The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-15
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Lake Monroe is gradually rising.

A Call club has been organized in Her
nando county.
The peach crop will be an entire failure
at Enterprise tins season.
Enterprises new paper, the NelO Era, is
/ one Of the neatest in the state.
J. c. Terry has been appointed to super
wise the registration for Lake county.
J. T. Beers has been appointed postmaster
at Okahumpka, Lake county, vice X A.
| Green, removed
! H. NJ. Flagler has a new steam yacht that
cost him $4,000. She has crew of
twenty-four men.
/ A cypress single machine is in operation
at the English mill near St Augustine 1t
turns out 8 ZOO per day.
/ A. G. Mum of DeLand urges growers 10
hold their oranges for 90 box this year, as
he thinks the crop Will be very short.
| At the regular shoot OF the Jacksonville
| Gun Club, Friday afternoon. W. f. Coach
man again won the gold medal for the best
score
A G. Kiugsbury will incorporate com
pany here for the establishment and oper-
ating of machine shops, in which $4,000
will be invested.
| DIR. A. H. Alderman, a promising young
dentist, died at his home IN Arcadia Sun
day morning Of consumption, after an ILL
ness of four months.
A. j. DaCosta, the present incumbent,
announces to the democrats of Alachua
county that he is candidate for the nomi-
| nation for tax assessor.
The stock Of shoes belonging to A. c. Car
penter of Orlando, has been purchased by
Brown & Dickens Of Sanford. Mr.. Carpen-
ter has gone to Chicago.
The new court house at Green Cove
Springs is finished and las been accepted by
| no utNr ,r1pi1a mil uoN Ia
furnished In good style.
A rumor reached Melbourne Sunday night
that the Bessie b., from jacksonville to
Lake Worth. was wrecked opposite Sebas-
tan and four men drowned.
Judge Knott sold his interest in the Knott
grove south Of Nocatee to J. II. Hildreth of
| Orange City. Fla. and has purchased two
small groves near Auburndale, where he
and Mrs. Knott go to live.
Fon John, Chinese laundryman, was
robbed Of 81, 800 at Palatka Thursday night.
The money was in his clothes in the back
| room and was taken while he was in the
front room. There are no clues.
Agent Ben Watts reports that the sale of
tickets at the Florida Southern depot at
Leesburg, Tuesday, aggregated $1,000. the
largest amount ever taken in for railroad
fares in any one day in Leesburg.
Mai Jacob B. Rawles, Capt Frank b.
Smith, First Lieut.. Leverett H. Walker aud
Second Lieut.. Alfred NJ. Hunter, stationed
at Atlanta, are at st. Augustine at ST.
Francis barracks on court-martial duty.
Mr. Gerkins, who owns valuable property
and several brick store buildings at De-
Land, was married recently to Miss Ridley
in New York, daughter of f. Ridley of the
firm of Ridley 81 Sons, successors OF the
house Of A. T. Stewart in New York.
DIR. Harvey Knight and Maj. William f.
Strong Of Belleview have started for the
West Indies to inspect a sulphur mine III
the interest of the Albion Phosphate Com
pany, of which the doctor is president The
Albion company have refused an offer of
100000 for this mine.
W. H. Bigg (White) was before County
Judge w. B. Owen at Jacksonville, Friday,
charged with assault with intent to kill +.
W. Bucker; also with threatening to kill
the same person. He was committed to Jail
in default Of 81. 200 on the first charge and
$500 on the second. He pleaded guilty to
both charges.
Deputy Sheriff Percy Williams of Marion
county passed through Gainesville Thurs
day with the negro who recently shot
Deputy Sheriff Smith at Boardman The
negro was arrested by Sheriff Potsdamer
of Suwaunee county aud was supposed TO
be the notorious Brewer, but he does not
answer the description Of that outlaw
At Smyrna a few days ago difficulty
occurred between Bill Baxter and Cad
Bryan Jr., iii which Baxter got his head
cut up badly with a Ratchet. One stroke
opened the nose and upper lip to the bone
and the skin of the head is pretty we'll
peeled off. While he is badly used up, none
Of the wounds, it is said, will prove fatal
Burrell johnson (colored) Of Gainesville
was bitten by a moccasin snake in South
Florida two or three weeks since Gangreen
set in and Johuson's life was in imminent
donger. The finger, which had swollen to
the dimensions of an arm, has been ampu-
tated by DR.. Harry Hodges. The patient is
still in a bad fix, both physically and finan-
cially.
Messrs Mcclure and Mcdonald of St
Augustine received a telegram from o. D.
Seavey Friday night, stating that the Hotel
Champlain was damaged to the extent of
$500 by the gale, and that Mrs. Seavey was
slightly hurt, but would be all right in a
day or two. Much glass was broken and
the hotel was badly shaken, but no guests
were injured.
Tampa Tribune: 1t seems strange, but it
is fact, that Florida is cooler in summer
than some states farther north. AS an evil
dence of this, D. B. Owens brought with
him the other day sperm candle that had
partially melted and bent double from nat
ural heat while standing upon mantel in
a residence in Eufaula, Ala. Nothing like
it was ever seen in Florida.
A jury was impaneled at Tampa Wednes
day for the purpose of assessing the dam
ages to be paid to the owners of certain
pieces of land lying along the line of the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad be-
tween this and Plant City, by reason of the
building of said railroad through the land.
The jury organized and appointed July %
| as the time to reassemble, view the lands
and make up their findings.
Enterprise Ne,o Era: There is small
island in the lake on Mrs. Yandell's place,
two miles north Of town, where thousands
of birds have nested this season. Birds of
almost every variety can be seen there
especially water birds. No one has been
allowed to disturb them, and at any time
hundreds of this happy family of various
hues can be seen perched upon the trees on
the island or industriously at work procur-
| ing food for their young.
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