The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14
GAINESVILLE GOSSIP.
Many Interesting Facts Picked UP by
a Travelling Correspondent.

a Travelling Correspondent.
Gainesville, Fla, May 12.-The peram-
bulating correspondent of the MORNING
News dropped in on this lively city last
night, coming over from Palatka on the
Florida Southern railway This is a
narrow gauge road, but its neat, com
Portable cars and fast schedule make it a
popular route, as Supt. Denham keeps his
road bed in fine order. A good nights
rest at the Brown house where found
the MORNING News on file for the use of
guests, enabled me to look around quite
lively before the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad train left for Jack
sonville.
Judge j. J. Finley is holding circuit
court here this week, which gives the
town an unusually busy appearance at
this dull season of the year. Gen. Finley
is a gallant confederate veteran, yet he
dispatches business with no VeXatiOus de-
lays.
The busiest place, outside of the court
house, l found at the United States land
Office, where every official and clerk
seemed to be hard at work. Just now the
demand for land about Lake Worth and
Biscayne bay keeps the Officeforce Eat it"
all the time. OF course Col. Y. j. Chip
man, the receiver, and Col. Alex Lynch,
the register, do their share of the labor.
Col. Lynch is old and feeble, yet his health
just now is unusually good, while Col.
Chapman is as young and sprightly as
ever. If the republican officials are al
lowed to serve out their terms these gen
tlemen will hold ON until the first of the
coming year. AS they both have fine
orange grove properties here in Florida
their final retirement from public service
will simply give them much needed rest
in the full enjoyment of their pleasant
rural homes.
Mrs Judge Bell is home from Chicago,
where she Went as one of Florida's lady
commissioners to the worlds fair OPEN
ing. This estimable and patriotic lady
deplOres the widespread reports of an
mseemly wrangle in the meeting of the
| lady commissioners 1t was indeed a
small matter and lasted only ~ few mo-
ments. Mrs. Palmer did not weep, nor
| did she show any unseGnly temper. Miss
| Coggens made an uncalled for and cruel
| remark to Mrs Gen. Logan, which drew
| forth for the latter noble woman the
| deepest sympathy of Mrs. DR.. FELTON, of
/ Georgia. The storm was sudden, short
| and unexpected, and then peace reigned
| again. Mrs Bell goes to Tallahassee to
| try and get the legislature TO make some
! effort to have Florida better represented
! at the fair, but l fear that even her
! special pleading will fail to reach the
J u
Good showers have prevailed in this
section for some time and the truck
farmers are happy. The shipments have
been quite heavy and the prospects for
| the balance Of the season are good With
three independent railroad lines from
| Gainesville the truck and fruit growers
OF Alachua county have abundant facili-
ties for cheap and rapid transportation
to northern and western markets.
Can't q Vpaps otrO a Y,,sorr, IN
| ent newspaper publisher here, but whose
last venture was the Daily Tribune at
! Jacksonville has drifted back to his old
| home, and is now proprietor OF a nice
little retail grocery store, which he finds
less perpleXing and more profitable than
running a republican newspaper in a
democratic state. One thing is certain
he has finally retired from that profes-
sion with about as much experience
and as little money as one mortal ought
to have.
Judge Foster, the legal adviser of the
South Florida railroad, Chief Engineer
Morton and Land Agent Fox have been
here with several parties from High
Springs, and this fact indicates that Pres
ident Plant is pushing his new "cut Off
/ from the South Florida railroad via Dun
mellon to High Springs, on the Savannah
! Florida and Western railway. This will
open up an important freight route from
the phosphate mines to Savannah and
other points on the Plant system.
I dropped into the Daily Sun office this
morning and found Publisher II. IT, Me
Creary off to Chicago with the Florida
Press Association. but his chair was wei
filled by j. W. Cannon, who gave me
cordial greeting. / renewed a former nc
quaiutancc with Editor O. A. Myers. who
although old in years. wears "A youthful
smile ON his familiar face The Sun nov
shines for all' I'm local sense hAVin.
the field 10 itself. With The MoHNINC
NEWS 10 supplement II with fun reports
from the outside world, this excellcu
little daily continues 90 bold the fort. "
! Capt. II. Il. Day, the genial and popplal