The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-23
FLORIDA.

DeLancey's store at DeLand has been
closed by the sheriff
Large quantities of strawberries are being
shipped from Gainesville
Reports from the Sponge Reefs, off
ApalacnicoIa, are very encouraging,
Mr.. Swords barn, in North Gainesville,
was burned down last Sunday night.
Last Saturdays business on the Midland
railway was the largest in its history.
Walter Roberts of Apalachicola got
finger split open at the Florida shingle mill
Thursday.
Judge Baker of Apalachicola says that
he has not issued a marriage license since
Christmas
The jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
has added another passenger train to its
daily service,
Up to date, about 10000 boxes of oranges
have been shipped from DeLand and ada
cent territory.
The annual grand encampment Of the g.
A. r., men will take place in jacksonville
to-day and tomorrow.
Charles N. Morris of Cincinnati, noted
canoeist, was drowned at Mosquito inlet,
near Daytona, Tuesday afternoon.
The stationery establishment Of z. P.
J Hyor at Orlando has been bought by the
ia of Curtis, Fletcher 81 O'Neal.
al Dixon (colored) of DeLand, claims
his hou was visited Friday night by
JerS. He fired his shotgun at them.
-;o3rge Simpson, bookkeeper at the Win
ruere Lumber Company, is to be assist
. att station agent at Kissimmee for the
South Florida road.
Fort Myers presents the aspect of a COM
mercial city of importance these days. The
steamers, schooners, sloops. and small boats
at her wharves and anchored near by, are
an imposing sight.
Track laying on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad will be completed in
about two weeks, and as soon thereafter as
possible trains will commence running
through to Palatka.
The merchant steamer Clara arrived in
| Fort Myers from Jacksonville on Friday
last She is a neat little steamer, large
enough to carry 100 passengers and reputed
to have unusual speed in sailing.
Forty-two carloads of oranges passed
through Sanford Monday for points north.
At DeLand Junction nine more carloads
were picked up, making fifty-one cars that
reached Jacksonville during the day.
At Pensacola young white man named
| Galar driver OF O street car, while switch
ing his car from the main line on Palafox
al Garden street Monday afternoon, had his
right foot passed over by the car and badly
crushed.
There came near being disastrous fire at
the residence Of J. A. Campbell at Orlando
Monday. An oil stove was tipped over.
and the table on which it was setting caught
fire, but the blaze was pu5 out before any
serious damage was done.
The phosphate fever has reached as far
dowp as Fort Myers. There is a great deal
of excitement among the citizens at present
over the report of phosphate having been
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land owned by w. A. Roberts.
Miss Lille McCalrs resignation as teacher
of the Grasmere school has been formally
accepted by the school board. Miss Bertha
Selimer of Zellwood takes charge of the
school, the one at Tangerine, which she ha:
taught, having been discontinued.
Sunday night at Pensacola the second
officer of the Norwegian bark Niord fell
through hatchway in the poop deck of
that vessel, striking tier of timber on the
spar deck below, from the result of which
his lower extremities were paralyzed.
Col. Whitfield Walker, the present col
lector Of internal revenue for the district OF
Florida, has been officially notified that the
office of collector will be transferred on
Jan. 25 to Hon. Dennis Eagan, who was ap
pointed by the President on Nov. last t.
superse6e him.
Isaac Purcell, attorney for Thomas L.
Mccoy, served SUIT on the city of Palntk e
Monday morning for $1,000 damages.
McCoy's charges are based on the grounds
of his coffee, which he was forbidden to sell
at the depots, although the city gave him 9
license to peddle lunches on the streets OF
Palatka.
DR.. Alexander of Apalschicola, while
amputating the leg of Lee Coleman on
Thursday, cut one OF his fingers accident
ally. AS the leg of Coleman was pretty
badly mortified, DR.. Alexander felt un easy
about his finger, and did not waite much
time in applying the proper remedies to the
finger therefore no bad results have fol-
lowed.
When Oswald Wilson, president of tn q
Farmers Alliance Exchange at Jackson
vile, went down to his office Monday
night, he was greatly surprised, and, need
less TO say, pleased, when Joseph Massey
stepped up TO him and with q neat and
appropriate speech presented him with q
handsome gold-headed cane, the gift Of the
employees OF the Office. Mr.. Wilson, how
ever. was not the only favored one, for on
the same day the board of directors Of the
exchange, consisting of Mr.. Wilson, presi-
dent; Judge Cessna, manager, and William
Comm, secretary, presented the retiring
vice president, Joseph NJ. Massey, with an
elegant gold watch appropriately inscribed
with names of the donors, the date, etc.
1t is almost worth a mans life TO accent
position on the Psla5ka police force. One
has bsen murdered and others shot al
within the past few months bv a gang OF
| colored men who are engaged in building