The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-13
FLORIDA.

will be arrested.
FLORIDA.
The new Hancock building promises to
be the handsomest in Tampa.
Hodges 81 Go frey, new mill at Buffalo
Bluff will shortly be In operation.
Moses Robinson (colored) was drowned a
few days since while bathing in Cherry
lake, near Madison.
Edward Rumley OF Ksuka, who is an &C.
complished newspaper man. will be asso-
ciate editor of Tropical Florida.
DR.. ]. H. Hodges Of Madison was badly
bruised day or two ago by being thrown
from a buggy by runaway horse.
Considerable complaint is heard Of rust
and scald in cot on around Madison. 1t is
also said TO be shedding considerably.
With the many phosphate mining plants
located around and south Of Barlow,
foundry and q machine shop is an absolute
necessity.
L. B. Dawson of Narrows has just sold
piece of land in the Indian River narrows,
containing twenty acres. to Pierre Lorillard
for 81, 500.
| j. II. Lannon's has a curiously shaped
stone which came from a well on the place
Of L. H. Webb, near Madison. 1t very
much resembles the shape Of the head and
body OF q human being.
V. H. Surrency, one Of Chicora's leading
and thrifty farmers, has beaten the record
on raising rice in Polk county. He has
realized forty-nine bushels of thrashed rice
of three-fourths Of an acre.
| The st. Johns Shore and Panama Park
| Belt Line Company have asked the city
| council Of Jacksonville to pass an ordinance
| granting them the exclusive right of way
/ for the term OF thirty years over certain
streets in the city of Jacksonville.
The second bale OF sea island cotton
| brought to Madison this season came last
| Monday, and w. L. Parramore offered 10
cents per pound for b. The first bale was
from the plantation OF Capt Dozier, aud
was shipped to Savannah on Sept. l.
A young gentleman of Eusts has scull
boat made OF canvas, which is thoroughly
oiled aud painted, and is stretched on q
light but strong frame. The boat is pro-
vided with outriggers and is said to de-
velop remarkable speed under a pair of
oars.
st. Francis Facts: In Florida there are
forty-four Catholic churches, with total
membership of 1857 members. Hillsboro
county has the largest membership of any
county in the sate-2 TAG, and the value of
all their church property is put down at
1925. 100.
Live Oak Banner: On Friday night last
SOW belonging to G. W. P. Howell gave
birth to litter of seven pigs. In this there
is nothing very remarkable, but that the
seventh one should have seven we'll formed
legs is somewhat strange, to say the least OF
it. The pig is still alive and doing well.
Judge Bell OF Gainesville has just been
notified by the postoffine department at
Washington that he is expected to make an
examination into the condition of every
postoffice in the county in regard to its
neatness, order, cleanliness and convenience
to the public and the manner in which 1t ii
conducted.
Lake City Tobacco Plant: The con
tractors who are 20 dig the canal through
the great Oksfnokee swamp have DOM
menced work with 100 hands and the same
number of mules. aud expect to have the
waters of the swamp flowing into the st.
| Mary's river by Feb. |, 1892. VIII the Suwan
nee go dry thenl is an interesting question
J. w. Lee OF Madison county had a sal
! experience with his syrup and swine no
| long ago. Several Of his hogs managed Il
/ gain an entrance INTO his syrup house ou
! night and turned over a barrel of the swee
| stuff. IL forced the stopper out aud the
| syrup covered the ground. Next morning
| four hogs were dead and the syrup wa
| gone.
Hon. John Sauls, the chairman of tn
Volusia county school board, has Teen a con
tinuous member of that board for the pas
sixteen years, When Mr.. Sauls first wen
| upon the board there were only sixteen pub
lie schools in the county, and the tota
| money collected each year for school pur
poses did not exceed $500. To-day the pub
lie school system Of Volusa county is tn
| pride OF It's citizens and an honor to tn
school system Of Florida. Nearly $50, 90
/ are now expended annually upon the youtl
Of our county, the number of schools havin
increased 70 seventy in the county.
st. Andrews Buoy: Isaac Pitts an
his four soas started up huge bear out il
the Bouie creek country one day last week
! | and after chasing the bear about four miles
: be was shot aud killed by VIM. II. Pitt.
, The animal was a monster of his kind, an
! although IN poor condition weighed NOR
? than 400 pounds. The bear, having beeI
! started up in the same vicinity as the on
! shot by Mr.. Grant a few days previous, wa
probably the father of that brute Mr.
Pitts says he and his family have killed a
Z least forty bears since his residence il
) Washington county, and this was the larges
| of the lot.
2 On last Thursday morning James Shelter
a well-known and industrious farmer c
i Joshua creek, De Soto county, was throw
a from his horse and received injuries tina
z will very likely disable him for life. H
: was riding his horse bareback across
z branch near bis house when the amino
: jumped suddenly, throwing him in tn
8 water across a log. Mr.. Shelter, with grea
g difficulty, managed to draw his head out c
D the water and cried for help. His wife
= son and Prof Curran ran TO his assistanc
s and carried him to the house, when it wa
3 found that his spine was Injured, oausia
!, paralysis OF that part of the body from th
!. chest down. He is compelled TO lay on hi
5 lack, and suffers much pain when no
under the influence of opiates.
] DsLand Agricalturist; If the use of th
raw phosphate gives the satisfactory result
Q claimed by chemists, the phosphate deposit
t OF the state viii prove q blessing to other