The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-02

Gainesvills's bonds have all been sold
-Four candidates are in the race for mayor
of Gainesville.
Mrs. Burke Jordan died in Gainesville a
| day or two ago
Messrs Mitchell, Collins, Massey and
Mallory spoke at Quincy Wednesday.
Preparations are being made in Orange
county for packing the next orange crop.
A good delegation of DeLand people yet
linger in cottages by the seaside at Coronado.
Volusia county is now gathering probably
the best corn crop she has ever harvested
One million tickets at 30 cents per 1000.
will be printed for the coming state cleo
tion.
Fifty dollars worth Of damage was done
| to J. ?. Andrews home by lightning In
Tampa Sunday.
The city council OF DeLand reports that
there is not dollar 10 the treasury to do
any public Improvement.
The Bloomfield Kaolin Company has Just
refused an offer Of over $4,000 for their
mines at Bloomfield. South Florida
One hundred homestead entries wsre
made during the month of August at the |
United States land Office at Gainesville.
Sunday night the goods in Gibson &
Brigham's store, In Tampa, were damaged
$4,000 by water and fire. They were in
sured
DIR. Jackson's house, near Lake Winnie
missett, was struck by lightning during one
Of the storms lest week. The damage is
about $25.
1t is said that big pile of deoaying saw
dust at Pierson is the cause Of an epidemic
OF fever raging there now. No fatal cases
are reported, however.
There will be a grand democratic rally at
Wildwood on Sept 8, with big barbecue.
Democrats from every part of Sumter and
adjoining counties are invited.
The two nominees on the Peoples party
ticket. Capt. c. II. Spencer OF Daytona,
Lake Helen and P. L. Jenkins attended the
Peoples party speaking last week at
DeLand.
Three great schools OF young devil fish
fioated past the dock at Port Tampa a day
or two ago. There were several hundred in
each school, and all were bound down the
bay. From a close observation, the fishes
would average from TO feet across the
wings.
The congressional campaign Of the Sec
ond Florida district opened at Lake Butler
Wednesday with rousing meeting, Two
thousand people were in attendance The
Lake City band furnished music. Messrs.
Bloxham, Cooper, GaskinS and Finley
spoke.
William Nash, q. colored citizen Of De-
Land, was overcome with the heat last
Thursday, and for a while was In critical
condition: He was picked up by /. w.
Whitcomb In the middle OF the street Ia the
| southeastern portion of the city, his face
buried in the sand
William Troy, who was nominated
at DeLaud week before last by the
republican county convention, or piece
| OF convention, for the office of
4 county INN 1faNr
hearing Of IL sent in a letter of declina-
ton. Mr.. Troy 10 one of about 800 coast
republicans that were against the nomiua-
ton Of a ticket by the republicans of the
county.
The wagon bridge connecting New
| Smyrna with Coronado beach will be COM
pleted within three weeks. The Flapler
railroad is steadily moving down the coast,
but not without leaving some money in the
country. The pay roll from the grading
ard tie contractors within five miles of New
Smyrna amounts to about $4,000, and this
| amount Of money in the hands OF negroes
| 10 soon distributed among the merchants.
One night last week burglars broke INFO
the store of w. T. Watson at Emporia in
the northern portion OF Volusla county
| They blew the safe open and battered up
every piece Of iron they could find trying
to open the steel chest inside the safe, but
could hardly make an impression on il ex-
cept knocking off the knob. They got what
cash was left in the cash draw r aud carried
Off about $25 worth Of goods. The night
previous the burglars tried to work Pierson,
but failed.
The democratic mass meeting at Umatilla,
Wednesday, was grand success. 1t was
the largest ever held in Lake county, about
l,20O being present. A crowd OF $50 took
dinner, and there was enough to feed as
many more Excellent music was fur
nished by the Eusts band The speakers
were Hon. d. II. Yancy, in an address of
welcome, followed by Senator Call and
| Hon, f. A. Wilson. After dinner Mai. st.
Clair Abrams spoke, also j. c. Compton
and B. E. McLin.
Mrs. Kate E. McQuaid, wife OF the late
P. McQuaid, died Wednesday night at her
residence at Jacksonville, after an illness of
nearly two weeks. Mrs. McQuaid was born
! in Savannah, Ga, Sept 8, 1858, and was a
| daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs Freeland, the lat
| ter still living. She was also a sister of the
late Capt William Leonard Freeland, who
| died about eighteen months ago. Besides
her mother, she leaves Ave children, three
girls and two boys, Katie, Willie Albert,
Mary and Dorothy.
| While worKmen were attempting last
| week to put a new foundation under the
large water tank that stood IN the rear of
the Carrollton hotel at DeLand it gave
way and with a mighty crash tumbled
over with 60 900 pounds Of water. One of
the workmen came near getting caught
under it. The tank was elevated about
forty feet and supplied the hotel with water
and twice saved the property from iestruc-
ton by fire. The noise It made when il
fell was heard q mile from town.