The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-09
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
Sanford's election for municipal officers
occurs Feb. 4.
At Green Cove Spring Orange trees are
blooming and putting on ne" CROWN.
The Gem City GEards OF Palatka have
decided not TO attend the Inauguration at
! Tallahassee.
Maj. Copper says that the iron would be
| laid over the bridge at Pa.atka TOT the run
ing of trains by Jan. 10 provided 1t arrives
in time.
Lieut.. e. D. Gailard, United States
engineer. and Capt Narcotic, U. $. A., are
/ surveying the Homosassa, Crystal and
| Ocklawaha rivers.
The chief contractor and builder at Waldo
reports eight or ten new buildings in pros
pect, and it is hoped that the railroad com
pany will soon SEQ the wisdom OF replacing
its depot.
The aggregate Of building for the past
year at Waldo makes an addition in num-
Der of about 20 per cent, and the total
value of the buildings would make nearly
40 per cent. increase for 1883.
Capt. F. P. Hassler's new steam launch,
the Annie H.. is said to he the neatest
model and best fitted steam launch that is
TO be found on tho Indian river. 1t will
make It's headquarters at Melbourne for the
winter
The railroad killed nine head of cattle for
| Mr.. Wells, at Orange City, one day last
week. This makes forty-three head killed
for him within the last two years-twenty-
nine of which he has, as yet, received no
pay for.
Col. w. y. Smith Of Altoona is having
honors thrust upon him. In one week he
received his appointment as notary public,
was made clerk Of the city council and APP
pointed administrator Of the estate of the
late =. A. Jameson.
The citizens caucus at Eustis nominated
| ?. A Ross for mayor, w, B. Denham, q.
| D.. Clifford, w. NJ. Moore, Mr.. Pattison and
p. p. NORM for aldermen, and J. A. Pine
for clerk. An Independent candidate for
clerk is to be brought out.
A large acreage of early vegetables will
be planted at Waldo, AMI the cars Of the
American Refrigerator Company, whose
headquarters are at Waldo, will handle the
strawberry crop from there, Gainesville
and Lawtey, as we'll as the vegetable.
A new saw aud single mill is now being
erected at Waldo. The American and Cold
Storage Company is now completing the
piping of the first floor Of the building, and
will soon put in some 10000 boxes of
oranges to keep for the summer trade.
The Tampa Journal is reliably informed
that James Smith, manager of Palllssage
". d.,
Prospect and Overlook Mountain house in
the CatskiIls, is expected TO arrive the latter
part of this week TO close negotiations for
the opening of the Plant hotel in that city.
The woods are full of men who are call
ing themselves orange packers-people who
have only "bowingh acquaintance with
the business. The prices that orange grow
ers receive ought to open their eyes to the
fact that much fruit goes into market in
crude condition--so says the Argus AHt-
dnce.
William Wilkerson (colored) died sud
denly of apoplexy at Fernandina last
Wednesday evening. Shortly before his
death, while apparently in excellent health,
he requested his wife to pray for him, tell
ing her that he expected to die III few
minutes. his preSentiment was strangely
| realized.
Several changes have taken place in the
| Jacksonville Times URiOnS editorial de-
partment during the past few months.
| Poor Martin and his faithful co-laborer
| Bowden have gone to another world, and in
their place stands Col. c. f. Merrill, who
has assumed the chief edtorship, and the
city editors place is now filed by Hamilton
Jay, late of Eustis.
At Palatka Friday night, as the steamer
Louise was coming from the East Palatka
| side, it was noticed that she was leaking.
| She put in at the dock. unloaded her freight
and her captain then ran her ashore, south
of Boyd's saw mill, where she soon filed
with water. 1t was through no fault Of her
crew that she began to leak, but she simply
sprung one on her own hook.
Sanford Mascotte: Near the corner of
| Fifth street and Park avenue yesterday VIC
saw deer and hound playing together. The
| hound would run toward the deer barking
| and wagging his tail, the deer in return
| drove the dog back down the street. There
| seemed to be mutual enjoyment as the
sport was continued for some time. The
deer is pet that seems to range in tow.
AT Palatka the wind rose to such hight
! during the early part of Friday night that
| the St. Johns seemed almost a sheet of
| foam, and the myriad of white caps re-
| hected against the murky sky presented
| grand picture. Steamers and yachts re-
| CURED extra lines to hold them to their
| mornings. but with the exception Of an oc-
casional dead limb from shade trees, no
| injury was done to person or property.
| j. B. Floyd, an old man Lying on North
| Bay, near st. Andrews, was found about
| daylight last Thursday morning hanging
| y the neck from jojst overhead in his
| fish house. He had risen early, kindled a
| fire in the house, and then had gone to the
| fish house, lit a lamp, wrote a few lines
| about some business matters, and then
| rope and an empty fish keg for a trap did
| the business He seemed to have died with
scarcely struggle, as the keg was not
| overturned.
Last Friday afternoon, as Miss Mamie
| Hull of Fairview was drawing water from
a sweep we'll, she met with an accident
that came near terminating fatally. The
| sweep where it is mortised TO the post broke
and fell, striking her upon the head and
| knocking her selseless across the curb of
| the well, and had it not been for her older
sister, who saw the accide I and ran to her
| assistance, she would have fallen into the
we'll. She received severe scalp wound,
also bad injury to her back.
| On Monday Of last week the Western
| Union Telegraph Company run into the
office of the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company, at Plant City, what is
| known as the cable line which opens this
office directly with the ocean cables, and
| hence puts it Immediately in communica-
| ton with the offices Of the same grade
throughout Europe and the world. There
| are now only few offices of the same grade
in the state of Florida The cable line
passes from Plant City to Barlow, thence
to Key West. All day on Wednesday Mr..
| Willie, the operator at Plant City, was re
ceiving cable dispatches
For some weeks pas , saws tho Quincy
| Herald, ID. II. Wilson has bean missing
various articles from his home, and at las
concluded TO make an effort TO catch the
| thief a few days ago Mrs Wilson left the
| house, apparently alone while she went 10
visit some friends. She had been gone but
| u short time when Mr. Wilson who was