The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-13
FLORIDA.


Orlando's Fourth of July fund is now
1896 rs.
j. D. Register, John CuIley and Richard
Pelham escaped from the Jail at Barlow
Tuesday night.
Commissioner w. D. Cash has for
warded his resignation from the board of
city commissioners of Key West to Gov.
Fleming.
A. U. Hilleary OF Lochloosa, Is soon to
start for South Carolina, from which state
he will bring large colony of rice growers,
which no will locate on the west side of Lo-
chioosa.
A man Is under arrest at Paletka who Is
supposed to be w. g. Gowen, who, it is
charged, killed Officer George Turner
In November, 1889. Several men who know
Gowen say the prisoner Is not he.
]. II. Tatum & Go. Of Barlow have sold
400 acres of fine phosphate land near Phos-
phoria 70 Col A. II. Willard, and steps are
being taxed TO establish beg plant at once
Col. Willard represents the Bradley Phos-
phate Company of New YORK. The price
was $4,000.
Oliver Clark, a negro who has been loaf
ing around Jasper for some time, turned up
in Live Oak one morning last week with
large portion of his hide missing. He re.
ported that crowd of men took him out at
out and told him to "git"
John Bradford was shot and killed at
Pemberton Thursday by his brother Will
lam. They had been out practicing with
their revolvers, and on their return were
cleaning their revolvers, when Williams
revolver was accidentally discharged, and
the ball entered Johns head just above his
left eye. killing him almost instantly.
At Key West Tuesday, while the seamen
we're discharging the cargo of the brig
Caroline Gray, at Philbrioks wharf, one Of
the colored sailors by the name of Ernest, :"
suddenly drew a long sheath knife, which
had been ground down to a fine point, and
without warning of any kind stabbed the
first mate of the brig, William Wallace, in
the right side just below the ribs, infiicting
painful and dangerous wound. The negro
was arrested.
DR.. Thomas P. Gary's funeral took place
at Ocala Thursday. Services were held at
the Methodist church, Rev. J. B. Ley, pas
tor, officiating. The building was packed
After an eloquent sermon the Ocala Rifles
took charge Of the body and escorted it to
the cemetery, where the usual military
salute was fred. The coffin was literally
covered with exquisite flowers. A striking
feature OF the procession was DR.. Gary's
buggy and dapple-gray horse, draped in
mourning, led by cclored man.
1ensacolR NeUS: ma. talrDanks and
Samuel Swan and daughter of Fernandina
and Miss Clara Chipey of Pensacola, with
other Floridians, will sail from New York
Saturday, June 10, for a tour of Great
Britain and continental Europe. In the
party there will be about thirty people, in
Guiding ex-Gov. Lyon and wife, Of Ala
bama, and others from Atlanta. Savannah
and Columbus, Ga. The tour was organized
by Mrs. Baylor Stewart, the accomplished
principal Of Washington Seminary of At
lanta. A majority OF the party will re-
main abroad until January next.
A. d. Stevens, who has just returned tc
Jacksonville from South Florida, brought
with him a two and a half foot alligator
which he secured while there, and the
capture OF the insect was a peculiar one
The dredge of the Alfalfa River Phosphate
Company was at work pumping up the
phosphate into the drying screen, through
whioa MIR. Stevens was looking at the
large objects that were going through
Among the things ne saw was the alligator,
which he secured on it's being thrown ou
on the lighter. He found it had received NJ
Injuries excepta little skin being scrapet
off the nose.