The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-17
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The aggregate OF the different county
funds now on hand at DeLaud exceeds Sl0,-
900. This speaks pretty well for a county
in midsummer.
The farmers alliance or third partyites of
the state are thinking about establishing q
morning paper In Jacksonville shortly aud
run 1t as campaign organ.
Henry Williams, a coloped bayman, was
assisting In slowing vessel with timber
at Pensacola, Wednesday, when a large
stick slipped and broke his leg.
John b. Stetson has about 600 acres In
orange groves, and he is to put up an immense
packing house at West DeLand, in which
the fruit from the groves will be prepared
for market
John Eagan having resigned the office Of
court commissioner for Escambia county
h. X Olliphant was appointed to the post
ton few days since by Judge Barnes, of
the First judicial circuit.
Over 900 crates of vegetables passed out
from Gainesville Tuesday over the Savan.
nah, Florida and Western railroad. This
Is the heaviest shipment ever made from
Gainesville at this season OF the year over
this road.
Deputy Sykes Of Callahan started with a
prisoner last Sunday Tor Fernandina but
before reaching his destination the prisoner
escaped, taking with him a pair of good
handouts. He is charged with an assault
and attempt to kill.
The Tampa Tribune daily and weekly
changed hands Wednesday. J.. H HUNS
phries aud Miss E. Nellie Beck, the editors.
sold their stock to 8. r. Easily and G. A.
Hanson. and have retired. Judge Hanson
will be editor from now on.
Crescent City has several candidates In the
field for the county offices, and will, no
doubt, receive her full share of the patron
age. T. w. Gintier, Henry Hutchinson, J.
L. Burton and John Davis are among the
aspirants for political honors.
The Tampa Street Railway and Power
Company has let contracts to Pedrick s.
Pedrick Of Richland J. FL. Griffin of Wins
ton, aud the Tampa Lumber Company for
81, 40 crossties to be used in the extension
of its lines. The extension to be made is
about eighteen miles, and work will prob
ably he commenced on it before July l.
Four aldermen were elected at st. Angus
tine Wednesday to fill the vacancies in the
board caused by the expiration of the
terms OF D. Phillips of Ward /, Louis
Colee Of Ward 2, w. M. Iugraham Of Ward
3 and J. A. Macdonald of Ward 4. The
new aldermen are: Ward /, B. Pacetti;
Wood, and Ward 4. George w. Alba.
Aho ohCAA All buo LOuuudLiOn LOT the DTlCK
extension to the Tampa Bay hotel is being
taken from Bull Frog mound, near the
mouth OF the Alfalfa river, which was orig
inally one OF the largest shell mounds in the
state. The men who were getting out the
shell last week dug up an immense human
skeleton, which was buried in the mound
about six feet below the original surface.
Capt. Essell of the English colony in
Alachua county has a very ingenious way
NV which IN urtfh ~.
watermelons. He has placed wire around
his grounds so that one coming in will
strike against it and ring q bell that hangs
beside his bed. When the bell rings the
captain fires cartridge in the field and the
offender, seeming danger In the air, de-
camps in short order.
DeLand Record: There will be quite a
crop of the Niagara grape gathered in this
section this season. What vines are bear
ing are heavily loaded with fruit, large.
well-developed punches. as fine as you want
| 20 see in any country. This Is one of the
coming industries OF this country. There
Is big money in growing this grape and it
will be realized as soon as the orange ceases
to the be all-absorbing question.
Sheriff Robinson has brought to Madison
from the Dekle plantation Enoch Hamlin, a
| colored man, Hamlin is charged with muir
| dering his daughter. Tho instrument used
| was whip. When Hamlin returned to his
home Monday morning he found a man
there with his daughter. He became
enraged and, Selling a whip, thrashed her
until he was completely exhausted The
! girl died soon after from the effects of the
beating. The man who was visiting her
escaped before Hamlin could lay his hands
| on him.
| DeLand Record: A sad accident 90.
CURED at Blue Springs landing on Monday
last in which two citizens Of Orange CITY
were drowned. A negro boy by the name
OF John Brant was cleaning fish in a boat
at the dock He lost bis balance and went
overheard. Dave Hogg, the foreman
at Laws saw-mill, was, save little child
brother Of the negro, the only party at the
time on the dock aud when he discovered
that the boy could not swim, jumped In t.
rescue him The drowning boy chung
tightly to Hogg, rendering the latter help
| less and both went q 4wn. About half ar
hour afterward John Thursby, about Is
years old, appeared and the child informed
him Of the drowning. He began searching
and succeeded in fishing them both out
assisted by colored boy who in the mean
time had arrived. The bodies we're brought
up 70 the city that night Mr.. Hogg was
an industrious citizen of this place.