The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-25
FLORIDA.

| FLORIDA.
The allIancemen Of Levy county will hold
picnic at Bronson Aug. II.
The assessment of property in Levy
county will exceed that of last year about
! t2)J,000
Twenty odd prisoners are In the Volusia
county Jail TO be tried at the August term
! of the criminal court.
| C. II. Stanton and W. R. Fuller, Jr.,
| have presented the Braidentown Presbyte-
rian Sunday school with large eight-day
| clock.
| The BraidentownB Base Ball Club has been
rsorganized, and will play a match game
with the Sarasota club at Sarasota Thurs
| day.
Coin, the negro who shot George Turner
Ccolored), four years ago in Ocala, has been
captured in Palatka under the assumed
name Of Spear.
A car FROM Knox county. Indiana, with
horses, cows, pigs and dogs arrived at Or
lando Tuesday. They belonged to a new
settler, J. W. Hill.
Joe johnson and Charles Campbell, col
ored men. are in Jail at Ocala for breaking
into and robbing tho store of D. E. enger
and the postofIice at Blue Springs
A correspondent writes from Levyville,
African Methodist Episcopal church there
last Sunday with overcoats on.
Il is understood that the contracts for six
telephones have been secured at Milton, and
the work Of extending the Ferry Pass wire
to that point will shortly begin.
The Georgia Southern railway will on
Saturday reduce its passenger rates from
to 2 cents per mile-a tremendous big out
which means war between railroads.
Lloyd & Crary had the misfortune to lose
their drill in the well they are driving for
Mrs. Folsom at Federal Point, but recov-
cred it Saturday, after an eight days hunt.
1t is said tarpon are plentiful in the river
at BraideGtpwn now. Mr.. Haley sue
ceeded in landing one measuring over five
feet in length last Friday at the Palmetto
wharf.
private telegram has been received by
the manager of the Blackwelps Durham
Tobacco Company's cigar factory in this
city, notifying him that NJ. Z. Mcdowell,
president of the company, died in Phila-
delphla last Sunday, after an illness of
several weeks.
Bronson Times Democrat: J. P. Strick-
land sold this spring from an eighth Of a.
acre Of ground S2l IS worth Of beans and )!
worth of oucumbers. Mr.. Strickland left a
this office two stalks of corn. heavily cared
1t is eight feet from the ground to the frs
ear.
The Law and Order League of Key Yves
have commenced work in earnest, and as
result of their efforts, seven gamblers hav
been arrested. 1t is the intention of thi
league to close up every gambling house Oh
the island, and to put a stop to all othe
open violations Of the law before they ceas
their efforts.
]. A. McDavid, manager of the Boulde
Phosphate Company of Ocala, has tendere
his resignation, which has been accepted b
the directors of said company. j. W
| Bushnell, well known in Ocala, and TO
many years connected with the Floridt
| Central and Peninsular railroad, has bee
! elected 20 fill the vacancy.
10 Tucker (colored) was tried befor
| Judge Brockway at Tampa a day or tw
ago on a charge Of violating the game la
by killing a partridge. The otfense ws
! proven and the defendant fined $40, whic
| he was unable to pay, and in default wa
| sent to Jail. The Tampa Gun Club at ono
paid the reward offered by it to the in
former.
DR.. J. A. Geddens. surgeon in charge a
| Tortugas quarantine station, who has bee
on to Washington under orders from th
government to examine into DR.. Koch
wonderful system of consumption cure, he
but little confidence in the wonderfI
powers accredited TO this new .consumptio
remedy-fn other words, he believes it is
big bumbug.
Barlow Informant: Ten thousand ton
of phosphate have been shipped from Poi
Tampa since Oct. l, to foreign ports.
large amount has also been shipped to Anne
lean ports. From Punta Gorda, So, 325 tor
have been shipped since April so, iSg
About double this amount has been shippe
by rail up through Barlow. Within anOtht
year the shipments will quadruple the
figures. This means nearly 81 600, 900
year for the South Florida.
Col. L. W. Spratt, now residing in Jacl
sonyille, was the first correspondent to ser
the news of the battle of Bull Run to
southern paper. He was then connecte
with the Charleston Mercury. The Courit
of the same city came out the same mort
ing, as did many other southern dailie
without mention OF the conflict. 1t WI
the grandest journalistic scoop of the ag
and all due to the energy and enterprise
: our venerable fellow-cltizen Col Spratt.
Miss S. F. Alexander Of Bristol is a lad
) who wants O husband, and she writes to q
! Valdosta Times and says: AN old bachelC
or a widower needing a wife will please ad
dress Miss s. F. Alexander, Bristol, Fl
Can give references in regard to character
Accompanying this is private note to Il
editor, in which Miss Alexander more full
confesses her desire for a home and a bu
band. She says: al really wish home,
it is only ten feet square. l can give GOO
reference. Please help me out"
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key We
railway train that leaves jacksonville at
p. m. for Sanford, ran into a bunch OF cat