The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

FLORIDA.
It is now hardly probable that an effort
viii be made 10 have a primary election In
Marion county The vote in Alachua
demonstrates that the people will not so
out to vote especially the farmers, who
are very busy with their crops just now.
\ party of eleven government contrac-
tors arrived at Cedar Key last week and
are now extending the government dock at
Sea Horse Key TO the ship channel so
that vessels will have no difficulty In land
ing there. Repairs will also be made on
the residence Of Lighthouse Keeper Cook.
Gainesville Sun: The civil engineers
who will make the preliminary survey
for the new GUNNER Railroad are now at
work upon the maps which will be used
for that purpose. The preliminary survey
Will commence in few days, and when
1t is complete the people Of Gainesville
may be given some idea as 10 the route
Of the road.
Monticello Constitution: The Confed-
crate monument has been completed, and
it is a beauty. It is five feet square at
the base, twenty-one feet and ten inches
high and weighs about fifteen tons. The
day for its unwilling has not yet been set.
but the usual Memorial day has been sug-
gested as an appropriate time. A very
large crowd will be present we hope.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Rev. r De-
Witt Taimage, The distinguished divine.
whose reputation girdles the globe, &C
companied by his wife and a party of
friends, came up from the east coast last
Night, and are now comfortably situated
at the Windsor. They will remain in this
city a day or two before returning home.
The other members Of the party are War
ranty Smith and wife Miss Hazel Smith,
George d. Beech and Mrs G.. Beech and
Miss Beech and maid
Gainesville Sun: Senator Call, who has
been in the city for the past two days,
and who is stopping at the Brown House,
has been meeting many of his Old friends,
who have called upon him. The senator
seems not to be in the least worried by the
result of the primary in this county. He
Is still In the race for United States sena-
tor and viii be in Tallahassee when the
legislature meets. He is looking well. In
fact, his health is much better than it
was when he was here a few weeks ago.
Indian River Advocate: Mr.. ]. r. Car
ter of Merritt has charge of one of the
finest-looking young orange groves on
Merritts Island, owned by Mr.. T. +. New
ms of Brooklyn, N. Y. The trees never
lost a leaf during the recent freeze and
they are covered with orange blossoms.
Merritts Island is one of the places
where the orange trees were affected but
slightly by the recent cold wave which
swept the peninsula of Florida. Mr.. l..
Thursby has lemon trees in bloom on his
place, as well as orange trees.
Titusville Florida Star: The burglaries
that were reported at st. Augustine the
first of last week seem to have been kept
up there without the guilty parties being
caught. over a week ago Sheriff Brown
of this county received word from Sheriff
Perry Of st. Johns 10 be on the lookout
for burglars, as they were working this
way They did work Daytona, and even
New Smyrna, but as yet have not reach
ed Titusville. However. Sheriff Brown
and his aids will keep a sharp lookout
for any suspicious characters. and our
citizens have all provided themselves in
case OF emergency. Burglars win do well
to pass Titusvllle by.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The activity of
the city health department in battling with
the smallpox meets the appreciation OF
all the citizens, and Health officer JoyneF
has labored earnestly, night and day, in
the performance of the work, and Ii Is
owing to his vigilance that the disease is
kept from spreading in the city. The dis
ease so far has been confined to a certain
element among the negroes, who usually
gather on Ward street, near the intersec-
ton of Bridge, and all the inhabitants in
that locality are being closely scrutnized,
and at the first indication of smallpox
the afflicted ones are hustled out to the
Sand Hills Hospital, four miles from the
city limits. The disease is very mild in
form, and no deaths so far have occurred.
Tampa Tribune: For some months past
persons who visited Max Cara's saloon,
in Ybor City, noticed peculiar noises issu-
ing from underneath the floor. Recently a
patron who heard the noise declared that
il was an alligator. Since that time a
close watch has been kept on the small
openings in the floor and the proprietor
stated on several occasions that he saw
something that looked very much like the
eye of gator. Yesterday they had occa-
sion to tear up a portion of the floor to
have Il repaired. During the afternoon
while they were engaged at work, one of
them suddenly noticed the nose and Jaws
Of a big alligator protruding from a por-
ton of the floor that had not been taken
up. Police Officer F. w. Levlster, who
was standing near, was called in to arrest
the hideous looking intruder He pulled
his gun and sent bullet crashing through
its head. 1t gave a prolonged hiss, rose
up as If to attack the crowd that had
assembled and then rolled over on its back
dead. 1t measured few inches over I'VE
feet in length and. looked as if it had
been living in luxury