The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12

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FLORIDA.
It is rum7r,d that Gov. Fleming VII
make his decision some time this week IN
the I-uitei States senatorial matter
Three or four citizens OF Fernandina have
secured an option on ,6l acres of phosphate
land in Suwannee county, near Live OAK;
! price, 500 per acre
The Bradford county commissioners de-
clded 10 purchase two steei cells 10 place IN
the jail building at a cost Of ly = 500,
payable In one, two and three years time.
G.. E. Segui Of st. Augustine went fishing,
Thursday night, and caught two ponpanCS
one weighed l5s pounds AMI a1o;her
weighed lOis pounds. Fishermen say that
they are the largest pampanos caught in
these waters for years.
Last Monday Miss Davis Of Orlando,
while bathing in the surf at c ronado
beach, veuturel too far and was caught by
the undertow and drawn under the water.
She was reached with great difficulty and
/ brought ashore in an unconscious condition
f. y. Waldroa, superintendent Of the
. Congregational Sunday school Of Halifax,
while ringing the bell for the assemblage Of
the school Sunday morning, was quite
severely Injured by the falling Of a large
bolt from the frame work above. where II
hal been carelessly placed. The bolt stuck
him on the arm. Had his head been hit the
injury might have been fata'.
The Leasburg Lscs5urqsr says it is reN-
ably informed that the Dunnell1n PhOs-
/ paata Company has already shipped 5000
! tons from tao acres, the Delemater has Did
! $4,000 worth Of the stuff taken from ons-
! quarter Of en- acre, and an Arcadia com
/ pany dredged seventy-nYe tons Of pebble
| out Of a hole in Peace river only twenty
feet square and did not come near exhaust
| ing the supply.
| While the steamship Mascotte Of the
| Plant steamship Company was a. Jackson
vile being repaired the United States Gus
tom authorities discovered that one Of the
men had q quantity Of cigars and cigarettes
that he had struggled from Cuba The man
as arrested aud the cigars and cigarettes
were confscated. Friday morning the con-
! fis2ated goods were sold at auction. There
were sixtesn boxes of cigars and 250 i'm
ported cigarettes The cigars vera auC-
toned by NJ A Dzialynski and we're bought
nv ?. kurtz. c. j. Britt, A. K. Leon and
n. c. Wam0oldt The entire lot Of cigar
cites was purchased by Cromwell Gibbous
and J. W. Wilson, Jr. about $50 was re-
eelved for the entire lot
PaIatka Herald: A check was drawn
by A. w. Holden q Co, of Philadelphia on
tie First National Bank Of Camden, y. j.,
on June 20 for SO IS, in favor OF w Z.
Shetteworth, who lives at Evinstol and
received it as pay for vegetables. He lost
1t, and it was picked up by one Da yid
Simonton (coloredl who forged said Saet-
tleWorth's name, came to Palatka and
cashed 1t at the Fest Florida Saving Bank
Slmonton being afraid to present the chez
himself, employed a colored acquaintance
to do 1t, giving him 81 for his services and
to keep his mouth shut. At the prelimi- |
nary examination before Justice Coke,
Slmonton denied any knowledge of the
check. and the officers of the East Florida
Savings Bank could not identity Stmonton
as the party who presented the
check, and could not remember
whether the party paid was white or
coloret, but recollected the transaction.
With this slight evidence the case was
near being quashed but Justice Coke
deemed 1t best TO continue the case for
another day and await further develop
ments. Henry Howard @ ploredl, a fel-
low prisoner, had previously stated that if
he was put on the stand he would divulge
the whole thing. Yesterday Howard was
given a chance TO testify. He said that he
had seen the check in the hands OF Simon
ton, who gave 1t to another coorei man to
cash at the bank, Simouton being afraid to
do so himself. Howard identified the check
shown him by Justice Coke as being the one
seen in Simonton's hands. He also identified
Simonton as being the man he first saw
with the check. Upon this evidence Simon
ton Is bound over TO await the action of the
criminal court, aud in default Of $500 bond
was remanded to Jail.
A case Of heroic conduct in the presence
Of imminent peril to life occurred on July
at Lake Hendry, near Fort Meade. 4
picnic party, consisting of the families of
A. h. Seldom, assistant editor of the South
Florida Progress; Y q. Simmons, merchant
Of Midland; DR.. Willis Of Lake Buffum and
some others, assembled on the shores of Lake
Hendry. Almost Immediately Ga their ar
rival the numerous young people of the
party took to the water in two groups, a
distance or about 500 yards separating the
young ladies from the boys. All went
well for a time, until the young
ladies, who had been disporting them
selves with an old boat, found the
boat sinking under them. Two Of
them, the Misses Vera and Irene Seldom.
being expert swimmers, at once struck cut
for shore, but, remembering their conrade
Miss Alice Simmons, who was unable to
swim, they returned for her, escortinR her
into shallow water by allowing her to place
one hand on the shoulder of each. In this
manner they proceeded until Miss Vera's
breath failing she sank with exhaustion
Mr.. Simmons, who had been Watching the
occurrence from the land, at once plunged
in with his clothes on. Seeing this, Miss
Irene Sed1 Ion swan to shore and Mr.. Sim
| mons essayed to rescue the other two He
soon, though good swimmer, was in dis
| treSs, and called for help. Meanwhile
/ Ernest Seldom and Ernest Simmons, who
| had seen the accident, swan up to
| the rescue. Ernest Simmons seized his
/ sister and carried her ashore and
| Ecnest Sodden did the same with his uncon.
tcious sister. The other sister, on reaching
shore, looked around and was Mortified ia
see Mr.. Simmons in distress She swan out
] again to him Immediately and cried: Take
! hold OF me. | can swim.n He did take hold
| of her bathing dress, but was too far gone
to keep it. He loosed his grasp and sank,
| At this Juncture Ernest Seldom. HAVING
taken his sister ashore, returned to the spot
where MIR. Simmons had gone down, dived
for him, and dragged him ashore also
making the second unconscious Ierson he
| brought to shore. Ii was some time before
the two who had suffered most severely
! were restored TO consciousness, but they
were ultimately restored ami later on were
able TO join in tho festivities Of the day.
Collars, warranted 1,4OO, at Kohler's, 7c..
worth loo.
Cuffs. warranted 1.4OO, at Kohler's, l4c.,
worth 25c.
All suits for boys, SO per cent. off, at
Koher's
All suits for men, % per cent. off, at
Kohleris
Negllge shirts sacrificed at Kohler's, 15s