The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-30
FLORIDA.


The Barlow Railway and Improvement
Company. capital stock $1,000, has filed
articles of incorporation with the secretary
| of state.
Jim Shoal boasts of the biggest foot il
Putnam county. 1t is 49, inches long ant
requires No. II shoe. He never wore q
pair of store-bought shoes in his life.
The Florida Central and Peninsular phos
| phate elevator will be finished at Fernan-
dina on Sept. 10. Six large cargoes of phos-
phate will be loaded into ships from it in
September.
The citizens of Orange county are in bot
ter spirits than they were this time last
year. The price of fruits and produce and
the fine prospects for the orange crop have
given new life to them.
w. H. Speck of Palltka has a relic of the
olden times, in the shape of an old fashioned
spinning wheel The wheel, which Is com
plete, distaf and ALL was the property of
his great-great-auut, and is over 200 wears
old.
j. n. Albritton, who lives near the Aucill a
river, cut a bee tree, from which he gathered
l25 pounds of pressed comb honey. The
tree was large cypress and its yield is said
to have been the largest ever reported in
this section.
AT Clear Water, while fishing Tuesday
-
and happened to the misfortune of bringing
his foot into contact with its little Joker. y
lie says that for some time the suffering
was excruciating.
Wednesday the grand alliance picnic for
Lake county will be held at Eustis. Pre-.
pararions are being made for big time.
and it is said that Col Livingston of Geor
Ria and Senator PETER of Kansas will be
among the speakers.
AT Starke Col. Peek. general manager of
the s., L. and s. railroad, wants 100 men
to grade the bad of the new road. This
surely looks like business. The colonel SAYS
he will have the road ready to carry away
the orange crop this fall.
George North. a colored citizen of Orange
Bend, was brought before Justice Fox of
Leesburg Wednesday, charged with having
threatened the life of William Cooney (coi-
ored). In default of peace bond of 300
the defendant was sent to Jail for three
months.
Leesburg claims to have more fascinating
widows, handsome Methodist preachers and
pretty new babies than any other town OF
twice its size in Florida. Thirty-nine
fortieths OF tho widows, mind you, are i'm
portations-got to be widows somewhere
eles and came here for their health.
At Live Oak last Sunday night, as w. S.
j. Blount was returning home from John
Tompkins, his horse ran away and threw
him out and tore the buggy up. Mr. Blount
was severely injured in one side and badly
bruised all over. A. E. Holland went out
with a wagon Monday and took him home.
DR.. Anderson of Leesburg received a
present of fruit and flower seeds from a
friend in Liberia, east coast of Africa. 1t
is noticed that ali the wrappers, consisting
OF papers and condensed milk can, came
OripinallV from the Iluifad Tho
Lioerian postage stamp also showed govern
mental decrepitude.
Tulla A. Cook. the erratic wife of the
steward of the Maggie G. Hart, who gave
the Fernaudina authorities SO much trouble
and was finally shipped for New York on
the Mallory line steamer, jumped overheard
while the steamer was in sight of Charles
ton and was drowned. A boat was lowered
and the body recovered, but life was ex-
tiuct. The burial took place at sea the same
day.
Thursday the trustees and directors Of the
Florida Institute assembled at Live Oak
and voted to continue the institute during
the ensuing year in cooperation with the
American Baptist Home Mission Society of
New York. The choice of the home mis-
sion and the unanimous choice Of the trus,
tees and directors for the presidency of the
institute was Rev. w. NJ. Gilbert, A. NJ,
the present pastor OF the Bethel Baptist
church of Jacksonville.
Three Italians were drowned in Crystal
Lake near Sanford last Sunday. They had
been to Sanford and were returning in an
OK cart when they drove the oxen in the
lake to drink; in their attempts TO drive out
the cart was upset and five persons were
thrown into the deep water, three of whom
wero drowned: Francisco Marasana, Nico-
lata MRrscia, Marie Ascunta. The driver