The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-10
FLORIDA.


A. G. Masters OF Kiss mmee, has shipped
his stock OF groceries TO Waldo and will move
back there and engage in business again.
Efforts are being made for the various prop
erty owners to combine and build a solid
block OF brick stores from the bank to Fell S
brick block at Kissimmee.
1t IS reported at ST. Augustine that H. M.
Flagler will take an entire rest during most
OF the coming summer and will spend his
time cruising on his palace yacht Alicia.
AT Pensacola Saturday, while unloading
ballast from a vessel lately arrived from LiV-
erpool, the workmen found the lower jaw
bone OF man, in which seven teeth remain.
The body Of Walsh Scott the colored man
supposed to have fallen overheard from the
steamship Seminole last Tuesday night was
found floating in the river at Jacksonville
Saturday.
The 5-year-old son Of Joseph Vaughn mar
rowly escaped death Saturday morning. He
was terribly gored by a cow being almost en-
tirely scalped He was attended by DR.. Izlar
who says that the wounds are not necessarily
dangerous.
A company called the Rockledge Railway
and Improvement Company was organized in
Rockledge last Wednesday. The railway will
be narrow gauge, and viii run along the
river front from Rockledge to Coouina. II
will carry light freight and passengers.
The cigar factories of Key West are all
running at full force. and even thus are I'M
able, IT is said, to keep up with their orders.
their determination to conduct business on a
more extensive scale and are making plans
TO secure better accommodations.
Thereremains only about S25 000 in claims
against the First National Bank which have
not been signed by depostors. A few of
these non -signers are those residing at dis
tance, some Of whom the resumption com.
mittee have not been enabled TO reach but
strange TO say the majority OF them reside
in and around Orlando and the county.
The city council at Gainesville has at last
effected a compromise with p. o. Hebert, the
water works contractor, in reference to the
interest on the bonds, by allowing Mr.. He
bert interest on 81 900 worth of bonds from
Dec. l, 1893. This virtually settles the diff
ferences between the city OF Gainesville and
the water works contractor. Only the bill for
extra work and material remains to be set
tied.
Friday two children of Mr. Hammond
living near Apopka, by some means got hold
OF some strychnine and ate it. Some mem
Der OF the family upon going to the barn, in
the rear OF the Hammond house, found one OF
the children, age about years dead and
the other about II years old in violent spasms
A doctor was at once sent for and the suf
terer was somewhat relieved, but it is mo-
expected that the child can survive.
Ocala Capitol: AS an evidence that there
Is still lots OF money in circulation In this
part of Florida, we cite one or two interest
ing figures viz: The First National bank OF
this city pays out to phosphate miners an aV
erage of $4,000 per month, and to cigar man
ufacturers OF Marti City an average Of q 400
The Merchants National pays out to phos
phate miners an average OF $4,000 and q
cigar manufacturers of Marti City 81, 900.
James Sullivan and Thomas jenkins two
white men, were towing a small boat up the
river near Fernandina last Monday. Sullivan
was alone in a smaller boat, and while stand
ing up ne accidentally overbalanced his boat
which caused him 10 be precipitated into the
water. He sank Immediately out of sight
Parties have been engaged continually drag
ging in the vicinity of where he was drowned
| but up to last accounts they had not sue
ceeded in finding the body. sullivan was I'm
married and about 10 years old.
Orlando Reporter; On Monday, February
20, while Walter Thomas, a lad II year.
old, son of j. G. Thomas. on Church street
was playing bali with some of his mates he
being the catcher, the ball having beer
batted, struck him on the left eye with sucf
force as to produce nausea and vomiting. He
was carried home. when for week he con
tinued TO have spells of vomiting especially
II he attempted to eat. He also did not care
TO stir about much, preferring to lie down
most OF the time. This continued until tn,
following sunday when the parents becam,
uneasy about his condition and called DIR
Lanphcar who, upon examination, elected thu
| foregoing statement, and also found the Lao
with pulse Of only sixty beats per minute
which was at least twenty hve less than i
should be. An examination of the injured eve
showed the iris dilated almost to It's fulleS
extent, as IS seen under the influence O
atropine, or at death. A strong light thrown
/ upon the eye would not produce the least con
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