Hillsboro recorder., 1888-06-07
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED
FOR BUSY HUMANITY.
MOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMPERANCE,
MASONIC AND SOCIAL cIRcLEs--FRBs,
AcClDENTs--NDUsTRI PROGRESS.
Alabama.

AcClDENTs--INDUsTRIA PROGRESS.
Alabama.
On Thursday night an attempt was
made to burn the Lane grammar school
building in Birmingham. A quantity Of
shavings and kindling wood was placed
under the building, saturated with oil
and set on fire. The fire department ar
rived IN time to save the building from
serious damage.
james Caldwell, a well know florist
Of Montgomery, coughed up pin from
his right lung on Wednesday. He has
suffered about twenty years, and has
been treated for lung trouble. lie has
distinct recollection of swallowing the
pin forty.seyen years ago in Glasgow,
Scotland, when seven yeas OF age.
Delaware.
By m accidental explosion Of dyna-
mite, Thomas 4. Martin and Kendall
Palmer. workmen engaged in destroyin.
an old railroad pitr, at i,ewcs. which was
wrecked duiing the severe blizzard, were
b.oan 10 atoms.
Georgia.
i Democratic mass meeting held in
Atlanta was easiIy captared By the Pro-
hibitiui lists. who proved they were well
organized and fiji ,ered.
Hammock Thomas, colorcd man who
carries the United States mail between
Columbus and Florence, says that he was
a..anltcd by white man last Friday
While on his way TO Columbus with the
mail. The man hit the darkey several
blows on the head and body with heavy
sick. II may prove costly whipping.
Florida.
Polk county watermelons are in mar.
ket.
r. O. Breland, Of DcLand, has cut
three hundred bushels of oats from three
acres OF land.
One hu dred dollars foot was offered
for ground on the square, at ocala, by a
newcomer recently, but was not accept
ed.
Mrs. Martha +. Friuk, mother Of Drs.
Il. +. ard l.. NJ. Frink, was instantly
Killed on Monday, at Ja'per by a stroke
Of lightning. ..~
VIM. J. Mnnroe, of Sumter, planted
i've acres In cabbage last season, from the
proceeds Of which he added $3.50 to his
tank account.
Work has been commenced on the new
furniture factory in East Gainesville, and
the completion Of the City and Suburban
Railway to Newnan's Lake Is now an
assured fact.
Frank P. Fleming, Of Jacksonville,
was nominated for governor by the Dem
ocratlc convention on The fortieth ballot,
after a tedious contest Of two days. and
the nomination was made unanimous amid
gteat enthusiasm.
Henry Clements Of Old Town, Lafay-
sitc county, has been allowed pension,
the first pAgmeut Of which amounts to
over SJ,OOI Clements was member Of
company &C." I'd Florida cavalry, U.
>. Vols.
4 steamboat mail service has been or.
dercd BY the POst.ofiiee Department
from Jacksonville by Bcauclerc, Manda-
rio, Fruit Cove. Switzerland, Hibernia,
and Remington Park to Orangedale,
thirty-iye and quarter miles, and back,
six times week.
TIL French Government has consented
10 deffay the expense Of carrying the
members Of q family named Commeau,
now living At jacksonville, hack TO
France. The laws Of France, by special
enactment, provide fund TO be applied
20 the repatriation OF such subjects rs
may be desirous of returning 20 their
domestic ilIesides In 'la belle France -
Some years ago state memorial asso-
ciatiOn was formed for the purpose Of
raising funds 10 erect a suitable m1nu-
meIt in the capitol grounds at Tallahas-
see TO the memory Of those good and
brave Floridiaus who lost their lives In
the Confederate States Army. The
monument had been selected and order.
cd, and II is now the intention Of the
committee 10 have the monument erect
ed and nady 10 be unveiled at the
assembling Of the Legislature In April,
1889. The monument will be thiIty.fyc
feet high and cost about $4,000.
The state Democratic convention In
session ai Jacksonville, appointed rs del
egates 10 the St. Louis convention ]. w.
shackelford, fernando county; w. r.
Whiteledge, Polk; John y. Dunn, Ma
ron; Thomas A. Jennings, Hamilton; Z.
]. Vann, Madison; }. b. Brown, Monroe;
5. X Mallery, E,cambia, and X. w.
johnson, Orange. Balloiing for nom.
lnee for governor was begun, the candi-
dates being Frank r. Fleming, jackson.
vile; Gen Robert Bullock, w. ID. Davis,
Palatka; ]. q. spccr, of Oakland. Vote
on the l2th ballot was about equally al.
v,dcd, thcro being total Of 500. The
platform ufgcs tariff reform strongly.
The convention adjourned in the after.
noon @ attend the joint memorial seryice
for Upion and Confederate dead. manv
delegates marching In the procession
among those who wore the blue and
gray.
Keniucky.
A railroad wreck occurred three miIcs
from Louisville on Wednesday ON the
Louisville q Nashville Railroad, n which
Engineer W. N. Quinn was killed, and