The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-27
master at Manifold, Citrus county, vice G.

Inspector-General Hughes. U. S. A, was
in ST. Augustine Monday and inspected the
troops and the barracks.
An Oviedo grove owner took SOS boxes of
oranges 20 Sanf I'd recently, ard returned
home with S1,O1O IN lis inside pocket
Senator Matt 5. Quay. who left Washing
ton, D. c, some weeks ago for South Flor
ida. has returned back as far as Jackso4-
vile.
Manufacturers at Tampa say that if the
prop sed tariff bill is passed the Havana
cigar factories in the United States will be
wiped out.
The case of George Alderman. charged
with the shooting Of Josephine Sturks, came
up at Gainesville Friday. Alderman was
held in $3.50 bail.
The Oviedo and Lake Jesup railroad is to
remain in the hands Of the people of Oviedo,
tie parties holding the mortgage against it
having cO-sented to an extension Of time.
". D. Barton of Arredoado reports his
cabbage and cucumber CROPS all right. Last
year be sold his cabbage in the fed, realiz-
ing 81 900 net. He also sold $500 worth Of
| beans from three acres.
The PresbYteriaas OF DeLand have lust
paid off the last dollar of debt on their fine
church edifice. They raised 500 in about
thirty minutes. They have one of tine
handsomest buildings in South Florida.
The extensive improvements being made
| in the hummock east of DeLand are fast
assuming shape. Several miles OF streets
have been opened, and large tract Of land
plated and put o. the market. Some
clearing is already being done for new
| groves.
The roof of the old "cabin, the first house
| built in DeLand, caught fire recently. and
but for the timely aid Of neighbors it would
have been destroyed. II was in this build
| ing that Clara Belle Rich of Jacksonville
was born, she being the first child born in
| DeLand.
Sanford Journal: The spectacle of father
and son-Alex ST. Clair Abrams and Alfred
st. Clair-Abrams both lawyers, fighting
each other from opposite sides of law
case, was presented last week il the Lake
county babeas corpus matter. The son
licked" his dad, or at least won his case.
At Washington, d. c., Friday, Capt
Welsh received telegram from the orange
growers convention of California, saving
| that memorial has been forwarded to con-
gress, aud thata committee left Tuesday for
| Washington to cooperate with the Florida
committee in favor of higher tariff on
oranges
p. Bewan has set out an acre of water
| melons on the western side of Lake Eola,
Orange county. A tin can with a hole in
tia bottom has been placed at each hill,
| WHICH Will DC SCI III Inc GROUND ana Qlleu
| with dirt, thus retaining abundant moist
| ure for the plants should it become neces-
| sary to water them.
+. H. Orvis of the Windsor hotel has in
his possession a couple of teeth belonging to
some extinct animal of the cretaceous
period The teeth are gigantic in size, one
| Of them weighing seve uteen pounds aud the
other eight pounds. These teeth we're found
near Peace river on the property of the g.
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lauta.
The publisher of the Florida Facts at
st. Francis, acknowledges the receipt OF
handsome gold medal, as a prize from the
Keystone Bicycle Club Of Pittsburg for
having ridden the greatest number of days
| during the past season, from July l to Nov.
| l, 1889. The medal is very handsome. 1t
is solid gold badge composed of bar pin
on which is engraved "Days Ridingn
r. Snowden Andrews gives notice to
| tresspasSers, in the New Smyrna Breeze,
that he is taking steps to get possession of
the peninsula property that he claims under
a patent issued to his uncle, Col. G. An
| drews, by President Tyler i'll 1874. but after
| ward granted to the state as school land,
being in section 16, and sold by the state
some years ago. 1t will be question for
| the courts to decide.
Mrs. A. w. Dieter, wife of A. w. Dieter,
|
vile, died Friday at the Lakeside hotel in
Crescent City from injuries received two
weeks ago on a small steamer. Both Mr.
and Mrs Dieter, although very severely
| scalded by escaping steam, were believed to
be recovering until Thursday, when Mrs.
Dieter was seen to be rapidly sinking. and
passed quietly away Friday.
On March 10 Cicero Divine, colored
hand at Childs' mill, at Fort White, struck
| I. /, MORGAN the head with hatcher
infiicting a wound from which Mr.. Morga
may die. A warrant was issued for the ne
gro, who has elu1ed the officers. Divine
claims that he acted In self-defense. Mr..
| Morgan, having been all the time uncon-
scious. has made no explanation. He was
still alive up to Saturday last.
Fort Meade Progress. March 81: The
simple announcement chat they will begin
grinding phosphate rock at our local fer
tilizer works on Tuesday means n great
deal for Fort Meade and Florida For Fort
Meade most because our agricuiturists and
farmers will have a cheap supply Of the
best fertilizer ever put on the market; for
Florida next, because it win be demon
strated to the world that we have the stuff
here
The fire in the woods north of Palatka, in
what is familiarly known as Reds swamp,
is not easily downed. The long weeks Of
drought have dried up all surfacs water,
and even deep in the ground it is as dry as a
bone Fire getting started there few days
ago, in spite of slight rains and one pretty
heavy one, attacked the great muck deposits
there, and has been f1ercely burning ever
since, giving it the appearance of burning
the ground itself.
April aud 8 the State Medical Society
will meet in Ocala. A royal welcome
awaits them After the beacon lights OF
this distinguished body shall have removed
their introductions to old Father Hippo
crates and discussed facts not even dreamt d
of by the sire OF physic, grand excursion
will be rendered to the NJ. DIS and their
wives to natures beauty spots-Silver and
Blue springs, Dannellon and Homosassa.
and the phosphate fields. At Homosassa a
bountiful feast will be served Of fish, o7s-
tiers, chowder and sparkling champagne.
Leesburg Leesburger: A genial voung
merchant of this town is fond of a practical
Joke, even at the expense of his wife. The
other day ne put a spool of white thread in
the inside pocket Of his coat, and with the
aid OF needle drew the end of the thread
through his coat, and left about three
inches of it hanging down on the outside
When be went home his wife naturally
caught hold of the thread end. with
the intention of removing IL from
his coat. She hauled away on IT,
and the thread kent comino ~,