The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-04


riencs in that place. He also referred t.
the confederate soldier and his mother. d
few weeks after Mr. Scroggy received q
letter from Ms Pilgrim of Marietta.
She was the mother of tho Confederate
associate in the hospital Her son. she
/ wrote was living in Marietta. Before ms
! return to the north, Mr.. Scro ggy will visit
the confederate soldier and mother who in
those trying times showed the Ohio man
what true southern womanhOOd was.
FLORIDA
Oranges are still being shipped from
| Micanopy.
The young men of Daytona have organ
lied an athlstic association.
Charles Fallen has resigned his position
as assistant Postmaster at Tampa.
Strawberries are being shipped from Law
tey and Starke by the carload.
]. ]. Blount s. Co. Of Fort Myers pur-
chased 1000 alligator hides Monday.
A ravenous hog ate twenty-five Of Au-
gustus Whites chickens at Kings bay.
Jacksonville's shipments of lumber during
the month OF February were not quite half
as large as Fernandina's.
Capt. Duyckinck of Colorado hooked a
| large tar pom at Fort Myers Oh last Thurs
day, weighing los pounds.
J. o. Harris Of Lake City has received a
check from the Iron Hall for $3.50 as final
payment on his certificate.
Hamilton Disston, the Philadelphia capt.
alist, who has immense interests in Florida,
arrived at Tampa Friday night.
In 1856 Florida had 512 postof1ices; in Nov
vember 1889, there were no, an increase in
three years OF more than 81 per cent.
One of Taylor county's school teachers
has skipped out by the light of the moon
without even telling the folks good-by.
The machinery has been received for an
orange box factory, which will be es-
established at Tavares by A. T. Sheets and
J. s. Earman.
A. L. Avery has let the contract for the
construction Of two two-story residences on
Chase. between Baylen and Spring streets.
at Pensacola.
The lumber mills at Kings Fsrry and
Orange Bluff have shut down for the pres
ent, owing TO the inability to float logs
down the river.
A monster sawfish has been observed in
Crooked river, near Fernandina, lately. 1t
is supposed to be the one that chased John
Smith awhile ago.
The Prince Salana, an Arab Of high dis
tinction, dressed in the costume Of his coun-
try, was one of the attractions at the Ponce
de Leon, at St Augustine, Friday even
ing.
There entered tho port of Pensacola dur
ing February n vessels having an aggre-
gate tonnage Of 52,67S. Cleared during the
same period were GO vessels with total
tonnage of 44,623.
| Fort Myers Democrat: We have some
very encouraging news as to railroad in
the near future, to be built from Cleveland
or Punla Gorda to Fort Myers, and perhaps
through to Naples.
Perry Holland and Miss Sallie d. Barnes,
| daughter of Controller w. d Barnes, were
married Wednesday at st. 1uke's church,
Marianna,-vRey. DR.. Woarts officiating.
They left iIAIhediately on a tour north.
Information was received in Gainesville
Saturday that the government will REIN
burse the county of Alachua to the extent
of $1,000 for expenses incurred during the
prevalence of yellow fever in that city.
The formal opening of the St. Augustine
and North Beach railroad, which takes
place on Thursday next, will be celebrated
in a befitting manner under tbs auspices of
the st. Augustine Athletic Association.
Charles Ball, "a switchman at the union
depos yards BIT st. Augustine, made a mis-
step from locomotive Fridsy, which re
suited in the crushing Of a portion of bis
1
Perry Banner: The citizens of TAYLOR
county should go to work to secure the
railroad from Valdosta to Deadman's bay.
There is some talk of the road going on the
east side Of the San Pedro bay, and if il
does it will miss Taylor entirely.
d. e. Cooper has just completed for the
English colony near Gainesville q mics
building, 2Ox26 feet. elegantly furnished, tt
be used as club house and library. Tht
money to pay for the construction of ia,
building was raised by private subscription
The liabilities Of A. s. Hutchinson O
Gainesville. dealer in furniture, who OF
Friday made an assignment to w. Fl. Pal
ner, will reach perhaps Sc, 800 The asset
are estimated to be about SO, 300 1t is sale
that too much credit forced the assignment
An italian named Pepo, keeper of a sailo
boarding house in the lower part of Pepsa
cola, had difficulty Saturday with anothe
italian named Guerino in which Pepo wa
cut on the hand with a razor. Guerino wa
promptly locked up at the police station
Pepo's wound is painful but not serious
Mollie Suzean, colored woman of Pen
sacola, went out Saturday afternoon ant
left her little child, just beginning to crawl
in the room alone. There was fire in tn,
room, and when the mother returned LAT
in the afternoon the child was found dead
it having crawled into the fire during he
absence.
A decision has been rendered in the case
OF Bowen VS.. Taylor and Taylor VS.. Bowen
hearing in which was had in Tayares il
November last, before H. II. Duncan. unde
a commission from the English courts, be
fore which the cases were brought. Tn
decision compels the return by Mr.. TayIoI
to Mr.. Bowen of the 9900 original purchay
money and the payment OF all costs of suit
Henry Mitchell, a welI-known colore(
man, was arrested at the beach near Day.
tona Friday by Sheriff Perry and Deput,
Sheriff Davis, and brought to st. Augustin,
and placed in the county Jail. Mitchell il
charged With horse stealing. He hired ,
team of horses of DR.. Rainey to do som
work on North Beach. and after using then
for some time stealthily left for Daytont
with them.
A special agent of the interior department
arrived at Pensacola some ten DAYS ago
from Jacksonville, to relieve Col. Bass. Tn
unfortunate gentleman was very drunk OF
bis arrival, and was locked up by the cit,
authorities. Since then he has been on
continued SsJamboree," and in the guar,
house once or twice. Friday a dispatcl
was receivsa from the department dispens
ing with his services, he having been re
moved by the secretary.
Tavares Herald: Mai. st. Clair-Abran
has rendered the Methodist people lot q
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