The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-12


Mrs. Lena McBurney White, wife Of f.
J. White, formerly editor and one Of the
proprietors of the Gainesville Advocate,
died at Sumner, Washington county, few
days ago.
At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs Van De-
man, No. 81 East Monroe street, Jackson
vile, Tuesday, their eldest daughter, Miss
Carrie, was married tn John L. Doggett,
son of the late Judge A. DOggett
The following were elected aldermen at
st. Augustine, all being on the citizens
ticket: Ward 1-Ansel B. Phillips, Henry
A. Darling, Jr.; Ward 2-Louis A. Colee
Ward 3-W Milford Ingraham; Ward A.
Joseph a. Mcdonald.
Hon. p. F. Bishop reports the sale Of the
Harris grove at Citra for $3.50, 900 cash.
He states that the deeds have been signed
and the money deposited. Mr.. Bishop will
act as general manager OF the new company
owning the grove. which is made up Of
northern capitalists
A fine lot in South Jacksonville has been
purchased for Northern Methodist church,
through the efforts of Dr. n. Webster and
other workers. Funds are being raised for
the erection of a handsome church, and the
Methodists In that locality are working
hard In this direction.
w. w. Pemble, commissioner of immi-
grafton for Florida of the Southern Inter-
States immigration Bureau. is meeting with
success in organizing bureaus in Orange
county. Branches have been organized at
Sanford, Maitland, Winter Park and Or
lando, and the prospects are that several
more will be formed.
The Orange Belt railroad has issued an
invitation to the Shine Guards of Orlando
to attend the celebration at St Petersburg
on the Gulf, on the Fourth of July, offering
them free transportation over their line, as
has also the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic
| railroad, the connecting link between Or
lando and the Orange Belt railroad. The
Guards have accepted the invitation.
Mrs. Frank Darling of Fort Pierce,
formerly from Kansas, is a typical Florida
| pioneer. She caught sixteen choice sea fish
in gill net last Saturday, and some months
ago killed a monster wildcat with a Win
chester rifle. She says she is ling to kill a
bear this summer. Mrs. Daring has quite
a number OF silk cocoons of her own raising,
but her silk farm Is not as aourlshing as
hoped for, the recent wet weather having
destroyed hundreds of the delicate worms.
Aug. IA a shooting affray occurred in
Orlando in saloon on Gertrude avenue
run by Jack Allen, the principals
| being A. T. jackson, a barber, then doing
| business on Orange avenue, and Ed. Knight,
bartender in the saloon, both Icing colored
the row occurred over game of cards,
posed to be deadly effect. Knight was shot
in the abdomen, and Jackson in the cheek
and right arm. Doubtless fearing that
Knight would die, on the night of Aug. 10
jackson rallied sufficiently to skip the
town, and nothing has been heard of him
since until recently, when be was found to
be in Goldsborough. N. G. He has just
been landed in Jail at Orlando.
Tampa Tribune: The famous Palmer
Il ixrOr hur .,
second suit has been commenced since the
termination of the first, in which second
suit the positions Of the parties are reversed,
the defendant in the first being the com
plainant in the second, and vice versa The
contested point at present is as to the custody
of the three children. After making and
modifying several orders, the Judge has
awarded the custody of the three children
to Mrs. Ida j. Kennedy, q disinterested
party, during the tendency of the trial.
Previous to tho granting Of this last order
the children were with their mother When
the sheriff went out TO execute the order Of
the court by delivering the children to Mrs
Kennedy it was found that the mother ana
the youngest child the little girl had dis
appeared, ana their whereabouts are not
known. The two boys are now at Mrs.
Kennedy's.
| Dr. Charles E. Saious sailed from PhiIa-
delphia to Europe June 4. Before leaving
he wrote that the following distinguished
physicians had consented to serve in the
medical faculty of the University of Flor
ida, recently Incorporated at Tarpon
Springs, to wit: DIR. John H. Packard, A,
NJ, M. D., Philadelphia, surgery; DR.. J.
McFadden CASTOR, Atlanta, surgery; DR..
Charles b. Kelsey, New York. recto-anal
surgery; DR.. Mary J. Stafford, Tarpon
Springs, obstetrics, gynecology, for female
medical students; DR.. 4. G.. Seguin, Provi-
dence, r. l., diseases of the mind and
nervous system; DR.. Frederick P. Henry,
Philadelphia, rheumatism, blood and spleen !;
DR.. W. r. Birdsall. New. York, diseases of
the. nervous system; DR.. John v Shoe
maker, Philadelphia. dermatology; DR..
James T. Whitaker, Cincinnati, theory and
practice Of medicine; DR.. George H. Roe,
Baltimore, climatology and hygiene; DIR. r.
| J. Lewis, Philadelphia, surgery; DR., c. NJ.
Desvermine, Havana, Cuba, laryngology !;
DR.. Charles E. Sajous, Philadelphia,
laryngology; Dr. c. S. Witherstine, mate
ria medica and therapeutics
A correspondent of the jacksonville
Times Union writes from Tarpon Springs
as follows: speaking of the hardships and
| sufferipgs Stanley and other African ex-
plorers had endured in the dark continent"
a gentleman remarked that he could not un-
derstand why so many of them should have
| come so Dear starving in a country abound
| ing IN tropical growths, and he referred to
Florida as an example to prove that life can
be prolonged for an indefinite period by the
natural products of the soil, and re-
ferred to the experience of the Bailey
| family when they first settled in this sec
| ton. They settled near here over thirty
years ago, and are now a very numerous
and highly respectable family The first
six months after they located here they sub
sisted entirely on fish and the heads of the
cabbage palmetto, and claim that they were
healthy and in excellent physical condition.
The head of the palmetto was used in
various ways. 1t is refreshing to eat with
| out cooking, and is also fried and boiled.
In addition TO the palmetto there are many
other plants and roots in Florida that grow
wild and which are very nutritious. While
Africa does not produce fish food as does
Florida, still the cactus aud palm family of
desert countries afford both nutriment and
water, if properly understood and utilized,
SO that one can be kept from dying with
thirst or starving. But the natural pro-
ducts of Florida would not only sustain life,
but even prolong it beyond that of many
people who, through ample means, over
load the stomach with rich and indigestible
food