The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-21
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Criminal court convenes at Orlando next
| Monday.
Fort Myers has two and half miles of
water front.
Chipley is TO have the teachers institute,
commencing June "a.
Garrett Bros. of Orlando have gone into
the lumber business extensively at Lake
Winder.
Gen. William Miller has been quite i'll at
his home in Point Washington, but is re-
covering
A steamboat line for freight purposes
| between jacksonville and Palatka is now
almost assured.
The masonic fraternity has joined ]. C.
Luning in erecting twC-story brick build
| ing at Leesburg.
The Washington County Farmers Al
lance will hold Its next meeting at Grassy
Point, on North Bay. July 3 and 4.
A base ball tournament is in progress at
Orlando, in which the competitors are clubs
of colored men from different parts of the
state
Chipley lodge, F. and A. NJ, will have
procession at Chipley on June a. Maj. A.
j. Russell has been invited to deliver an
address.
Albert, the 3-year-old son of Hardy Phil
lips OF Sanford, had his leg broken a few
days ago by an elder brother falling from
a fence on him.
The lumber for the new African
| Methodist Episcopal church at Lake Helen
has arrived. and the carpenters will soon
begin work on the new building.
Mr.. Melrath, United States census agent,
has been at Vernon for the past week at
work in the county clerks office getting up
a ct Of Mas
ington county.
Prominent citizens of Kissimmee have
! been talking up the subject Of a barbecue
and dance to celebrate the completion of
Osceola's new court house, and steps to that
end are now being taken.
The cut worm is now busily at work in
the cotton fields around Vernon and is
destroying the plants entirely. In many
localities the farmers have been compelled
to pillow aud plant second crop.
City Marshal Mitchell of Cedar Key was
granted bail this morning by United States
Commissioner Fletcher II. A. Finlayson
and James Cottrell of Cedar Key, and W.
A. Dyal of Nassau county, bondsmen.
The Leader says Kissinmee has one of
the finest driving beaches in the state. One
can leave the city and drive to Southport
the entire way on the beach, a distance of
| about twenty miles, in meandering course
John Sykes has been captured at last He
is a white car robber about Ocala and was
detected about seven mopths ago trying to
gain entrance into freight cars of the
Florida Central and Peninsula railroad, and
ESCAPED by throwing salt in Constable
Boyd's eyes.
| An old colored man employed at Dick
Oldham's stable at Jacksonville found a
roll of money containing $500 Saturday
| night. and returned it to the owner, Mr.. Z.
e. Cleveland, the furniture dealer, who had
dropped 1t from his pocket while getting
out of his buggy at the stables.
| Albertus Vogt offered F. s. Perrin 500
for horse in Ocala last week. The owner
wanted 5000. A proposition was made to
toss up half dollar to see whether it
should be 800 or $500. 1t resulted in 500
for vogt, and he cody planked down the
cash and walked off with the charger.
j. H. Bacon, from the government engi-
neers Office in st. Augustine, is at Mayport,
and with the party of engineers is making
the annual survey of the bar and mouth Of
the st. Johns river. After the completion
Of the survey work is to begin on large
building TO be used for officers and store
| rooms.
Ed Knight (colored) was brought before
Justice of the Peace j. M. Lane at Orlando
Monday for preliminary examination on a
waived an examination, whereupon he was
bound over in the sum Of $500 to appear be-
| fore the next term of the criminal court, in
default OF which he was committed to jail.
John Wesley McRae, a leading and en-
| terprising citizen of Melrose, who died Nav
Is, was the son of NJ. N. McRae of Lumber
City, Ca, where he was born March Is,
! 1919. In 1874 he married Miss Maud Sur
rency of Surrency, Ca, and in 1877, on
1 nnn0nnt al -,
Melrose, where he lived up to the time of
| his death.
DIR. Ross of the United States marine
| hospital service has been ordered to duty at
Pensacola for the purpose of aiding in pre-
ventive measures which are to be adopted
| In order to insure safety from Cuban fever
\ There is not much danger at present, as
| there is a well organized state board of
health which has taken vigorous steps
already to keep disease out of the country
| The Silver Lake Presbyterian church of
Fort Reed is the Oldest church of that de-
| nomination in Florida south of Palatka. 1t
Is named from lovely sheet of crystal
water near the church building, and be-
cause number of its earliest members, Col =.
| b. +. Whitner, DIR. A. d. Bruce aud Others
lived on the shores of Silver lake. Tnls
pioneer church has sent out three strong
colonies, which have formed Presbyterian
churches at Apopka, Orlando and San
| ford.
While Col. Chipley was delivering his
anti-Call speech at Arcadia, night or two
ago, a huge banner began slowly descend
ing from over his head from the upper
platform) upon which. painted in large
letters, were the words: "For United States
Senate, Hon. Wilkinson Call First, last,
and always The banner fell parallel with
Chipley's body, within six inches of his face,
thus shutting him completely out of sight
OF the people. tremendous yell was set
up, and Col Chipley said no more
Ocala Banner: We heard few DAYS
ago that ]. O. A. Long. about thirteen miles
west OF Ocala, and another party twenty
five miles northwest of this place, came to
town last week, the formers visit being the
first in thirteen years. while the latter, whose
name we have forgotten, had not seen our
city for thirty-eight years. These gentle
men came TO execute deeds to phosphate
land. Mr.. Long took in cold cash for forty
acres, $500, and both were wonderfully
impressed with the growth of the city.
The new dixie or shore extension Of the
south jetty at Mayport has stopped the
washing away of the beach in front Of the
cottages aud it is filing in again The
prospect of the railroad changing hands in
the near future and being extended from
Arlington to South Jacksonville, has led to
some speculation in land around Mayport.
| The plan is to run the ROAD across tha marsh