The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-08

operation.
Jack Scarber, noted Seminole, died last
week at Fort Pierce
The custom house force at Key West has
been reduced by cutting off four attaches.
The negroes from the British provinces
residing in Key West celebrated Monday,
Aug. /, as their emancipation day.
A Florida Central and PeninsulAr rail
way train overlook flying buzzard rhurs-
day, near Orlando, and ran over aud
killed it.
During the month Of July there were lis
beeves sold ct the Orlando market house.
An average Of 240 pounds would give II
GOO pounds,
Morris G. Wheldou, a contractor OF De-
Land, has secured a contract to erect a
$4,000 residence for Mr.. Gamble, the soap
man, at Dsytona.
Tampa Journal: Ninety-flve hundred
dollars is q neat little fee for divorce case.
but that is what Phil Thompson says one
brought him in. The original bill was $40.
The negroes in the railroad camps near
| Titusvilie were awakened a few nights
since by bear providing around among
| them. The animal was chased but es-
capped
A big ratification meeting will be held at
the opera house atJacksonville Thursday ia
! honor OF the nomination OF Hon. G. M
| Cooper for congressman from the Second
| district.
A company known as the Disston Invest
| ment Company has been organized at Kis-
simmee with a capital stock of $3.50, 000
| The company will have an Office for execut-
i've business in New York.
Lafayette Whidden, residing about eight
miles west OF Barlow, recently cut down a
| large "llghtwood tree two feet In diameter.
| nd 10 L. a
ball imbedded in the heart
One innovation in Lake county Is the
raising Of sheep. G. D. Clifford and Robert
Taylor have purchased PAL wool producers
which were shipped the latter part OF last
week, ana will be placed on DIR. Clifford's
place north Of Eustis.
At Jacksonville Saturday Qano Stewart,
a young eolored lad, employed at the pal
metto works at the head OF Washington
street, had the misfortune to lose the two
first fingers of the left hand in the hacking
machine, at which he was at work.
LAME Mcdaniel, night watchman at the
depot at Tallahassee, had his collar bone
broken Friday at Woodville. He was try
ing TO board the st. Marks train going TO
Tallahassee, but missed his footing aud was
knocked down with the foregoing result.
The total assessment of Orange county
property is IS, 426, 229, divided as follows:
Real, IS, S69, 1856; personal, 5000, 900; rail-
road and telegraph, S946,647. This assess
ment is about S50,000 short OF the previous
one, owing TO the fact that while the in
crease in personal property is about $780,
QUO, the decrease In railroad property is
about S150,00O.
Barlow Courier In formant: Barlow
Hamilton, while on horseback hunting
hogs q few miles west OF town, was struck
by rifle ball and would have been seri-
ously wounded but that a piece of metal
which he had about his person received the
shock. The gun was probably fired by
some one hunting game, evidently at con-
siderable distance from where Mr.. Hamil-
ton was, rs he did not hear the report.
Barlow Courier In foTntdnt; Judge T.
w. Anderson bought the Arcadia street
rail way some time since ard had the rails
taken up and removed TO Homeland where
he Ia using them In the construction OF a
| road to connect the Homeland Pebble Phos-
phate Company's works with the Florida
Southern railway. The road, we under
stand, will soon be ready for the transpor-
tation Of phosphate. of which Judge Ander-
sons company has large amount on hand &.
Henry Walker (colored) who was CON
fined In Jail ut Perry under several criminal
charges, made bis escape from jail Tuesday
| morning. Upon Investigation IL was found
that he effected his escape by the use OF q
Ratchet, saw and chisel, which belonged re-
| spectively to Mr.. Cobb, Mr.. Head aud Mr,
| Lewis, and must have been picked up at
| the church and Mr. Peacock's new store
house. 1t is unknown as to the person who
was kind enough toa gather up these tools
and carry them to the prisoner.
The Orlando Reporter has the following
| fuller account of death already alluded to
in the MORNING NEWS: "For many years
Gen. George B. Hodge of Lougwood has
been conspicuous resident of Orange
| county. He came from Kentucky; was a
| origadier general in the confederate army,
aud the only enc of that rank residing in
Orange county. Last Monday morning
Gen. Hodge was in Longwooi, did some
| shopping, after which he left for his home
| short distance from the village. That night,
soon after dark, George Greenwood started
| into Longwood for his mail, and when
within half mile of town he found the
body OF Gen. Hodge lying in the road, cold
IN death. Several PAGES from where the body
was lying was the basket contrasting pack
ages OF merchandise that the dscea sed had
purchased that morning and had started
home with. The deceased was very aged
and decrepit. de was a lawyer Of &C
knowledged ability"
At Jacksonville Saturday Mason Young
the newly-appointed receiver OF the United
States court in the case of the American
OOhsb uShAOu COMPANY VS.. inc JdCkSDnNllIe,
Tampa and Key West Railroad Company
ct al. petitioned the court for permission
to issue 1925 900 receivers certificates to
meet the part due aud coming due shortly
liabilities Of the road. The petition was
granted On Aug. there was due on the
collateral trust bonds Of the Florida South
ern railroad recently purchased by the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew West Rail-
way Company $7S,5OO. Also on tie st.
Johns and Lake Eustis branch interest on
bonds amounting TO S. sos was due on july
L. Also on September on the Atlantic
Coast, st. Johns and Indian River branch
$40, 500. Also the interest on the bonds Of
the Sanford and Lake Eustis branch.
amounting TO IS, 700, is due On Aug. IA
$4,000 will fall due on outstanding notes.
AT o'clock p. m. court adjourned until
Sept. l.
Serge Malyvan, in a letter TO Moi.
George R. Fairbanks on the question of
making orange wine and how to make it
profitable, as published in the Florida
Dispatch, Farmer and Fruit GrotUer, in
substance says: A factory of 100, 600 gall
Ions capacity would cost sac. 900; a 900, 600
gallon factory SS5,000 That TO carry on
this business would require $4,000 a year
for three years-$345 900 He estimates
the wine at that time would be- worth 90
cents per gallon, making a net profit Of
$3.50, 900 In three years, and the plant intact.
Not only does be show tbs monetary value
OF the investment, but demonstrates that
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