The morning news., 1892-03-13
FLORIDA.

A sale Of 5000 acres of land around Jud-
son and Trenton is on the tapis.
The Field building. corner OF Franklin
and Twiggs streets at Tampa, has been sold
to James j. Clarkson of Pasco county for
$4,000.
Mad dogs aud hog cholera are still raging
in the southern part of Suwannee county.
Capt. I. w. Hart, successful planter, has
ost over one-hslf OF his hogs from cholera
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows meets in
Tampa on March Is. The Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railroad has offered a
/ cent round trip fare for this occasion.
The cabbage crop in Alachua county Is a
little late this season on account II the
drought, aud it will be about ten days be-
fore the bulk OF the crop begins to move
north ward.
The Baptists of Madison are preparing to
erect parsonage on the southeast corner of
their church l)t. The plans and specifioa-
tions show a neat Broom cottage, which
will be al ornament to the town when COM
pleted.
In issuing notices OF its first annual din
ner to be held at the Putnam house, Palatka
on March 10, the University Association of
Florida has found great many graduates
of different colleges in the pine woods, the
Oldest of whom is Judge William Tnomp-
son OF Putnam county, who was graduated
from Yale in the class OF 'S6, and who is
stlll hale and hearty and makes many Of the
the younger lawyers of Putnam hustle.
The Polk County Democratic Club was
permanently organized at Lakeland, on
March 5, with over 100 members Capt. A.
A. Scott was elected president; Capt w,
b. Bonacker, frat vice president; J. G. Will
bur, second vice president, and Thomas
Stephenson secretary. It Is expected that
this club will number 500 before the CAM
paiga fairly opens. DR.. Deriux, L. j. MINI
wenkamp and Eppes Tucker were appointed
committee on resolutions.
Madison Recorder: A gentleman from
the lower edge of this county informs us
that there is considerable excitement in
Lafayette over the prevalence Of hydropho-
bla In the last named county. Our inform
ant states that it is common now for men
TO carry their guns wherever they go, and
woe unto the canine. who is found without
d voucher close at hand, who Is willing to
shield it. Numbers of dogs have been
killed, and yet it is feared that all which
have been inoculated have not been de-
stroyed.
The republicans of Polk county held a
| convention it Barlow Tuesday. At the
| forenoon session there were only three per-
sons present. At the afternoon meeting
there were five, and the convention organs
lied by electing Mr.. Vanhook president and
! DIR. Lake secretary. The convention was
very harmonious throughout. The follow
ing we're elected delegates TO the state con-
vention at Tallahassee; Col. NJ. w. La
Rue. DR.. Lake, DR.. Saxton, John Powell,
Henry Blood, Isaac Whitaker, - Hady-
man, 8. W. Ahlinger and f. E. Skipper.
The delegates were instructed to vote as
unit 1t was decided to have no county
candidates, and the opinion was expressei
that there would be no state ticket put in
the field by the republicans, but that con-
gressional nominations would be made. A
central committee WAS appointed for the
! county and the convention Sdjourned.
Trouble between James j. Piles, a WELL
known orange grower, and George Dear
mond, the teacher in the high school at
| Brooksville aud editor Of the Brooksville
Star, eliminated late Thursday in Mr.. Piles
notifying Mr.. Dearmond to arm himself
| They met later when Piles asked Dearmond
| If he was armed, TO which he replied "np'
and began to explain, believing Piles TO be
pacifcally disposed. Dearmond was then
handed a pistol by a friend, whereupon
Piles became enraged and said: "You lied
to me about not being armed" He then
drew pistol, held IL 70 Dearmond's breast
and snapped it three times Fortunately q
bystander igraspe1 the weapon in time TO
prevent its firing. AT this juncture Dear.
mond broke and ran. Friday morning IL
was reported that some one went ~ Dear
mond Thursday night aud advised him to
leave saying that Piles friends inteuded to
kill him. Dearmond has not made bis
appearance and it is reported that he has
left town. Dearmonds conduct in the
school room was the cause Of the trouble.
A letter from Lake City TO the MORNING
NEWS says The turpentine operators In