The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-17
FLORIDA.

Thirty-nine teachers are in attendance at
the institute at Palatka.
Last week J. G. Porter of Sumterville
was thrown by his horse and killed.
There is a negro in Brooksville who is
anxious to fight Sullivan since his victory
over Kilrain.
A man named Bart Johns of Kissimmee,
was killed n few days ago, by Thomas A.
Bass, while dIsputing about some CATTLE
Clarence Driscoll of Manatee tried his
hand at extracting honey Tuesday morning
He got LOO pounds of honey and mon
strous big lip.
Frank Jernigan, n son of A. NJ. Jernigan
of Orlando, was killed by lightning at Fort
Passenger on July /, while engaged in
herding cattle.
The accommodation train from Gaines
vile caught fire Monday morning while
nearing Francis station, the flames consum-
ing one fiat car loaded with wood.
The Sugar Belt railroad will be finished
to Narcoossee on July 10, and on that date
the people of that section propose celebrat-
ing that event with an old-faShioned bar
becue.
James Davis, an employe at Pierce &
Torry's saw mill, in Apopka, had his leg
caught in the log carriage OF the mill Sat
urday morning, crushing and breaking it in
two places.
Harvey Jarrett on Lake Echo near Green
Cove, has done SO we'll with his strawber-
ries, that he has just put out 5000 more
plants, and will continue planting through
out the season.
A pineapple, of the Porto Rico variety,
weighing seven pounds, and measuring
twenty-five inches in circumference, was
grown on the late John GalIagher's place,
near Fort Myers
Marshall Bass of Kissimmee was elected
under salary of $50 per mouth. which the
council reduced to $25 after his election.
He has brought suit for the salary offered
when he accepted the position.
E. A. Richards and H. ?. Busy made a
fine catch of bass at Harris lake near Or
| lando. The weight of the catch was 175
| pounds and the number of fish thirty nine,
making the average weight nearly four and
a half pounds.
The party of Orlando hunters who went
| to Clay Springs last Wednesday returned
| home Friday niglt. They succeeded in
killing three large bucks, and MeSsrs. Ogil-
vie, Hyer and kirkwood were the three sue
cessful Nlmrods.
Pensacola NelOS: Notwithstanding the
recent very general rains the streams have
not risen to driving stage, and the scarcity
| VI lltlb6Ch BULL COillilues. n SpeclucaUlOn
of hewn went yesterday at 1924 cents. We
quote for sawn stiff Is cents.
A convention Of the Society of Christian
| Endeavor is being held in Philadelp hla.
| There 1are over 5000 delegates in attend
ance. Nearly every state in the union is
represented. Jacob Slough of Daytona is
| the Representative from Florida.
At Apalachicola last Sunday Mrs. Frank
| Segaree died with tetauus About a week
| before her death she accidentally cut her
heLd with Ratchet, and ii is thought that
| this was the cause of her death. She leaves
husband and several children to mourn
her loss.
Capt W. S. Pitts, L. d. Browne and
Earnest Crux of Orlando. have chartered a
schooner which they will run on the kisSim-
NEE and Caloosahatchee rivers between
Kissimmee and Puuta RaSsa, CARRYING
tourists and hunters down into Lake Okee-
chobse and to the Gulf
At Orlando the house to house inspection
provided for by the state board of health is
going on, City Marshal Bennett acting as
Inspector. The marshal SAYS he finds the
sanitary condition of the city even be ter
than lie thought, aud that the people, as a
rule, are doing their duty IN keeping their
premises in clearly condition.
Kissimmee Leader: There is no need of n
canning factory IN this section We learn
that the Lupfer brothers are blowing under
hundreds of bushels Of splendid tomatoes
because the prices in northern markets are
too low for profitable shipments. These
might all be saved and be made a source of
profit II we only had canning factory.