The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28
FLORIDA.


The net indebtedness Of the city of San
ford is about $1,000.
Postmaster E. d. Mcleod of DeLand
was married at noon Thursday to Mrs.
Josephine Turner.
Jurge George w. Humphreys Of Dune
den died Wednesday night from a second
attack of paralysis.
At West Palm Beach Thursday fire
destroyed two cottages belonging to w.
Fl. Taylor The loss is estimated at about
$500, with $500 insurance.
Charles Pugsley has sold II. H. Broad's
oranges for cents each in Palatka. DR.
0. s. Whip of Interlachen has bought W
Shepherds crop at 2 cents each.
There will be more syrup made in Vo-
lusia this year than has ever been made
since the great mill at Dun Lawton ceas-
cd to run, some thirty or forty years ago.
Forty-eight deer have been killed with
In ten miles of Francis this season. The
high water drove them out of the swamp
and low hammock, so they were easy
victims.
The condemnation proceedings of the
United States against the Cato tower
property have been commenced in the Uni
ted States court at Key West. The prop
erty will be used for fortiications.
Two Mormon elders. named Harlem and
Lewis, passed through Switzerland Sat
urday on their way to St. Augustine They
stated that they expected 10 make a
house-to, house canvass of the county,
proselyting.
Thursday T. D. Bradley was found dead
at his home on North Boulevard at De-
Land by a negro employed on the place.
Mr.. bradley has been sufferer from
heart trouble for some time and the end
was not unexpected.
Capt. II. i. Roam made a shipment of
300 boxes of fancy oranges from the
Daughtry groves at Fort Myers last Mon
day. He has purchased a number of
groves in the county, and expects to ship
between 5000 and 1900 boxes of fruit
A number of German families have re-
Gently arrived at Orlando from MISSISSIPPI
pi. They have purchased homes and set
tied down to work in a way that promises
success TO themselves and added proSperl-
ty TO the country. They expect to induce
a large number of German families to fol-
low them
Charley Gray, aged 10 years, who acct
dentally allowed a persimmon seed to get
into his wlndpipe some weeks ago, coughed
It out Thursday. He, in company with
Vile, Tenn, when the accident occur
red He was taken to the Nashville hos
pital, and all efforts to remove the seed
were futile.
At the last session of the legislature
an act was passed prohibiting any per-
son not a citizen of the United States
from engaging in sponging without first
obtaining a state license of $25 Judge
Locke has just rendered a decision that
the legislature could not pass laws dis
eliminating against persons because they
were aliens.
In the cases against ]. S. Snowden for
fshing in Lake Poincette, Salt Lake, and
the ST. Johns river, the decision of the
county court has just been sustained by
the state supreme court which holds that
it is illegal to haul or drag seines in the
waters of the St Johns, and that lakes
through which the st. Johns river flows
are part thereof, the exception being Salt
Lake. This virtually sustains the fish
laws as passed by the last legislature
George Cammer, a very old white man,
was taken to Jacksonville Friday from
South Jacksonville in a very dangerous
condition from wounds inflicted upon him
by young negro, with whom he had a
quarrel. and who struck the old man over
the back and head with a hoe, cutting
severe gasheS in the fieshy portion of the
back. The skull was crushed so that the
tissues of the brain were exposed, neces-
stating the immediate removal of two
inches of the skull bone in an effort to
save the mans life.