The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-14

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FLORIDA.
Surveyors are at work surveying a line
for a railroad down the east coast from ST.
Augustine. They passed Fort orange last
week.
An the bridges OF the Jacksonville,
Tanpa and Key Vest railroad between
Sanford and Jacksonville are undergoing
thorough overhGul.ng.
Newsweet potatoes are getting 10 be so
plentiful II the PalatKa market that they
are no longer a rarity, aud sqnashes and
I nonpkins greet one at nearly every grocery
store in the city.
1t is believed that the Volusia County
Bank will buy the Kingsbury machine
shops, the electric plant and the ice factory
al sherif's sale Sept. Z, and operations out
there will soon resume after that date.
The pineapple harvest is about over at
Bloomfield, Lake county, aud the persim-
mon aud guava crops will soon be ready to
gather. some of the lemon growers around
there think OF commencing 10 ship IN few
days.
Mr.. Twiller, representative Of several
French phosphate companies has purchased
all the lands belonging to the Auglo-Am-
eFican Phosphate Company Of Br 1oksviile
for the sum OF sS00, 900. and paid q deposit
Of $1,000 TO bind the bargain.
The chairman Of toe water supply COM
mittee Of GainesyilIe's CITY council is
getting in a great number Of bids TO put
down an artesian we'll. He SAYS the COM
m!ttee will accept one Of the bids soon, aad
work will shortly begin on the we'll
The following are the estimates of the
present orange crop Of some Of the growers
Of Silver Springs Park; B. H. Leituer says
be Till have $50 boxes; q. @. Leitner. 800
boxes; s. w. Stephens, $50 boxes; Henry
Lntfmau. 600 boxes; scattering, 500 boxes
Total, 3,400 boxes.
Last Tuesday George r. Macfarlane Of
Tampa lost his pocketbook, containing
it In the road about three miles from the
city, where it had laid for twenty-four
hours unobserved by passers-by. Ii was
certainly lucky find.
A special election has been called, TO be
held in Orlando Sept. IL. TO decide whether
or not the city shall be bonded for $4,000
for paving purposes. # is prop 5sed that
the bonds will he in denomination of 800
esch, will run for twenty years, aud viii
bear interest at 2 per cent per annum.
Twelve months ago, when II. NJ. Day es-
tablished a steam laundry of moderate ca
pscity in Barlow, some persons regarded it
as doubtful experiment, but the business
has already assumed such proportions that
Mr.. Day has found it necessary to take a
partner aud put in an additional plant
The new cat-boat Surprise, built at the
Tampa ways, was launched Wednesday.
The Surprise will be used as an oyster boat,
aad is tue very craft for that purpose. S1e
is twenty-five feet keel, eleven feet beam,
and of very light draught. She has
carrying capacity of eighty barrels Of oys-
teFs.
Jacksonville Metropolis; A lawyer in
this city said the Florida Western railroad
had settled the claim Of damages in the
killing Of the negro Griffin two weeks ago,
on that railroad, by the father of the de,
ceased accepting $50 in full settlement
Negroes are much cheaper now than they
were before the war.
Jacksonville Times URton; One of the
! flthiest streets in the nlted States is Bay
street, Jacksonville, Duval county, Fla. II
| has not been swept In nearly a month, and
is a foul smelling, rocking mass Of dirt
\ mud, sand, animal excrement and other
| filth. Il should be condemned by the city
board Of health as thoroughly unsanitary.
The lola Fish and Oyster Company, OF
Tampa, is preparing to go in o the bus ness
on large scale. The steamer lola has been
fitted up as fish boat and is undoubtedly
adapted for the purpose, having a capacity
for 10000 fish. They have secured the ems
tire catch OF large number of the regular
fishermen who are accessible from Tampa
or Port Tampa. and this, combined with
many other advantages, assures them "A
regular supply this season. The company
viii have its fish house ct the foot of Wash
gton street.
Votusid County Record: Dan Clifton,
an escaped convict, was captured about 10
| o'clock Sunday morning on a blind trail
| leading from his to his brothers residence
north of Spring Garden, by Sheriff Kurtz
and Deputies Charles Kurtz and Mr..
Bass, who had been secluded in the bushes
since the night previous. The sheriff and his
| posse had made several attempts, since it
was known that Dan was in hiding in the
| Winona section, to capture him, but he al.
ways succeeded In giving them the slip. He
always carried with him double barreled
shotgun, and he evidently had made up hi.
mind never to be taken alive, and the officers
fully realized the perilous job Of
capturing him. Dan, Sunday morning
| was heavily armed as he walked along the
blind trail, accompanied by his wife and
children, and when he heard the sound OF
Kurtz's voice "hold up your hands, Dan, .
and the command of Bass to drop tina,
gun, Dan" at oblique angles, he imme
diately wheeled to fight with the hammer;
| Of both barrels cooked. The position OF
Dan placed his right side and a portion Of
his back to the sheriff, and as the escaped
convict was making his deadly ain
for bis liberty he was brought tc
| the ground by shot from the
sheriff gun, the charge passing through
| his shoulders. one shot through the breas
and another through his jaw. While hi
wounds are painful they are not danger
Gus. On May 4, at Volusia spring term o.
court, 1891, Dan was sentenced by Judg,
| Broome TO serve three years at hard labo
in the state penitentiary having been con
vioted for breaking into and entering thu
store Of William r. Revels at sWinona. H
made his escape from the penitentiary las
| December. A reward of $3.50 was offered
for his capture. and as soon as he is able K
travel will be taken back TO the camps
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