The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-25
I.ORIDA.


A regattawIll be held at Cocoa on Tuesday
preceding Thanksgiving day, to continue
three days.
Osceola Gazette: Smith Thomas, colored;
with his dogs last Sunday morning captured
two large wild cats over on lngham lSlanu
He says he did not catch them all ana lnet
are more over there yet.
Ingram Fletcher Orlando's postmaster, has
Orlando, and has accepted the position. Mr;
Fletcher Is now at indianapolis, but WIZ
shortly return to assume his duties at the
bank.
Brooksville News Register: II. s. Yates
has refused so cents pound for his TOBACCO
crop. This is his first attempt ana mas
proved such a success that he will plant again
and next year for larger crop. Ihere Is
money in it.
They are having little speck OF war ia
Clay county on school matters. The county
superintendent gets S35 per month; bun as ne
has TO eat and wear clothes he natnEaliy
wants $50. And besides he is devotlng all ms
time for the good OF the cause
New Smyrna Breeze: 1t will take regimen
Of men to put up the fences that nave been
blown dOwnby the storm or upset by the TIDE
Along portions Of Hillsboro street some lean
every which way, while others are down hat
They have How came you so appearance
Orlando Sentinel; 1t is most noticeable
fact that many people are saving the large
quantities OF hay grown in Orange county,
There is no reason why single pound OF
western hay should be brought into our midst,
and II we only save what we have at home
this will be clearly demonstrated.
Juno Tropical Sun. The trade boat Irene,
formerly owned by the canning company and
recently purchased by Mr.. Tindall, sank
near Jensen last week and was to-
tai wreck II was stocked with new goods
ready for the first trip. 10 was with diff
Guilty that Captain Carrow and his mate were
rescued.
William Holly, colored, brakeman on the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, had
his foot crushed at Orlando. He was working
IN the yard making up trains, coupling ana
working the switch, when his foot in some
way got caught in a frog and car wheel
passed over it, cutting of a part Of the ball OF
his foot and all the toes except the largest
one His other leg was also bruised.
Palatka Times-Herald During the late
storm the steamer Princess was carried
ashore by the turbulent waters and deposited
liz the midst OF an orange grove at Federal
Point. On Tuesday afternoon W M Boyd
genius IN nearly every kind of mechanical
sktll, with five men, undertook to launch the
steamer, and right happily did he succeed;
He commenced work at 2 O'Clock and by
0 clock Wednesday morning the Princess was
IN the water again.
Juno Tropical Sun: s. Kitching suffered
quite severely in the storm. His large 2-story
store. built on the river, was blown and
washed of the piles supporting 1t and set
down in six feet OF water, damaging many of
the goods He and his SON and two others,
in the building at the time, had to wade out
washed away, except the warehouse
and bulkhead. Several other buildings, in
GLIDING the church, were more or less dam
aged.
Brooksville News Register: Four miles
southwest Of town on the Anclote road is one
Of those Curions freaks that abound in Flor
ida, sink in the open pine woods, perfectly
dry, but when it rains is the receptacle OF all
the surplus water that falls for miles around
The water PUSHES into 1t a roaring river to be
swallowed up, and leave not a sign beyond
tho washed earth to tell Of its passage. An
examination discloses no visible connection
with u subteranean passage. but such exists,
because the water goes out without accumla-
ton, no matter how fast it PUSHES in,
Orlando Reporter: The public school house
at Mcdonald station was burned Friday
afternoon between and o'clock. The build
ing was totally consumed by the flames, to-
gether with all the school furniture and
books. The fire Is thought TO have been the
work of incendiaries, as when school was dis
missed at $3.50 o'clock there was no fire in the
building, and when the tire was discovered, at
about , o'clock, the flames appeared to en-
velop the entire interior OF the house, the
indications pointing TO the building of the
fire right in the center Of the floor. The
building is frame, l-story high 30x60 feet
There was no insurance on the house or its
contents, and as a consequence, they are q
complete loss. The school building was q
comparatively new one, and was erected by
the neighborhood, by private contributions,
and by the hard work of several of the men Of
the community, who devoted their own time
and labor to its erection.