The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04

An ice factory is to be built at Eau
| Gallie and another at Palm Beach on the
| east coast.
e. e. Foster, weIl-known printer Of
| Jacksonville, has purchased the Way
cross, Ca, Headlight.
| The application of DR.. T. A. La Far for
| appointment as collector of customs at
Pensacola has been filed at Washington.
! A lot of White Niagara grapes, sent
| from Orlando to New York, has just been
! reported to the shipper as having realized
| 81 90 per crate in that city.
| John II. Mills, of F,ernandina, received
! Friday his commission as marine hospital
| keeper for that district. This is Mr..
| Mills third term, he having been APP
| pointed twice by a republican administra-
ton and now by the democratic.
! There was a shooting scrape between
two negroes at the Standard phosphate
mine, near Archer, on Friday night. One
| of the belligerants.received a bullet in the
mouth which passed out back of the left
ear, and from which the wounded man is
not likely to recover.
| The phosphate shipments at Fernandina
! fell far below the estimate for June,
amounting to only 2,946 tons. There are
| ing shipment. The lumber shipments
show an increase over previous months,
being over 2, 0O0,0 900 feet.
| G. L. Taber, of Jacksonville, proprie-
| tor of the famous Glen ST. Mary fruit
farm and nurseries, is now shipping great
| quantities of peaches, grapes, pears and
Kelsey and Burbank plums The fruit is
! splendid, rich, large and juicy, delicious
in flavor and perfect in form and color.
Thursday night robbers broke through
! the window of the Southern Express com
| pany's office at Apopka and carried away
| three packages, in one of which was q
| watch. The aggregate value of the stolen
! goods is placed at $40. The officers are in
! search of the robber, or robbers, but al
last accounts mad not made capture.
Col. Q. d. Shepherd, of Orlando, has
| invented n combination snow and sand
| shoe for horses, and has applied for let
| ters patent on same. 1t is made of good
| steel plate rolled into a hollow groove
! open at the bottom, and so arranged with
| adjustable steel pieces at the heel and toe
! for snow shoes, or when taken out, is eX
| cellently adapted for use in Florida sand
! All horsemen who have seen the shoe
pronounce it a success from the start
| Peter Carroll, white, a watohman al
the navy yard, had hearing at Pensacola
| Friday before United States Commits
| sioner Potter, on two charges of assault
and battery, the persons assaulted beinl
two white boys, John and Charles Rance
| After hearing the evidence the commits
sioner held the defendant for trial at tn,
! next term of the United States court, re
! quiring bail of $500 in one case and 500 il
the other. Carroll furnished the required
bail and was released.
Saturday Deputy Sheriff Vinzant anC
Acting Chief of Police Gruber of jackson
ville searched the trunk of Philip Lud
wig, the white man who was arrested
some days ago charged with stealing
! clock from negro woman, and fount
| therein queer collection of stolen arti
Giles, all of which were almost valueless
| Among other things was a dog collar will
DR. r. NJ. Nolan's name on it. Knives
forks and spoons of very cheap qualities
were found in abundance. II is the belief o
the officer that Ludwig is a kleptomaniac
Last Tuesday morning Mr.. Fairbanks
the city electrician of Madison, had occas
ion to climb one of the poles on the soutl
side of the square, and when near the TOP
the pole being rotten at the bottom, brolS
and fell TO the ground with him. Nh
Fairbanks took in the situation in a mo
ment, and tried TO free himself from tn
falling pole, but his climbing spurs wer
imbedded, and as he jumped his feet still
chung TO the pole, and he fell to tn,
ground, distance of about twenty-five
feet, the pole falling across his legs above
the knees. With the exception of being
badly, shaken up and slightly bruise
about the body, he was not injured.