The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-12
FLORIDA.

Extensive breakwaters are being put in
along South Beach street at Daytona.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Shanklin, aged about
S. and wife of s. II. Shanklin, died at Eus
tbs Saturday.
A T. Alexander has been appointed post
master at Rural, fernando county, Vice S
b. Carter, resigned.
1t is reported that w. N. Sheats Of Gaines
vile sold his Rocky Point property to j.
II. Crown for $1,000.
E. E. Voyle of Gainesville has received
from the governor of Georgia an appoint
ment as commissioner of deeds.
1t is reported that an afternoon paper
will soon be established in Jacksonville
under the auspices Of the Times Union.
Henry Counts of Palatka has been placed
under 800 peace bond by Justice Coke
for having threatened to thrash his wife.
A. Rinaldi of Orlando has one of the
Oldest coins In that CITY. 1t is a 25-cent
coin of Spanish denomination, dated 1913,
and is worth considerable as a relic.
The Osceola NeDS of Kissimmee has sus-
pended publication, and the editor, L. E.
Hodges, has gone to seek his fortunes in
other ways than by running a newspaper.
For the six months ending July l the
First National bank Of Gainesville made 10
per cent. profit, out Of which it paid its
| stockholders the usual sem1-annual dividend
and carried the balance to surplus.
The Halifax Rifles held an election of
commissioned officers few days ago with
the following result: Captain, Charles NJ
Bingham; first lieutenant, w. II. Richard
son; second lieutenant, B. N Stevens.
The other night tall and grizzly indi-
vidual from St Mary's entered the gospel
tent at Fernandina and insisted upon lead
inv
thus: 80, Lord, bless these poor people of
Florida, you know l live IN Georgia"
AT a meeting of the board of city COM
missioners, held at Pensacola Wednesday,
an ordinance was passed granting the right
of way through the streets of that city for
belt dummy line, which will be COM
menced at once and operated to completion
as early as possible.
A new brick block is being erected on
West Bay street, just beyond the Travellers
hotel at jacksonville. The f foundations are
being laid for building 81 feet wide and
IS feet deep Maj. McLau b in is the
owner. The block will be divided into three
stores, each II feet in width and rs feet
Deep
The directors of the Sub Tropical exp
sition held a meeting at Jacksonville
Wednesday, In order to fill vacancies in the
board caused by the resignation If D. F.
JACK, george u. Holmes and j. Nj. Schu-
macher. The deliberations of the board
resulted in the election of Dr. j. c. LEngle,
R. N. Ellis and C. E. Merrill
About one hundred citizens and tax
payers met at the court house at Kissimmee
Tuesday to discuss the situation of the city
finances. There has been considerable dis
satisfaction over the assessment of the city
taxes for 1889, which were double that of
any previous year, and then 10 mills addi-
tional have been assessed on that, making
grievous the burdens to be borne by The
taxpayers, three of whom appealed to the
courts. This caused others TO defer the
paying of their taxes until the courts de
cided as to the legality of the assessment
and the supreme court decided in favor
of the assessment. A special act of the
last Legislature gave Kissimmes the priv
lege of assessing its own taxes, independ-
emily of the county assessment, anC
to levy as high as q mills. The city Off
cials were present at the meeting, and stated
that the assessment was made to pay tn,
Indebtedness Of the town, which had beer
accommodating for the past five or six years
A COMMITTEES Of eight bushes men was an
pointed TO confer with the city officials, anC
see if some plan could not be devised to rt
lieve the over-burdsned tax payers, a report
to be made next Monday night at mother
public meeting.