The morning news., 1889-05-17

A French sailor. whose name was not as
| cartsIn.t fsl from = mast heal OF the
Italian bark Vsdova r, At the Pensacola
ouaran inc, sunday, aud died instantly.
Lewis W. Phelps, formerly q clerk in the
postoflce in Gainesville has bee9 Ap-
pointed a postal clerk and has boen sssigued
TO the route botween Pensacola and Caatts-
hoochee.
Some idea OF the rock business at High
| Springs may be formed wien it is stated
that fortY car loads of rock are forwarded
weekly from that point to FernandlAa and
jacksonville
Mai S. n. Van Pragg Of Gainesville has
/ addressed a circular letter TO he editors OK
Alabama and Florida, asking their views
upon the subject OF a4nexLng West Florida
| to Alabama.
A T. Hilleary Of Lochloosa is in Gaines
! Vile He saws that the California spider
as made its appearance on the island, In
! fact that it was there last year in greater
/ numbers than now.
/ William Westmoreland, the young mu-
/ latto convicted in the circuit court OF Jack
| nvilIe, Tuesday, Of murder in the hrst
! degree for killing his wife, says he don't
| care "a --n about hanging
! 1t is now claimed by sons Of the orange
| growers OF Alachua CO n.y that the much
/ talked about California spider is nothing
I but the hot house louise, and that it may bs
/ found on all kiads Of fruit trees.
Twelve hundred and fifty crates of
4 tomatoes left Minnsoia and Clermont on
| May A. There has been shipped up to date
! 1900 crates Of tomatoes. The crops are
| burning up. Tnis week will finish shipping
James Mott shipped three crates of
| peaches to Phila elphia, Pa, from MS
orchard at Ia gsrlne. He received 81 30
| net per crate, after taking out freight and
| commission. The crates contained sixteen
| quarts.
The number Of pupils at the opening of
the present term OF East Florida seminary,
| at Gainesville, was sixtv-six, and the num-
Der present at the final examination was
| sixty-three. This is regarded as a remark
| able showing.
Peter May colored) employed on the
| Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail-
way, dropped dead on the corner of Maine
and Hapgood streets, at Pala.ka, Tuesday.
| He had beeh SIC since SATURDAY,. and it is
| supposed that death resulted from an apo
! plectic fit.
The ticket office Of the Florida Southern
| railway at Gainesville was removed
| Wednesday to the depot Of the Savannah,
| Florida and Western, from which all trains
| will arrive and depart and all baggage will
| bs checked. The Florida Southern trains
viii cease going up town.
Amongi the many projected enterprises
| for Apalachicola is the establishment Of
one, if not t"o, large saw mills in the near
| future. One Of these mills will be larger
| than any yet built at Apalachicoa. An
| other important enterprise in prospect is
the establishment at Apslachicola of bank
| by gentlemen OF East Florida.
| B. F. haines, one Of the successful orange
| growers of GlenwoOd. says the DeL1nd
Record, was in the city early Monday
| morang. Mr. Haines came to Florida
! about fifteen years ago an invalid, "hunt-
| ing" as he said, "a place where he could
| breathe easily" Now he weighs about 800
pouudi and is a perfect picture Of health.
The DsLAnd Nel0s says that William
Jackson Of Volusia county has been indicted
! for extOrtion and perjury. As supervisor
Of registrations he presented a bill for bis
services in carrying the ballot boxes to the
different precincts and bringing them back
| 70 DsLand, for $l4S % for | ,483 miles.
when it should have been for S61 80 for 6l8
miles travel An overcharge OF $50 40.
A subterraneau passage has been dsc)v-
| cred in the Santa Fe river, three miles
northwest of High Springs. A spot about
| fourteen feet in diameter has been found
having no bottom The water IN this par
ticular locality is unlike that surrounding
| it, having a decidedly BLUSH cast. Rails
| pushed a short distance down into this hole
disappear never to return. All attempts to
find bottom have thus far failed.
John Granger, the colored porter in the
sfpxs Of j. B. Grooms at Palatka, has been
ds1ving thriving business at his employ
er's expense As opportunity offered,
| Granger would pick up anything that
came handy, secree it In a barrel in the
rear of the store, and carry his plumber
home at night. Some disco Veries caused a
watch to be piacsd over him, and he was
caught with ham, a box of cigars and a
bottle Of colognein his possession. He is now
in Jail.
The Orange Transit Canal Company has
a corps Of engineers, in charge Of Capt.
Palmer at work with view Of extending
the canal from Floral City to the head OF
the Tssla Apopka lake region, via TomD-
kinsville, distance Of twenty miles. After
the canal connecting tue lake with the
WithlacOochee river is made deeper, says
the Floral City Times, with view of let
ting large Steamers pass through, the canal
win be extended to the head Of the lakes,
opening up one Of the finest sections in
Florida.
Representing those who stood guard
around Orange city during the epidemic at
Enterprise last fall, w e. Laukester went
before the board OF county commissioners
at DeLlud Tuesday and presented the &C
counts of the guards The board favor
ably considered the matter, and said that
the liquidation of the accounts should not
be DELAYED. They, however, had no power
to order warrants drawn in settlement until
they come regularly audited from the
health board, which will no doubt be done
when the board organizes and meets in
session.
j. w. Williams of Gainesville has re-
turned from New York, where he took in
the centennial Inauguration of President
Washington and had a big time generally
While IN the Empire city he investigated
the merits Of tle various machines for the
preparation Of Spanish moss for market,
but saw nothilg g tnat would compare with
| the machine invented by James Doig of
| Gainesgille, which is nov in successful
operation at the factory of the Florida Hair
| Moss Company of Gainesville. Mr. Doig
thinks of manufacturing and selling these
| machines.
AT the instance of the executive commit
tee Of the Florida Horticultural Society
President Ingraham Of the South Florida
railroad placed the subject of peach trans.
portation before Mr.. Plant, president of
the Southern Express Company, aud now
inforNs the above COMMITTEES that a rate Of
So per hundrSi, or about 81 per standard
| third bushel crate, will be made from all
( points on tho South Florida railroad This