The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-28

Madison county's iron safe fell through
the flooring OF the court house last Friday
night.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Of
Florida viii convene in Gainesville on the
third Tuesday in March, 1891.
Lieut.. Smith Dorrien, who has been sick
IN England for a long time, has returned to
Tarpon Springs. accompanied by his sister
The town council of Lakeland has
granted franchise to K. B. Briggs, Mrs
Leonora Briggs and II. Q. Sloan, for
the establishment of an electric light plant
and ice factory.
Col Robert W. Davis and John e. Hart
ridge will speak TO the voters of st. Johns
county at Genoyars opera house tonight.
Col, c. N. Cooper ana j. e. HartTidge win
address the people Of Mill Creek on Thurs
day next.
]. Madison Langley, the republican
party's nominee TO the revenue collector
chip OF Escambia county, has written q
letter TO Chairman Tunison of the county
executive committee In which he declines
to make the run.
Frank Armistead (colored), aged about II
years, while attempting to hang the side
lights Of the steamer Belle. Thursday even
ing, fell overheard and was drowned Off
Perdido wharf at Pensacola. The body has
not been recovered.
J. M. Towne Of Kissimmee went TO
Tampa last week to look over the field for
the location of a thirty-ton ice machine to
be run in connection with a cold storage
warehouse. The E. B. Cornell Company of
Philadelphia is back of the enterprise and
the prospect is that 1t will be established.
The plant will cost about $4,000.
1t is reported that the storm of last
Wednesday night was accompanied with
quite cyolonic disturbance near the We
kiva river, about eight miles west of Or
lando, uprooting and twisting off the tops
of pine trees and creating general havoc A
large tree was blown across the track of the
Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic railroad, ne
cessitatlng the stopping of the train while 10
was being cut out Of the way.
At Brooksville Friday night, when all
was hushed in tho stiffness of sleep, some
one we'll schooled In Bhe art of safe robbery
stole quietly in the Florida Southern depot
and relieved the safe of 81, 600, blowing the
safe door to atoms. 1t is thought that the
lucky gentleman came from Ocala, know
ing the money was on the train, as 1t was
money sent by the Commercial Bank Of
Ocala to the Brooksville State Bank Friday,
Orlando Record: The recent lottery law
which has been enacted by congress is con-
strued by the assistant attorney gen
eral OF the United States, in a
letter addressed TO Postmaster Ingram
Fletcher in this city, to even pro
hibit newspapers from referring in news
locals, as was recently done by the Record
TO such free gift schemes as several of orr
merchants have gotten up who give a
ticket TO every purchaser of goods. en-
fitting tnem to chance on a handsome
prize.
Tampa Ne1Os: Some journalistic and in
dieial changes may he looked for in the
course OF a shors the. Our information is
that Judge Hanson is to resign his position
on the circuit bench within the next thirty
DAYS and move to Tampa, where he viii
enter the fisld Of journalism, having con-
tracted for one Of the papers now running
nere. g understand that part of the pur-
chase moaey has been paid. In consa-
iqueace Of the resignation of Judge Hanson.
oihef Judicial changes ere conte,n
patSo. 1t has been known for
some time that there is too uiueI
wor& and too little fishing on Il,
supreme court bench to suit Judge Mitch-
ell, and tnas ne has been casting longino