The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-19
FLORIDA

ne BARLOW cQIue- D1uu nA5 d6hAu ISL
organized.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Edgar Smith died at
Palatka last Tuesday.
West Frye and wife Of Barlow celebrated
their golden welding last Tuesday.
NJ. Entenza Of St. Augustine viii put If
I teen extra men 20 work IN MS cigar factory
/ this week
Mary Ellen Edgar. wife of Edward }.
[ Smith, died at PalRtka Tuesday Ia the 36th
! year Of her age.
! u. T. Taylor of Arredondo announces
himself IS a candidate for assessor Of taxes
| for Alacaua county.
| Placards at Amelia City announce a call
| for the registered voters to meet Aug. Is, to
! take steps to incorporate.
/ Liverpool Orange Grore: We hear Of
vast beds of pebble phosphate being dis
covered in the Myakka valley.
The COW Of NJ. s. Usina, on San Marc
avenue, at st. Augustine, gave birth
| wednesday night TO twin calves.
| Two phosphate plants are TO be built at
once; one between Liverpool and Ogden,
and one between Ogden and Nocater.
Ocaa is preparing for big time OF July
| 81 and p, in in the way Of a freman's con-
| test, base ball tournament and rife shoot.
Tie Moorish villa of Charles Brooks, on
the bay, at st. Augustine, is nearly COM
pleted The peculiar building attracts coz
| siderable attention.
The county executive committee for Vol
usia county has given to the precinct oom-
mittees the power of appointing the time
for holding the primaries.
The South Florida Foundry and Machine
Company, in Orlando, shipped twenty five
hydrants to DeLand Tuesday for the water
works which that enterprising burg is put
ting in.
A colored brakeman on the Savannah.
| Florida and Western railroad fell from an
engine at Barlow Tuesday, breaking his leg.
| He was carried TO Sanford on the fast mail
Monday, where he was placed in the COM
pany's hospital.
Smart Washington, a Fernandina negro,
is now l04 years old He has been married
twice and by his first wife had twenty eight
children. His eyes are still good aud he
reads without the aid Of glasses. He has
not been an object of public charity, but
now appeals to the county for assistance.
J. R. Rante, keeper of the lighthouse on
Anastasia Island, and Paul Capo, resident
on the island, had a fight Tuesday The
trouble grew out Of Mr.. Rante being ap-
pointed lighthouse keeper when Maj Harm
died last September. Capo reported Rante
for being drunk and neglecting his duty
The lighthouse inspector came, investigated
the matter and found everything all right
Since then Rante has brought civil suit
against Capo, which is still pending.
While on his beat at Jacksonville,
Wednesday night, Police Officer Frank
Murphy went into the Tivoli saloon and
laid hands on the proprietor, who was
counting the days receipts. He did not
arrest him, however Comp amt was made
Of the officers conduct, and Lieut.. Keefe
rode up to Murphy and reprimanded him.
Murphy threatened to shoot Keefe
and attempted to draw his revolver. He
was prevented from using it by the by
ISLANDERS. He had thrown his club on the
sidewalk and said, t. the Job Lieut.
Keefe dismouuted quickly, and, going up
to Murphy, after a struggle, arrested him
| and took MIN to Jail.
Fernandina NeiUs: Train No. ran into a
bunch of twenty-five cattle near Baldwin
yesterday. killing four The same day,
near Callahan, train No met two bulls
whleA some train had struck One was
lying in the ditch, but the other was stand
ing on three legs on the track, one hind foot
being cut OF. The animal planted himself
squrely and showed fight az the engine ap-
| preached. The train was stopped aud the
| fireman got off to drive the bull from the
| track, but the animal, infuriated with pain,
charged upon him and made him take
oAuk0 uDOh Iub DnEAlt llo tuSl kOI d
long pole, but twice again the bull drove
him on b ard the engine before it could be
| got of the track.
Feruandina NelUS: II. H. Linville will
hereafter travel for the LOOMS Manufact-
turing Company. He leaves next Friday
| for Savannah and will introduce the the
| Nassau fiber into the principal to WIS of
! Georgia aud then into other states. The
company is taking wise step in sending
out representative to push its fiber, which
| gives great satisfaction and drives hair out
| OF the market wherever used. but it is such
a radical change to the trade that little
| active work is required to induce its use in
| strange fields Mr. Linville's going on the
road is likely to result in great increase in
| the demand for the fioer, which viii neces-
| state an enlargement of the factory capac-
| ity at an early date, as the present business
is equal, or nearly SO, to the present capac-
| ity.
| Orlando Record: At about O'clock Tues
| day afternoon slight accident occurred on
the Osceola and Lake Jesup railroad, about
one mile this side of Gabrielle. The bag
gage car was being pushed along in front of
the engine when suddenly it jumped the
track, landing squarely across the rails
lengthwise. and also derailing the engine
| Conductor J. w. Anderson and Messrs. j.
s. and S. Capen of Winter Park were in
| the baggage car, and we're somewhat
| bruised though not seriously. The car was
partly loaded with fertilizer, and one OF
the gentlemen was almost buried beneath
this. The baggage car is pretty badly de-
molished, aud will be placed along the lire
OF the road as station at some convenient
point. The engine was not damaged to any
extent.
Orlando Record: Considerable excite
ment was occasioned on Pine street about
noon Wednesday. The delivery wagon OF
Rowland & Co., the wholesale grocers, VA
standing in front Of the same firms livery
stable, and the colored driver, Tony Pierce
was unhitching the horse from the wagon
preparatory for dinner One trace had beer
unhisched and Tony had gone around OF
the other side, when suddenly the horse
from some unknown cause, started to run
The reins having been done up. the driver wa
unable to reach them, so he firmly graspeC
the hind wheel Of the wagon. This stopped th,
horse from going forward, as it only had
one trace with which to pull and the ANNA
commenced going around in a circle in the
street, with heels flying high IN the air
every bound. Tony, nevertheless, hell
with death-iike grip 70 the wheel, know
ing that if he let go the horse would dash
down the street and tear things to pieces
This went on for few minutes, none O.
the bystanders seeming 20 care to brave tn,
danger and lend a helping hand wher
Sherman Hughes, a colored empoye of tn
| q ~ ~, h.