The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23
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Edward Reilly of Warrington died day
or two ago.
Sanford is going to put in the electric fire
alarm service.
fernando county is out of debt and has a
good surplus in her treasury.
Only two bales of new cotton have been
received at Monticello up to date.
Rev. John A. Potter baptized seventeen
converts at Monticello last Sunday
A colored woman was the first TO have
check cashed at the bank of Monticello.
II. G. Vance, f. l.. V. Beebe and A. N.
Adams are now the owners Of the Orlando
Record.
G.. II. Strauss, dealer in furniture at Or
lando, is closing out, preparatory to remov-
ing to Tampa.
Hipalto Gonzalez of Mobile, cigar
manufacturer, proposes starting a cigar
factory in Pensacola, provided he can fiud
a suitable location.
Last Thursday evening as the steamer
Walkatomica was rounding Alligator
Point colOred man named Willie Douglas
fell overheard, and sank almost immedi-
ately.
w. NJ Girardeau of Monticello has fiftv-
three hands gathering watermelon seed,
and each hand should average sixty pounds
of seed per day They will be gathering
for several weeks.
The British steamship Oakdale will begin
taking cargo at Pensacola to-day, ner des-
tination being Liverpool, and hers will be
the first cargo of timber shipped for use in
the construction of the Manchester ship
canal
The st. Augustine base ball park, which
is being built by Mr.. Flagler, " ill be ready
for use about Dec l. The park is second to
in INIT
400 feet wide and $40 feet deep. There are
very few in this country larger, the aver
age being about 300 to 400.
The organization of the Orlando branch
of the Orange Growers Union has been per-
fected, eleven new members signing the
constitution. The following officers were
elected: c. w. Arnold president; H. b.
Church, vice president; G. f. Akers, secre-
tary, and B. B. Else, treasurer
Messrs. Rand and Drew of the Withla-
coochee Lumber Company have placed on
record, in the clerks office of Pasco county,
plat of a town they have had laid out in
sections 4, 5, s and 9-25-2l 1t surrounds
beautiful lake, called Lake Drew. in honor
of one of the proprietors, the Rev. A. E.
Drew.
The Is year old daughter of Ella Reilly
| (colored), while on her way to school at
Pensacola Wednesday was, attacked by
vicious COW in the neighb)rhood of Lake
| Charity, and before the animal could be
driven away the child was hooked in the
| mouth, the bones in the roof being frac-
| tured, and most painful wound result
| ing.
II. G. Crowder, freight agent of the
South Florida railroad, mas, for some time
past, been gathering data in regard to the
| acreage III orange trees in the vicinity of
! Orlando, and the estimated crop for the
| present season. The number of acres in
bearing orange groves is 1905; in young
| groves, $3.50. The estimated crop for the
| present season is los, POS boxes
William Matthews. colored man about
| IS years of age, employed at Clark's lumber
mill at jacksonville to do carting and odd
jobs, was killed Wednesday. Matthews
was at work chopping wood under the
| waste runway, which carries blocks out of
| the mill into the yard, when a block about
| feet long and IL feet wide and inches
thick fell from a hight of some Is feet.
hitting him on the back of the head and
crushing his skull. Employees Of the mill
who saw him fall ran to him at once. but
he was dead, death having been almost in
| stantaneous
"Citizen" writes to the Gainesville Adro-
| cate as follows: "On Saturday last an En-
| glish gentleman of means ana character
arrived in Gainesville with the intention Of
| purchasing land and becoming permanent
citizen. On Monday morning the colored
! policeman handed him a letter signed by
! one w. Weller Policy, and dated at Oliver
Park, in which occurs the following extract;
Florida, notwithstanding what has been
written on the subject, is most unhealthy
! climate for about three months in the year.
! and you will be surprised, if you inquire. TO
hear of the great amount of sickness there
is at present IN Gainesville, and the num-
! Der of deaths there have been In fact. a
/ great number of the well-to-do people resid-
ing in town have left it for healthier places
! AS the gentleman to whom this letter was
handed is an entire stranger to the one who
/ wrotelt 1t, the animus is plain; the malicious
lie was intended to injure Florida, and
! Gainesville in particular To this the
mayor of Gainesville adds: 81, J. Brown.
mayor, have read the above extract from
| what purperts to be letter written by w.