The morning news., 1892-02-20
FLORIDA.


Miss Lizzie johnson of Grand Ridge, near
Mariana, has quilt of her own handiwork,
composed Of ,693 squares and it took 1000
yards OF thread to complete it.
Owing to the failure of his health DR.. Z.
L. Hooker has resigned the presidency of
Rollins College at Winter Park. F. w.
Lyman is acting as president until DR..
Hookers successor is appointed.
Manatee Advocate: The railroad graders,
In throwing up a bank at one point near the
lower end of the line, opened bed of peb-
BILE phosphate, and for some distance the
road is laid on the pure material.
Negotiations for the sale of the handsome
tug uno, which has SO long graced Pensa-
cola waters, have been progressing for sew
eral days past, and have practically been
concluded. The purchasers are the Hous-
ton Navigation Company of Galveston,
Tex. The price is $4,000.
There is a man at o. D. Hull's packing
house, near DeLeon Springs, who made
sixty-fve orange boxes in just sixty min
utes. He had no assistance whatever, but
finished this number complete within the
time named. and claims to be the champion
orange boxmaker. The same day he made
1865 boxes In nine hours.
S. c. Harrington, who resides near Stark
lake, Orange county, had the misfortune to
on Friday last. He had been in Orlando at
work on the new court house, and supposed
his property to be safe, as he had plowed
and burned around it, The origin of the fire
was from burning woods.
The residence Of Judge J. II. Esmonde,
in the Stoddart neighborhood on East Hill,
Pensacola, was entered through a kitchen
window Saturday night and several articles
In the shape of provisions were taken there
hxr fhn SraSoar1s
store. in the same neighboraood, was broken
into the night before, and a quantity Of
provisions was taken.
A Columbian Woman's Humane Society
has recently been organized in Tampa. The
present aim of this society is to raise funds
for the Russian sufferers, while it is hoped
that other good work may be accomplished
IN the future as emergencies arise. The
name chosen was thought to be an appro-
pirate one in this anniversary year of
Americas discovery by Columbus.
A great flutter has been caused among
the eligible matdens Of Jacksonville by the
advent of a genuine English lord. This
diguitary is Lord Romilly the only son of the
late Lord Romilly, whose tragic death oc-
CURED a little over year ago at the burn
ing of his town house in London. This sol
has succeeded to his fathers estate and
titles and also TO his seat in the House of
LOrus. Inc young Hldu Is, moreover, o
lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.
Orlando Record: An interesting trial was
held Wednesday afternoon in Judge Will
lam Martins court. From the evidence it
appeared that one of Orlando's young
bloods became enamored of a fair performs
er in Halls circus and wrote her a note in-
viting her to an oyster supper after the per-
formance In the circus had closed. She
showed the note to her brother and he
answered it, arranging for a meeting near
the circus car at the Florida Central and
Peninsular depot In. order to dis
tinguish him from other individuals,
the ardent young blood was re-.
quested to wear a white handkerchief
around his neck. Promptly on time the
Lotharioawas on hand with a white hand
kerchief, IN strong contrast with the gloom
of night, anxiously looking for his in
amorata. Alasi she came not; but her two
big Brothers did, and seizing the white
necktie, they severely caned the too pre-
vious young gentleman. The two brothers
were arraigned in court on the charge Of
assault with deadly weapon; but Judge
Martin decided there was no cause for
action, and the Livingston brothers were
discharged.