The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-24

at Woodland. ln a few months This viii
De Che largest aud most complete mill in
the state.
Vi. Hadley. a young man OF 1T Myers,
T - years old and "A member of the Mctho-
dist church. shot and killed himsel Tues
day in Lee county while removing a gun
from the rear of a wagon.
The st. Augustine Water Park associa-
tiou will build a large dredge expressly
for the purpose Of excavating in the Maria
Sanches creek TO do the preliminary work
IN the construction OF the water park
The schools OF Manatee county are in
good condition, and al, with one or two
exceptions, have been taught during the
/ school term. Tho indebtedness of the
school fund, amounting to $4,000, has
been paid, and there is now 5000 on hand.
Wednesday a change was made in the
! firm Of Jones ~ johnson, prOpretOrs Of
the large grist and Single mill at jack
/ sonvilie, by MIR. johnson retiring and Mr..
| Montgomery Corse, prominent citizen Of
| Picolata, becoming the partner of Mr..
/ Jones.
! There is a steady growth in Fernandina
and one can notice new buildings going
up in nearly every section of the city and
! there is no doubt about there being bet
ter and more confident feeling in regard
! TO the permanent growth and future de-
| velopment of the island city than for
| years past.
According to President Fairbanks, of
! the Florida Fruit Exchange. the coming
orange crop of the state will be 5,00000O
! boxes, Of which 100000 boxes will be
| marketed. During the season Just closed
! the product was 100000 boxes, which
| sold at an increase of nearly 20 per cent,
| over the previous year.
II. M. Call has sent in his resignation
| as major Of the First Florida battalion
| which has been made necessary by his
| appointment to the circuit court judgship.
! According to military law Capt. M. =.
! Turner of the Wilson battery will be the
next major, he being the senior captain
OF the battalion and next in line of pro-
motion.
At Key West the jury in the sase of the
| state VS.. George Lewis murder, failed to
! agree. There being no seeming prospect
of agreement the jury was called into
court Friday afternoon and discharged.
The case has been set for rehearing.
Eleven jurors were for guilty with rec
ommendation of mercy and one was for
acquittal
Wednesday afternoon colored woman
came near drowning in the surf at Pablo
Beach She went out too far and the
tide lifted her of her feet and carried her
into deep water, and would have drowned
but Master Victor johnson, son Of
Geo. e. Johnson, of Jackson
vile, being near by, swan out and res
cued her and brought her to the shore.
At Key West wednesday Aileen, the
three year old daughter of f. Bolio had
been left on the second story balcony of
the residence and fell to the sidewalk
below a distance of about eighteen feet.
The little one struck on the back of her
head and for time was supposed to be
dead. No bones were fractured but she
is in dangerous condition.
! w. e. Armour, engineer on the f. G. &
| p. railway was drowned about 3 p. N.
| Tuesday off Morrisons point near Port
! Tampa while bathing, He was with "a
| party of four young women and one man.
! He could not swim much and got into the
! deep channel, He was 33 years old and
had the night run from Tampa to Jack
! sOnville. A search is going on for the
! body.
J. A. Huau, of Jacksonville, has received
| plans for a handsome two-story block
which he contemplates erecting on the lot
where his residence now stands. The
first floor will be divided into stores and
the second floor into fats. Arid & Adams
have also received plans for two-story
block which will be erected en- the lot at
the northwest corner of Main and Forsyth
streets. The first floor will be divided
into stores and the second into Offices
A proposition was received at Jackson
vile by the Episcopal church diocesan
committee appointed to raise funds for
the erection of home for the bishop,
from Trinity parish, st. Augustine, to
erect such home together with q church
Coz ting upwards of 100000 and present
them to the diocese, provided the bishop
will make that CITY his home and head
quarters. The proposition will not be
acted on until Bishop Weed and the ex-
ecutive board have been heard from.
Fernandina News: Our exhibit in Chi
cago has made quite a favorable inn
preston. The large cabbage palms have
| proven an attractive feature a nd much
favorable comment is made on the various
| manufactured articles on exhibition. MIR.
| X. II. Lukenbill, the manager, has ordered
! 1000 more bottles of wine, 1000 bottles of
! pine balsam and 2000 cigars to be sent at
/ once. This is but beginning of the de-
mand for our manufactured articles. Our
| exhibit will no doubt be the means of
| placing our resources and capabilities be-
| fore the public as has never been done be-
| fore
Early Wednesday morning he arose and
reached in closet where he kept the
treatment. There were two bottles in
thr closet, both of which greatly resem-
bled each other. One contained Hunyadi
! water anu bIb OJneE WAS GIdbU C0lOflue
! By mistake he got hold of the latter and
| poured out half goblet. which he drank
before he discovered his mistake His
brother, DIR. II. B. Burroughs, was imme-
! diately called and antidotes were admin
istered to neutralize the poison. The re-
lief proved to be given in time, and the
| doctor is now resting easy, but Is suffer-
! ing from prostration and inflammation of
| the throat and stomach
Orlando Reporter An Orlando man
whose cow gives more milk than is
needed at home sells quart to a neigh
Dor every morning. The latter suspected
that the milk was diluted, and when the
other morning the COW owner, by a mis-
take, used ice water for that purpose, he
gave himself away and his customer
talked" to him He determined that
he should not be caught that way in the
future, 80 the following morning he
poured water into the milk from the ket-
tie on the stove. This made the milk so
hot that the pitcher burned the fingers of
the customer, and trade relations be
tween the neighbors are now ended.
f. NJ. Ramsey of Arredondo appeared
before Judge j. c. Gardner at GAINESVILLE
and swore out a warrant for the arrest of
Perry Lester, Colored, for the burning of
! Z. G.. Ramsey's dwelling in Arredondo on
the night of Wednesday, June g. Mr..
Ramsey has been at work ever since the
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