The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-10

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his leg near the hip Some years ago he lost
his right arm, and is the sole support OF his
family
At Lake City Wednesday as Mrs. a. ..
/ Holiday and TrS. j. koSt were driving, the
| hor.e became frightened and dashed frantic
/ ally down Main street The buggy coillded
with fence and both ladies we're thrown
against the fence, inJuring them quite
severely.
The contract for the excavation and Pill
/ ing necessary for the proposed new pubic
/ building at Key West has been awarded to
| DcDermott a iiggs local contractors, and
/ Supt. Harvey, who has just arrived from
/ Pensacola, promises that work viii be com
menced in a few days
! Two years ago Caut. Hughes, Of Barlow,
! inserted the bud Of bearing sweet orange
/ into "a lemon root, and few days since the
| fruit was sampled and pronounced delicious.
| The oranges are rough and unattractive on
| the outside. but Of fine flavor, and eXcep-
| tlonally rich and juicy.
j. w. Thompson colored), the editor Of
the Ieopie's Journal, of Jacksonville. was
up before Justice Magill Wednesday,
charged with enlbe2zling Il watch from K.
| Is. Glds~, cOlOred preacher in Key West.
The evidence was not strong enough for
conviction, and the discharge of the prisoner
was ordered.
The sweet SAUNDERS of Charles Klingen-
smith, at his fish camp, near the outlet of
Lake Beresiord, were rudelv broken, Friday
night, by the unearthly screams of n
panther. Klngensmith was una1ned, and
he could only lie still ami shiver while the
| panther promenaded around the tent, ate
up the fish and otherwise made himself at
| home.
The work upon Key Vests artesian well.
which was discontinued last summer after
1000 feet had been bored, owing to the
death by fever of the gentleman placed in
charge of operations by the St Louis syn
dlcato interested, remains as it was left, al
though there has been some talk of local
company being formed to buy them out and
continue it.
A large amount of valuable property was
sold at Pensacola Monday under legal exc
cutions The Gulf Ice Company's property
was bought by W. d. Chipley for s., 600;
the valuable real estate known as the Grady
property, by William Fisher for 81 800; the
steam tug Mary Witch, by F. e. Brent, for
$4,000, subject to a mortgage of $l3 0O8: the
-4drdnce- Gazette office. fixtures, goodwill,
etc, by l.. z. Knowles, for $500; the city
property north of Tarbell's stable by John
Cosgrove for 81 ,525.
The immediate necessity for the improve
ment of the bar at st. Augustine and its
effect on the commercial interests of the
whole State are well recognized by the
business men of the Ancient City, and a com
mlttee will be sent to Washington. The
total cost of the improvement, including the
deepening of the entire harbor, is estimated
at little over 1000 900, which will make
st. Augustine the finest harbor on the South
Atlantic coast and the port of entTyfOr the
whole peninsula of Florida
Conductor J. c. T. Hill, of the Florida
Southern railway, and Capt. NJ. l. Coke, of
Palatka, have patented an arrangement for
trains that will not only prove valuable in
the saving of time in running, but for the
safety of trains as we'll 1t is a glass sub
stitute for brasses on all journal bearings,
and used on all machinery. Lubricants can
| be fed from reservoirs containing water or
oil, very little of either being required to
keep journals from becoming hot. A fair
trial of six months has proved this to be all
that is claimed for it.
! DR.. H. Foster, of Clifton Springs, n. Y,
| who has a large orange grove at Lake
! Charm, has been testing the European mar
! ket with his oranges. lie commenced the
! last of October to ship 200 crates a week,
and continued until the middle of Deem
| ber sending 500 by the last shipment He
! says he realized better profits than by ship
| ping North and got returns sooner Florida
| oranges have no competition in Europe
| from October to January. Some of the
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and he says that if he lost single crate he
does not know it,
| At Orlando Wednesday one negro claimed
| that another owed him for two hours work.
| which he denied and refused to pay, upon
! which the other picked up a brick and
! threatened to smash his head if he did not
/ give him his money The one that was
| threatened laid down an umbrella and
| bundle be had with him and made for an
| at ba1s b-is tp I,,+ a
! this time a colored boy ran up and grabbed
the umbrella and took leg bail down the
| street. This most effectually broke up the
| fight, as the victim of the theft thought
more of securing his stolen property than
| he did of defending the impeachment of his
| honesty.
The fifth annual meeting of the General
! Congregational Association of Florida con
vened at the First Congregational church
at Interachen Tuesday The opening ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. W. b. Ben
| edict, of Orange Park, and Rev T. P.
Hooper, of Rollins College, Winter Park.
! The sermon was preached by the Rev. B. 7.
Stafford, of Norwalll After the sermon a
| business meeting at which the Rev. S. V.
McDuffee was chosen moderator; l.. c.
Partridge Longwood. assistant moderator:
! Prof Barrows, NJ. D., of Winter Park
scribe, and w. E. Cathcart, of Tangerine,
assistant scribe. The association adjourned
! Wednesday.
A funny mistake occurred a few nights
| ago on one of the railroads running into
| Orlando. A very handsome young lady
was on the train who had grip-sack: also
a corpulent old gentleman, who went into
the sleeper, engaged a berth and sent the
porter for his grip. This ebony functionary
carried him the young ladys baggage, and
when the astonished old gentleman began
hauling forth the dainty night apparel he
kicked up such a rumpus as to call the CON
ductor upon the scene. Under the skilful
touches of this man of many experiences
the frills and luffles were all safely tucked
away again and carried 10 the owner with
an explanation.
The tenth session of the Eastern Episco-
pal Convocation, of Florida, is in progress
at st. Augustine. The opening sermon was
preached by the Rev A. w Knight. rector
of st. Andrews parish, Jacksonville The
limits of the convocation embrace eleven
counties, viz: Nassau, Duval, st. Johns.
Clay, Putnam, Marion, Levy, Alachua.
Bradford Columbia and Baker, and ten
parishes and twenty-three MISSIONS. The
number of clergy is twenty-four The
parishes are as follows: St. Augustine
Jacksonville, Fernandina, Palatka, Cedar
Keys, Gainesville, Ocala. Lake CITY and
Mandarin. The missions are Crescent CITY.