The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-25


ing. and j. H Atkins & Co., druggist
who occu pied the Goldsmith building,
saved the greater portion of their stocks.
Each firm will lose about $3.50 or $500.
The Mi, sea- Goldsmith, millinery, saved
their ent ire stocks Bart Harvey loses a
small stoe lk and bar fixtures-perh4ps Sl00
George Elslunett, colored barber, loses his
shop fixtu, e, and about seventy-ive dol
| lars in cash : had in his trunk. w. II.
Minter. color, ID barber and shoe shop, loses
| his tools and fixtures. The origin of tine
| fire is unknown. There was no insurance
on any of TIN buildings or goods. The
| heaviest loss ia is on J. W. Scruggs, whC
loses two bull. t.lgs valued at about 81, 800
Ii was bv ha Vd work that the stores of G..
| r.. Wells. Pona 81 Garner, Rankin Bros,
G Fl. Wells & Hro., and Veal e. McClei
| land were saved, But for the faithful work
of the citizens. t be whole of the bushes:
portion of the to wn would have burned.
ItLoRIDA
Last vveel1 F. De t1zanbaker of Washing
ton. d. C.. sold A. f. Williams 200 acres OF
| land. near Slmterv tile, for $500.
The ladies of Pans off kee, being DESTROYS
of establishing a Gnu CD, propose giving a
Christ1nas tres festival tonight at the Lake
house.
CAPT. McDavid of Fsl lowship forwarded
two carloads of cotton to the alliance at
Jacksonville this week, an 4 DR.. s. Ii. Bitch
of Blitchtol one car.
The right of way for the Augusta, ITALIA
hassee aud Gulf railway has been cleared
out into Tallahassee, and the work of con-
struction will now be pushed rapidly for
ward.
Monday Albertus Vogt purchased of J.
A Harris of Citra a square in tho southeast
part of Ocala, known as the Frank Robin
son block, for S., 900 cash. Mr. Nogt will
erect 5000 residence.
Tie fernando cigar factory of Brooks
vile will commence to manufacture
cigars with the beg inning of the new year,
having already received a large lot OF leaf
tobacco for the purpose.
Last Monday morning James Carlisle of
Ocala arose to make his toilet, but found all
his clothes, watch, and pocketbook gone.
Before he could appear as salesman at ais
store he had to send for new suit
Mai. Campbell has begun the painting of
the exposition building at Ocala, which will
be under his personal supervision, and the
Jealous major will have work done for $500
which outside parties asked him 81, 0O0
Monday E. w. Agnew, wholesale mer-
chant and financler OF Ocala, purchased f.
H. Browns place at the head of Blue
Springs for $4,000 cash. The tract con-
tains tnirty-one acres, on which Is located
handsome residence 1t Is said the land
will 60 into the BALDWIN tertillzlug Col
solidated Phosphate LAud Company.
At Palatka, Monday night, strange
negro on upper Lemon street attempted to
shoot two men and a womas1. Oti1cer j. b.
Richardson went to arrest him, when the
negro drew a pistol and fired, missing the
officer. Officer Richardson theE fired from
a pistol, the bullet going through the ne
gro's bowels, from the effects of which he
| died one hour later.
Louis Roberts OF Jacksonville is one of the
| locomotive engineers longest in the employ
of the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road. He began work for the old road
when a mere boy, and has been running
constantly on an engine for nearly twenty
| years. He gets good pay, is satisfied with
his jJb, is much liked by the company, and
| isn't member Of the brotherhood
The Hon. John f. Dunn of Ocala has re-
| celved letter of recent date from Helen
| Harcourt, an entertaining writer of Mont
| clare, Lake county, VINO represe ats IN
| Florida the Children's Aid Society of New
| York, informing him that she will be In
Ocala possibly the last Of December, for the
| purpose of receiving applications and eN-
1 aiming their references for boys to be-
| placed in Florida homes.
On Friday night next citizens of Fernan-
| dina propose to tender DIR. LOOMS, of the
manufacturing company, a complimentary
entertainment at the new factory, in recog-
milton of his enterprise and integrity in the
conduct of and building up of an industry
| so beneficial to the community. MesSrs.
Jeffreys, Fairbanks, Duryee, Kidd, Dot
terer, Swami, and Brownson form the COM
mi tee of arrangements. There viii be ad-
/ dresses.
F. C. Reinhardt's boy, Carl, aged about
2 years, came very near being killed at
| High Springs by the through freight last
Friday. He was standing in the middle of
the track in front of his fathers residence
| when the train came rushing up at full
| speed. Those who saw the child screamed,
and others could not look for fear of seeing
a dreadful sight. The engineer, Mr.. Rad
ford, seeing the child, blew for brakes, re-
versed his engine, and thereby somewhat
reduced the speed Of his train. Mrs. Rein
hardt, hearing the whistle and screams,
| rushed to the door, to find her boy on the
track. She rushed for him and succeeded
just in the nick Of time in preventing the
accident.
Ocala Bonner: The "long heads" have
already figured out the necessity of
double railroad track from the phosphate
beds of Dunnellon to Fernandina, and the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad Told
Florida Railway and Navigation) will be
the company to build it. This reminds us
to say that our phosphate excitement has
gotten on foot scheme to build an addi-
tional railroad line from talatka to Dun
mellon, independent of the Palatka and An
clote and the S. S. o. & G., the latter being
the pioneer line into the phosphate de-
posits. We have not yet begun to conceive
the immensely of the freight traffic our
phosphate deposits will give the railroads
leading to the Atlantic coast.
The Florida Fruit Exchange issues the
following: The latest information by wire
and mail to the Florida Fruit Exchange is
| very favorable, and notwithstanding the
heavy shipments sent for ward during this
month 10000 boxes day up to the 18th,
the market has steadily improved and pri ces
slowly advanced. The Christmas trade has
very nearly cleaned up the stocks in the
jobbers' hands, and with iig ter shipments
going forward it is now likely that the holi-
days IA season of light buying) can be passed
through without the depression Of prices
which has occurred at this time for some
years past. Shipments should still be held
back, for there is the equivalent of 0,O0O
boxes of foreign fruit yet to be sold during
the holiday lull. There has been consider
able complaint regarding prices obtained
for oranges through this season, but care
full canvass of the results shows that the
fruit marketed has netted the growers more
per box than they have realiz ed before
for five wears past and oranges ara To-