The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-24
FLORIDA.

c. B. Lightsey of Fort Meade died last
Friday.
A phosphate stock exchange is to be or
gained at Ocsls.
Ocala will soon have Catholic convent
and sis ers Of CLARITY.
Orlando will enter two teams st the state
| firemsn's tournament 20 De held at Tampa
next week
It's reported that Mr.. Craven has leased
the Casa Marina at St Augustine from
| Orange HoweS
A negro man named John Grimes was
shot and killed By another negro named
| Markham, last Wednesday, at knoblack.
| Markham was arrested.
The catch of bass along the beaches at st,
Aug nstine is larger than has been known
| Tor many years. They are gamey fish and
| afford good deal Of sport
The latest returns from Citrus county say
| that Inverness was defeated by nine votes
for county site. This was the third election
on the court house question.
H. ]. Madison Of Tampa Is putting a three
story orange packing house on his grove.
Mr.. Madison has the largest crop of oranges
Of any grower in that section.
DR.. G. y. Center of Jacksonville has
handsome chiaa me4t-dish that he pur-
chased from German family in Indiana
that had been In lineal possession $50 years.
Capt. Post Of Jacksonville has decided
to bring down the steamer Eliza Hancox
instead of the John Sylvester, and she will
arrive about November 10 to commence her
river run
D. P. Wing, the Florida Central and
PENN sular's train dispatcher at Waldo, has
resigned and his place has been taken by
{. T. Campbell. lately station agent at
Lochloosa-
At Barlow last Saturday, Mr.. Hicks
horse ran into a barbed wire fence and was
horribly mangled. having nearly all of the
muscles torn of of his fore legs. Dr. OPP
penheimer skillfully bound up the wound
and he is likely to recover.
An incorporation has been formed in
England called the Florida Phosphate Com.
paHy Qimited) with capital OF 81, 000, 900,
and lands acquired in Polk, Hillsborouph
and De Soto counties. The fist operations
will be commenced on section 8, township
81, range "A, seven miles northwest of Fort
Meade.
Last Wednesday while Jack Whidden of
Barlow was driving the hoops of Of bar
rel with a chisel, piece broke off and
struck him In the left eye, cutting a deep
cash. DR.. Oppenheimer is treating it and
it is hoped that he can save the light.
though the present Indications are rather
doubtful.
Tuesday night about $3.50 o'clock, while
w. H Reed, who lives on the line of the
street railway near Spring street, Tampa,
was down in the city, his houe was en-
tered aud all his clothing taken. The rob-
Der broke down the door, lighted the lamp
and ransacked the premises Il everything Of
value that he could carry off.
There was q cutting ARRAY Saturday
afternoon a Gainesville between William
Patterson Of that city, ard g. r. Walton
of near Levy Lake, in which the former was
seriously stabbed in the lett ribs. The
wound, though painful, will not prov Q
fatal The difficulty grew out of discus
sion as to the merits of certain candidates.
An OK belonging to Jack Stanley of East
Gainesville broke loose from him and wa
found by Johnny Robinson, in Tiger BAY,
eleven days from the time he ran away. A
small rope which was attached to QUE of
his legs had caught on cypress knee. 1t
is suppo ed that he had been without food
or water for almost il not quite eleven
days.