The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-06

ing touches on his new dwelling house at
Tampa.
w. A McWilliams of St. Augustine has
been admitted to practice in the United
States court.
The farmers alliance Of Hillsborough
county will have basket picnic at Ozona
next Saturday.
The st. Johns river has been raised about
twelve inches by the late rains, much 10 the
delight Of the steamboat men.
A two-story addition 2Ox25 feet is being
added to the McCammant q Seymour build
ing on Franklin street at Tampa.
Master Lonnie Hough has been appointed
depot agent and telegraph operator at
Bowling Green He is only IA years old.
A. n. Doyle's property on Lemon street,
Palatka, sold at foreclosure sale this week
for SO, 200, Jacob Stearn being the pur-
chaser.
| A new postofIice, to be known as Cora.
has been established in Santa Rosa county,
and Frank w. Abbott commissioned as
postmaster.
Plans have been received for the depot of
the Florida Central and Peninsular road to
be built at Tampa. The building will be
25xlS) feet
Past Assistant Surgeon J. W. Kite has
| been detached from duty at the Pensacola
navy yard and ordered to duty at the New
York naval hospital.
The sugar mill formerly owned by Capt.
r. E. Rose at ST. Cloud is being shipped to
| the foundry at Orlando, where it will be
disposed Of in various ways
| The hearing before the city council Of st.
| Augustine of the charges brought against
| Marshal Benet by Ramon Hernandez re-
suited in the marshal's acquittal.
President T. J. Williams is out in card
in the Lakeland alliance saying that he is
not candidate for the legislature, as it has
been limited throughout Polk county.
The duties collected at the custom house
May amounted TO S27,607 GO, while the
value Of the goods imported was $57, 1879 95.
Hugh Adams and Miss Clara Mccoy were
married at Sanford Wednesday Miss
Mccoy is sister of Wilbur Mccoy, the
well-known general freight and passenger
agent Of the South Florida railroad
The crops OF Alachua county never were
In better condition. The oat crop in some
quarters has suffered from too much rain,
but with this exception the outlook was
never more encouraging for large yields.
The meeting of Palatka's business men in
the council room Monday was well at
tended. The committee reported subscrip-
tions amounting to S2,550. The idea Is to
establish line of steamers between Palatka
and Jacksonville.
The following changes have been made in
Florida postmasters: T. M. Lanier, Jr.,
appointed at Great %, Osceola county, vice
ID. j. Summer, declined; H. w. Hite, ar
River junction, Gadsden county, vice J. f.
Cameron, resigned
DeLand Record: Suspended Sheriff
Turner is in town. The governor could not
accept his resignation, and therefore there
will be no election for sheriff this fall. This
suspension will be acted on by the next
Senate OF the state of Florida, when the
governors course in suspending him will be
sustained, or he will be reinstated.
w. w. Lancaster Of Brunswick, Ca, was
arrested at Fernandina a day or two ago
for drunkenness, and a friend went his
bond. Later in the day Lancaster was
found on a steamer about to start for
Brunswick and re-arrested at the instance
OF the bondsman. Lancaster drew knife
on the policeman, but was dsarmed.
DeLand Record: Growers in this section
are feeling better over the prospects of the
next orange crop 1t will be larger than
at first estimated by our most experienced
men In the business, but the crop is yet too
young to make an estimate about the per
cent that will mature. 1t is certain that
the aggregate will fall short Of the crop of
| 1SS9-90.
DeLand Record: w. M. Dunn, the prin-
cipal owner of the extensive Dunn Saw
mill Company of this place. says that if he
can secure the right Of way over the rail-
road bed graded from here to Lake Helen,
| he will put down a track principally to
bring logs to his mill, but will also put on
an engine and car for the passenger and
freight traffic TO and from Lake Helen and
the coast
The Orlando gun club. by letter dated
June 3, challenges the Jacksonville club for
shoot for the state medal won at Suwan-
nee Springs. But that medal bears an in
scription applicable only to the contest
when it was won and to the jacksonville
club. The latter club accepts the challenge,
however, the contest to be for handsome
trophy, or for the pleasure and honor of
shoot with the Orlando club, the choice to
be with that club, and the match to be at
Jacksonville June 10.