The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-29


Fernandina is TO have a steam laundry.
The machinery has been purchased.
Two men killed seventy-six alligators in
| three nights in the ST. Johns river last
week.
The Confederate Veterans Association of
| Hillsboro county has meeting at Plant
| City June to 5.
J. NJ. Lee received 800 sheep last week from
Worth county, Georgia, to be placed on his
range near kisStmmee.
Through the generosity Of Messrs. Plant and
Flagler the several exhibits to the worlds
fair from Florida went free Of cost.
The second schooner loaded with material
for the moving of Canaveral light house'ar-
rived in the blight of Canaveral Monday.
Mr.. DeLand says the inquiries for real
estate about DeLand from northern parties
are more numerous now than for a long time
The orange crop sold the past season from
groves within radius of five miles of De
! Land brought into that section about 100000.
Capt. George p Washington has been lying
very i'll at his home in West Tampa for four
months past, OF rheumatism and spinal dis
ease.
L. A. Miller of Iverness, the inventor of the
automatic air pump, has gone on a trip to
Arkansas in the interest of some of his pat
ents.
Henry M. Flagler, since Identifying his
name with the East Florida Coast Canal Com
pany, has expended some S50OOO for dredges
and outfits.
Messrs Ditson and Osteen of DeLand have
flushed shearing their flock of 500 sheep 1t
| is estimated that the clipping for this year
will average nearly 81 per head.
A hens egg was found in a nest at Iverness
on Monday last, which Is shaped like a bal
loon, tapering to a point and then curled
down to the neck. forming loop. 1t has "a
rough shell over it.
Judge Hanson has commenced a libel suit
against the Barlow COurier-lnfOrmant for
$4,000 damages. That paper charged him
with conduct unbecoming gentleman in con
nection with the Summerlin Institute
Charles Rock has procured a permit from
the city council of Orlando to construct
81 400 brick and steel building upon the lot
recently purchased by him on Church street
near its intersection with Orange avenue, and
work will begin soon.
A few nights ago as Maurice Richie of the
French Phosphate Company was returning to
Anthony he was fired upon by an unknown
negro from the darkness. Fortunately Richie
! was not hurt. He put spurs to his horse and
succeed in reaching homewithOut harm
Col. Houston Clinch of Savannah arrived at
| Green Cove Spring on Tuesday and will be
| there some days looking after the improve
] ment Of the spring and other business mat
| tiers. He has purchased the half interest of
! the Holmes estate in the warm sulphur
| spring, paying the sum of 50 $50 for the same
| The Chinese of Key West are in no hurry
| about registering. Only three have complied
/ with the Geary act of a total of about thirty
! five. The remainder say they are not troubling
! themselves about the law and will pay no at
/ tentlon to IL They feel that IL Is harsh and
unjust, and several of them say they are per
| fectly willing to be sent back to China if il is
! enforced
Miss Josie Weisbrod Of Tampa who accom-
| panied the editorial eXcursionists to the
| worlds fair, went into a bath room at Chicago
| and left $50, which she had not recovered at
! last accounts. Miss Weishrod carried her
money in a little bag suspended round her
1 neck. She has detectives at work on il, but
! will probably lose it as contribution to the
Windy city and the worlds fair
Ocala New Capitol: 1t was Wednesday
i
street. The run was made eastward, the
bullets in the same direction Time, /
clock -Four shots were fired in rapid sue
cession. 1t is said they were fired by an irate
dusky damsel after a light suit of clothes
covering u white complexion. But his fleet
swiftness outran the bullets and he succeeded
in escaping uninJured.
In the United States court at Jacksonville
last week in the ease of Charles B. Powell VS..
the Pensacola Terminal Company, Graham
Gordan, DeCOurcey w. Thorne and John Red
wood brokers and bankers under the firm
name of Ihorne & Redwood, which came up
on the application of the plaintiff for a re
Ceiver, an injunction and temporary restrain
ing order from dlsposing of $4,000 first mort
gage bonds of the Pensacola Terminal Com
pany was made.
A cigar factory may be located in Green
Cove Spring in the near future. L. Perez, a
manufacturer of cigars now doing business in
Jacksonville, was there this week, and through
| w. j. Wilson made a proposition TO the citi
zens Of the town which, if accepted, viii get
the factory. Mr.. Perez asks that he be given
I a house. rent free, two stories, 3OXGO feet and
! to be relieved of town taxation for a term of
ten years. In return Mr.. Perez binds himself
| to remove his factory to Green Cove, and to
remain there not less than ten years.
Ellinger 4 Co.'S cigar factory at Tampa
viii begin operations about June /. The
structure is 45x150 feet on the ground and
three stories high with an excellent base
! ment for the storage of tobacco in bales. The
cost of the building was $1,000 The factory
| is located at the corner of Green street and
Ninth avenue, ana there is fast growing III
around 1t promising business center. The
six brick stores OF Ellinger Il Co. are now be
ing erected, and in addition eight other two
story business buildings have been built and
are now either occupied or ready for use. BE
sides these about 100 dwellings have been
erected contiguous 20 the factory. The
capacity OF the factory is about 800 hand,
when fully equipped In all departments.
quincy Herald: A distressing accident oc
CURED ON the Ocklockonee last Saturday. A
, party consisting OF John Hassell DOnncil Syl
, yester. "a young man named Sims ana q col
, ored man. were In a boat preparing fOru day
, fishing when 10 drifted against some heavy
, I suukeu brush with sunicieut force 20 Capsiz,
. / 10. It's occupants made for the shore but ~yl
Z . FCStcr being unable 90 swim was seized by Tho
. | negro as hC was sinking When they were
Z / nearing The shore his charge dropped iron
. I him, Ur uH De expressed IT, hc WAS pulled
u ] away from him and he disappeared. Al
I though from thAt time thp river WINS searched
. I aud dragged uY uiHCrCut uaftIc, tho body wa
j not recovered until carly Iup-duH morning
"a ] HNfu - WuN discovered NV John Illls a0mi
1. hundred icCt from whore De- sank.