The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-10

from Gainesville Monday to northern points.
The orange business is at last beginning to
picT up. For the next few weeks it will
rush, and by Dec. the roads will be taxed
to take care of the thousands OF boxes that
will go through.
There is an item going the rounds about
the Oldest race nag In this country being
was foaled in 1867. Jacksonville goes
Prince one better. A gentleman in Jack
sonvllle has horse foaled In North Caro-
lima in 1866, and If alive will be run in the
forthcoming races in that city.
The littls son Of r. Sutton residing near
| Conway in Orange county was drowned in
a lake near the family residence on Satur-
day afternoon about $3.50 O'Clock. The lit
| tie fellow, Augustus T. D. Sutton, bv name
and only years and 4 months old, was
playing near the shore Of the lake, and, it is
| supposed, climbed into small boat which
| was laying near the shore and losing his
balance fell overheard. He was only missed
| by his parents for about thirty minutes
and when hunt was made for him he was
| found In the lake near where the boat was
anchored.
Fernandina NeVs: An amusing mistake
was made by an old lady of this CITY few
evenings since, She was sitting up with q
SICK daughter, and, suffering with rheuma-
tism, took what she mistook in the dimly
! lighted room for a bottle of chloroform lini-
ment and freely bathed a painful knee
After completing the rubbing she arose
| from her seat for the purpose of putting the
bottle away, but was alarmed to find that
her clothes firmly adhered to her knee An
| investigation revealed the fact that she had
been bathing with syrup of figs. We were
| not informed whether or not this remedy
| had the desired effect
Gainesville sun: The captain of one of
the Indian river steamers played @ good
| joke on some of his lady passengers. who
asked what kind of milk he used on board
| steamer. As matter of fact the milk was
brand of the condensed variety, but the
willy captain told them it was from the
manatee, or sea cow. He said that at a
place on the coast where there was not even
settlement, there was a farm where the
sea cows had been taken up and trained
and II they would like to see them he would
put them off at that point. Soon after he
found the ladies busily engaged in getting
| stop-over tickets for this place and he had
to make an explanation.
Tax Collector James E. johnson Of Duval
county, who was recently suspended by
Gov. Fleming for DISTINGUISHING citizens of
that county and deliberately ignoring the
governors order, is getting himself in hot
! water. The following letter is on file in the
state controllers office In the capitol: "Tel-
la9assee, Fla, Nov. 5, 1S92.-James Z.
johnson, Jacksonville, Fla: Dear Sir
| 1t has been called to my attention
| officially that you are still exercising the
functions and performing the duties Of tax
collector OF Duval county. The records in
the Office Of secretary OF state show that
on the Oct. 80, A. d. 1892, you were sus-
pended from said office by the governor, in
accordance with the authority and power
vested In him by section 10, article 4 OF the
constitution. 1t becomes, therefore, my
official duty to notify you that you have no
authority under your commission to longer
exercise the functions or perform the duties
OF tax collector Of Duval county. Very
respectfully, w. D. Bloxham. Controller"
In accordance with decree Of the United
States court, rendered in the case of oseph
j. klttel against the Augusta, Tallahassee
and Gulf Railroad Company and William
Clarke and others, Philip Walter master,
sold before the door OF the United States
court room at Jacksonville on Monday, be-
ginning at II o'clock, los, 971 1S-100 acres OF
land In the counties of Washington, Cal
houn, Wakulla, Madison. Gadsden, Hamil-
ton, Lafayette, Levy, Alachua and Suwan-
nee, state OF Florida. 1t required forty
minutes to read the description and at the
conclusion Of the reading Col II. Bisbee Of,
the law firm of Bisbee Il Rinehart,
to he sold Mr.. Walter said he
thought as all had to be sold it would be
preferable to sell them in one lot to one
purchaser. There being no objection the sale
started Off at s., 600. 1t gradually climbed
up until it reached 500. 500. There it stuck,
and from this position IL could not be raised
a nickel. William Simmons, an attorney of
New York, and Fred T. Myers, an attorney
of Tallahassee, for William Clarke and
others, ceased TO bid. AMI also did Arthur
Williams OF Jacksonville, for himself, and
consequently the property was knocked of
TO Bisbee 81 Rinehart Of Jacksonville and
John A. Stealey, an attorney OF New York.
for kittell, the complainant. The new,