The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-03
FLORIDA.


A uniform rank, Knights of Pythias. OF
thirty-two members, has been instituted at
Key West.
DIR. Johns, residing few miles north of
st. Augustine, accidentally shot himself in
the foot Sunday while hunting.
David Il. Gordon died at Jacksonville
Monday from the effects of paralytlc
stroke received Saturday night.
Palatka Heights will soon be supplied
with water from the water works, and fire
hydrants will be placed on the different
streets.
The lunatic j. F. Cornell, who wandered
away from his home in Lake county June
| 80, was found Friday, dead. in a lake, with
his head mutilated by allgators.
w. p. Carter, conductor of the Florida
Central and Peninsula road, died in Tampa
| Thursday morning of Inflammation of the
| bowels. Mr.. Carter had been i'll for about
two weeks at his home in Wildwood, but
feeling much better resumed his run. and
was taken sick at Tampa, where he died.
! Last Tuesday afternoon little Isabel, the
| 6-months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. c. j.
Johanson of Arcadia, while playing ON the
| floor swallowed a head Of sea oats, part Of
which got fastened in the windpipe, and,
notwithstanding the faithful efforts of DR..
Ed Greene aud his assistants, the child died
Wednesday.
The Sanford Journal reports that mag
| nIficent hotel of four stories is to be erected
| on Crystal Lake, a few miles south of San
| ford. Ia shape the building will be an OBJ
fuse angle. The frontage will be 240 feet,
the wings I57 feet each. The dining room
will be on the third floor and the kitchen on
| the fourth The entire building will be
| heated by steam.
| A petition signed by William r. Dewitt,
| G. W. Lyle, s. j. Wells and some twenty
others is now on file in the office of the
county clerk at Palatka TO be presented at
the next meeting of the board Of county
| commissioners, for a road running from
| Thigpen station. on the St. johns and Hal
| flax, to Bacons store and postofice in San
Mateo-a dist ance of two miles.
A curious looking reptile was captured In
| the rear of the Tampa Tribune office Friday
| 1t is a sleek, glossy looking lizard with a red
| head and two distinct tails Just back of
the hind legs the body is divided into two
unequal parts, the smaller joining the larger
at slight angle. The reptile was captured
alive, and was apparently uninjared until
it bit itself savagely on the tails. 1t was
placed in a glass jar, so arranged as to
admit fresh air, but Saturday morning it
was dead.
| As the north-bound train neared
Micanopy junction Thursday two negroes
became involved in quarrel, and, standing
within few feet of each other, emptied
their revolvers into each others body. Both
fell, and one of them, reloading his revolver,
| fired a parting shot at his PROSTATE antag
oniSt. At this juncture a third party
appeared upon the scene, and, drawing a
| knife or razor, fearfully slaShed one'of the
| fighters. One man was instantly killed and
another will probably die.
DIR. Frank H. Caldwell of Sanford viii
soon leave for New York and other large
northern cities on a tour of inspection OF
the different infirmarieS and health resorts
| throughout the country for the purpose of
obtaining the latest and most improved sys-
tenn and mechanical appliances for treating
| lnval1ds when his proposed sanitarium at
| Sanford becomes an established fact Active
| work upon the building will commence on
his return, and it will doubtless be finished
and in readiness to receive patients by the
early fall.
The name of Judge E. K. Foster of San
ford, having been prominently mentioned
| IN connection with the democratic nomina-
ton for justice of the supreme court, a
friend of his in Jacksonville is authorized to
say that the judge cannot and would not &C
cept nomination under any circumstances.
He has never sought the honor, and the use
OF his name in connection with it was with
out his knowledge or consent. 1t would be
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friends would drop all reference to him in
this connection.
The state institute for the blind, deaf
and mute at st. Augustine meets with a
severe loss by the resignation Of Supt. Park
Terrell, who has so favorably ministerel to
the wants of the institution during the past
five years Mr.. Terrell finds it impossible
TO keep the institute up to the required
standard without a per capita OF $3.50 a
year for each pupil. Consequently, he feels
that he had better give up the field to those
who may possibly continue the good that
he has so far accomplished for the sum that
the state now pays for the care of its wards.
Mr.. Terrell, his wife and his wife's sister,
Miss KING, each Of whom is so closely iden-
titled with the welfare of the institution.
have left for New York.
Brooksville NeloS: One day last week
while out bathing one Of the boys, Gitber