The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-09
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
Key West reports the sponge industry
| booming.
Micanopy is now without a saloon. The
only one in the place was closed Up last
week.
Large quantities of bass are being caught
daily off the North river bridge, st. Angus
tine.
Tn e Key West A duertiser. recently started
By james T. Boyd, will appear in enlarged
form this week.
The De Soto county bank at Arcadia was
opened for business last week. Fred G.
Peters is the cashier.
Inspector Williams captured trunk at
Tampa Saturday night with $50, 900 contra
band cigarettes in it.
A darby on the place of J. B. Thomas. in
Madison county, has killed forty-two coons
in the past few weeks at odd hours
Licenses have been taken out for the
coming year by seven saloons in Orlando
six white and ono colored.
About 800 hands are now at work on the
Tampa Bay hotel. Work is being pushed
to be ready for the opening this winter.
The gymnasium apparatus for the Tampa
Young Mems Christian Association arrived
Monday night and will be put up at once.
The Charlotte Harbor Home Corner learns
for ZOO acres Of phosphate land near Grove
City.
There has been over 100 arrivals at the
Almeria hotel. Tampa, in the past three
days The other hotels also show salts
factory list.
Last week at night wolves came near the
residence of J. Ellis Blanton, in Madison
county, and killed yearling, from which
they made a meal.
Madison county farmers are beginning to
complain of the mysterious disappearance
of their cotton from the fields and houses in
which 1t has been stored.
T. b. Oliver, one of the most experienced
newspaper men and accomplished writer's in
the state, has taken editorial charge of the
Lake City Tobacco Plant
Key West custom house September re-
ceipts were Sl06, 862 10. For four daJs in
October $50, 600 There is now 81 900. 600
worth OF tobacco in bond at that port.
DR.. Bronson has bought Rock Springs
and all the land adjacent-several hundred
acres-near Eustis for $1,000. The springs
proper is one of the fairest spots in all
Florida.
Last Tuesday there were 248 pounds
OF mail matter in ira 1sit sent through the
postoffice at New Troy for the different
postotiices in Lafayette county. The mail
matter for this county is rapidly increasing
One person at one time received TIA pounds
of registered mail matter.
A young man named Haycock fell from
large logcart at Dade City last week and
the wheel ran over his head, inf1icting bad
wound though not a fatal one He was al
most scalped, and literally covered with
blood, the wounds bleeding very profusely.
DIR. Wallace sewed the scalp back in place.
The political speakers who were recently
a mi ntToIx Of fk.,a
opinion that the prettiest young Lady in the
state OF Florida was at the meeting held at
Trenton. She is a granddaughter of the late
Col. Cottrell, congressman from Alabama,
and niece of Hon. William Cottrell, the
much talked of ex-mayor of Cedar Key.
Lake City Tobacco Plant. The State
Agricultural College opened its doors to the
youth OF the land again Wednesday, and
seventy-hve have responded to roll call so
far. The number is certainly expected to
reach 100 by Monday, next. The professors
and heads are all in their places, except
the new commandment, who has not yet ar
rived. Lieut. Baya holds over until he
| does.
Fort Myers Press: Charlie Osceola. his
| squaw and her pickaninny strapped to her
back, Billy Buster, young Tallahassee and
couple more Seminole boys came down
the river Sunday, from Lake Okeechobee,
to do some trading in town. They brought
sixty odd gator hides they captured in
Lake Okeechobee. We notice the Indians
bring their gator hides to market in good
shade and condition.
Col. w. ID. Chipley, who is presently in
New York city, and who has recently been
to Washington, writes the editor Of the
| Pensacola NeICS that he is greatly encour-
| aged by the prospects for naval drill in
these waters during the winter He says, in
addition, that should the drill be ordered
the programme will be on q much larger
scale than that ON which any previous drill
has been conducted.
The following prominent democrats will
address the citizens of Volusia county at
Daytona tomorrow: Congressman Robert
Bullock, Gov. Francis p. Fleming, Hon.
Robert w. Davis and Col. Frank W. Pope.
Chairman j. P. Taliaferr', of the
state executive committee, and Chairman
G. w. Wilson Of the congressional commit
tee, will also be present, and a big time is
anticipated. From Daytona the distin-
guished party go to DeLand, on THURSDAY,
where they win be joined by the peoples
favorite, Hon. w. B. Bloxham.
A wonderful escape from death and
peculiar accident, made up a thrilling adj
venture on an East Bay street dock, Jack
sonville, one afternoon last week A small
steamer was lying alongside large lighter
taking on wood. On the lighter were Mr..
Cameron and his 6-year-old son, and the
captain or the steamer There was large
jagged hole in one end of the lighters dock
on which the little boy was running about.
The two men had the wood nearly all trans
ferred and had their backs turned toward
the lighter. The little boy in some manner
fell through the hole in the deck, striking
his head on the jagged edge as he tumbled
into the deep hold. His fail was swift and
silent as he made no outcry on account of
being stunned. The two men carried the
last sticks of wood on board and then
turning around, Mr.. Cameron missed his
boy. He thought at first that the child had
gone ashore. However he had not had
time to get out of sight and SO the two
men looked around the lighter and steamer.
The father happened to look into the hole
in the deck and saw the still form of his bow
in the water beneath. The water in the
hole was several inches over the boys head
when he was standing up, and he was
lying insensible on the bottom. He was
quickly lifted out and after great exertion
was resuscitated His insensibllitv savei
his life as he breathed but family and
swallowed but little water, although he had
been submerged for several minutes. Had
be struggled he would in ali probability
have been drowned.
Simmons Liver Regulatory the foe OF ma
laria, as 10 throws of the bile and prevents
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