The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-25
FLORIDA.

EanlZeu at OdyUOnh-
The customs service at Pensacola Is TO be
| supplied with a steam launch.
Twenty-four trains pass Callahan daily,
averaging one train an hour.
William Crockett was drowned at Ferry
Pass Thursday, while booming log ends.
A new postoAice has been established at
| Newport, with Joe NJ Ladd as postmaster.
Rev. Clark Policy, the patriarch OF the
/ S. Johns River conference, died at New
| Berlin a few days ago.
1t is estimated that 25, 900 acres Of land
/ in the western part of Alachua county are
now covered by options.
| The Protestant Episcopal church is con-
| sidering the matter of building a church
and rectOry in Orange City.
| Six prisoners broke jail at Green Cove
/ Springs Friday night The sheriff offers
reward Of 500 for their capture.
| Anegro set fire to a bunk in the jail at
! st. Augustine Saturday, and had a narrow
escape of being smOthered to death.
Mr.. Disston. Col Scott, Claus Spreckles,
the great sugar king, Mr.. Fitting and others,
are expected at Kissimmee this week.
George Parker has discovered a bed of
phosphate on the shore of the lake near the
saw-mill, one mile east Of Orange City.
Gen. John A. Varnum, now in Denver,
Col, writes that he expects soon TO return
to his home at Gainesville after years. alb
sence.
The Jewish citizens of Pensacola will give
their animal Purim ball at the hall Of the
Pastime Social Club on the evening of
March 6.
Kind-hearted Orlando people are sub
| scribing fund to provide drinking trough
for dogs, the horse trough being too high
for them to use.
The new building, Christ church, low
being erected in Williamsburg, will be,
when completed, the finest church building
in Manatee county.
The white boy who was reported as being
seriously injured in Thursdays railroad
accident at Dunnellon, died that night. His
remains were taken north.
Glaiber's new saw and planning mill at
Fernandina is nearing complexion, and will
be ready to receive the machinery as sooA
as it arrives, which will be in a few days.
S. NJ Chandler, brought to Kissimmee
from Fort Bassinger, on the steamer Ship
man last week. hides, skins, and furs to tho
amount of 1851 " of which 1888 70 were
alligator skins.
The five months term of the Oviedo pub
lie school closed last Monday, but the school
patrons have subscribed a sufficient sum to
retain Mrs r. II. Bradford to teach for
some time longer.
English, a young man who is fishing at
New Smyrna, stepped on stingaree. It
buried its sting in his leg and it was neces-
sary to cut it out. 1t made a very ugly
and painful wound.
DR.. GARRETT, in North City,sa suburb of
st. Augustine. probably has the most ex-
tensive grove of Japan plums, and the
largest crop Of fruit this year, that has
ever been raised in st. Johns county.
A sailor on the Swedish bark Arannah,
while at work in the rigging at Pensacola
Saturday, fell from the mizzen top to tn
deck. In the fall he struck a Delaying pin,
and his left leg was broken between the
thigh aud knee.
The treasurer of the Oviedo and Lake
JeSup railroad appeals to the people to save
the road from foreclosure he says the
saving to the people by this road has been
large. and urges that Trey prevent it from
falling into the hands of strangers.
Some time since Conductor Newell of
| Orange City missed $50 gold piece from
his vest pocket, which he pl esumed to be
| stolen while his vest was hanging in the car.
| A still hunt was instituted, which resulted
IN the capture of the thief, Frank Stevens,
a train hand, and his subsequent confession.
Friday was an unlucky day for the en-
ployes at the Glaiber mill. Thomas East
more had one Of his fingers cut nearly off
by heavy piece of timber falling on it,
| and John 5. Lee sustained very severe in
juries by falling from the scaffolding to the
ground Alr. Ea stmore's finger will proba-
bly, have to be amputated.
The mysterious disappearance of Mr..
| Platt from Ten Mile creek, Brevard county.
has caused some alarm. lie had been sick
Tor some time, but was improving. He had
| just got able 70 sit up when on Friday, Feb
| IA, at 10 o'clock, he disappeared quite sud-
denly and at last accounts he had not been
| found. 1t is supposed that sickness had
| dethroned his reason and that he committed
| suicide.
| The people of Chuluota are getting tired
| OF looking for the arrival of the iron horse
In their village aud propose to make the
best of the transportation means within
their reach. The Oviedo Chronicle under
stands that they intend to buy ten acres of
land on the Ekonlockatchie creek, three
miles from the village, for landing, and
| will clear out the creek to the st. Johns
river, at an estimated cost of $500, and will
have boats run up this landing by the CLYDE
line. This, If accomplished, will save them
| haul to Oviedo of four miles, as the dis
lance to that point is nearly seven miles.
w. II. Allen killed an eagle near his place
in Leon county last week that measured
something over nine feet from tip to tip,
with talons over three inches long. When
discovered by Mr.. Allen the eagle had lust
killed and was preparing to make a meal of
pig. On disco vering the intruder he
grasped the pig in his monster claws and
scared away to other parts. Mr.. Allen fol-
lowed, however, and on again finding his
whereabouts, took advantage of the interest
being manifested in the meal of fresh pork,
slipped within range, and fired load of
buckshot into the king Of birds, with the
above result.
The heavy falling off in the receipts of
Florida oranges in northern markets has at
last, after four weeks of continuous low
prices, accomplishments object, and FIoridas,
by reason of light supply and superior
quality. have broken away from the stan
dards of the general market, and began an
advance on their own account. This adj
vance will in all probability continue as long
as the small supply on hand holds out. The
quotations by the Florida Fruit Exchange
are: Fancy, So 30 TO 81; brights, 50 to 50 rs {;
russets, selected, 81 TO 50 rs; russets, crdi-
nary, 81 80 to 81 25; navels, 81 rs to 81 so
and sometimes So; mandarins and tanger-
ines, when strictly fine, sell well.
Palatka Times: On las Friday evening
Louis Colwell, a colored employe in the ice
factory, who was complaining of a severe
pain in the head, was given a bottle of anti
migraine, patented headache cure manu-
anNVN r~aA 1Nr~A lsn At.