The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-28


was stunned by the fall, aud when he was
able to walk he saw the handouts on his
wrist. The two prisoners were brought in
together, and are now in Fulton county
jail.
FLORIDA
The artesian well at Ocala is down 200
feet
The Fort Meade Fertilizer Company are
putting up their factory as fast as posi-
Bile.
Mr. Brooks is having the sixty-acre clear
| ing south of Fort Meade set out in orange
| trees.
Mayor Brown of Gainesville recommends
that the mayors salary be reduced from
$500 to $500.
Mr.. Morgan of Jacksonville is in Fort
| Meade. There is some talk Of his putting
up fertilizer factory there
w. a. MacWilliams executed deed at
st. Augustine Tuesday that had been
through the Johnstown food.
March the new Presbyterian church at
st. Augustine will be dedicated The choir
Will come from New York city.
Col. L. III. Terrell of Atlanta, superin-
| tendent of the fourth division of the way
mail service, was in Tampa Wednesday.
Several members of the Orlando lodge of
Independent Order of Odd Fellows went to
kissimmee Tuesday, and organized Myrtle
Lodge No. 20, ]. .. o. f., at that place.
One hundred and sixty-three homestead
applications have been made in the United
| States laod Office at Gainesville thus far as
against 70 during the entire month of Feb
ruary in 1889.
Prof. johnson, an officer of the United
States geological survey, who has charge
Of a corps now at work in Florida, arrived
at Tampa, aud will soon commence sur
vey OF that section.
The Tampa Electric Illuminating Com
pany has eighteen men working night and
day putting up poles and wires. The man
ager expects to be able TO turn on the lights
by March 10 at the latest
Hon. Frank Clark OF Barlow and Mr..
Eppes Tucker, formerly of Lakeland, have
formed partnership as attorneys at law
and solicitors in chancery at Bar tow. The
firm style is Tucker q Clark
S. Paul Brown, secretary of Florida's
rolling exposition, and superintendent of
Wanton S. Webb's publishing business, is
in Pensacola for the purpose of publishing
a new directory.
A New York gentleman bought an old
parchment bound book at the Fort Marion
store at st. Augustine, for which he refused
$500 on his return TO New York, it proving
TO be of great value.
The oil house of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railroad at Palatka was
burned Wednesday morning. The fire was
controlled after an hours stubborn fight. 1t
contained seventy-tve barrels.
Marion county has a new postoffice,
Cater, situated TWO and u half miles east
by south of Fairview, and just beyond the
Ross school house. j. II. Mccoy is post
master. The place has two mails a week,
Tuesday and Saturday. 1t is an extension
Of tho heidtsville and Fairview route.
From persons arriving IN Pensacola Tues
day 1t was learned that a severe thunder
storm, accompanied with very high wind
ragged around Flomaton Monday night
No damage was reported when the trail
left, but the rain Tell in torrent, and a
} heavy rise was expected in all the streams.
A lady made a homestead entry at the
land office at Gainesville Monday on which
gold has been discovered. She had a speci-
3 men with her which judges say was the
3 simon pure article. The land on which il
, was found is in the Trenton neighborhood
! and about four miles to the south of thai
noted point.
. Dill james of Kissimmee, on his recent
trip to Fort Bassinger, secured a craps
| fruatfrom the grove of John Pearce Which
: was a most peculiar looking specimen
U About one-quarter Of the fruit, with a:
) strong and distinctly marked lines as a
I painter would draw, was a dark russell
I while the balance as very bright yellow.
a gentleman living on Palatka Heights
makes a speciality Of preserving the menus
of the various spreads at which he has par
0 ticipated, and his collection has become a
/ very large and interesting one. What
; makes 1t still more interesting is the fact
that the autographs of many of those who
Z were present at the dinners are inscribed
| upon the fly leaves and Inside covers OF
: many of the menus.
: A special train, consisting Of the Florida
: Central and Peniusular private car Fall
. mouth and President Ingraham's private
= car, passed through Orlando over the South
. Florida railroad at $50 o'clock Tuesday
night, having on board Gov. Frank p.
Fleming, ladies and staff, President j, e.
Ingraham and his private secretary, Mr.
: Moses. The party stopped at Kissimmee
! where they will view the swamp and over.
: flowed lands in that vicinity.
P. w. Lownes Of the South Florida Fouu
dry and Machine Company, at Orlando
! has just completed a new pipe wrench, hi
own invention and handiwork. The wrench
a is SO constructed that it cannot possibly sir
+ off pipe, and the harder the pressure the
tighter the grip of the wrench. 1t is also Sc
made that when the workman is in a tight
| place and cannot turn the wrench the Jaw
can be taken out and put in crosswise, i
having the same death-like grip.
, The saw-mill at Campville on the Florids
r Central and Peninsular railroad, was de
stroyed by fire on the night of Feb. 20
, together with large quantity of lumber
!, as we'll as framework for the brick yard
+ The debris is being cleared away, prepa
! ratory TO rebuilding the mill aud starting
up the manufacture of brick. Orders are
now on hand for nearly 100000 brick
= The saw-mill and brickyard are both owneC
: and operated by the Camp Brothers.
J., The Fernandina Building and Loan As
. ISOLATION held meeting Tuesday night anC
i annual election of officers as follows: Presi
0 dent, Maj. Duryea vice president, Mr.. Gar
D land; treasurer, Mr.. Kydd; secretary
b Judge Schuyler, The members Of the Of,
o board OF directors were reelected. The as
Q sociation has been in existence three years
o and now holds Sll, 900 in mortgages, all OF
IS town property. The Investments nave pai,