The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-24

FLORIDA.
Thieves are beooming very bold 10 Tam

FLORIDA.
Thieves are becoming very bold 10 Tampa.
Franklin county now has a handsome new
court house just finished.
NJ. Brash, long a citizen Of Apalschicola.
leaves soon to make his, home at Seattle,
Wash.
Judge J. Il. Esmonde, who had been seri-
ously i'll at bis residence at Pensacola for
several days, died Tuesday.
Edom Bonum OF Daytons was kicked
! and severely injured by horse few days
ago, some OF his ribs being broken.
A negro cutting timber in Calhoun county
was assassinated last week by unknown
parties who shot six balls into him.
The Bell River Packing Company Of Fer
nandina has stopped canning oysters for the
present. owing to its inability to procure the
bivalves.
Miss Lucy Abbott has recently disposed
of $1,000 Of real estate in st. Augustine.
| Miss Abbott has several pieces of desirable
property Just north Of the fort green.
| Jim Williams and Oliver Tillman had a
| cutting scrspe at Camps phosphate mines,
at Albion one day last week. and the latter
was pretty seriously carved. Both are
colored.
Judge Barnes has ordered the grand jury
Of Escambia county to reconvene and In
vestigate a crime Of criminal assault upon
dissolute female by Kinney Everett, both
colored.
Sewell J. Clark of Amelia has a tree in
his garden so heavily loaded with grape
fruit that it has to be propped up. Several
lunches contain FIVE and six, and some
weigh 2 4 pounds.
1t il said that many, thousand dollars
changed hands at Bronson one day last
week. The Trenton Phosphate Company
" taking haade 10 thu Ia nHa haf had haap
formerly optioned.
Key West has just emerged from the
throes Of oourt-msrtial. IL was the trial
OF Sergt. g. W. Reynolds, who refused to
accompany his command 10 st. Augustine
for duty at the late sncampment.
The Franklin Guards have just under
gone an inspection by Col. Lambert at Apa-
lachioela, and the excellent condition in
which he found everything caused him to
highly compliment the soldier boys.
Capt. W. NJ. Davidson, general passenger
agent OF the Plant system Of railroads at
Jacksonville, has just completed sending
out 500 boxes Of oranges as Christmas pres
ents, with compliments Of the system, to the
various passenger agents throughout the
United States and Canada. This is usual
treat each Christmas by the Plant system.
Master Paul, the 14-year-old son of Col.
J. =. Jones Of Pensacola, fell while playing
Monday afternoon. He was holding a lead
pencil In his hand at the time, and in the
fall the pencil penetrated his wrist and
broke of, infiicting very painful wound.
The piece Of pencil was extracted from the
wrist yesterday by DR.. w. +. Fordham, and
the young patient relieved from pain.
W. II. Allen nearly lost the little finger
OF his left hand this morning at Knowltons
mill, at St. Augustine. Mr.. Allen was
working band saw when the saw slipped
of and became tangled in the betting. de
endeavored to save the saw aud in doing SO
it caught his little finger, cutting through
the bone, leaving it hanging by the skin.
The injured finger was bandaged and will
be saved.
Chief Engineer 6. Trevor Spencer Of the
Coast Canal Company and Capt. McCul-
Tough of the dredge Uric were Ia Juno last
week and reported the work on the canal as
progressing fairly well. The dredge Uric
Is over a mile the other side of the rapids in
Lake Worth creek and is following the
dredge Chester to widen and deepen the
first cut to the dimensions as specified in
the contract. Mr.. Spencer is again back in
st. Augustine.
New Smyrna Breeze: Two large por-
poises strayed into the creek along Hills
boro creek few days ago and we're shot by
Charner Strange and John Gardner. The
largest measured feet inches in length
and weighed 1926 pounds The smaller one
measured 6 feet inches in length and
weighed lab pounds. John McCrory has
them both and will have them skinned. II
is said that the vertabra, joined together,
makes an excellent cane.
A prominent resident Of Levy county,
who had been to Ocala on a purchasing ex-
pedition, and who was under the influence
OF liquor, had a narrow escape from death
while crossing Stafford's pond Monday
night. But by a superhuman effort he
SWAN to shore, leaving his team In the mid
die Of the stream. He was driving pair of
fine animals, one of which was drowned
while the other remained standing in the
water until morning, when 1t was relieved
from supporting the heavy load Of the dead
horse by Its side.
Baggagemaster Simpson OF the Florida
Central and Peninsular railway at Jackson
vile has IN his possession quite little
curiosity in the shape of trade dollar made
into looket, which was given him for
change several years ago. The locket opens
by pressing q spring on the date side and
reveals photograph Of a beautiful young
lady. Mr.. Simpson does not know who she
is, but he prizes 1t very highly, as he is pas.
sionately fond of pretty face and has to
open the locket several times day to look
at the fair face within.
The management of the Sub-tropical ex-
position at Jacksonville have made a deal
with the proprietors OF Sells & Rentfrew's
circus and secured from the latter the lease
OF all the animals and birds In the show
Among the animals are elephant, l drome-
dairy, the largest in the United States, 2
camels. hyena, 8 lions, which were born in
captivity in Texas, and which are as playful
as kittens, badgers 2 ocelots and a num-
ter Of foxes, monkeys and cookatoos. The
exposition will have possession of the ami
mails on Jan. l, and will keep them several
months. The circus proprietors agreed to
loan the exposition the animals providing
the exposition company fed them and kept
keeper to look after them. The exposition
company will not be held responsible if any
OF the animals die.