The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-03
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its session, and applicants from a number
Of states are attendin < for this purpose.
Mayor NJ h. Marks Of Orlando has re-
ceived a reply from the letter sent to F. A.
Gonzalez at DeFuniak Springs, in regard
| to establishing a tobacco factory in Orlando,
| which states that he has forwarded the
letter to the syndicate in New York. and
will, in the meantime, visit Orlando If pos
sible
| De Land NelCs: Thursday, when the cir
cult court clerk, the sheriff and county
| judge met for the purpose OF drawing the
names Of grand and petit jurors. for the
next term Of the court, it was discovered
that some one had broken the seal of the
box and taken therefrom all the names of
| those subject to jury duty. The box has
been kept In the vault, and some scoundrel,
who has been allowed to go in there to ex-
anime the books, has taken the opportunity
to play this rascally trick
DeLand Netcs: Il will be remembered
that last week we made mention of the fact
that DR.. Voorhis had gone to Cincinnati
Tor treatment In consequence of throat
trouble. When he left here, but a few, if
any, Of his many friends apprehended that
his life was in immediate danger, and it
was hoped that he would soon be entirely
well again, but on Wednesday a dispatch
quick consumption, and that there was no
hope of recovery. The family left for Gu
cinnati yesterday to be with him while life
lasts
The national river and harbor bill carries,
In round numbers. an appropriation Of
$25, 0OO, 600. Florida's share of this is as fol-
lows: Cedar Key, az, 500 Pensacola, S25, 900 J;
Tampa bay. $4,000; Key West, GAO, 900 /;
improving the channels of Charlotte harbor
and Peace creek to the Punta Gorda pier,
$4,000; st. Augustine. $50, 1000. The APP
preparations for the improvements of rivers
are as follows: Apalachicola, $4,000: the
Choctawhatchie, $12, 800; the Escambia and
the Conecuh, $500; the Manatee, $1,000;
the st. Johns, $4,000; the Suwannee,
$1,000; Volusia bar, $500; the Withlacoo-
chez, S. 400; the Caloosahatchie, $3, GOO ;
LaGrange bayou, $4,000; the Ocklawaha.
$4,000; the Sarasota bay, $4,000. The
surveys are ordered for continuing the i'm
provements at Charlotte harbor, Peace
river, Number Four channel, Cedar Key,
Indian river between Melbourne and Jupi-
ter inlet, st. Johns from Jacksonville to
Sanford, and from Lake Monroe southwark
Orlando Record: A small boy living in
the vicinity of the South Florida railroad
on Pine street, is the owner of au air gun.
lie alnuses himself early in the morning,
about O'Clock, by strolling around and
shooting at every body's cat, dog, chicken
or bird he sees and can get near enough to
shoot, not caring how many eyes he knocks
out or how many legs or wings he breaks
Such lads should be punished for this sort
of amusement. The writer stood and
watched him shoot at some pigeons belong
ing to Mr.. Bohen) at the depot few morn
ings ago. He made a third shot before
hitting one. the bird managed to
| fly across the street to the top of
Mr.. Bumby's store and remained
there as long as [ watched it, The other
pigeons, six or seven, flew away, and when
this poor bird attempted to fly it could use
but one wing successfully. and there it had
to remain. The boy walked away, SEEM
ingly satisfied. If this young lad could be
stood off the same distance and pelted at a
few times with these same shot, he would
probably realize their effect l think, and
presume others do, that the city authori-
ties would do the right thing to make an
ordinance and impose fine of IS on any
one caught shooting one Of the guns inside
| the city limits.