The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-13

stock Of the company controlling Inver-
ness.
Leesburg's fire company threatens to dis
I hand because there are not members eDough
( to do the work.
petition TO establish a criminal court in
I Noiusia county will 60 up TO the Legislature
this week from that county.
/ The Everett hotel at Jacksonville closes
for the summer about June l, after the
most prosperous season in the hotels
history.
On the first Monday in June teachers
/ institute for the teachers of Polk county
/ will be opened at Summerlin institute at
/ Barlow.
Col. V. J. Shipman and mis- associates will
shortly establish a kaolin pottery on the
land which they bought Of tie Omweg
brothers at Bloomfield.
The petrified foot of a monkey is on ex>
hiOition in Leesburg. 1t was brought up
from tue mines Of the North and Sou! b
Alfalfa Phosphate Company.
Last Wednesday DIR. Alexander of Apa-
lacaicola lost a pocketbook containing 500,
together with several valuable papers. The
property was found and returned by Joe
Fisher (colored).
The coming meeting of the Afro-Ameri-
can Press Association, to take place in
Orlando on June 4, bids fair to be the most
interesting gathering Of colored men ever
held in Florida.
Judge j. I. Beeks Of Orlando has two
copies Of the Detroit Free Press, one Of
which is Vol. /, No. /, printed May 5, 1881,
and consists Of four pages. The other was
printed May 5, 1891, and has sixty-four
pages.
Robert C. Hodges, near Jennings station,
Hamilton county. has a spring of water on
y z,,ta s,,k IL, 4
bone and Jumps OF phosphate are being con-
tinually thrown forth by tho force OF TIE
water.
Last week, in Hillsborough county, John
Dropp was seriously hurt. He was in a
well cleaning il and digging it deeper. The
hosting chain broke and let fall on him
earth and rocks that crushed the vertebra
OF the back and the bone of one leg.
Juno Sun: Some huge project must be on
foot, but somebody has besn quite silent
about It, A Lake Worth man was asked
not long ago for his figures TO transport
100000 feet of lumber to Hypoluxo Some
building is going on somewhere, and at
some time in the near future
Sunday night Policemen Gordon and
Breakford OF Palatka arrested the prisoners
who escaped from Jail at Green Cove, Ross,
Edwards and Livingston. who were pur-
sued by parties from Clay county from
whom they stole gun and a watch. Upon
their return 60 Green Cove they pleaded
guilty.
The big excursion of the Railway Mutual
Relief Association of the Savannah, Florida
and Western and Charleston and Savannah
railways arrived in Jacksonville Monday,
800 stgong. A number of the excursionsts
left for he south and a number for ST.
Augustine. Ten coaches, comfortably filed,
were required to accommodate the railway
boys, their wives and children.
Inverness Field: Wednesday night of
last week some villain, unknown at this
writing, went to the quiet home OF o.
ID. Colburn, who lives about three miles
west Of Floral City, and who has been &b-
sent for some time. and after calling I'D DIR.
Redheld, Mrs. Colburn's father, said that
DR.. Lowrey, living about one mile away,
had s9nt him over TO say that Mrs. Lowray
was very sick, and to ask that Dr. Redfield
AID Mrs. Colburn come over there as quick
~ as possible. Aftsr hastily dressIng-little
doubling this statement-they walked rap
idly toward the Lowrey homestead. Mrs
Dozier, or HomossaSsa a friend of Mrs. Col
burn, was at that time spending with her a
few days, and was left in the room alone. A
few minutes after they had left the house
this flend incRrnate slipped in the room, and
with purpose in his heart as black as
Erebus not from hell. proceeded to carry
out his fiendish design. Mrs Dozier was
awakened by his rude grasp upon her feet
and In reply to her question if it was Mrs
Colburn returning, she was ordered to keep
still. Paralyzed with fear and in the dread
full darkness, which lowered over her as a
funeral pail, this lone y, helpless woman
was made the victim Of most brutal as
sault