The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-19
FLORIDA

( The new Methodist church at Fernandina
/ is 10 cost $1,000.
Henry Petermann died at Pelatka
I Heights Tuesday night.
Work on the new fertilizer warehouse az
Fernandiua is TO be commenced next week.
The rice birds are making havoc in some
of the fields at Chester, but the sportsmen
are after them.
The Second hsttslion, Florida state troops.
contemplate holding an encampment on
North Beach, st. Augustine.
it is reported that Z. C. johnson Of Win
ter Haven has sold half interest In his
patent mosquito bar for $4,000.
Col. w. J. Magill died at his residence on
West Union street, Jacksonville, Wednes-
day. Col Magill was born in Charleston,
S. c.. in 1928, and was, therefore. 81 years
of age.
D. S. Wroten of Rocky Point has a team
OF kentucky bred mares years old that
weigh 9, 200 pounds; also Florida-raised
colt q months old, grass fed, that weighs
! $50 pounds.
During a thunderstorm on the 10th light
ming struck the steeple on the First Presby-
terrain church a. Leesburg. and utterly de
molished the steeple and greatly damaged
the front Of the church. Arrangements
have been made by the congrega. ion to
rebuild at once.
Gainesville Sun: The Portland Company,
proprietors of the Albion phosphate mines,
will without delay commence mining on a
larger scale. employing not less than 100
men. 1t is also said that the company will
buy phosphate from other parties, having
arranged for the sale in Europe of all they
can ship.
Deputy Sheriff Moore Of Jackson county,
Mississippi, arrived in Pensacola Tuesday,
bringing with him as a prisoner John Carr,
colored, who had been arrested in that
county on the supposition that he was Hey
ward Carr, colored. who murdered his wife
in that city n bout four years ago. The pris-
oner proved TO be not the man wantel, ana
was discharged.
Llsk's place on Merritt Island, opposite
Cocoa, met with a painful and rather seri-
Gus accident one day last week while putting
up FRUIT in glass jars. A jar which she had
just filled and capped exploded with great
force, driving the fragments Of glass into
the unfortunate lady's hands, arms and
face, cutting her in several places seriously,
and scalding her hands with the hot fruit
and syrup.
An anonymous correspondent writing, to
the Pensacola Net0s from Caryville under
date OF Sept. Is, says that bear had been
located in a dense canebrake about three
miles below that town. The animal has
lately been making great havoc among the
cattle in the neighoorhood. A party Of
hunters went out Saturday with guns and
dogs, but failed to fiud bruin. From the
tracks and other signs the lear is thought
to be very large one
Halifax Journal: That excellent paper.
the st. Augustine NelUs, gives brief his
tory Of the building of the Jacksonville and
ST. Augustine railroad. The pioneer road
to the east coast was the old wooden rail-
road from Tocoi to st. Augustine, however,
and the first read to the Halifax coast was
the White road, which was completed in
1886, and now forms part of the Jackson
Vile, st. Augustine and Halifax system.
W. Coffee, who served as postmaster at
Peniel, in Putnam county, for few montls
resigned to connect himself with the dry
goods house of Mr.. Howell of Palatka. He
closed his account with the department., and
forwarded the amount due, which, it seems,
was In excess OF the proper amount by three
cents. His account was properly settled by
the department, and the other day Mr. Cof-
fee received a check for three cents, as the
''overplus." He has been offered 81 for the
check, but refuses to part with 1t.
Aspecial from Miilview to the Pensacola
Netgs says: 1.-The store of d. L. Douglas. at
this place. was broken open Monday night,
and his safe stolen and carried away. The
thieves secured Mr.. Douglas dray, and
placing the safe upon it carried it to boat
IN waiting and sailed away with it. The
safe contained % in cash, $500 in mill COM
pany tickets, check for $2S 05, and the
books of the business. The loss of his
books ia the most serious one
to Mr.. Douglas. The safe was not new,
and was valued at only S25. Later in the
day the safe was recovered from the bottom
OF Perdido bay, where it had been thrown
by the thieves after it had been broken
open and rifed of its contents When it was
recovered from the water il was found that
the thieves had hammered at the combiua-
zion until the knob was broken off, Failing
to open it by this means, they turned It
over and with some sharp instrument cut
the bottom out, and thus gained an en-
trance. The books were found all right,
but badly saturated with water The check
and 20 cents in money and about $50 in
mill tickets we're also recovered The safe
contained watch and chain valued at $40.
which was taken. There is no clue what
ever to the parties who committed the
robbery"