The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-04
FLORIDA.

The people of Monticello ate fifty-six
beeves during October.
The Presbyterian church at Lakeland is
to be lighted with electricity.
There are eighteen schools and ninety
three teachers in Hillsborough county.
The burglars who cracked the depot safe
at Brooksville recently secured nearly
$1,000
The steamer Frederick DeBary will re-
sumo her old run on the st. Johns this week
as one of the Clyde Line boats
number of cigarmakers arrived at
Quincy few days ago, and more are on
the way, to work in the cigar factories.
Within the past three weeks a large num-
Der of Texas horses have been sold in Gads-
den county, and yet there is demand for
more.
A few days ago, as a son of Ira Sanborn.
in Liberty county, was handling a gun it
was accidentally discharged. severely in
juring the child.
At Tampa, last Monday, Lewis Baker. the
13-year-old son of Alfonso Baker, lost his
life by falling into the sea from the schooner
Harris Bros. alongside Taylor's wharf.
The total Of the fines collected in the city
court Of Fernandina for the month of Octo-
Der amounted to $500 A. In addition to
this, number of fines were paid in WORK
on the streets.
Isaiah Brown, who was sentenced to
twelve days labor on the streets at Fernan-
dina for disturbing public worship, escaped
from his guard on Thursday afternoon, and
has not been seen since
Friday night a well known butcher of
Jacksonville was trying a knife to see
whether it was good STEEL when it exploded
and whistled through the whiskers of a
prominent saloon keeper. The next time
that butcher fools with a knife he will be
sure it is not loaded
w. H. Cassidy has bought Charles NJ.
KNOTS interest in the Racket" dry goods
store at Leesburg, and the establishment is
now under the ownership and control of w.
D. Cassidy d Co., the company" being
j. c. Luning, who a month ago bought an
interest in the store.
Robt +. Smith, who has been secretary
and treasurer of the East Florida Savings
and Trust Company of Palatka since It's
first introduction to the financial world, has
resigned bis position with that institution,
and will soon go into the banking business
for himself in middle Florida town.
A pretty incident was noticed at the fire
at Orlando Thursday night. A cat and
several small kittens were huddled up for
the night in Campbell's restaurant, the
building adjoining where the fire was,
and as soon as the fire alarm rang the old
cat, with true motherly instinct for the
protection of her kittens, carried them out
side Of the building away from all danger.
Plant City Courier: We have noted from
time to time the shipments of vegetables
from this place to northern markets, and
now it comes out as a matter of fact tina,
Plant City is now, and has been for some
time past, about the only point on the line
of the South Florida road, and on this part
of the Florida Central and Peninsula line
that is doing this thing. The shipments al
this time are quite extensive, consisting of
egg plants, cucumSers, squashes, okra and
sweet potatoes.
At Jacksonville Saturday night about z
o'clock, as Chief Of Police Phillips was go.
ing down the stairway just across the
bridge of sighs" at the city jail, be was
somewhat staruled by a downfall Of ma
sorry. On looking up he w a hole through
the wall about six inches square, at tn,
north west corner OF the jail, il being thu
cell where George Simpson white, Som,
Frazier and Willie Gale (colored) we're con
lined. Chief Phillips went at once to tn
cell, where he found the prisoners at wor
with a piece of steel with a point in tn
shape OF an arrow. He at once put then
IN the dark cell ~ go
A very rich bed of phosphate has bee
discovered by w. B Glass and CharIe