The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-12
FLORIDA.

There was once a time when the south
looked to the north for its educators,
and yankee schoolma' ans" were quite a
feature in the south. The order of things
seems to be some what reversed. Miss Mar
tina owen Of DeLand, graduate of Stet-
son University, who mas been at the Ann
Arbor University for several years, has
secured a position as teacher of Greek
and mathematics in a Maine institution.
DR.. G. r. Plumber of Key West was
recently at West Palm Beach on few
days visit. DR.. Plumber went via Bay
Biscayne, from which place he came up
by stage Saturday. The doctor states
that an epidemic of boils is raging in the
Bay section. He states that everyone
has from one to twenty of these uncom-
Portable eruptions. In coming up said
the doctor. "the stage driver, an English
man, was literally covered with them, and
he presented a disagreeable sight. When
ever we would touch him he would ex-
claim: oh, that's one of those boils.' "
At Gainesville Rufus Glass is charged
with stealing another horse This negro
has been arrested several times upon this
same charge during the past several
months and is now on bond for a similar
offense. A warrant has been taken out
against him. and he will in all probability
be arrested again to-day. The negro who
swore out the warrant claims that Glass
and another negro took his horse and
then told him that the animal was dead.
They traded the beast, and when the
rightful owner came to town the other
day he saw his horse standing in lot He
went to the court house to institute legal
proceedings to recover his horse, and
when he returned the animal was again
missing.
citizen: The people of Key West are
very enthusiastic over the probability of
having all rail connection with the outer
world within a comparatively short
time. They are eagerly looking forward
to the day when the Florida East Coast
railway shall have its terminus at their
city-the southernmost point in the Uni
ted States. The present terminus of the
road is at West Palm Beach BY Jan. /
it will have been carried TO Biscayne Bay
The citizens of Key West hone that nor
long thereafter the shrek of a Locomotives
will be heard at the Island city for the
first time, and that then not only will
they be able to step upon a train to ride
to any part OF the United States, but also
they VIII receive their mail at least once
every day, instead of two or three times
per week as at present The distances
from the lower end of Biscayne Bay to
Key West is about 120 miles,
At O'Clock Tuesday night the Deland
pound was broken open by band of
armed cattle men and the impounded cat
tie driven off. About three weeks ago the
marshal impounded about twenty-fve
head of cattle found running at large
in the city and feasting off the pretty
lawns and flower gardens The sale Of
this bunch otcOws was duly advertised for
to-day according to law, and such a thing
as a torcible seizure Of the property by
the owners was not contemplated hence
no guard was placed over the pound 1t
VIII be almost impossible to
traitors of the outrage Deputy Sher-
if Sans, so far as known, is the only
one who saw the mob. He sleeps In the
guardrSoin OF the jail and says that at
? o'clock he was awakened by the bark
ing Of his dog. Looking from the window
he saw pass in double file at a slow gait
a body OF horsemen. numbering from
25 to 50. The horsemen proceeded oui-
city up the street to the pound, opened
II, released the cattle and drove them
with rush from the city. Just at the
corporate limits, for some unknown rea-
son. volley was fired and thisFwas the
nrst lnumation that the sleeping CITY
had OF the outrage. Every possible effort
VIII be made to bring the guilty parties