The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-02

SlU.uUd
c. C. Howard. one Of the largest real
estate owners Of Chattanooga, is ia In
yerncss with the view To investing. Mr..
Howard already owns property IN Ocala
and Palatka.
Capt Davis. Of Inverness. saws he is in
/ posse ssion Of facts authorizing him TO say
/ that within the next few months there
/ will be erected in Inverness ice, candy
and canning factories.
The duh times seem not % retard the
I growth of Quincy In the least, since sew
/ cral beautiful dwelling houses are under
/ course of construction. together with a
/ large livery stable and new drug store.
n. S. Tighman & Sons, Of Jacksonville,
/ contemplate the erection Of large plan
/ ing mill and sash and door factory. The
/ location has not yet been decided upon,
/ but il is certain that work Will be com
I menced before Oct. J.
/ Quincy, though a comparatively small
/ town, can boast Of five drug stores, all do
/ ing a thriving business. Still it cannot
be inferred from this that the health of
/ the place is bad, as il is conceded TO be
one Of the healthiest towns in the state.
+. Henderson. of Tunnel Hill, Ga, a
/ large property holder Of that section, is
at Inverness negotiating for valuable
grove and town property His faith in
Florida is emphasized by his having
bought property in other parts Of the
state.
At Key West, about 3 o'clock last
/ Thursday morning. p. VALDEZ Pedron
discovered under the steps leading up
stairs to Sweeny's saloon and restaurant
a pile Of old clothes saturated with kerO-
sene and still hot from a smOulderiug fire.
They had been evidently placed there by
some one intent upon setting fire TO this
property, which is now occupied by H. B.
Gibson.
Key West Equator: We have been en-
deayOring to get 10 the number of crates
of pineapples that has been shipped from
Indian river and Lake Worth this season,
and up to the 18th instant we find that the
total shipped from Indian river over both
railways was as follows: Jacksonville,
st Augustine and Indian River railway,
15,507 crates Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West railway, 800 crates. Total
shipments, 29.007.
At Jacksonville Sunday morning about
O'Clock Henry Phillips, who works for
Tom McMurray at Pablo beach, was
found dead in bed in a little room where
he slept in the stable. He had apparently
been dead only about ten minutes when
found. Drs. Robinson and StollenWerck
were called and the latter gave it as his
opinion that Phillips died from conges-
tive chill. Young Phillips had been com
planning for sometime.
The Owl Cigar Company, of Quincy,
still continues operations in its large fac
tory, but now operates only three days
out of the week. Owing to the stringency
of money matters all over the country a
great many cigar factories have discon-
tinued operations altogether, and the en-
ployes of this factory congratulate them
selves that the condition here is no worse
than it is Over 10000 cigars have been
shipped in the last four days.
Near Stage Pond, at Morris mill, Cit
rus county, Sing Mayo, a colored youth
of II years of age, while riding a mule a
day or two ago, was struck bv lightning
and killed instantly, as well as the mule.
An electric bolt struck pine tree Just as
the boy was passing the tree and left it
when on about d level with his head,
passing down the body and down the legs
of the mule. The boys hat was torn into
rags and his clothing badly rent. Sew
eral other persons, both white and col
Ored, about the mill were knocked down,
but without serious injury.
At Key West at $3.50 Thursday morn
ing fire was discovered in the small tene-
ment house in Gatoville, No. sos Cato
street occupied by Rafael Delgado. The
fire was probably caused from an acct
dent. This building was entirely con
sumed, while the buildings on either side
were so badly injured as to make them q
total loss. Two of them were the prop
erty of e. II. Cato, and insured in the
Western Insurance Co, Charles B. Pen
dleton agent. The loss is about $500
The other building, which was worth
about 500, was not Insured.
Whitmore Pinder, Richard Albury,
Thomas Key, Willie Torres and William
Henry Stirrup, the last boy of nineteen
years, all of Key West, went to Pine Is
land on a hunt. Wednesday while Stir
rup was attempting to take his gun from
the bottom of the boat in which she lay
to shoot passing bird, the lock became
entangled and went of, shooting him Sc
verely in the right arm above the elbow
The muscles were laid bare. They set
sail for Key West as soon after the acct
dent as possible and medical attention
was secured. The wound, though pain
full, is not necessarily dangerous.
Grant Cowau has spent the last six
months in the neighborhOod of Archer
pitting phosphate lands for the league
Bros, who, with Fulton Slattery and
others, are said to have scooped in the
richest lands in the state-7, 900 or 5000
acres-on the line of Plants new road
When it was pretty certain which direc-
ton it would take and the Bishop deal
felI through, IQ6 league DONS got a
clinch on it and are quietly waiting the
day when the profit on their shrewd deal
will surprisingly discount the Dutchman's
l per cent. Mr.. Cowan says that the Plant
cutoff from High Springs to Archer is
graded TO within three miles of Archer,
and he expects to see it completed
shortly. The construction train from
High Springs is operating freight de-
livery and is doing land Office business
Dutton 4 Co., of Gainesville who have a
fine phosphate mine eight miles south
from High Springs and four miles west of
the tram-road, are erecting a large
storage building beside the track.
A Bradford county correspondent
writes to the Holmes County Advertiser
as follows: "Aliss Matte Beesley, now
about 10 years of age, was reared by Mr.
and Mrs w. T. Bartner, of Bradford
county, Fla Mrs. Bartner, noticing that
her husband was paying undue respect to
the adopted child, now young lady, at
once made mention of it to her unworthy
husband. He, being moved by those kind
utterances and affectionate pleadings Of
his devoted wife, resolved to unburden
himself if possible of that uncivilized act
that he was guilty of committing and
place it upon the shoulders of mis- innocent
nephew. So he carried the young ruined
lady to an officer and made her swear
that his nephew was the perpetrator.
lie then sent the poor helpless girl
TO her mother. For a short time there
seems TO have been a calm. But again,