The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-10


Frank W Marshall British vice consul at
/ Fcrnandina, is supposed 10 be ON board the
/ British steamship Cyanus. which sailed from
/ Tampa last saturday. The Cyanus Will coal
] at Norfolk and it is possible. but not at all
/ probable, that Mr. Marshall may return TO
/ Florida. He was seen in Tampa Friday even
/ ing or Saturday morning.
The steamer Fred'k DeBary will leave
! Jacksonville to-day for Boston, Mass, under
| command Of Capt. Creaser. She goes VIA
! New York, where she win be put on the dry
! docks for repairs She will then proceed to
! Boston and be placed on the run between
that city and Nahant, In connection with the
/ steamer City OF Jacksonville.
The mortality statement issued by the board
! OF heath for the month OF May gives the num-
/ Der of deaths in Pensacola during the month
/ as 23-l2 white and II cOlored, death rate OF
! 1874 per 1000 of population. One Of the deaths
occurred in the United States marine hospi-
| tai There were stil1-bOrn cOlOred infants
| not included in the death rate.
/ Thursday morning Secretary Jacob HUFF Of
/ the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows Home
/ and National Sanitarium at Jacksonville re-
/ ceived a certificate Of deposit for $1,000 from
/ the bank OF II. f.. Dutton Co. of GAINESVILLE
/ which was deposited there by Center Lodge
! No. II of that city, as the cash consideration
| for securing the location Of the home at that
! place
S. b. Hin of Maitland has recently been
! testing the comparative value Of Philadelphia
! and New York as orange markets. and finds
/ New York the best. Mr.. Hin shipped twenty
! boxes of oranges to Philadelphia commits
sion house May % and netted S23 60 for the
same; on May p he sent nineteen boxes of
! the same character of fruit to a New York
| house and received as net returns 81 10,
nearly double the amount he realized from
the Philadelphia shipment.
The Juno sun states that a company has
been organized with paid up capital Of $50
900 to raise and can pineapples and other
fruits in the Lake Worth region. The pres
ident Of the company is Col. George r. Davis,
director general Of the world S fair, They
have purchased 1872 acres of good fruit land
on the west side of the lake and q force OF
men will at once begin to clear and plant.
| They will set 10000 Ripley pines 100000 OF
| the choicest imported varieties and $500 as
| sorted tropical trees.
Police Oncer A. f. Ltghtbody of Jackson
vile, Thursday afternoon. arrested young
man who wore star badge with the words
Secret Detective on it, and who seemed to
have been imposing upon the neighborhoOd
through virtue of his assumed character. In
the municipal court Thursday, he gave hts
name as Frank Britt and his residence as
North Carolina. He said the badge belonged
TO his brother, who was detective, and that
he had only worn 1t for fun, but Judge Chris
tie could not see the joke, so he fined the i'm
persOnatOr SIS.
% Ttusville Star: Two darkies committed a
murderous assault on George Washburn at
Malabar on last Friday night. Making a rush
into the house, one of them struck him on
the side of the head with a large club and as
he fell one caught him by the throat and at
tempted 10 CnOke MIN INTO lnSenSlDllltN. MT
Washhurn is quite a powerful man and man
aged to keep them at bay until his cries for
help frightened them away. One of them is
supposed 10 be the convict Reeves, who has
long scar (as if made with snifel on the left
side of his neck. We believe u reward is out
for his apprehension 1t being so dark Mr..
Washburn is not certain he could recognize
them, except by the voice.
Ovledo Chronicle: A. A. Moran on last sun
day night did rather strange and dangerous
thing II seems that he had been accustomed
TO sleeping near a window on the first floor of
his dwelling, and had on several occasions,
when there was disturbance among the
chickens jumped from the bed out of the win
dow. On Sunday night he was sleeping in the
second story near window, and at about
o clock In the morning was aroused by dis
turbance among the fowls and forgetting that
he was in the second story, made the leap out
of the window. He had to be helped in the
house and put to bed. The strange part of it
is there were no bones broken, and apparently
he is not very seriously hurt
Citizens primaries were held in the First.
Second and Third wards at st. Augustine
Thursday night to nominate an alderman and
delegates. In the First ward William Markle
was nominated for alderman and the follow
ing delegates to the convention; BENJAMIN
Pacettt, William Hinch, John Bridier c. 9.
Andrea and Joseph Capo, In the Second ward
Joseph Pacetti was nominated for alderman.
The delegates from the Second ward are T..
Monson, G. Oliveros, +. de Medicis, William
Genovar, Sr., and X. Nimanes. Capt. Alex
ander Iwanowski was nominated for alder
man In the Third ward, with l.. Hernandez
and Willie Sanchez as delegates. No pri-
marles were held in the Fourth and Fifth
wards by the citizens party.
The Ocala and Blue River Phosphate Com
pany will soon start up the largest phosphate
concern in the south. The mill already has a
capacity of 100 tons per day, and is equipped
with the very latest and best drying and
cleaning machinery, and is making prepara-
tions to add eight log washers in addition to
what they already have. The immense pumps
a HsrN NlN7 hpN
and put in operation Besides this General
Manager Laurant is making survey from
Live oak to DeadmGn S bay, where the COM
pany has large phosphate interests in Cooks
hummock. This railroad will be in full opera
tion by Oct. l. AS far south as LuraviIe it
will be laid with 50-pound steel rails, and will
be known as the Live Oak, Lurayille and
Gulf, and will open some of the finest country
to be found in Florida.
One OF Orlando's former residents a we'll
known Englishman, who has been OF late en-
gagged in the stock business in Wyoming, came
near losing his life at the hands of horse
thief recently. II. Ii. Rimington, while riding
around his ranch, was accOsted by man on
horseback who exclaimed, You are the man
l am looking for and commenced firing a
revolver directly aimed at Mr.. Rimington's
head. The first shot put bullet through his
coat near the watch pocket ana the second
took piece out of the front of the saddle
Had Mr. Huntington not quietly turned and
made haste back TO the ranch he would prob
ably have been riddled with bullets. II is
presumed JnAb the WOulu-De assassin was
after Mr.. Rimington's horse, and, having
been foiled in his purpose, proposed to put an
end TO the ranchmans life.
Eustis Lake Region: What might have been
a fatal accident last Friday on Lake Harris
was very narrowly averted by presence of
mind and prompt action. Miss Mamie Terry
daughter Of Capt, Terry Of Tavares accom-
panied by Joe Hickman and another Young
man. was coming across the lake from Yalaha
TO EldOradO in a sailboat. and when within
~ miles Of the latter place the boat was
upset by sudden sQuall and the occupants
all thrown into the water. The boat luckily
tiOated keel upward. and the young lady
with the help of the boys. who tied her to the
boat with the sheet rope was able to keep out
of the water. When rescued ~ hours later
by boat from EldOradO, they were nearly all
exhausted, but prompt care left them in a
short time not feeling much the worse for
their experience. Miss Terry lost her pocket
book, which contained a ticket for Missis-
sippi, where she is about to make visit
Fernandna News: Last Thursday morning
when j. j. Starratts daughters at Harris
Road went into the kitchen to see about pre-
pairing breakfast they found a lire burning in
the stove WhereupOn they informed their
father of the unusual occurrence. Mr.. Star
raft Immediately set about to lind traces Of
the party who had taken the liberty to build
the fire He had not long to search, however
before he found white man in a perfectly
nude condition trying to conceal himself a
Few rods from the house. Mr. Starratt saw
at a glance that the man was insane He
made no resistance in being captured Mr.