The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-29
FLORIDA.

I The Nassau county coulLDissAo-SS
bids for building the new court I0uSs q
FerDandina.
The rice mill at Lakeland viii De reedY
fer work By Oct. IS. Al the brick work
on the building is completed.
II is believed that over 1890 carloads OF
phosphate have passed through LsAslaho
during the past twelve months
At present Lakeland consumes seven
bsevss, eight hogs and four sheep Pr week.
besides a good supply of fish ana game.
There Is a good demand FOR vacant veil
ing houses at Lakeland, and it Is almost i'm
possible to find a suitable house Ior any
( newcomer.
! Work on the canning factory at Lake
Lam, Is LONG on vigorously, the contractor.
{ Mr Salisbury, having now ABOUT nIteen
men a. work on It
The Lakeland band consists Of fourteen
members, only ssven of whom are above
the age Of 81 with only one married man
among the members.
Sumter county is on the road 70 indepen-
deuce Her farmers have raised and
housed more corn this year than they can
uss in the next twelve months.
r. D. Gray's little son Paul met with a
painful accident at wildwood Tuesday
afternoon from an explosion OF guupowder.
The little fellows face and eyes were
badly burned.
Orange trees at Pensacola seem 70 be az
fected By some disease. The lower limbs
first lose their foliage and then de, toe
destruction gradually climbing until the en-
tire tree is killed.
o. II. Crosby. the well known boomer OF
Avon Park, is now 10 London. and writes
to e friend in Jacksonville that he bes Just
sold 800 acres OF land known as Weishton,
hotel and stOrehouse to en English COM
pany for 500, 900 cash.
Kissimmee Leader: TIE rice mill is scat
tering some funds every Saturday niEht.
| Frank Bass has twenty-seven men ct Work,
\ al residents Of kisslmmee. Suppose that
4 number were employed in s cigar or some
other factory all the year round, wouldn't
the trade here feel its beneficial influence.
A young man had occasion to so to
Alicia hospital az st. Augustine, Saturday
night and on his return passed two colored
men. AS he went by them one drew re-
volver, and the other hastily put his haad
in his hip pocket. The negroes seemed 70
hesitate and then ceased hostile demOnstra-
tons. They we're asked what they meant,
and the young man was told that they did
not know who he was. he remarked that
their action was somewhat strange, but
they made no reply aud fastened along in
| the darkness.
Wildwood Courier: A young man named
Hail met with painful but not serious &C.
cident at a wood rack near Coleman Station
Monday morning. On the arrival OF pas
senger train No. 8, going north, the bag
gagemaster and fagman went forward to
wood up. Baggagemaster Lipcomb saw an
old gun, picked 1t up and began to handle
| it in q careless manner, and TO his utter as
constituent it went off, emptying the entire
contents Of one barrel into the left arm and
side of young Hall. Fortunately il was
loaded with small shot or he might have
been the hero of Sumter county funeral.
| The convention held az Tampa Saturday
to select delegates to the state worlds fair
| convention at Orlando Oct. elected twenty
| thorough business men to represent Hills
borough county. After good speeches by
Senator Joe Wall, Collector e. R. Gunby,
Col. u. B. Sparkman. Col. D. E. Shaw and
Dr. Benjamin of Tampa, Editor Merlin of
Plant City and others, the convention adj
journed to meet in mass meeting on Satur-
day, Oct. II, to receive the report of tie
Orlando delegates and to devise ways
and means for county representation. The
delegates to Orlando are L. B. Skinner Of
Dunedin, A. c. Turver of Clear Water. D.
W. Meeker of st. Petersburg, L. T. Stafford
OF Tarpon Springs, r. T. Youngblood Of
Keystone PARK, F. W. Merrin Of Plant
City, W. T. knight of Plant City, S. E.
Sparkman Of Dover, e. L. Pratt of Limons,
G. H. Symmss of Peru, II. H. Harvey OF
Ssffner, II. K. Benjamin, E r. Gunby, w.
P. Jackson, E. Manrara, w. A. Morrison,
w. II. Beckwith @. b. Sparkman, A. J.
Knight and Ignacio Haye Of Tampa.
Key West Equator: Thomas Cassidy,
one Of the keepers of Egmout Key light
house. whom il was reported on the streets
Of this city a few days ago was drowned
while attempting to reach Port Tampa in @
small boat, arrived in this city Friday morn.
ing on the lighthouse tender Putnam, and
explained how the rumOr originated. He
says that last Saturday morning the coal
shed OF that lighthouse was discovered to be
gale he was afraid to venture out to seek aid
from one of the tive or three vessels then
lying In sight, and had it not have
| been for the fact that the tank was full
| of water, which he and the assistant
troll, the lighthouse would now be q total
wreck, However, Mr.. CaSsaday says that
with the assistance of the water in the
tank, the flames we're kept down until Sun
day morning, when rhe gale had somewha st
abated, and he took the lighthouse boat
| and went out to an English steamer, which
was lying at anchor few miles Off Egg
mont Key, and got several of her crew, who
rendered good service in lighting the
| flames aud in sending u telegram for the
| lighthouse tender, Putnam, to come to his
rescue. The Putnam arrived there Wednes
day and extingulshed the last spark of the
fire before leaving for Key West Thursday
arriving here Friday morning, at 7:3(
| o'clock, as above stated