The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-01
FLORIDA.

There is a young man in Brooksville who
has had his marriage license for two years.
w. @. Griffin of Madison, at one shot last
week killed eighteen quails out Of a covey
of twenty-five.
DR.. Harvey Knight, who was struck with
paralysis at his home in Belleview on March
Is, died Saturday morning.
John Ives, a crab fisher, caught over 400
in two days at Daytona, two of which
measured over nineteen inches from tip to
tip.
A farmer named Hall, in Suwannee
county. made 400 bushels Of sweet potatoes
last year on two acres Of land, and another
named T. @. Williams, made 200 bushels on
a half acre.
A call has been issued for a meeting of all
ex confederate soldiers residing in Suwan>
nee county at Live Oak on April 6, for the
purpose Of organizing a Confederate Veter-
ans Association.
Rev. W. C. Mccall, pastor of the Lake
City Baptist church, has purchased the
corner lot on the public square from Banker
N. s. Collins for the site OF q new 81, 800
house OF worship he intends to have erected.
Eight men, employees of Vanderpool of
Jacksonville, were arrested at the head of
Lake Dexter Friday by Deputy Sheriff
Perkins for breaking the fish laws. Thew
were brought to DeLand and lodged in jail.
DIR. Gary of Ocala and president of too
Florida Medical Society expects to attend
the meeting of the railroad surgeons in Buff
falo, N. Y, April 30, and the congress of
American physiciansin Washington, d. c..
May 5, 6 and 7.
Five citizens OF DeLand, rejoicing in the
name OF the Lake County Drainage and
Improvement Company" have bought
5000 acres of Lake county land, situated
ten miles west OF DeLand, and propose to
improve the same.
Mrs. DIR. Perine, formerly Of Ocala, but
now living in Fernandina, has fallen heir TO
considerable property in New York city by
the will Of her grandfather, who died lately
She is one of seven heirs inheriSing over a
quarter of a million.
Palatka Times: We had the pleasure Of
examining a well-pressrved copy of Snak-
speare's works, bound in parchment and
published by John Stockdale, London, in
17s4. This valuable book is the property of
our townsman, p. Cunneely.
]. O. Stevens, who was arrested for forg-
ing a check on the First National Bank of
Ocala, waived examination before Judge
Cordero Saturday and was bound over in
the sum of $500, to stand his trial before the
next term of the criminal court.
Two little girls. Mary Cad wallader and
Lena Miller or DeLand, gravely loade
their doll baskets with cake the other day
and started for Tampa. When found by
their half-distracted parents they were
sitting on the depot platform, waiting for
the train.
Daring q recent cruise down the river A
I. Ball Ct Cocoa picked up on the beach at
Gilbart's bar an cid Spanish silver dollar
blackened by age and exposure, bearing the
date of 1896. The legend around the head
ran somehow thus: "Carolus I'LL, Del
Gratia, Rex Hispan. Eft Ind.
At the special sitting of justice court ct
Cocoa on Monday last, A. w. Flint pro-
prietor Of the New Rock Ledge hotel was
bound over in the SUN of $3.50 to answer
at the next term OF the county court for
assault and battery. The warrant was
sworn out by Miss Maggie Campbell, a
waitress, whose face Mr.. Flint slapped on
Saturday before.
The following fourth-class pos tmasters in
Florida were appointed last week: G. B.
Goodman. at Dekle, Bradford county, vice
t. E. Dekle, resigned; C. A. Depey, at Ma
pies, Lee county, vice G. D. Brockmore, re-
signed; Isaac Aten, at Pinecastle, Orange
county, vice j. W. Matchett, resigned; w.
J. Toland, at Leroy, Marion County, vice
j. Y. Bettys, resigned.