The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-14
FLORIDA.


VILE in large quantities.
John F. Dunn OF Ocala has purchased
property in Ciiallawoods.
Some one stole Chanler Sharp's horse
while in Madison few nights since.
William Cannon, one of Kissimmees
| most prominent men, died Thursday.
At least twelve Florida counties hold their
democratic conventions May p, among
them DuvaL
The dwelling of Henry Stevens OF De-
| Land was burned Tuesday. Loss $4,000.
| Fully insured.
Five thousand ewo hundred and seventy
seven tons Of pebble phosphate we're shipped
| from Punta Gorda last week.
During the past four months. from Jan. l
| TO April 30, there were 90 deaths in st. Au-
gustine-26 natives aud 20 transients.
Rev. W. G.. Patterson, pastor of the Area
| dia Baptist church, has resigned and re-
! turned TO his former home at Pensacola.
John Pomar of st. Augustine has gone Co
Niagara Falls, n. Y. This is the first time
he has ever been fifty miles from st. Au>
| gustine.
Collector Cato has turned over TO County
| Treasurer Shannon OF Alachua county
| S6.173 Is as collections OF taxes for the
month OF April
The Brevard county convention was held
were chosen. They we're uninstructed, but
are known TO be Brown men.
Sanford A. Shepherd of Palm Springs
recently sold from one-fourteenth,,o of an acre
| Of ground, $45 worth Of onions, besides all
that were used in the family.
James II. Garner, under arrest in st. Au-
gustine for sbducting Tor clipping With Miss
Camilla Irwin last week, has been q cigar
maker in Tampa for six years
John Jenkins has been appointed by the
Marion county board inspector of marks
and brands for the Ninth district and James
Mitchell for the Nineteenth district.
The Hernandez house. at st. Augustines
opened the season with a marriage, Mis-,
Hernandez to George II. p. Seeding, and
| closed with the wedding of Miss Tracy Hart
man to Cornelius O'Donnell.
Kissimmee Leader: We heard a man
say day or two ago that he had taken an
average of four drinks of whisky day for
the last f1tty-four years. At 10 cents a
drink that represents 81, $50 %.
For the month of April the number OF
deaths In Pensacola was "a, of which num-
Der 10 were white and Q colored. WITH an
| estimated population OF 1900 this sho We a
death rate Of 1872 per 1000 per annum.
Orange growers in South Florida are still
hauling water to their groves, as the few
recent showers have failed to revive the
dropping trees. 1t has been the hottest and
dryest season known in that vicinity in
thirty or forty years.
r. G. Daniels and wife and C.. Williams
| and wife Of Santos, Marion county, have
started for Campinss, Brazil. They went
to Pensacola, where they took voyage on
vessel. 1t will take over a month Co make
the trip. The young people will make Brazil
their future home
The town of Apopka, in Orange county,
Is without a newspaper for the first time in
fifteen years. The plant Of her first paper
was carried TO Orlando aud used In the pub
location or the Reporter, the plant of tn 9
second is at Kissimm NEE and the plant Of an
other at Port Tampa.
. The crosstie business on the st. Mary's
river is reviving. In addition to two car
| goes already forwarded from Fernandipa of
late, two more vessels are now loading with
ties. Several years ago there was an I'M
menss business of this kind done through
| the port OF Fernsndina.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
| Endeavor, composed of the young people Of
the Presbyterian church at Pensacola, have
raised $40 for the benefit of the Russian
| famine fund, and forwarded the amount
Tuesday to Rev. T. Dewitt Talma &c chair
man OF the relief committee Of New York
In the suit OF the officers who captured
| the Georgia horse thieves, brought before
County Judge Harrison at Tampa for the
reward offered, the court ruled that the
| officers were not entitled to the reward; but
! allowed Deputy Sheriff John Mooney the
amount of the actual expense he was at
| $40 IS.
| The jury in the case of 8. F. Wickwire
| VS.. the South Florida railroad, which had
| been out ever since Monday evening was
discharged by the court at Tampa Thurs
day, as they could not agree upon a verdict
They stood five for the plaintiff aud one
| for the defendant. but that one would not
| give In.
The burial OF Frank Brown, the colored
| deputy sheriff, took place at Archer last
week. Brown had a wife at Archer, but
had been living with another woman. They
both were at the burial and got into a row
about which loved Brown the most and
! would have probably tried to murder each
| other had not bystaDders interfered.
r. 8. Slappey, while boring we'll on
| Frank Matthews place. six miles south west
Of Quincy, last week brought up piece of
| iron resembling very much one-half of the
| cuff of a whifi1e tree Of wagon or buggy,
from the depth Of fifty-six feet. at sixty
feet sand, or some other material resem-
bling coffee grounds, WAS found in large
| quantities
| Rev. c. M. Sturges of Fernandina has
been appointed by Bishop Weed archdeacon
| of East Florida. What is known as the
| east convocation extends as far west as
| Cedar Keys and to the south lines Of Levy,
| Alachua, Putnam and St Johns counties.
In this district Mr.. Sturges has general
SUPPLEMENTARY of the missionary work of
| the Episcopal church.
J. +. Dunn at Ocala has traded for some
fine property in Chattanooga. Tenn, Maj.
| Willhoite exchanging property in Chatta-
| nooga for property in Florida and $50, 900,
In cash. The entire deal amounts TO
1912, 900. He gets town lots in Ocala, sev-
eral orange groves ana some phosphate
lands. Among the orange groves is a re.
markedly beautiful spot on Lake Weir,
where Maj Willhoite viii make his home.
Wednesday morning Mrs. Hswett and
her mother went in a boat on the Alfalfa
river. and when about half wav between
Archer creek and the mouth OF the Alfalfa
they discovered a human skull lying on the
bank at high water mark. On investigat
ing an entire human skeleton was found.
Il seems that the fishermen who seine on the
river have frequently noticed the bones
but paid no particular attention to them,
suDposing them to be the skeleton OF some
animal A man fell overheard from Mr..
Gibson's boat near the Alfalfa about two
years ago aud was drowned, and the body
was never recovered. This is supposed &c
be his skeleton.
The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma.
cons of Florida, that convened 10 jackson
Vile Tuesday in its 46th annual convoca.
ton, closed their work Wednesday morning