The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-17

AT the recent city election at Dunnellon
W. w. Lindsay was elected mayor and
| Kirby A. Griner city clerk
George Riggin Of Braidentown is making
! his last shipment of oranges. Nyranza
grove will yield In the neighborhood of
LOO boxes this year.
DR.. John NJ. Thompson Of Ocala, who has
| just finished planting out 10-acre cabbage
| patch, refused one day the past week the
offer OF 800 per acre for the entire ten
acres.
The gold watch stolen from Julius Israel
IN Ocala last Friday night was a souvenir of
the war. The same was purchased by him
In Richmond, Va. IN 1862. paying for IL
$500 In confederate money.
The osse of the state against 8. s. Harvey,
who had shooting scrape with J. e. Alex
ander at the Leon hotel, during the session
OF the legislature In 1891, was called IN the
circuit court at Tallahassee last week and
continued.
The citizens' city ticket was elected at
Ocala Tuesday without opposition. Only
239 votes were cast. MoConathy Is mayor
and John DoZier, r. A. league, II. A.
Birdseys. George Maokay and d. L. Ander-
son are aldermen.
The sheriff of Msnatee county has been
ordered by Judge g. b. Sparkman to sum-
mon commission to decide the amount
due Messrs. Gaboury & Armstrong for the
building of the road to Sarasota and the
grading on the north side of the river.
The schooner William E. Downes, bound
from PuntR Gorda to Baltimore laden with
phosphate, put in at Key West Wednesday
for coal aud water. She is leaking badly.
Tuesday she was libeled by James st. Clair
for pilotage. which her captain holds is not
due. The sum in question is only $42 so.
The office of the Southern Express Com
pany at Inverness was broken into Wednes-
day night and two packages of merchgn-
disc and two jugs Of whisky taken. The
office Is In the South Florida railroad freight
| depot. Entrance was effected by removing
| an iron bolt. TIE goods were recovered
Thursday In the phosphate pits near Her.
| nando No arrests have been made.
A representative Of the Anheuser> Busch
Brewing Association of st. Louis, who was
| In the city last week, said that his company
will certainly build en- ice factory in Tampa
next spring. W. A. Palmer, who has been
negotiating with Manager Long for the
purchase of the Tampa loe Company's plant
| for some time past, says that the trade il
| off. Mr.. Palmer offered $4,000 for the
plant and business but Mr.. Long would not
take less than $40, 900.
A firm whose business Is building furni-
ture and cigar box manufacturing, will
| visit Palatka between now and Christmas
with view to locating plant. This firm
will use about 10000 feet of timber daily
and employ twenty-five hands. They art
much pleased with Palatka and will proba-
bly, locate there If it can be shown that they
can get the supply of timber they will need
at figure as low as it can be had at Other
points in the state where they have pros
peoted.
Gainesville Leader: Col. n. W. Locke OF
Wilmington, N. c., was in the city Thurs.
day. He is managing partner Of Halfway
q Co. Of Philadelphia, who have the con.
tract for the completion of the jetties at the
mouth OF the st. Johns river. The colone
says about $4,000 tons of Florida rock viii
be utilized, and that It will require three
years time to finish the work. 1t Is esti.
mated that the Florida rock will cost $3.50,
600. The importance Of the work can
scarcely be overestimated. The jetties
when completed, will not only advance the
interests Of Jacksonville, but will be Of i'm
mense value to the people of the whole state.
IL is probable that much of the rock used
on the jetties will be taken from quarries in
Alachua county.
The Indian River Advocate says that the
Flagler railroad met with what seemed 70
be serious obstacle in the Rockledge neigh
borhood last Saturday. A. A. Taylor. who
is interested in the Tropical hotel property,
in a costume which was said to resemb BILE a
| AAAONiuB AAoohhi, hu0 uCCOihphnAou ny q
party Of carpenters and painters, who were
at work on the Tropical hotel property,
proceeded TO the railroad cut in the rear OF
the property and elected the railroad build
ers from the premises. 1t is also reported
that force Of men were sent to
work by the lessee of the Tropical hotel,
Mr.. Peck, and that the cut made by the
railroad company was ratified. Matters
assumed q rather serious aspect for time,
but the difficulty was only a temporary one
Old Man Taylor, as he is Familiarity called
by those who repose within the sunny circle
of his friendship, had an interview with Mr.,
PARROT In Jacksonville last Monday the
outcome Of which was that a telegram was
sent from that city by Fred f. Taylor TO his
lessee, MIR. Peck, instruoting him to present
no further obstacles to the progress OF the
road. IL Ia with considerable satisfaction
that we note the adjustment Of the trouble
ia regard to the property.
Scrofula, whether hereditary or acquired