The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-25
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Z BOTL upa Will SAlb aNpJV TONS OF plLu1
/ phate in August. This will be more than
/ any port has ever shipped before.
/ The amateur club OF Sarasota will play the
| drama Among the Hreakers' al Sarasota
| church on the evening Of Aug. 81, 1884,.
! T. O. Gibbons fine dog was bitten on the
! chin BY q large snake at Orlando Thursday.
/ The prompt application OF remedies saved
/ his life. but his head swelled up to nearly
/ twice its normal proportions.
! Manatee Journal: The sloop Mermaid.
/ Capt Skies, was struck by lightning lately
I and two planks torn OF her bow. Wire rig
ging offers great Inducements 70 lightning
! and il is remarkable that this accident is not
/ often repeated.
/ President Brumby OF the Ocala Merchants
National Bank had close call from an ulcer
/ ated tooth Thursday. DR.. Izlar was sent for
and administered chlOrOfOrm TO extract II.
] The patient got an overdose and it was some
/ time before he could be revived.
During the storm last Monday night at
/ Jacksonville, one Of the inCandescent dyua-
| mos al the electric light station, was struck
| by one Of the heavy bolts Of lightning. and
| twenty-five coils Of the armature were burned
out. The damage will amount 10 $500
The Escambia county board OF health has
| been notified by Surgeon General Wyman
! that the refugee station at ship Island is
/ authorized to be re-estahlshe1 by q recent
act Of Congress, and that hereafter all Injected
vessels arriving at this port may be sent to
ship Island
BY recent act of congress the commission
| ers OF Escamhia county and Of the ad dining
county of Baldwin. Ala5ama, we're authorized
TO construct a bridge across the PerdidO
river The commissioners have voted to
build the bridge, and a site has been selected
near Muscogee.
Tuesday night at Jacksonville thieves
| forced an entrance into the poultry house Of
l.. 4. CanOva 4 Bro, on Ocean street, and
stole theIefrom two shrimp nets valued at
SIG; also a pocketDooI. containing a few
cents and n number OF receipts. No chick
ems were taken.
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factory set fire to the roof Of the restaurant
next door TO the factory Thursday about
o clock p. m. There were about a dozen
Cubans in the restaurant, which is kept by
Luis Cespedes. They ran out crying fran
tically: "Fuego! fuego' aqua aqua
small sailbao containing pleasure
party OF four gentlemen was capsized In Pen
sacOla bay thursday afternoon. The Occu-
pants were thrown into the water but sue
ceeded in holding on TO the upturned boat I'M
I'll they were rescued by Capt Broadbent and
a few members OF his crew from the life-sav-
ing station.
The constant improvement of the proper
ties OF BTaidentown the many palm trees
lately planted the continuation OF sidewalks,
the costly and important she'll road, have
elected the kindly comment that recent i'm
provements in your town display remarkable
enterprise" a compliment which is earnestly
appreciated.
Clarence Saunders and H w. Caldwell OF
Jacksonville win leave next week for Massa
Chusetts, where they will enter the bicycle
races at w ltnam ana Sprl0gUelu. NJ DOIA OF
Wnlch meets the prizes are diamonds, Tor the
most part Doubtless they both will return
home with many "sparklers' as trophies OF
their good running
The Terraeeia Phosphate Company OF Bar
tow launched last week a new dredge, carry
ing two l25-horse power boilers and engines.
Two Cameron pumps, two1nch suction pipes,
are cto be used. When the machinery is
placed, this Will increase their capacity more
than double. The hydraulic method is used
in their mining process.
Levy Times Democrat: The citizens of
Cedar Keys are very much in earnest about
closing, not only the barroOms, but every
blind tiger that may exist in the county, and
meeting is called there for Sept 1 for that
purpose. 1t requires moral stamina to fac
this matter squarely, and ii should be the
pride of every good citizen to aid in UNFOLDING
the law.
Tuesday night in East Jacksonville. about
$50 o'clock, slot machine containing about
}3 worth Of candy and chewing gum and the
proceeds OF the day in coppers was missed
from the door of Fairlies drug store corner
OF East Bay street and Florida avenue. 1t is
believed that this was the work of half-grown
boys, who stole the mac hine: robbed IL Of its
contents ana threw the apparatus away.
For two weeks beginning Sept. 6, four com
panles OF infantry from Titusvtlle Arcadia,
Key West and Tampa, attended by the Fifth
Battalion Band Will camp at Ballast Point.
below Tampa, for drill, target practice etc.
Tampa is arranging TO accommo late great
host OF visitors from surrounding towns. with
which excursions will be arranged on days
when the exercises will be most important
The arrest at Palatka Of X. c. Scott who Is
city treasurer Of Jacksonville and W. H. Nc
Curdy, well-known citizen there, on a war
rant sworn out by b, w. Hevenston, a dele
gate from Suwannee, charging them with
forcibly OBTAINING and imprlsonining him
for the purpose of compelling him TO vote in
favor of the Independents in DuvaI county,
has created intense excitement, and has been
almost the sole topic of conversation for a
| day or two past
The Pensacola Boat Club has arranged for
| races for single and double souls, half mile
and return, Aug. 30 at p. m. The races Will
| be pulled over a course laid out on Bayou
! Texas, and the start will be made from the
| boathouse at Eagle Point. The prize for the
! double scull race will he beautiful medal,
| and for the single scull race handsome sill
| yer cup. The members Of the club are prac-
! ticing daily, and it is certain that the events
will prove highly interesting.
very important enterprise which has been
| lately projected at Palmetto is the tramway
! OF Col j. N. StrSbhar 1t has been the mis-
! fortune Of the growers in the great ham
! mocks back Of Palmetto that the several
| wharves were only reached by very sandy
| roads Col. Strobhar has lately purchased
! the Hendrix wharf, aud is making prepare
| lions TO lay tramway several miles hack
| into the country. AS the hammock proper
| extends six miles back from the river at this
point 1t will be seen that this is a very i'm Dor
! tant enterprise.
A building boom seems to have struck Mel
! bourne. wo new stores OF Messrs. Fee and
Nelson are nearly completed. They are each
! twenty-five by fifty feet and will be fitted for
| family use on the second door. L. d. Lock
| wood has new house well under way Work
| was commenced Thursday on a new parSon
| age for the Congregational church. 1t VIII be
| situated in the rear OF the church on Second
! street. II. W. GoOde will commence at once
the erection OF a new building at the lower
| end OF New Haven avenue. Goode & Hogs
will occupy the lower room as a real estate
| Office.
1t is rumored in Jacksonville military
| circles that the first sergeant Of the st
! Augustine Guards viii be court-martialeC
within week. The charges, 1t Is rumored
| are that he insulted another sergeant while
| he was on duty, and also behaved very m
] gentlemanly at the mess table at Pablo
Beach. Another rumored charge is that hi,
behavior at St..Augustine in uniform was un
! becoming a gentleman and soldier. The
| charges were preferred while the Pablo caml
/ was in progress, but were not in military
| shape. They are now being drawn up cor
recty, and will probably be ready in a few
| days
Tits a matter OF accident and good fortune
I that the town OF BradentOwn Is not now In
! ashes. tuesday morning, with an uncom.
| monty strong wind blowing from the north.
! west Frank Johnson who was hauling sand
! in the vicinity OF STATIONS mill, noticed
| smoke sin from the roof. Climbing on the
roof, he found the structure on hre and ex
| tingushed IL with dificulty. In few min
utes more the mill would have been in d
! blaze, and, considering the strength and al
rection Of the wind ana that the blaze would
not have been noticed until beyond control
II is certain that the business portion OF the
town would have been entirely wiped ont