The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28

crop Of Madison county is but about one
I twentieth as large as IL was last year.
Tie Orlando and Winter PARK railroad
will be opened in few days 70 Oyiedo, the
line having been about completed to that
point.
! Hon Theodore Randell will soon begin
! the erection. of a grist mill ami glnnery at
/ the Cross Roads, near his store, Ia Madison
| county.
II. J. Richie, collector Of customs at ST.
| Augustine, has received Instructions to turn
over the postoffice lot to the city for certain
| purposes.
A ludicrous case Of Observation-Disclosures oc-
CURED IN Gainesville a few days since, re-
sulting in gentleman attempting TO bride
a COW instead Of a horse.
The DeLsnd postotfice has been made an
| international money order Office, and money
orderscan now be obtained on all the prin-
| cipal postciiices in the world.
The Pemberton Ferry branch Of the South
| Florida railroad, run ling from Pembert3n
| Ferry 20 Barlow, was changed from mar
row TO standard guage Saturday.
At meeting of the directors Of the Trib-
une Company. held at Tampa Thursday, W.
| A. Carter was elected editor, and Mai.
Charles Wright business manager.
A negro: was discovered in loaded car at
the Florida Central and Peninsula depot at
| Oca a night or two ago Several pack
ages we're missing. He was placed under
arrest
The Georgia Southern and Florida, it is
rumored, will purchase the Palatka and
Lake Weir and the Ocala and Gulf rail
ways. and have secured terminal facilities
at St Petersburg.
Joseph Brock OF ST. Petersburg has been
arrested and lodged In gail charged with
stpalfnp ~ ba haf halnur
board the English yacht Rosalind, now
under attachment.
The estimated expenses Of running the
city Of Tampa for the next twelve months,
exclusive of interest, is $50, 900. OF this
amount Sl5,376, or one-fourth, is wanted
for salaries. The police gets $1,000 of this
sum.
The location of the lands of the Waycross
Short Line at St Mary's is nearly com
pleted, and the chief engineer will COM
mence stalking the definite line toward the
connecting survey from Waycross next
week.
A. c. Aldrich, formerly city engineer,
who left Orlando re Gently for Omaha, Neb.
to accept position with the Union Pacific
railroad Company, has been ordered by
the company to Portland, Ore, to take
charge OF the draughting Office in that
place.
j. G. Dell and B. j. Rawls, engineers,
have been arrested at jacksonville for as
saulting Lewis Roberts, also an engineer on
the Florida Central and Peninsular. Rob-
erts said that Dell and Rawls tried to keep
him from taking an engine out on the road
Tuesday night, aud upon his refusal they
set upon him and beat him, knocking out
three teeth, which he came near swallow
ing.
New Smyrna Breeze: Last Friday Misses
Addie Prevatt and Lulu Baker of New
Smyrna and Miss Eliza Houston of Osteen
were bathing in what they supposed to be a
shallow place in the river nearly in front of
the Hill house, when all three suddenly
stepped OFF into deep water. Miss Baker
soon succeeded in reaching place of safety,
but the others vainly struggled, and finally
went down for the last time beneath the
waters. Their cries for help, however, had
been heard by young lad-Clarence Sum-
merlln-who, upon reaching the place
where they had disappeared, bravely
plunged in TO their rescue, and with the aid
of Miss Baker drew them. up out of the
water in an unconscious state. Although
both were unconscious when rescued they
have fully recovered