The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-13
FLORIDA.

fLOhADA
The large mill at Bagdad started up on last
Monday.
Work on the Madison water works will be-
gin by Sept /.
Chafhn & Co s saw mill at Milton is run
ming on full time
The Westville Advocate is the name of
new paper at Westvllle.
The machinery for the Carrabelle railroad
shops has arrived and will be put in position
at once.
The foundation for a new Methodist church
has been laid at High Springs, Alachua cOun-
ty. and work is progressing rapidly.
United States Deputy Marshal J. l.. Ball
arrested free coinage man, who tried to
food Chipley with his spurious coin, one day
last week.
Next week viii be gala week for St. Au-
gustine. The Second battalion epcampmenL
will be there, and many excursions will be
run into the city.
A man, nobody knows his name, came into
Washington county and passed several coun-
terfeit dollars and took his departure before
any one detected him.
Sheriff Pearce OF Leon county arrested at
| Carrabelle on Thursday a negro named Bash
| Branch, who committed murder in Miller
| county, Georgia, June II.
st. Augustine News II Is predicted that
more new settlers will come to Florida this
fall than any two previous seasons combined,
and this estimate is moderate.
About so 900 pounds of wool has been shin
] pcu from Milton TINS week. also, lUUtO pounds
! from Harp station This was the first ship
ment Of wool from that station.
West Florida Journal The enrolment OF
! white teachers in the Mariana Normal
| School is l05. and it is stated on good author
ity that the West Florida Normal is the ban
ner school Of the state.
! small frame house occupied by Win
| Kelley and family, cOlOred, next to John
| Vinzant's new place at Lake City, was partly
consumed by fire about clock Wednesday
! afternoon, the result OF a hot stove pipe.
/ The Ocala high school has enrolled about
/ DIS pupils up TO date, and more are expected
/ daily. The teachers attending are working
/ earnestly and enthusiastically and express
/ themselves wen pleased with the school
| w. d. Wilson, agent of the Southern Elk.
! press Company at Tallahassee, has gone to
/ Apalachtcola to open an ohice for the com
! pany at that place The service will be on
/ on the Carrabelle. Tallahassee and Georgia
railroad to Carrabelle and thence by steamer
to ATalachicola.
| All the buildings on the place known as the
! TAYLOR and English place few miles from
| Brooksvllle was burned to the ground Mon
/ day morning. 1t was there that some of the
| oldest and largest orange trees in the state
we're growing and three OF the stately pho
/ neCrs were killed.
Milton Shane OF Brooksvile one OF last
| year graduates OF the fernando high school
met with an accident at Pablo Beach, where
/ he resides, which came near costing him his
life, lie was out swimming in the surf when
he was attacked by monster shark and it
| was with altliculty that he reached the shore.
| There were twenty six distinct gashes on his
| side,
| Columbia Citizen: Moses Davis, colored
while attempting to escape from the convict
/ camp OF Mcleod, Crawford Co., some miles
| northeast of Lake City Friday last, was shot
| by one of the officers and killed. He had re.
4 Gently escaped and been recaptured, and
when he made The second break for m erty
/ he refused TO halt and was shot. He was sen
| fenced from Duyal county last January for
| eleven years. for what ohense we do not
/ know. No blame is attached TO any one I'm
the connection, 50 far as We are able Ia
learn.
Florida Citizen: II seems 10 be a matter
OF certainty that large number OF Norwe
gians are making preparations TO leave Iowa
and settle In Florida along the ST. Cloud
Sugar Belt railway. between ST. cloud and
NarcOOsee, Mr. Shulson left for Iowa on
Monday last TO perfect the necessary arrange
mcnts. He VIII he away three weeks Severn
Norwegian families are already located. The
fact that many others have decided tocome 30
that section OF the state Is proof enough that
those already there must have a firm belief
/ IN Florida ana her resources. 10 would bC
hard 70 find any other section that offers bet
ter opportunities,
Brookvile star: Those who attended tho
Methodist church last Sunday were very
much interested boy two sermons. or moro
| strictly speaking, lectures by Rev George IL
Bell native OF China, who has been ina
America TWO years attending Emory College
/ at oxford. Ga, preparing himself TO cuttl
| the missionary work In his native country
! Mr.. Bell is very pleasing gentleman an
| interesting talter, and his descriptions ant
! comparisons are odd and sometimes AMUSING
| ltls name DO his native tongue is kia Using
| IsOOng. His father ls am editor which
| iact accounts Tor his smartucss. his grand
father was the first one Of his race who en-
! Tered the Bdptlst ministry.
! Recorder; The family OF Mr. Moses Leslie
| VINO i've north of Madison ON the Naldo-ta
] ROAD were aroused about ~ O'clOck last Tues