cotton is hauled to Starke from Putnam.
Aiachua, Columbia, Baker aud Clay co1n-
ties.
At St Augustine, Friday, the home base
ball club defeated the DsLand club by a
score OF IL to 1.
Miss Ida LaDier, aged II years, died at
Der mothers home near Madison last Sua-
day Of consumption.
Z. Harrison, county superintendent Of
schools at Fernandina, is confined 20 his
residence with sciatica
W. G. Hargrove opens the tax books Of
Putnam county to-day for the collection Of
taxes for the year 1889.
Mrs. <. NJ Clark is in Palatka preparing
TO open circulating library in the place
recently occupied by Mr. Barnes
Information has reached Fernandina that
the postofflce rent sallowanoe for that placs
has been reduced from $50 to $40.
The prohibition election in Clay county
Wednesday passed of quietly. The indi.
cations point to large alority for the
| wet ticket.
| The last court was the most expensive
term ever held at Monticello. The amount
paid TO witnesses and jurors alone amounted
to sl,S1S go.
The boats for the oyster canning factory
| at Fernandina will be launched to-day.
| Saturday 2, 900 tin cans were received at
the factory.
A sbazar will be held at Courtney on
Wednesday, Dec. IL, opening at noon, in
AID OF the purchase of an organ for the
Episcopal church.
At Madison several children attending
St Johns Seminary have recently been
more or less injured by fragments Of the
caps used on toy pistols.
The Methodists of Daytona have vacated
the building formerly used by them as a
church, and are temporarily worshiping
In room in Mr.. Stewards building.
The orange crop in Bradford county is
nearly all sold, a great deal Of it being con-
tracted for on the tree. The railing price
has been from 70 cents to 81 per box.
The town of Tavares has let 10 y. B. Har-
r1ngton the contract to furnish the material
and construct over two miles of wooden
sidewalk. at cost Of upwards Of $4,000.
Kissimmee mas offered to give to the
South Florida road ten acres of choice land
and exemption from taxation for twenty
hve years, II 1t will move its work shops
there.
Judge Schuyler returned to Fernandina
"Wednesday from Callahan, where he went
to inspect new 81 900 county school house
for which he furnished the plans. He found
the building all right.
The family of J. G. Kennedy. general
auditor OF the jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West system, has reached ST. Angus
tine from Toronto, Canada, and have taken
up their abode at the Alcazar.
Sheriff Shelley Of Palatka has gone 10
Chattahoochee with a lunatic. While IN
West Florida he will go to Pensacola.
having a clew that the negro who muir
dered another at Francis soma months ago.
is In that city.
John Hatfield, who was shot at Sumter
vile on the 7th by Charlie Terrell. died
Saturday. The deceased leaves a wife and
four children. From the testimony given.
Terrell was justifiable and did the shooting
in self-defense.
Orlando Sentinel: Last winter Mrs. J.
b. Parramore gave Mrs. Susan Crutcher a
jar OF guava jelly made by Mrs. McNab of
Oakland. Mrs. Crutcher took this Jelly
over to the Paris exposition and got the
premium on it.
tpe Cedar creek trestle, eleven miles from
Jacksonville, is giving the Florida Central
ana Peninsular great deal of trouble. The |
foundations OF sand and mud cause the
trestle to keep sinking on account of the
working out of the mud.
s. 81. Pike has sold his property one mile
east of Altoona to c. d. Lorraine Considera-
ton, $1,000. This is very desirable piece
OF property. upon which there is fine
orange grove, with about 500 boxes of |
oranges now on the trees
j. L. Bryan, who was in Monticello on |
Wednesday, met with quite a serious ACCT
dent. He was on horseback starting for |
home, when d. B. Birk caught him by the |
hand to bid him good-by, and by some
means pulled Mr.. Bryan off his horse. In
the fall he dislocated his arm.
Bradford Telegraph: To show what lit
tie practice physician has in Bradford
county, we can state that Tate Powell. M
D., has all the practice along the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad from Gala
han to Waldo, distance of seventy miles.
ana winch includes nine good-sized towns,
and he is not very busy, either.
The brick is being hauled to the site of
Tavares sixth brick building. and work
thereon will be commenced as soon as ali
the materials are on the ground. IL will be
built on the corner of Joanna avenue and
Ruby street by j. o. Bradley, and the build
ing will be 30x40 feet and one story in hight.
facing the avenue. w. P. Floyd has the
contract.
AT ST. Augustine cat. the pro perty of
MT. 1WanoWskl, celebrated Thanks giving
day by going mad. 1t first flew at one of
his little girls, then at Mrs. Iwanowski, who
came to their rescue. Finally it chased
Aleck lwanowski up stairs to his room.
where he got his revolver and shot it.
Luckily nobody got scratched, through Mrs. |
lwanowski's dress was badly torn.
John Gibson had a valuable watch and |
chain stolen from him at Daytona last |
week. He left his vest in his packing house |
while working in the grove, aud supposed |
trustworthy negro named Willis Smith, |
whom Gibson had at work, slipped in, and |
stole the watch. He was captured by |
policeman and confessed, but before giving |
up the property he adroitly managed to |
escape, and is now at large.
Last Tuesday afternoon as Mrs. Wood |
ard and lady companion were going out
OF Madison in buggy drawn by a mule,
when passing St Johns Seminary, the
mule tooG fright at the firing of a toy pis-
tot and ran away, throwing the ladies from
the vehicle Both were considerably
bruised, aud Mrs. Woodland sustained a
broken arm and her companion a sprained
ankle, while the buggy was demolished.
Sanford Journal: A man by the name of
u. h Whita who hoardaI A. |