The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-19
GAINESVILLE GLEANINGS.
a Healthy Growth but No Boom-New
Buildings Going Up.

GAINESVILLE, FLA. Sept. iS.-Boom,
boom auy other city as it may like. Gaines
vile has no boom, neither does it wish any.
for after few years Of Rip Van Wrinkle
snooze she has shaken off the rheumatic"
caught by slumberiDg in the dark air of
boom, and her stride now, though not 80
brisk as when few years ago she was
with eager heart bounding up the mountain
slope, ID firm, free aud steady.
Philip Miller has in course of erection
| three handsome two-story brick business
houses DIR. j. T. Mcmillan has another just
beside them, while the First National Bank
and j. +. Bauknight are placing two more
stories on their buildings adjoining the
brown house. The last will be cut into
suits OF rooms to be used by the hotel
j. X. Eddins has just about completed
one OF the most tasty residences ever erected
In the city. and Clarence Stringfellow has
recently moved into his elegant new home,
while his brother, Robert, is getting ready
20 duplicate it on an adjoining lot.
Mr.. Baird Of the firm Of Baird, Eddins
& Swearingen, will soon move into his ele-
CANT new house, while g. K. Broome is
erecting comfortable dwelling to De used
by Rev. A. b. Curry of the First Preeby-
terrain church.
Rock streets, rock culverts and crossings
tile draining and tree planting Is the order
|
we're let before the structures were begun.
| Two new family grocery stores have been
| opened In the last week which runs the
number up to fifteen, selling exclusively
70 d products.
Our city government is now in proper
working order aud committee Of three al
dermen are in Fernaniua making a critical
examination Of her water system prepare
tory to letting out contracts for ours: and
| the city fathers expect to give the citizens
| plenty OF the pureSt water by the ides of June.
Several of the magnates of the Savannah,
| Florida and Western aud as many more of
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
| West system had their heads together here
! yeterday and netting is expected TO grow
out Of the contact, but what it will be NJ
! one can now say.
Some seem TO think they were settling
! upol new tariff schedule for the coming
orange and vegetable crop, others that the
| conference had reference TO the widening
OF the gauge OF the Florida Southern, while
still others believe both these to be true,
| sud more still that the Savannah Florida
and Western came to put the little Gaines
| vile, Rocky Point and Micauopy railroad
into It's overcoat pocket. preparatory to ex-
| tending 1t to, Pembertons Ferry, 20 'sibly to
| Tampa. AS the contrac5 made between the
| Florida Southern and the Savannah. Flor
ida and Western some years ago precluded
| the latter company from extending its limo
! further south from this point, it is quite
likely that the Gainesville, Rocky Point and
Micanopy will be the scapegoat by which
the Savannah, Florida aud Western
| Will reach salt water. TIE Gaines
| vile aud Tallahassee linen seem to be,
| ike Mr.. Micawber. waiting for something
to turn up, for they are not turning up dirt
very fast toward this point.
The growers in and around M,canopy and
| tlranOa / aka fhet tba ~
this year will be double that OF last, and are
engaging hands and buying boxes now in
| anticipation OF the early ripening of the
largest crop yet produced.
A lawyer from Washington city has been
in the city for several days in the interest of
the Ackerly heirs, claimants of the cele-
| DRAFTED Fort Brooke reser vation. 1t seems
that if no further contest is made by any
one else patents will issue to the heirs of
| Ackerly, but as Mrs. Carew, now on the
property. is not disposed to allow it TO go to
them undisputed, to get her out of the con-
test has been the mission of said attorney.
She has been offered 5000 to yield her
claim, said amount to be secured by mort
gage on the realty, with permission to
reside on it until the sum is paid.
The city council has cancelled the sale of
the court house, made by the outgoing city
collector, and bought in by him for the
city, for non-payment Of city taxes.
The city was reposing in the belief that
she had got rid OF the ''coons" By the pass
sage OF the capitatio tax prerequisite act
but this morning Rob Barton found reg
ulsr old ringtal in his mothers safe max
ing u1etutinal meal of Of nice piece Of
roasted beef. Living in two blocks Of the
square Rob dared not shoot, but finding
stout club he struck his coonship blow
on the skull That harmonized him on the
spot
Sammy, a son OF j. Maxey Dell, was
thrown from a horse yesterday and severe
ly though not dangerously hurt. Mr.. Dell
had his shoulder dislocated in the same way
two months ago and another son was hurt
by runaway horse short while after,
making three OF the same family hurt in
the same way during the short space Of two
months.
If you like you may listen to as touching
little story as ever came from tongue or
pen. In this state lives kind, good
woman, who has had very grieyous
domestic trouble, and being childless. it
drove her into melancholia. Meeting a
mutual acquaintance, l asked after her
coalition. Well, said he, can hardly tell
you. She looks after her flowers and her
parrot-a very smart bird, whose antics it
would make your heart sick to see. Its
mistress has wept and sighed so mucn over
her trouble in its presence, that whenever
a stranger or friend COMES to visit her it
Will run OIL DehlnQ q door or throw ltsen
on a sofa or bed and trembe, sigh, moan,
and make sounds like one weeping aud sob
bing, until tho hardest heara, knowing the
circumstances, would be wrung with pity
for its mistress, aud stand wide-eyed with
amazement at the wonderful power of
mimicry Of human misery possessed by the
bird.
Almost as pathetic as the above is the
preaching under the oaks of man 81 years
, old TO dozen negroes and half as many
curious whites. He struck the city vester-
day ana says he halls from Atlanta. His
name is j. G. Jamison. He is either terri~
bly, in earnest or mildly insane, but he
seems to be as fully convinced of his sanity
Gs he is Of the insanity of all who do not
agree with him. He says he has been fifteen
times In the hands of the rulers, twice in
Atlanta, bus on each and every occasion
God has opened the prison bars and set him
at liberty. He breaches on the street, at
tracing his audience by pacing the side
walks and crying in a steltorian voice:
Come out and hear the gospel" Leave
! your business and come aud receive the
word without money and without price 8"
AS he is docile, and our people are kindly
disposed toward strangers he can preach
here to his hearts content.