The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-05

accumulated 300, which ne was pefsudQeu
TO invest ia Florida phosphate lands. Inc
other day he sold fraction of his purchase
for $4,000, at which rate the balance OF bis
holdings are worth $4,000.
TIE postmaster at St Francis has been
authorized to receive bids for carrying the
United States mails from st. Francis to
Acron via Paisley. This is a temporary
mail service to be established between the
places named from Oct. l, $780, TO June 80,
1891. Sealed proposals Will be received
until Sept. IL.
One paragraph in the fortiication sppro-
priation bill. recently passed By congress,
sets side $4,000 for the improvement OF
Fort Marion The act does not specify IN
what manner this money shall be expended,
this being left to the good judgment OF TIE
engineer IN charge, subject 10 the approval
of the head of the department..
The owner Of the steamer Twilight has
refitted that vessel for carrying freight and
passengers and offers 70 make regular tri-
weekly trips between Jacksonville and
Palatka, making all the landings on the east
bank of the st. Johns river, providing he
can obtaina contract for carrying the mails.
The Jacksonville Board OF Trade indorses the
proposition.
DeLand Record: Charles A. Miller has
nearly completed a wharf at Beresford. In
making substantial improvements Mr.
Miller takes no back seat to any one in
DeLend He has built and occupies the
best building in the city, and soon will have
as convenient wharf as there is on the
st. Johns. He has just obtained fine flow
of artesan water at his wharf
Lake City Tobacco Plant: Mr.. Joe Cone,
who has been suffering with yellow jaun-
dice, has tried novel way of curing him
self. He had heard that the mosquitoes on
the river were pretty thick, and hungry as
bears, so he took trip down there last
week and let the mosquitoes feed on him to
their hearts content. Now Joe has re-
turned perfectly well and nearly all the
mosquitoes have the yellow jsundics.
The editor of the Tarpon Springs Truth,
several months ago, completed working
model OF what he calls a railway or business
annuncistor. Il consists Of an ornamenred
frame box about eighteen inches wide,
twelve inches high and six inches deep, with
an opening In front. Tho aununoiator is
hung up in either end of the car, and it is so
arranged that by pulling a rope-which
runs to the locomotive and O. operated by
the nreman-a gong rings and the name OF
the next station" appears in the opening.
This invention, Of course, is to do away
with the old system Of calling out the names
Of stations. A later invention is an i'm
proved composing rule for printers. This
former is offered either for sale or to be let
but on royalty.
Arcadia ArcCdidn. Jim Christian shot
and seriously wounded Mac Reddick at the
section house a day or two ago. Both
parties are negroes, and the trouble grow
out of squabble for the possession of Red
dicks WIFE, Reddick deserted the woman
some time ago, and Christian, who claims
that Reddick never married the woman,
took up with her and promised to marry
her. Reddick's unexpected return put q
stop to the preparations for the marriage.
and Dinah returned TO her first love. Chris
tan went down to the section house where
Reddick and Dinah were and roundlv
abused Dinah for breaking her promises to
him, and finally wound up with sending a
32caliber Smith a. Wesson ball through
Reddick's throat. The ball went through
hit the single roof above aud felI
in the yard. They are both bad negroes.
Reddick will probably recover. Christian
is in Jail.
The Flomaton train robbery is still an all
absor bling topic at Pensacola. Rube Bur-
rows was reported to have been seen at
twenty miles east of Pensacola.
aud at o'clock Wednesday noon a special
train with Supt. Fisher, Routs
Agent Arnold, several expires, company
detectives and posse of deputy sberiffs
from Alabama, under Sheriff Mcmillan,
passed through Pensacola for Milton. Dep.
uty Sheriff Tom Cusachs of Escambia
county joined the party with a posse
Of six men. Pasrolman Wilson of the
police force of Pensacola, with posse of six
men, left Tuesday and is coming do vvn Es-
Gambia river from Bluff Springs in boat.
and several parties with bloodhounds are
securing the country from the scene of the
robbery down the river to the swamp. The
detectives and deputy sheriffs who passed
through Pensacola Wednesday had with
them five bloodhounds, and il Rube Bur-
rows lit is certain beyond any possible doubt
now that it was he who committed the rob
berry, assisted, it is thought, by the noted
Desperate of Santa Rosa county, Burren
Martini, is in Florida, it is thought he will
be captured.
AS far as can he asoertained the following
Is the reported census of Florida now being
compiled and prepared for publication.
There may be figure or two wrong, but
not enough to make any material differ
ence: