The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-08
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FLORIDA.
| st. Petersburg is to have a canning fac
tory.
James FIye of Haines City was run over
by an omnibus at Ormond, Friday, and
seriously hurt.
A. Weltou of st. Petersburg is erecting a
handsome 2-story residence on his lot on
Sixth avenue.
Mai. M. r. Marks has purchased the OIL
yer Prince place on Irene avenue at Gaines
vile for IS, 900.
It is rumorsd that W. NJ. Brooks and j.
NJ. Baker have sold their phosphate land In
Citrus county for $l75. 900.
The democratic primary election to choose
candidates for county officers and members
of the legislature from Orange county will
be held at the various precincts on Tuesday,
May II.
The mail route to Rutland which has
been running between Wildwood aud that
place, will be changed some time in July to
Panaso8kee. The change will give more
universal satisfaction than the present one.
Wednesday Johnny Wakes speared a
garfish In Salt lake, near st. Petersburg,
That weighed 2215 pounds and measured 4
feet inches in length aud its jaw measured
10 1uCuebs 1S 10 bhl1 W DS b1o Bosb AAon
Of the kind ever taken in that vicinity.
w. E. Stanton of San Mateo was in st.
Augustine Thursday, and through H. J.
Richie passed the deed to his Tanglewood
grove to Mrs. NJ. L. Fallon of Springfield,
Mass. The tract consists Of 100 acres, with
a fine orange grove of % acres. IL is located
in San Mateo.
j. f. Bedford OF st. Petersburg moved
Into his new cottage last week. This is the
third residence Mr.. Bedford has built with
in eighteen months. He hardly got set
tied down TO housekeeping in either Of the
first two when some one bought him out,
and now some one wants this one.
George Stewart Smith Of New York, who
has been a frequent visitor TO that section
the past few months. expects to put out
200. 900 pineapple plants on Indian river this
summer. He has engaged his plants from
the West Indies and ia desrous of securing
a fair-slzed schooner to transport them.
The youngest child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Mon
teau met with a serious accident Monday
afternoon. As she was playing on the side-
walk in front of her fathers shop Charlie
Caller came along with little wagon and
In some way the child was pushed against
the house, causing her TO fall and break her
left arm.
Bill Callaghan, a 16-year-old boy, was
arraigned In the police court at Pensacola
Thursday, charged with robbing the money
drawer in Col. A. e. Hamilton's saloon,
on Palafox wharf, Tuesday night The
drawer contained the sum of $l2 so, which
was taken. The boy was turned over 20
the state authorities TO answer for the crime
at the criminal court.
The Washington county democratic exc
cutive committee met at Vernon Wednes-
day, Chairman John D. Martin presiding
1t was ordered that a mass meeting be held
at Vernon, May 80, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the state convention
at Tampa, June l; also that county con-
vention be held at Vernon on Aug. Is. The
primaries will elect delegates to the county
convention on Aug 6.
Tony Owens of Live Oak, who was COM
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary
in 1890 for perjury, has been granted a full
pardon by the governor. Sheriff Pots
damer received the order for his release
Wednesday and Thursday went to the camps
after him. aE1is release was granted on a
decision of the United States land Office
that the land concerning which he COM
mitted the crime righttuly belonged to
him.
One day last week S. NJ Mixson of Gaines
vile awoke in the dead hours of the night
and heard his little watch dog barking
furiously. He listened for a moment to soc
ance aud finally decided that the matter
was Of sufficient Importance for him to get
up and look after it in person. On reach
ing the place from which sounds of a strug-
gle now emanated he found his faithful
canine in determined combat with an
opossum. After resistance to the death,
the animal was killed and ten wee 'possums
were taken out of the pouches of the
mother.
Gainesville Sun: Frank Brown, col
ored deputy sheriff, who has done some OF
the best detective work any colored man
ever did III this county. and who was
prominent among the hunters for the late
Harmon Murray, died Thursday from au
accidental shot from his own pistol Brown
went out about four miles west of here to
arrest man who had some trouble with his
wife. The man could not be found and
Brown, in company with the negro woman
and man, left for town. The man rode the
horse that Brown had ridden out and
the deputy, with the woman, was irf a
wagon. Brown jumped out Of the wagon
to attend to the horse aud, IN jumping, his
pistol went off and shot him, the wound
proving fatal In few minutes. George
Hall, who lives near the place where the ac
cident occurred, hearing the cries of the
woman, who was terribly frightened, came
| to their assistance, and leaving the two In
charge of the body, came on to town and re-
ported the matter to the authorities Maj.
| Cullen went out to the place Of the killing
and Investigated the matter.