The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-18
FLORIDA

The SpAniard accidentally shot at Tampa
on Sept. viii probably recover.
A horse ran away at Ocala day or two
ago and dropped dead in pond.
W. s Cathcart has been elected secretary
OF the Democratic Club Of Tampa
Col. Harry Peoples and F. NJ Roubles
have formed law partnership at Tampa.
DIR. J. R. Saow is the democratic nominee
for the House Of Representatives in Her
nando.
A laborer at Port Tampa had a foot
badly mashed Tuesday by dropping &
seventy-pound rail on it
The Elm Baptist Association will con
vene at Pleasant Hill Baptist church. near
Bluff Springs, next Saturday, and coatinue
IN session three days.
AT kiSsimmee Monday s negro attempted
TO shoot his wife, and the bullet missed its
mark and hit little girl instead. killing
her instantly. The murderer was caught
Tuesday and lodged in jail.
J. A Pine, the unknown man appointed
by Col. Goodrich collector # customs st
Fernandi1a, has appeared there and taken
the oath Of office. he was appointed three
months ago, but could not be found
Orlando Record: Two crops Of peaches
from the same tree in one season IS some
thing rather unusual, Yet we we're shown
some to-day, grown on the place OF Mrs
e. J. Miller IN this city. The SEED from
which the tree grew originally came from
Georgia, aud IS Of the large, luscious, juicy
variety.
Frank Potter. about IS years OF age. and
SALESMAN in the store of W. j. Toland, at
Leroy, attempted to take his own life Sun
day. He shot himself in the left braa 4.
just below the heart the oall striking a rib
and CHANGING around 20 the back DR.. Veal
OF Cotton Plant was sent for, and succeeded
in extracting the hall. Potter will recover.
No cause is given for the rash act.
Mahlon Gore of Orlando, who has been
appointed as a special agent Of the Florida
bureau of immigration. left for his field of
labor yesterday, going first to Tallahassee,
where he Will counsel with the board. and
then proceed to Kansas City, No, and take
up permanent headquarters. MIR. Gore ex-
poets 70 be gone about six weeks or two
months, and will work up the cheap excur-
slons and home-seekers' rates which have
been adopted by many ofsthe roads leading
into Florida
The census bureau reports as follows In
regard to the state aud county debt of
Florida: The floating debt of the state is
$69.916, a decrease of S106 $50, or 90 per
cent. The gross debt is s39O6l6, a decrease
OF $45, 81, or 40 per cent. Thirtv-nine
counties have bonded debt of $500, 700, an
increase of s61, 500, or IA per cent. since
$780, Florida counties have a sinking fund
OF S17,9S2. Their cash in the treasury and
other available resources amounts to Sl15.-
9O6, so that their total available resources
amount to 1888, SS8, leaving a net debt of
S256, TBS, the annual interest charge being
so, 629.
Roy Pelham, the 13-year-old son of En-
gineer j. H. Pelham, and a typo in the
Fernandina Ne,Us Office, had narrow
escape from death by lightning on Satur-
day afternoon. A heavy storm was about
TO break over the town and his mother sent
him into the yard TO put tin rain trough
In place. While so engaged ana standine
with the metal in his hands, binding flash
of lightning, accompanied by a tremend GUS
crash Of thunder, which startled
the whole town. struck the ground
about ten feet from him, digging a
hole about three and half feet square and
four feet deep. Tue boy only received q
slight shock. The action 0f the lightning
was peculiar. 1t passed down parallel with
gate post, and only few inches from it,
without touching it. and in the hole it made
the earth was literally driven down. The
hole is nearly square, only rounding at one
corner, and the earth is not upheaved abou
it the slightest.