The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-29
FLORIDA.

A patent has been granted to Henry Z.
Moomaw OF Carysville, for car coupling
w, ID. Lewis has been appointed post
master at Panasoffkee, Sumter county, vice
=. a. Armour, resigned.
Tom Aron tcoiOred), saw-mill man of
Orsla. fell on circular saw and received
szx-inc6 cash in the thigh.
W. n Scott, a saw-mill man near Higley.
.asss els rIaill BY Ere last week. The loss is
81, 600, With no insurance.
Harry II. Herndon, a bright but unfortu-
nate young lawyer of Leesburg, died Sun
day from an overdose of morphine.
7. L. Osteen has been removed as a postal
clerk, running between Jacksonville and
Tampa, and R. p. Allen, who was removed
about year ago for cause, has been APP
pointed in his place. The only objection to
Mr.. Osteen In the eyes of the present ad-
ministration is his politics.
At Jasper Tuesday, J. w. Newman of
Suwannee county. a book agent, had been
leased all day by Bob Barton. Finally his
patience gave out, and he began shooting.
Barton was slightly wounded. The sheriff
put Newman in Jail without delay, and the
marshal took charge of Barton.
An editor of Ocala on being offered q
phosphate find at $40 per acre, said he
would call around In a day or two and size
it up, but neglected the opportunity. A
few days later it sold at 500 an acre and
since, in an immense sink in the tract, a
solid and almost pure rock phosphate has
been unearthed The beauty of the deposit
| is that it is alongside Of the Florida South
ern railroad.
| George b. Tyler has at last disposed of
his l60-acre homestead mile south OF the
head of Blue Springs run for 49,, 900. This
| property was for sale before the phosphate
excitement began at 1000, then moving up
to $500, when phosphate whispers began
| to circulate, the prices asked keeping
ahead of the offers, until finally a wealthy
Philadelphia lady MRS. NJ. E. Hoope) paid
| the price asked. The land is said to contain
splendid deposits, which assay from IS to 90
per cent.
Phillip, about 20 years of age, the eldest
son of j. ID. Diffenworth of Clearwater
| was accidently killed on last Friday. Young
Diffen worth and his brother went out in a
boat to shoot fish, and had returned to shore
and both landed, leaving the gun in the
| boat The gun was discharged and lodged
| its contents in the body of young Diffen-
worth, from the effects of which he died in
q short time A year ago an uncle of vonng
Ditfenworth was killed by the accidental
| discharge of the same gun.
AT Ocala Tuesday morning, at o'clock,
Mrs. Eliza Scholl, living near the Florida
through the mouth while sleeping, by some
unknown parties. The bulles entered
| through the front door, struck chair
glanced off to the bed, penetrated the pill
low and struck the right side of the chin.
glanced upward and coming out of the left
cheek. The report of the shot and the cry
or murder" aroused the neighbors, who
| saw several persons walking away from the
house.
On Saturday afternoon two ladies, guests
of the AlcaZar at St. Augustine, were out
driving, accompanied by Harry King. AS
they We're going through a hammock, about
three miles from the city on the road to
| Picollatto, huge blacksnake fell from a
limb of an overhauging tree upon the top of
the carriage. The snake crawled down
| into the carriage by the side of one of the
ladies. She screamed and the snake slid
| down the side of the vehicle and made for
the palmetto bushes. The driver slashed at
| it with his whip and secured as a trophy a
| bit Of the snakes tail.
The efforts of the Zeigler Phosphate Com
| pany OF Ocala to move 10000 tons reveals
the fact that the Florida Central and PENN
suiar railroad demands $50 car of twenty
tons to move the same from the pits to
Fernandina, while for a carload of ordinary
m IeS say hay, grain, etc, the rail-
| road company only charges SIS. The CON.
| sequence is that the rate of $50 car on the
phosphate order Is prohibitory aud the COM
pany had to decline it. To overcome this
difficulty the Florida Southern railroad will
run switch across from their track below
Reddick, four or five miles distant.
Hon: r. de Fontblanque, the British con-
sui at New Orleans, arrived at tampa Mon
aay. and was joined by Capt. Dugmore and
his attorney, Mr.. Miranda. They are in