The morning news., 1892-03-27
FLORIDA.

There were eighteen vessels In port at
Fernandina Thursday.
A big fire In the open country back OF
Orange Ridge last week destroyed about
800 railroad ties.
Orlando now possesses two clay lawn ten
MIS- courts, which will soon rank second to
none in the state.
J. H. Dampier of High Springs has sold
to parties Ia Kansas City eighty acres of
phosphate land for $1,000.
E. G. McCray (colored) was convicted at
Kissimmee Tuesday of forging check on
| N. L. Mills last November.
| Mr.. Utsey OF the Bell Telephone Company
Is at Fernandina for the purpose of estab-
fishing a telephone exchange.
W. G. Warden has given to st. Augustine
three 300-power gas lamps, and they will
| be used on the public streets.
Neal Coleman, t6-yesr-old citizen of
Center Hill, was married to a young lady
about the same ago one day last week.
Mayor ]. B. Brown has donated one
months salary toward the work of rocking
the rest Of Pleasant street In Gainesville.
A colored school teacher, Mary M. Nor
rison, who was convicted of the crime OF
forgery in Madison some time ago, has ap-
piled for a pardon.
G.. NJ. Knott has traded his grove at
Yalaha 20 Rev. Thomas Griffith. In the
trade Mr.. Knott gets the lot on Main street,
opposite the Methodist church at Leesburg.
As the mail train on the Florida Central
and Peninsular railway reached Macclenuy
| Wednesday night some scoundrel fired q
shot at it. The ball crashed through a
window, but fortunately struck no one. The
| passengers were badly frightened.
Ex-Gov. N. A. Hull of jacksonville
| is out in a card for clerk of the county
court Braxton B. MacDouell, a popular
| yonng lawyer, announces himself as a can.
didato for county judge OF Duval county
Charles F. Verelst asks the support of the
democratic voters for county assessor.
| during the last three weeks 5000 tons OF
| phosphate have been shipped from Fernan-
| dina. There are now five more vessels load
ing or awaiting cargoes, and these will take
out not less than 5000 TONS So 1t fs pr
| bic that the phosphate shipments for March
will amount to at least IA, 900 tons, possibly
$4,000
On last Monday j. G. Luniug sen
through the Leesburg postoffice to Call.
fornia $50 pounds of sour orange seed fol
! Owen Albright of Sunny Side, Lake county
| For some time Florida has been supplying
California with sour orange trees. The
supply being about exhausted, that state Il
now receiving the orange seed.
A reckless negro, while out hunting las
week near James Hayes In the Medulls
neighborhood near Barlow, shot at some
birds with his gun pointed toward the house
which resulted in one shot entering the ara
Of Hiss Belle Hayes and three or four more
into the leg Of Charles Fortner, who hap
pened to be in the yard at the time.
Fernandina Mirror: A day or two since
Julius Evans was driving party on the
beach. when he came across two sloughs OF
water short distance apart. The smaller
slough was pretty well filled with skipiacks
and while julius was admiring them good
sized fish jumped out of the large slough and
landed into the midst of the little fish
Jumping from his seat, Evans caught tn,
fish, which proved to be a fine shad nearly
20 incheS long.
Robert Sterling, the 16-year-old boy who
was with the Union hotel at Lsesburg be-
fore it closed, and who died at sea while en-
route to New York, possessed fortune
which be would have enjoyed bad he liveC
TO manhood. Attorneys were at Lessburp
the past week taking testimony as TO h
identity and death, and expressed them
selves in accordance with the above state
ment The boy was worth between $50,
900 ami 500 900.
A difficulty occurred at Orange Bend on
Wednesday night. in which Charles Morl
was shot 10 the hip twice by Carl Doerler
Franz Doerler charged that Mork had spit
In the face OF CarPs mother, which Il
denied. But this is what brought On thu
difficulty. After ths shooting Carl Doerler
came to Lessburg and surrendered himself
to Justice Fox. and Is now in Jail at Tavares
Sheriff Galloway having conveyed hin
there soon after the difficulty. Dr. II. II
Dean attended the wounded man, aud say
thai while his wounds are severe they ar
not dangerous.
Prof. ]. NJ. Baldwin, who has lately com
pleted his term of school at Duette, me
with an accident last Thursday which cam,
near proving very serious. While on th,
road from A. 4. Stevens 70 Braden oresl
he was attacked by a long.horned bull
which pushed him 10 the ground. Mr.
Baldwin held the iafurlated animal firmly
BY the horns aud kopE IL from goring hin