The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-26
FLORIDA.

The new store in the Cordova building at
st. Augustine, to be occupied by the st.
Johns County Bank, is being handsomely
furnished with the latest patterns OF bank
furnishings.
The agent of a Masonic home has Just
left DeFuniak for Cincinnati, after COM
pleting arrangements for the erection of
Masonic home at DeFundiak, which will
cost $50, 600, and will bring to DeFuniak re-
newed prosperity.
The injuries inflicted on G. M. Evans,
roadmaster of the Orange Belt railway, by
the recent accident which he sustained,
were not serious. He is rapidly recovering
and again at his post of duty, looking
little battered, but apparently as active as
ever.
The case of DR.. Angel VS.. P. D. Hendrix,
in which the doctor sues Mr.. Hendrix for
professional services to the amount of 800,
has been tried three or four times, was
again tried in Judge Harrson's court at
Tampa last week, consuming two whole
days, resulted in a verdict in favor of MIR.
Hendrix, the defendant.
At Tallahassee one of the pupils of the
colored school, in passing the Townsend
house Thursday morning, found hens
nest. True to the instincts of his innocent
nature. he gathered in the eggs and hurried
on. When Mrs Townsend went out to get
her eggs they were all gone, but the school
books of the enterprising little darkey were
there, and his name written in them. In
his moments of supreme bliss his kinky
little nodlin had forgotten everything ex-
cept the eggs. But now he would be de-
lighted to swap hat full of eggs for his
iil-fated books.
IA. Gonzalez and Mr.. Valdes, two Gu
bans of large experience, have secured
500, $50 at De Funiak Springs for a cigar
factory, they furnishing the same amount.
The stock was taken without hesitation, as
the people of De Funiak regard the project
as practicable and safe. These Cubans have
arranged TO plant several hundred acres
during the coming season in choice Cuban
tobacco. Residing there they will be pres
emit to give instructions about planting,
cultivating and curing. They consider the
land around De Funiak as peculiarly adapt
ed to the growth of tobacco.
An old colored man was driving leisurely
along the street at Tallahassee in front of
MIR. Quailes' residence with a load of cotton
bound for the depot, when he suddenly
discovered his load to be on fire. The
flames increased rapidly and were about to
consume cotton, wagon, oxen and all, when
crowd gathered and assisted him in
taking loose his four oxen, and after a
lively scuffie finally subdued the flames. All
the bagging was burnt off and much of the
left and hauled it back home to have it re-
packed. The old fellow smokes, and had
his pockets full of loose matches, but cannot
for the life of him conceive show dat cot
ton kotched or fire." The cotton and team
belonged to John Moore.
A son of one of the prominent divines of
St Augustine, having shown considerable
talent in mechanics, was put by his father
in the shop Of one Of the plumbers to learn
the trade. The young gentleman worked
assiduously at this trade for some time, and
was making rapid progress. One day he
was seen without his accustomed load of
gas pipes and plumbers utensils, and a
friend asked him what he was doing now.
He replied that he had quit. "Why, what
for7' asked the friend. "Oh, one day
Mr.. was fixing a water pipe under
the house and was tinkering away, when he
hoilered to me to turn the water on. |
turned it on; the nut flew Off, and the water
'skeeched' in bis face: he was wedged in
between two beams. and he hollered out
turn it off, thought he said, turn 1t on
so turned more of it on, and the water
wet HIM up like drowned rat. He
crawled out, and threw rock at me. /
threw monkey-wrench at him, and sew
cred my connection with that plumbing
establishment without moments notice."