The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-17

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A new freight and passenger depot is
being built by the South Florida railroad
/ at Port Tampa city. 1t will be one of the
prettiest stations on the line of the ROAD
Barlow Courier Informant: Frank
! Eures brought two full grown oranges fatc
our office last Monday from three-year
old bud. Who can beat la Trot out your
oranges.
Two carloads of oranges and one carload
/ of fresh fish were included IN the fast
through freight train that went o 1t over
the Florida Central and Peninsular from
Tampa Tuesday night.
The state Baptist convention will bold its
| annual meeting at Oviedo, commencing on
next Friday aud continuing over Sunday.
About 100 ministers and 400 laymen are
expected to be present.
Taylor Banner: The champion deer
hunter, J. e. Brooker. was in Perry attend
| ing court this week and Informed US that
he has killed nearly 100 deer and seven bear
whiting the last ten months.
New Smyrna Breeze: This has been the
best honey season in this lo cility since tbs
big freeze Of 1885, when the mangrove
was frozen down. Fourteen colonies, Ia one
! instance. have produced five barrels of ex-
tracted honey this summer.
The business men OF Gainesville are devils
and erect buildings TO be used by colored
people for csmp-meeting purposes. An
agricultural exposition is also colte nplated
by the colored people. Fully 10000 colored
people attend annually the camp meetings
in Alachua county.
Taylor Banner: Ex-Postm aster Woods
was IN town this week, and whispered 70 Us
joke on himself that is too good to keep.
He says while out hunting last Saturday he
haoV~ mn, he hsafd n
not get but one on account Of being 50
nervous from excitement that he was un-
able to recap his gun.
While George Bell, a fruit merchant Of
Pensacola, was driving a mustang attached
to a road cart Tuesday the animal took
fright and ran away. The road cart was
upset and Mr. Bell thrown violently to the
ground. In the fall his right shoulder was
dislocated He was carried to his home
and received medical attention at once. His
injury Is not serious but painful.
Lewis Wade (colored), who was shot by
Lucinda Taylor (colored), Sunday night, in
the western portion of the city, died Tues
day, despite the efforts of the physicians to
save his life. The woman is in Jail, but as
the deceased persisted IN the statement that
the shooting was accidental, she will prob
ably be released unless evidence showing
Wade's statement to have been false is
forthcoming.
There was colored ball at Germania
hall, Pensacola, Monday night, and among
toe attendants was Jesse Townsell, who has
the reputation OF bsing a "bulldozsr" at
colored balls. Near midnight he drew out
his knife and announced his intention of
cleaning up" all present. He was soon
landed in a cell at the police station, and
for the next thirty days will serve the city
on the streets.
While Monroe johnson and Ander on
Cook, two colored men, were loading a
dray at the steamship wharf Tuesday, in
heading up barrel of whisky the dray
tilted, throwing the barrel out and against
johnson, jamming his leg against the
wharf, tearing large piece of Hesh out of
it and making very painful wound. Cook
was also caught, but managed to escape
with a few slight scratches.
Pensacola workmen for two or three
years past have been annoyed by having
their tools stolen Tuesday Officers O'Brien
and McDavid succeeded in capturing Hen
derson and John johnson, two colored
youths at their residence, No. 638 West
Gregory street, and with them was cap
tured box of tools stolen from Messrs.
Clark and Wolfe. The patrol wagon was
summoned, and the boys, with tho box of
tools, were soon safely housed at the police
station.
Monday night, at st. Augustine, Mrs. ].
w. Sackett vas awakened by her parrot.
Looking about she discovered q white man
standing In the door of her bedroom She
immediately procured her husbands re-
volver and chased tho miscreant out of the
house. J. w. Sackett had been out with an
aunt and was just returning when the
would-be robber jumped from the top
plaza TO the porch below and escaped. A
hurried search Of the premises disclos I'D the
fact that nothing was missing
The census bureau announced the popula-
tion of the Second Florida enumeration dis
trict as follows: Calhoun county 1,671, an
inc ease of 81; Columbia 12,S44, an increase
of S,255; EscaHbia q, 097 an increase of
794l; Franklin 3,271, a decrease of 1,4SO;
Gadsden 1873. an increase If 29l; Hamll-
ton SAT-, an increase of 1.6s5;
Holmes 1885, an increase of 2,1o5;
jackson 17,492. increase 3,120; JEFF
ferson 1889, decrease $3.50; Lafayette 1860,
increase 2,441; Leon 17.735, dec ea Sc
1897; Liberty ,449, increase 81; Madison
4.2S6, decrease $40; Santa Rosa 7,948, in
CREASE 1893; Suwannes 1o,5o5, increase
1874; Taylor 2.l22, decrease ISL; Wakulla
3,l09, increase 3S8; Walton Ash, increase
610; Washington SAG, increass 1887; total
for the districts 1877, SIT, 1915 per cent. in.
crease. The population Of Pensacola is
l1,751, an increase of 4,9o6; Tallahassee
2,933, an increase of 43S.