The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-16
FLORIDA.

There is not a Smith, Jones or Brown in
Lakeland.
A negro prisoner died 10 jail at Quincy a
day or two ago.
Ward g. Lawrence's brick works at
Quincy are In full blast.
Mr.. Bsidelman has almost completed the
new Episcopal church at Quincy.
A few days ago NJ Gatlin of Quincy came
near being killed In a runaway accident.
Up to last week r. ID. Gray had shipped
over 2, 500 watermelons from Wildwood.
Mrs. H. II. Spear of Chattahoochee is
dead. She leaves a husband and four chill
dren.
A fine COW, the property Of Col ]. W.
Malone Of Quincy. was killed on the rail-
road few days ago.
The sisters of st. Joseph are making
many improvements about the convent at
st. Augustine during the vacation.
j. L. Kelly 6, Co, of the veneering fac
tory on Newman lake has just sold 10000
orange boxes to Nertreese & Co. of
Palatka.
Mr.. Beidelman of Quincy is now building
nice residence for him elf on Washington
street. 1t will be one Of the most handsome
houses in town.
At gainesville Saturday J. b. Brown
sold TO w. T. jackson what is known as the
George w. SparK man property, on the
north side of the square.
The town council Of Quincy met last
Tuesday evening and passed resolutions
relative to the death Of Mayor Ray, and
ordered an election for mayor.
The German Hose Company's truck was
overturned while answering an alarm OF
fire at Pensacola Saturday, and the driver
had a narrow escape from death.
Prot. Ford of Winter Park, one Of the
professors in Rollins college, has rented
Mrs. Lowd's cottage at New Smyrna, aad
has moved his family over for the summer.
Lee county is sixty-six miles north and
south, and seventy-two miles east and west,
on an average with eighty miles Of gulf
coast, and containing about 4,752 square
miles.
Among those mentioned to fill the va
Keyser as city commissioner OF Pensacola
are H. II. Thornton, E. w. Menefee, NJ. T.
Palmes and j. Thornton Whiting.
A few days ago son of o. w. Pittman
of Quincy was bitten by rattlesnake, and
for a time was in dangerous situation.
Dr. j. w. Scott was called in and soon had
the lad in a comfortable condition.
Engineer Tom McFadden, who left Fernan-
dina few months ago with George Miller for
Central America, is dead. He was running
an engine on the Costa Rica railway, and
on June 90 his engine went through a
trestle He sustained injuries from which
he died that night.
The Tampa postoflice has been raised TO
a second-class office and the salary increased
to 81, 100. A large number Of new boxes
will be put in. All of the boxes, in fact,
will be lock boxes, the call boxes will be
done away with. The Office will be newly
furnished throughout.
The notorious negro who committed nu-
merous depredations around Leesburg, AID
for whom a reward of $500 was offered by
the Florida Central and Peninsula railway,
has been captured by che authorities at Live
Oak. He shot Mr.. Smith few miles south
of Boardman few days since.
The democratic executive commi ttee of
ST. Johns county met at ST. Angus tine Sat
urday aud fixed July "A as the date for
holding the primaries to elect deleg ates 10
the county convention, the date of which
the executive committee fixed for July 81,
to elect delegates to the state democratic
to meet at Ocala Aug. IS next.
The city council OF Fernandina has passed |
an ordinance granting TO ]. NJ. Carter and |
associates the right to construct and oper- |
ate belt line of street railway. The
object of the company is to build line of
railway connecting every part of the city,
and also extending to the various suburbs
Upon large part Of the line it is intended
TO run dummies, which will insure regular
and rapid transit.