The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-12
FLoREDA.

FLORIDA
Circuit court convened st Vernon last
Monday.
An effo-s IS being made 70 esteolis1 a
I lodge Il the Kngh-s OF Pgthias IN DeLsnd-
TIE Presbyterian synod will meet in
Gainesville on Dec. 3. Taere will be be-
tween fifty and sixty delegates
State Senator Ysleey IS dsvoting COL
siderable Of bis time, Of lats. = agricultural
pursuits, OF bis fne hammock land near
UmRtilla.
Rev. P. 7. Reeves. the methodist pastor st
Silver Springs PARK, has received unani-
nous call AID viii accept same from a
church az Grand Forks, Oak.
Miss Dora Masters of Moccasin Branch.
vhi.s returning home from a visit, VI 5
thrown from her horse aud had her righs
arm fractured near the elbow.
c. II. Kraft sold the oranges from bis
Seneca gr las, week for fan and Tinter
shipment, az 81 55 per box on TIE tree. The
crop was estimated 81 z, 900 boxes.
The depot at Brandon. on the Florida
Central and Peninsllar railway was ensert d
by sone unknown psrson, a few nights sg 4,
and sons sI7 stoisa from the agent.
The firm Of Chatterton & Howard has
been dissolved and the new Carleton no ell
Of Palatke, will in future ne run solely by
Mr.. Chstterton and his nospibable wife.
=. P. Canoya Of Paletka received on Set
urday night last a batch Of old Spanish
deeds and paper, concerning transactio 8
about Florida land long before Florida was
a state.
The Rsv. E. NJ. W. Hills has accepted
call 20 a church in Southern California, for
which state he will leave In few days For
two years he was rector OF ST. Lakes
church ia Orlando
The National Board Of Fire Underwriters
offer reward Of 500 for the arrest. con-
viction and punishment OF tho party or
parties who set fire 10 the house OF W. T..
brown, in Oakland, Sept. %. 1899.
Last Thursday while Mr.. Storm, the new
schoolmaster, was in Cocoa az dinner, some
OF the school boys shut the girls up in the
school and turned loose upon them live
opOSsum. The girls were badly frightened.
J. J. Parker, who waived a preliminary
hearing ia the justice court at Chiplsy last
week on charge Of adultery has employed
Maj, w. q. Butler and j. F. Thompson as
his attorneys TO represent him in tae circuit
court.
The engines, boilars and dynamo Of the
electric light plant Of the Tampa Bay hotel
have arrived, and will be placer ia position
Immediately. The engines are $50 horse
power. he dynamo's capacity is $500
lights
j. W. Sawtelle was found dead in his bed
at Ocaia Monday morning about 6 O'Clock.
He had been drinking quite hard, 1t is said,
for several weeks, and, TO quiet his nerves,
had taken two ounces of bromide, which
caused his death.
On legal sales day at Chipley several
pieces Of property were sold under fore
closure and execution. A house and 10. in
(sffr,iau Al -
several lots In st. Andrews Bay for Sc Is
each and five acres at Orange Hi for $50.
Miss Mamie Tucker, aged IS. pupil of
the Ocala graded school, tainted away in
the schoolroom last Thursday, and has not
yet besn restored to consciousness, although
the doctors have done all in their DO wer for
her restoration. The case is & strange one,
and defies the profession.
The Savannah, Florida and Western and
Southern express Office at Hague was
burglarized Sunday night. There was
small lost to each company. J. X. Sloan's
store was also entered, and be lost firearms.
clothing, canned goods and cigars Tne
burglars are young 1t the business, but
still at large.
Mrs. Eliza Adam, the mother of
Sherman Adams, happened to quite a
severe accident last week at her home in
O-aoge county. She is quite an old lady,
being IN her Slst year. and while walking
around the room her foot caught in the rug
and trlpped her up, causing her right arm
TO be broken in three places just above the
wrist
The following announcement will be Of
interest to Iaembers Of the alliance, as well
as to those engaged in the work of the
Ocala exposition: II will meet the citizens
in behalf of the farmers alliance exposi-
ton as follows: At Chipley, Nov. Is:
Quincy, Nov. IS, Madison, Nov. 20; Jasper,
Nov. Y, and at Tallahassee Nov. 25. G. b.
Collins, state lecturer
Palatka Herald: The Herald reporter
was somewhat surprised, upon entering che
vanilla packing house on the wharf this
morning, 20 fad 50 large an amount OF
work being done there The vanilla, after
being classified and graded, is placed in a
large press, packet into. bales and shipped.
There are a number of workmen engaged
in the business, and this industry is rapidly
growing.
All the arrangements are complete for the
Orange county fair. to be held at Oakland
Saturday, Nov. Is. Advices from every
alliance in the county indicate intense inter
est in its success. The Gabrlella and Lake
Howell alliances alone will have a carload
OF exhibits. K. r. Rogers has accepted an
invitation TO deliver the annual address
Special railroad rates have been secured
aud exhibits are brought to Oakland by the
railroad free. There will be a free barbecue
and fish fry, and the usual athletic sports
for which Oakland is noted.
Near Tarpon Springs last Thursday c. P
Keaney was having a small piece of lane
on his point burned off, preparatory t.
having it plowed, when a strong gust o
wind came and swept the fire through thu
southwest corner of the fence, setting tn,
! whole forest on fire. The wind kept In
creasng and the fire continued to spread
until large number of citizens had to turf
out aud fight it to keep it from sweeping
down upon and consuming john Young
| blood's and d. S. Buchanan's residences
which were right in it's path.