The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-21
FLORIDA.

in the city on Oct. 2.
Callahan will be enlivened by barbecue
and political rally Tuesday.
John Smith killed two deer four miles
from Barttow, Wednesday.
Alvarez q Knights new ginning house at
Starke Is rapidly nearing completion.
Bradford county receives $40, rs from
the occupation license and the state 81, OS2-
81.
John Cosgrove and F. G. Brent, city
commissioners of Pensacola, have re-
signed.
]. Williams has been appointed post
master at Suwannee, vice T. K. Leslie, re-
signed.
The opening of the Oviedo and Lake
Jesup railroad was celebrated at Oyiedo
yesterday.
J. d. loves residence on Calhoun street,
Fernandiua, was burned Thursday MORN
ing between and o'clock.
A man in Palatka missed the capital prize
in the Louisiana lottery just one number,
and is correspondiDgly very unhappy.
Judge Swayne, on his return to Florida
next month, will reside In his handsome
cottage in st. Augustine, instead of Kis-
simmee. his former home.
The friends Of Sheriff Sampson Tavell of
Jasper announce him as a candidate for
reelection. at the election in November
subject to the democratic nomination.
j. johnson, who has been clerking for
j. W. Hodges at Stlrke. fell through one
of the show windows on Wednesday and
received a very severe cut on the arm.
The State of Texas landed at Fernandina
last week about 1900 pounds weight of
machinery to be used in the phosphate
fields 1t was chiefly for the Dunnellon and
Marion companies.
A bull belonging to Mr.. Shaw and COW
of Mr. Givins were struck by lightning and
instantly killed at Tampa Thursday. M
Givins was stunned. and it was several
inmates before he recovered consciousness.
While Joe Lee, an employee at E. Ives
bakery, on Church street. in Orlando, was
| attempting to start the fire in the stove
| Friday by pouring on some kerosene oil, the
| flames flashed into his face, clustering it
considerably,
A full meeting of the executive committee
of the Semi-Tropical exposition was held at
! Ocala Friday. Great enthusiasm prevailed.
| The premium list was adopted 1t aggre-
| gates about six thousand dollars, besides
| Individual premiums.
A man calling himself Dr. Christian was
arrested at Bushnell a day or two ago
charged with passing a few worthless
| checks He passed himself off as minister
and baptized several people in the lake. He
is said TO have an unenviable reputation at
Ocala.
Rev. d. NJ. Hick, superannuated
Methodist preacher, died at Ocala Thurs
day night, aged so years. Father Hick u
as all loved to call the venerated deceased,
came to Ocala from st. Augustine five
years ago, having come from Illinois to
Florida several years previous
The Mirror says prepa ratlons for the new
oil extracting process at the creosote works
| at Fernandina have been somewhat DELAYED
by the fact that some of the new apparatus
was injured In transportation here and had
TO be repaired. 1t is thought everything
win be in readiness for working the new
method by Oct. l.
Mr.. Rollins is about to cut street from
the township line of Titusville TO Sand
| Point, being a continuation of Washington
avenue. and will erect house there imme-
! diately. A little later in the season the
whole property recently purchased by Mr.
| Young will be surveyed and cut into house
lots, making some beautiful lots on the
river bank north of town.
Titusville Star: Besides the accident re-
ported last week TO Mr.. Brown on the rail-
| road dock, two other very narrow escapes
from injury or death have recently occurred
on the dock on dark nights Two en-
unpleasantly surprised at different times on
dark nights by stepping on large snakes,
supposed to be moccasins
Tampa Journal: Col. Isaac Whitaker of
Homeland, Polk county, Fla, has sold his
phosphate farm to a London syndicate for
S5O0,000 This is a part of the land for
which Mr.. Whitaker paid Judge James
Wilson $42,0 900 three years ago. Whitaker
still keeps the handsome home andmagnif-
cent grove, it is said, which were supposed
to be the most valuable part of his $42, 900
purchase
Melbourne Nel0S: One of the favorite
sports with some of our small boys is Ia
march up and down the public wharf at
nights, with small spear point In the end
OF long pole, and as the silvery creatures
dart by and circle around, the disturbed
phosphoresence marking every outline of
their graceful bodies, the spear is thrown
with unerring aim, and in a twinkling one
Of the beauties is floundering on dry boards
ready to be prepared for some ones breaa-
fast.
Chipley Times: G. w. Hagerman & Co.,
Chipley's enterprising saw-mill firm, have
purchased 1000 acres of land Az miles
southeast Of town, and are now preparing
to move their machinery upon same Be
sides making the large purchase of land,
they have bought the timber off about
| 1900 acres in their Immediate vicinity