The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-05

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FLORIDA.
The Palmer building in Braidentown is
being fitted up as a hotel
Last month there were 17ST7 tons of
phosphate shipped from Port Tampa.
Madison's loss by the change in the
method Of apportioning the state school
fund will be near $1,000 yearly.
William Laughton, an old resident of
! Bagdad, died at his home in that place
last Sunday at the age Of Il years.
1t is reported that J. B. Gaines of the
criminal court Of record of Lake county
has handed in his resignation as judge
of the court to take effect this month.
Ed Ockels. Tampa painter, who went
to Washington as one of the Knights of
| Pythias, the Times says, has never re-
turned to settle about 500 in debts due
merchants there.
Denver Ed Smith," the famous pugil-
list, says he has established his home
| in Pensacola and expects soon to engage
in business there. He thinks that city
a fine location for sporting headquarters.
While cutting cheese on Saturday last
T. 5. Hearin of the firm Of Love d
Hearin Of Quincy by an accidental up
ward slip of the knife seriously cut his
eye. He had a very narrow escape from
losing the eye entirely.
The officers Of the Chipley Light In
fantry Of Pensacola had squads of men
on the streets Thursday night to arrest
and bring in members of the company
who persistently neglect to attend meet
ings and drills BY this means a quo
rum was obtained for Thursday nights
meeting.
Manatee Advocate: The little child of
c. c. CLANCY. that swallowed a water
melon seed some time ago and whose
life had been despaired of-the seed hav-
ing gone down the left bronchial tube,
too deep for an operation tc be performed,
was taken the other day with a severe
spell of coughing and coughed the seed
up. The child is rapidly improving.
Manatee Advocate: The potato crop
has suffered to some extent from the cat
| terpillar, whole fields being in some in
| stances stripped of leaves. w. D. Payne,
who recently made a visit to Tampa, re.
ports the oak scrub along the road as
being full Of them. In many places they
! were in such numbers that the wagon
wheels would crush thousands of them
Quincy Herald: Bonnie, the S-year-old
son Of Mrs. A. M. Wilcox, met with an ac-
cident yesterday, which might have had
serious consequences. The boy climbed
upon chair, near which stood a loaded
shotgun; slipped from the chair, and his
foot struck the hammer of the gun, dis
charging the load of shot into the wall.
! The muzzle OF the gun struck the boy in
! the face, cutting a deep cash, and at first
it was feared that he had shot himself.
Tavares Herald: George A. Butler of
| Tavares a few days ago received most
| unexpected letter informing him that
/ Miss Catherine Smith of England had died
( and left a large sum of money, the inter
/ est to be paid to his aunt in Nassau dur
! ing her life, and after her death the
| principal to be divided equally between
! him ana his brother, Malcolm, who re-
sides in Texas. Mr.. Butler has not the
/ remotest idea who Miss Smith is, and
never had heard of her until the receipt
| of this letter AS his aunt is past 20
years of age, it is not likely that he and
! his brother will be kept a great many
years out of their legacy.
Mrs. Mary Ann Whitney Of Edna, Jack
| son county, Tex, has written to Thomas
| C. Watson. prominent real estate dealer
| Of Pensacola, for information of her 1S-
| year-old grandson, Lafayette Ward, or
! called. She says that he was on the fish
ing boat Anna, belonging to a. J. Murat
! Of Apalachicola, which was lost at Sand
| Island during the tropical hurricane on
/ Oct. s. None Of the dead bodies found on
the island after the storm could be identi-
fed. as they had been in the water too
| long, but she writes that young Ward
! could be easily identified, as he had two
thumbs on his left hand, and his right
thumb was crooked. Mrs. Whitney hopes
that he has been rescued, and is exceed
ingly anxious to obtain information of
him.
AT Green Cove Springs, about 10 o'clock
Friday night. a negro boy named Spencer
| Bell, porter for the sheriff, shot Sim
mons, another negro. Bell, it seems,
had the love Of negro woman who had
been sentenced TO thirty days imprson-
ment and was confined in the old jail.
For some reason not explained the porter
and woman had been up town, and an
other young colored beau appeared upon
the scene, known by the name Of Cling
Simmons. The porter had warned Sim
mons repeatedly not to interfere with his
jail-bird and when Simmons approached
Bell leveled his gun and fired four shots,
two taking effect. one In the abdomen,
cutting the intestines in several places.
When surgical operation was performed
II was thought doubtful II he could sur
vive. Bell is now I'm Jail
Plans arc being drawn by Architect Mil
Ter for a $4,000 club and opera house for
West Tampa 10 be built Immediately
IT. c. McFarlane has donated two hnc
lots on the corner east of the Kauuitl
. building, lots 10 and II OF block SON a guar.
antee from the manufacturers OF West
Tampa that a $4,000 club house will bc
. built thereon. The house will be built b.,
the Socielad Patriotica Cespedos de West
Tampa ana win be conveniently arranged
for various purposes. The building vii
have "a frontage Of 100 feet and will be ST
feet deep. The first floor will have five
store rooms, every one OF which is al
ready rented An opera house and clul
rooms win occupy the second story and
the third VIII be large hall for the use
ot their lodges and societies. a schoo
room win bo az the rear Of The stores on
the fret floor
o.. n. j. Summers. United States district
attorney Tor tho Southern district OF Flor.
iaa. hJH received from The Attorney Cen.
eral 0f tha United States hIs appointment
aH arautaut district attorney of the Unit
lel states court Tor tHe EHHtprn district
nf louisiana This appointment mean.
nat Judge Simmons iH 10 represent tha
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