The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-24

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ern Medical College, where he rarely
fails to be in attendance upon Prof. Nichol-
| sons lectures on his favorit5 branch--anat-
| omy. This infant wonder was highly
delighted, and appeared to fully appreciate
| tie honor conferred upon him, and in his
| own phraseology addressed the president and
gentlemen of toe society, thanking them for
his election to honorary membership. "Dr.
| Albert, as he is called by his acqusintances
can be seea on pleasant morniDgs. lunch
basket in hand, trudging alone from White
hall street crossing to Walton steeet. where
he Is in attendance at the kindergarten
department Of Mrs Baylor Stuart's acad-
envy, where his long, golden curls, rosy
cheeks, intelligent blue eyes and amiable
disposition make him general favorite.
FLORIDA.
Alderman Dutson Page of Green Cove
Spring died on Tuesday evening.
The bulk of the orange crop in Hills
borough county is already disposed o..
In the nine months which the Almeria
hotel, Tampa, has been opened, 5, 200 guests
have been registered.
N. L. Courier, Terra Celia. got $27 go net
returns for twenty gallons Of honey shipped
to the northern part of Florida.
Though the cotton crop is short in Su.
wannee there Is still great deal of cotton,
owing to increased acreage this year.
The running of trains at a speed above
four miles an hour within the corporate
limits of Live Oak has been ordered
stopped.
Maj Fairbanks is shipping large guam
tity Of oranges through Fernaudina. They
are from his grove at Orange Lake, and the
oranges are of excellent quality.
Florida is now producing about 5000,
900 shingles annually. The larger proper
ton Of this product goes to the coast trade
OF New York and the New England states.
In an alteration at Pensacola Friday
between Aaron Newell and Henry Woods
(colored) the formers arm was fractured
by blow from an ak in the hands of the
latter.
The freight business Of the railroad and
steamers at Fernandina is continually on
the increase. Four or five extra trains
have been running within the last two or
three days.
A party of French people, consisting of
thirteen men, two women and one child,
arrived at Kissimmee last week to take up
their residence on Goblet & Jouannet's
plantation to assist in vegetable growing.
At the request of the chief of police OF
Brunswick. upon the arrival of the City of
Brunswick at Fernandina Wednesday, she
was boarded by Officer Courier and a negro
named Charlie Ashley arrested. lie carried
a double-barreled gun.
DR.. Holleymon has sold the De Soto cigar
factory at Leesburg to Ernest wager, the
plucky president of the Bank Of Leesburg.
The sale includes large stock Of cigars, and
until these are reduced by sales operations
will be temporarily suspended.
The Georgia Southern and Florida, after
NV mill III ty...-
eat bound orange shipments at the old
rate, owing to the fact that they refuse to
enter the pool, but will continue shipments
at the old rate to western points.
Richard Larkins (colored} of Pensacola,
the driver of the street car under which
little Gabriel Jordan fell on Palafox street
Wednesday afternoon, surrendered himself
to Judge Maura Wednesday night, and
asked for an investigation. 1t resulted in
his exoneration.
At the Blain car works at Green Cove
Springs, magnificent car is being built, in
which the Clay county exhibit VIII be Sc Il
next month to the Ocala exposition. Tie
| exhibit will be kept in thu car, which will
| also be part of the county's contribution
| to the exposition.
g. w. Smith of Kissimmes met with a
severe accident last Friday, which will lay
him up for about a month. He was coup
| ling car to the engine at the depot, when
he was caught between the engine and car
| lnJuring his left shoulder very badly, but
fortunately, breaking no bones.
Messrs Mathew Hays & Son, the paving
| contractors, have commenced active opera.
tons at Tampa Their saw and sapping
mill, made especially for this work, is now
turning out cypress paving blocks at the rate
of 100 per minute. All the blocks are sig
| nhno in nj fhnr- -, I.
eter from five to ten inches.
A company 20 DO known as the Florid.
Loan and Trust Company will soon be or
ganized at Titusville with a capital of 800,
900 paid il, and an Authorized CAPITAL oil
| Sl,000.000 which will transact a genera
banking and loan business, making
specially of mortgage loans. The new com,
papy will guarantee the payment of boil
| principal and interest of its loans and viii
also issue debenture bonds.
At Sanford Thursday smoke was discov
cred Issuing from the roof of George II
Fernald's residence. The fire was confined
to the garrett and roof of the third story
destroying half of the roof in the center o
the building. The damage to the house
hold goods on the second and third floor
will amount to about four or five hundred
dollars, and the stock of hardware on tn,
first floor was damaged by water abou
1880. The loss is fully covered by insur
ance.
Bronson Times Democrat: G. c. Steven,
of Ocala, popular phosphate king an,
manager of the Blue River Phosphate Com
pany, has recently purchased, through hi
agent. J. J. johnson, 1000 acres OF tn
finest phosphate lands in Florida, living il
Southern Lsvy and West Marion. Mr.
Stevens owns all the phosphate land in tn
Cow House section and surrounding coun
try, and Mr.. johnson is constantly in tn
field with an eve to purchasing the bes
lands obtainable.
Starke Telegraph: On Wednesday after
noon at MRS. d. Browning's place, on Ne,
river, Dolph Richard shot two of p. s
Crows sons. The first. lad Of Is years
was shot in the arm; the other, grow
young man, was shot in the stomach, tn
bail coming out under his right lower rit
Ihls wound is said to be dangerous. Th
best that can be learned is tnat the tvv
Crow boys we're on their way from schoo
when they stopped at Mrs. Browning's, at