The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10

Co.'S brick store, at Live Oak, IS nearing
completion.
Material is arriving for the construction
Of the new brick Jail at Live Oak. Ii will
be fine building.
The dredge boat has been G. work in the
river several dsys widening the channel
BET ween Braidentown and Manatee-
The citizens Of BraidantOwu sent box of
delicious fruits and flowers aud their com
pliments 10 the Chicago delegation at
Tampa.
An old resident Of Indian river died last
Friday in the person Of 8. Twitchell, at the
residence of Aaron Cleveland. Merritt S
island, II the 18th year Of his age.
Ths Pensacola Odd Fellows will soon
commence TIE erection of a building for
their own use on lntendelcia stree, III tAe
rear Of A. II. Averys hardware store
The bonds voted for Winter Park at a
recent election, 10 the amount of $500,
bearing per cent. interest, have been
fOated at % cents on the dollar. They were
taken by Boston capitalists
A fire occurred in the old guano ware
house, corner Tarragona and Zarragossa
streets at Pensacola Wednesday morning,
hicting damage OF less than 300 The
blaze was Of incendiary origin.
Emil Dub is, proprietor If San Luis and
Andalusia vineyards, near Tallahassee, VINO
makes eight varieties of W mes, will this
week fill orders from thirty cities Of
| the United States for Tallahassee wines.
At foreclosure sale at Tallahassee We'd
nesday B. G. Lewis d Sons bought the Carr
! plantation, north of Tallahassee, con ainiI &
about 1,S00 acres, for $4,000, and g. s..
! Strickland bought the Sloan plantation,
! ,l35 acres, for 81 ,G5l 81
At Lee burg, the ground has been laid
out for Iillson e. Notes new brick hOtei,
and work on the building will commence at
an early day. Wo on tue Commercial
! building and Notes mammoth business
block Is progressing satisfactorily.
John b Griffin has not yet been relieved
Of his duties as deputy marshal of the
United States for the Northern district Of
Florida. He, however, is expecting w. b.
Saunders Of DeFunlak, recently appointed
t. his position, to take charge at any
moment.
E. o. Owynn sold at auction at Key
West Monday nearly 900 tons of phosphate
rock. The rock was the cargo of the bark
Governor, which was wrecked several
months ago on the Quicksands Tie rock
was bid in by Col John Jay Philbrick
for $4,000.
A Pensacola republican has figured that
Col. j. NJ Tarble is bound to secure tho
| lectorship. He says the action Of Pfesi-
deaf Harrison witH respect D the Virginia
| republicans serves as a basis upon which to
| found such a conclusion.
Mrs Il. O. Hawley of Ttusville narrowly
| escaped injury Monday afternoon by her
| clothing catching fire from a cook st We.
| As it was, her hands were badly burned
aud, but for the presence Of Mrs. G. Nole,
| Who was assisting her in some work, oil her
! clothing would probably have caught fire.
A number of the Pensacola Knights Of
| Pythias went to Warrington Thursday for
the purpose of working up lodge at that
point They have received considerable
encouragement 10 50 do, there being on the
reservation thirty or more gentlemen who
have signihed desire TO JON the organlza-
| ton.
The Key West Burial and Benefit So
ciety, b. ?. Baker president and E. o.
| Gwynn secretary, is reported to be in
Furnishing condition The society now has
nearly 400 members, and has about 81, 900
in cash in the treasury; or, what is better
still, has that amount loaned out on inter
est with gilt-edge security.
Captain w. B. Watson of Titusville has
gone north to order the two new steam
boats for the coming winter season. One
will be patterned after the st. Lucie, with
an additional length of about ten feet The
other will be about ITO feet long, and viii
be built especially as a day boat to run be-
tween TitusvIlle and Daytona.
=. C. Watson. w. d. Chipley, G. W.
Shear of DeFuniak, A. G. Chandlee of
Chipley, and perhaps one or two others,
have a novel but effective scheme to at
tract travel and settlers Go this section next
winter Mr. Chandlee will give free lect-
ures all over the northwest and Mr.. Shear
Nil 70
| of West Florida.
f. c. Shepard of Pensacola has well de-
veloped oranges on Japan orange tree,
| planted a year ago, and only two years old
! when 1t was planted. This result is in line
| with Mai Rlsselrs promise several months
ago, that one result Of the West Florida
experimental station would be to introduce
the Japan orange, which would not be hurt
by any frost the section is liable to, aud
| waich ripens in July.
| Just as Chas n Hart of Belleview was
retiring last Monday night he heard q slight
noise on the rear veranda OF the house.
| Proceeding thither with lamp in hand he
| discovered a full grown 'possum leismely
eating piece of watermelon that had been
loft on the table. With tail and head erect
| Mr.. Possum gaZed in bewild6rment at the
glaring light while Mr.. Hart seized his DOS
somship by the tail-yesterday Mr. Hart
Pensacola NelUS: Readers of the NelUS
doubtless remember the conviction at re-
cent session of the criminal court of Will
| lam Linton, who was charged with the
| cutting and emltaNt ruin of all the fruit
trees in the orchard of Mr. Booth on the
| Ferry Pass road 1t will also be remem-
| bered that his counsel moved for a new
trial, and that, pending consideration of
the motion, Linton, who gave bail for his
| appearance when wanted jumped the
town. Last Tuesday ne was recaptured.
Wednesday night Julius Williams, n
negro who belongs in Winter Park, com
mitted brutal assault upon colored man
named Davis, who lives in Orlando, in
which Williams struck Davis with an iron
red he had taken from the tail board of Il
wagon. The blow was heavy one, bend
| ing the rod, and knocked several of Davis
front teeth out. Williams then made him
| self scarce until Thursday, when he was
| discovered by Officer Carter, who over
heard him Dragging about the assault to a
crowd of negroes.
The county commissioners of Levy
county were in session on Aug. 5. The
| county has been dry" for the past two
years. The ex-barroom mea have been
very busy for the past few weeks getting
up petition for another election, TO be
held under the provisions of article XIX
of the state constitution. They succeeded
in getting the number of registered voters
required to hold an election. This will be
held Tuesday, S pit. 10, to determine whether
or not liquor shall be sold in the county.