The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-20
FLORIDA.

Apalachicola wants a sash, door and
blind factory.
The growing of LeConte pears at Law
tey is rapidly developing into an industry
equal to the strawberry culture in that
section.
Saturday while j. A. Huffman, bag
gage master on the S. $. Q. x G., was
coupling cars at Dunnellon, he was so
badly crushed that death ensued in less
than an hour.
Lightning struck the school house at
Arcadia Tuesday afternoon, tore hole
in the roof, split a couple of 2X4 scantlings
and filled the air with splinters and ex-
animation papers. The damage will not
be over $40.
James HathcOX, who was sentenced to
a term of II months in the Columbus,
Ohio, penitentiary, for aiding his wife in
fraudulently obtaining a pension has re
turned to his home in the western portion
Of Alachua county.
VIM. A Brush, Of City Point, has COM
menced a suit againsttheJ, st. A. ~ l. II.
Railway company to recover $4,000
damages for destruction of the greater
part!of his extensive orange grove by fire,
communicated to it by the company's en-
gines.
Florida's worlds fair commissioner,
Arthur c. jackson, has been in New
York several days arranging for the oc-
Cupancy of all the vacant space in the
Florida state building by the Florida
railroad interests. He returns 10 Florida
in few Gays.
The orange crop Immediately upon the
shores of lake Harris in Orange county
will be about the same as it was last
year, which was 100000 boxes. 1t is
said that the waters in the lakes of
that region are lower than they have
been for some years.
w. f. Hamilton has served an iniunc-
ton upon the city of Gainesville, to re
strain the city council from disposing of
any of the city's bonds until they have
settled with him for boring the artesian
well. Mr., Hamiltons claim against the
city amounts to $1,000.
H. G.. Jones, of the Jones Bottling
Works, at Ocala, received a deep cut last
Saturday while cOrldng bottles. One of
the bottles broke and a piece struck him
in the chest, making a cash an inch deep
by two long. DR.. Hood dressed the
wound and Mr.. Jones viii soon be all
right again.
On Saturday night the barn of p. l.
HathCOX, who conducts q small store in
the Jonesvile neighborhood, AlacAua
county, was discovered to be on fire. Mr.
HathCOX was absent at the time. His
UEOluti lGlb but STORE 10 GNLlu2ulSD Jle
flames and during his absence robbers
stole all the cash in the store, The barn
was saved
st. Andrews Buoy:-Graham flour is
now for sale here, The wheat was grown
and ground in Chipley, made into first
class bread, eaten and pronunced good by
tirst-class Judges. This is a most i'm
pOrtant fact, when we consider the great
amount of money sent away every year
for -four which can he retained for home
circulation. We think its Importance
cannot be overestimated.
Maj M. p Turner, commanding the
First Florida Battalion, has made the
following recommendations to the adju-
tant general as staff officers: Adjutant.
e. w. Vail of the Jacksonville Light In
fantry Quartermaster and commissary,
with rank of first lieutenant, c. II. Ches-
nut of the Metropolitan Light Infantry
surgeon, DR., Alexander of St. Augustine ;
/ sergeant-major, w. II. Allen of the St.
Augustine Guards; Quartermaster-ser-
geant L. l. Gordon of the Wilson Bat
terry.
Sam Barfeld on May 3 was arrested in
Orange county as an escaped prisoner
from the Texas peuitentiary upon a
trumped-up charge for DEMONSTRATING. He
was taken TO Huntsville, that state,
! but upon the force of a strong petition
signed by citizens of Orange county, as
well as by four-tifths of the legislature,
the governor and his staff, he was par
doned. He returned to Orlando Monday
/ en- route to his home. He is full of graft
/ tude toward the people of Orange county
for the kindly interest taken in him.