The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-02

cursion train near Ocala Thursday, and was
killed.
Col R. F. Taylor Of Gainesville viii de-
liver the grafton in North Gainesville on the
Fourth.
The Sumter county alliance will meet at
Webster next Thursday. A large crowd
will be present.
Columbia county's cotton crop is a good
one, and in much better condition now than
this time last year.
Col. II. F. Dutton was expected to sail
from Liverpool on Wednesday last, on his
return to Gainesville.
1t was supposed that the blackberry crop
around Quincy would be short, but It isn't
There are plenty Of berries.
Charles Jones, Isaac Bailey, John Martin
and Ed McAuley, negro gamblers, are in
Jail at Tampa in default of 500 bail.
Some shippers of Gadsden county are
getting ready their pears for market. The
crop is much larger than was expected.
Rev. G. Taylor of Orlando has sold the
seat, near Asheville, n. c., for the sum Of
S23, 900.
Mr. Bryant, from the Tomoka, saysa party
of which he was one secured 300 turtle
eggs on the beach opposite Bulow bay, near
Daytona.
Jacksonville proposes to have a driving
park Of sixty acres, to cost SOC, 900, which is
20 be used to winter and speed northern
horses on.
Hanson G. White, son of Judge p. W.
White, died at Quincy last Sunday night
He had been a sufferer for a long time from
consumption.
J. c. Summer, who lost both legs in
railway accident on the Florida, Central
and Peninsular last October. at Lacoochee,
is suing that road for $4,000.
A party from Melbourne went down into
the wilds of Brevard county last week TO
witness the Indian green corn dance. They
report big and jolly time among the red
men.
At meeting of the city council Of Ocala,
held Tuesday night, il was decided to call
a special election to be held on the second
Thursday in August for the purpose OF
bonding the city To the amount of 100000
TO purchase the water works.
Balam Badson, an old colored man, was
instantly killed 10y lightning on last Tues
day, near Quincy. He lived on A]eck
StOckton's place, and was found dead at the
foot Of tall pine tree, under which he had
sought for refuge from passing rain.
Capt W. H. Edwards Of Starke reports a
sale Of !, 200 acres of cypress land near New
river 10 H NJ. FlagleT and W. H. Edwards.
These gentlemen propose to cut the cypress,
and they have an almost lnexhaustible
supply of the very best and largest timber
DR.. j. NJ. Criley of Daytona, on the eve
Of his departure north, took an overdose of
morphine that came near proving fatal
He was troubled with insomnia and took
the medicine to promote rest and slumber.
Fortunately Mrs. Criley discovered his con-
dition and called in DR.. Wallace before it
was too late.
Mrs L. Y. Hooper of the Magnolia hotel
at Ocala, while descending the stairs lead
ing from the second story, was seized
with an attack of vertigo aud fell to the
bottom, landing heavily on her left arm.
No bones were broken, but the arm was
bruised and battered 50 badly that the doc
tor considered it would have been far
preferable to have had the bone broken.
L. r. Alexander unearthed last week
from the Long hammock mound near Mel
bourne two more skulls as perfect as are
ever found of that age He managed to
put his hat, size seven and one-fourth, on one
OF them; the forehead retreated from the
line Of the eyebrows, the skulls being very
long from the crown to the chin, being
shaped much like the skull Of the Flat Head
Indian.
Ocala Bonner: Many of our citizens re:
member r. A. Mills, former resident of
Ockawaha station, Lake Weir, where he
was engaged IN the saW-mlll business. Some
-four years ago he transferred his mill inter
ests TO Fit. Myers. where he has done vel,
but, like the rest of humanity in this sec
ton, took an interest in the rich phosphate
find at Arcadia in DeSoto county, on Peace
creek With diligence he looked around for
unhomesreaded lands in that section,
found 100 acres, which caused him to
make header for the United States land
office at Gainesville, secretly congratulating
himself and chuckling over his newly dis
covered fortune. He entered the office with
the conscious feeling of pride aud success
written in every llneamens of his manly and
honest features, only to find that a stranger
from 0cala had made the same discovery at
the same time, was a passenger on the same
train, only he had accelerated his pace and
reached the land office a neck ahead of Mr..
Mills.