The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-29

During the past week two more phos'
phste companies have pu0lished tuel
articles OF incorporation at OcaIa-
Thousands of silver dollars LETT Ocal
Saturday for the phosphate mines. bu
very little Of it ever t1nds us way DICK u
Ocala.
Ocala's national banks have just pub
liebad their statements aud they are highly
gratifying, considering the daH season u
trade.
Tina frame of Judge Jennings new resi-
dance at Bro1ksvllle looms up on howel.'
Aim 1t will be the handsomest residence
in town when completed
A nav or second crop of melons has been
coming In at TArDon Springs this week,
srJ come ef them surpassed in sweetness
those that were first brought to market.
pomnanos come into Sarasota Bay in
largo schools, where the fishermen catch
tbem with seines. One man is reported 20
have made haul before breakfast which
sold for 500.
1 Joe Young. the negro VINO shot and killed
/ Mr. GrIfffI, Il section master On the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad last
August, las been captured, and Is now in
jail at Madison.
Cashier Mcconnell of the Merchants
National Bank is the poSsessor Of the hand
soonest and fastest no, Sc that ever came to
Ocala She is a black beauty from At
lanta aud cost $500
Sunday night about o'clock Adam ely
ats saloon In Tuckertown was burned TO
the ground The loss is $1,000, with no in
surance. Tuckertowa is a negro settlement
just outside the Ocala city limits.
The following fourth-class postmas;ers in
Florida have been appointed: A. +. Will
Jams, at Green Pond. vice g. w. Gsffney,
resigned, Il. l. Metcalf, at Juno. Dade
county, vice A. S. Jenkins, resigned.
S. L. Murray, while out hunting near
Baldwin few days ago, killed twenty rat
tlesnakes, of the large variety, in a very
few hours. They all Showed fight" but
Murray stuck to 1t till he had conquered the
whole lot.
The Tampa Real Estate and Loan Asso.
citation has closed a contract with Shaw &
johnson TO erect two-story brick building
for +. HubbeH of Baltimore, on Lafayette
street between Tampa aud Water streets
The building will cost SS000
The preliminary trial Of WIN Black, viii
Manuel and Powell Banks for breaking intC
Gray Bros store and Andrews saloon a.
Tampa came off Saturday before Just:ct
Brockway. Black and Manuel were dis
charged and Banks held In 800 bond, anC
in default was sent to jail.
Sunday morning the Ocala Hose Com
pany No. will proceed to ST. Augustine t.
contest on Monday for a 800 prize with tn
Ponce de Icons, who, on July 3, carried
away the 500 prize from Ocala. Quite
delegation of people from here will accom-
pany them to cheer for their favorites.
The Congregational church Of Orlando
recently extended a call TO Rev. j. Chri
Williams, now pastor Of the First Congre
gational church Of Greenport, l.. |. 1t ha,
been accepted by Mr.. Williams, aud he i.
expected to arrive here in time to preacl
his first sermon on the second Sunday il
September.
Rev. Dr.. McCorke Of Maitland, having
accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church at Ocala, occupied the pulpit for
the first time Sunday, preaching two SER
mons which pleased his hearers greatly.
His reputation as an organizer is great
and he is expected 10 do good work along
the ministerial line in Ocala
Several of Ocala's young men have grown
ambitious TO enter trade for themselves
amoag them Daniel Sinclair, Peter McIn-
tyre aud c. G. Sinclair. The two former
have been in the employ of E. w. Agne = d.
Co., the first as cashier and the second s.
SALESMAN. They will start grocery store
in the Marion opera house block.
Alderman William Fox and George A.
Carmichael OF Ocala have been 10 Jackson
vile and interv ewed General Manager
Maxwell Of the Florida. Central and PENN
sular line, who displayed TO them very at
tractive plans for Ocala's new passenger
depot for that line. 1t will cost SIC, 0OO
and its construction will begin soon. The
passenger and freight depots will be en-
Nd
their southern approach.
The phosphate boom is assuming huge
proportions in DeSoto county. There is a
prairie one mile east of Arcadia called
Coon" because years ago there were so
many cOons there. Lately a man who had
pasture there dug a well, and only few
feet below the surface struck a solid bed of
phosphate. The prairie covers as much as
a township OF laud, and the Arcsdians are
wild and lands that could have been bought
for 81 an acre are now up to So
A. M. Nicholson of Orlando has large
glass cage In which are several snakes.
among which is what is known as a pilot
snake. One morning the snake shed its
skin, which makes twice that it has done 50
during the four months that Mr.. Nicholson
has had it. After the snake succeeds ia
loosening the skin at its head by rubbing
against something, the skin rolls over and
as his snakeship draws himself out, it turns
wrong side out just as one would pillow
case.
Mitchell Carter, aged IS, was drowned at
Clinch's wharf, at Green Cove Spring, Sun
day while swimming with lot Of boys. 1t
seems he was not very proficient Ia the art
Of swimming, and jumped in about 800
yards from shore, where the water was at
least twelve feet deep, and, as the river
was rough, he became scared, and had gone
down twice when Walter ivey reached him
and made manly efforts to save him
but became exhausted and had to turn him
loose.
w. P. HAisley on his return to Ocals
from Tampa Saturday made short work
of the fence erected around his land by r
L. Anderson and which was the cause Of L.
Y. HaisleYs arrest last week, and the same
treatment was served W. P. Haisley. The
charge is disorderly conduct" but his
hearing does not come off until to-day.
Mr.. Haisley's demolition of the fence
created great interest and probably 20.
persons witnessed the vigorous manner il
which he welded the woodman's ak.
Juno Sun: Last winter ]. NJ. Let
purchased bear, which he confined al
Hotel Indian River for the amusement of
his guests. After the season was over the
bear was left in charge OF some one at Rock
Ledge for safe keeping. Last week he broke
bis collar and escaped from the hotel.
Search was instituted, and after awhile
bruln was found in Judge Fulz's room over
Dlcks0n's store. lie had emptled Mr.. Fulz's
trunk Of its contents aud was snugly en-
sec. esd therein, calmly enjoying a nap
Effort was made to secure him, out without
avail, till the bear was made drunk on via
OF laudsnum.
Alice LOficial OF Jacksonville was g
Mexican woman about % years old who