The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-25
FLORIDA.
Gainesville wants a driving park.

Odlu6SVIlle Wants driving DARK
Punta Gorda will celebrate the opening
OF its factory Ga June l.
Ten prisoners are now confined in the
Gadsden county Jail on various charges.
The colored people of Pensacola enjoyed
emancipation day celebration Wednesday.
The average daily attendance at the high
school at Ocala the past term was 25l pupils.
Lake Newman, near Gainesville, is lower
now than it has been at any time in eight
years.
Young melons are growing nicely in Co
lumbia county and some growers expect to
have ripe ones by June Is.
Fifty hands began mining rock on the
lands of the Columbia Phosphate Company
in Columbia county last week.
A large number of Lake City's cit zens
white and colored, are engaged in phosphate
mining in South Columbia and over ia
Alaohua.
An election for bonding the town of Jas.
per for the purpose of erecting town hall
and sinking an artesian well will be held
tomorrow.
Sampson Peoples, a colored man of Lake
City, ran a nail into his foot a few days
since, and W ednesday night died of lock-
jaw in consequence.
The FL Palmetto cigar factory company
at Punta Gorda has expended $40, 600 clear
ing land and building houses, and pays
81 900 per week to employees.
Some of Lake City's oldest truckers say
that they have learned this season some
new features in growing truck and will
endeavor to profit by it next year.
The board of health of Columbia county
met last week and appointed DIR. j. b.
Twyman, county INSPECTOR, to make a
house-to~house inspection and report.
1t is expected that the largest gathering
of the soldiers of both armies, the blue and
the gray, that has taken place in this state
since the war, will meet in Melross Fla, on
July next.
Judge Finley on Wednesday, in the
Gainesville circuit court, fined Dr. j, d.
Cromwell $50 and costs for carrying con-
cealed weapons, and $500 and costs for
contempt Of court.
When the special train from Ocala
Wednesday night going to Gainesville had
reached near Martin station it was fired
into by two negroes with Winchester rifles
and negro was hit in the head. He was
badly hurt and is lying at Reddick, not ex
pected to live.
Lessee e. B. Bailey of the convict camp
in Columbia county offers 500 reward for
the capture OF each of the following pris-
oners, who escaped May % from the pos
| phate mines near Fort White: Charl es r.
Cook, William Conner, Frank Clark-all
white men. They bribed the guard, who
confessed and is now in jail
A firemen's tournament, open to the state.
will be held at Ocala July 4, under the aus
| pices OF the Ocala fire department the
! rules Of the State Firemen's Association to
| govern the contest First prize, 800, Sec
| ond prize, $50. No entry fee. There will
also be foot races, bicycle races and other
amusements for which separate prizes will
be given.
| Fort Meade Progress: Notice has been
| published Of the incorporation of q company
called the Florida Sugar and Rice Com
| pany. This company has been formed for
the purpose OF developing the grea. natural
resources of the Crooked Lake region in the
vicinity of Keystone. The iucorporators are
already in possession of nearly 5000 acres
OF excellent rice and sugar lands in that
section. They start with an authorized
capital Of $500, 900, divided into 8, 900 shares
OF 800 each. They provide for powers to
increase the capital to million dollars.
Gainesville Sun: Cornelius Rain. who IL
serving on the petit jury in the circuit
court, left this city on Thursday for his
home in the Jonesviile precinct, TWENTY-FIVE
miles west of Gainesville. He did not resch
there until about IL o'clock on Thursday
night, when, to his great surprise, he found
his home in ashes. He had had no intima-
ton of the fire. IL appears that on Thurs
day afternoon Mrs. Rain went to visit a
neighbor, and Mr.. Rains son had gone some
distance from the house to Kill a goat, In
the absence Of the mother and son, in some
manner the house was fred aud totally
destroyed, together with the contents, ex-
cept few articles Of little value. How the
fire originated is mystery. The fire oc-
Cured about o'clock in the afternoon.
The building was q comfortable house and
worth, perhaps, 81 800. The loss Is total,
there being no insurance In addition TO
the loss Of dwelling and contents, Mr.. Rain
had about $1,000 in the house which was
either burned or stolen. While nothing
definite as 70 the cause Of the fire is known,
IL Is believed that the house was robbed OF
the money and lrad % CONCEAL the crllna