The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07

FLORIDA
l The Taylor county democrats VIII hold
I their PRIMARY election On Aug. a.
/ The u.~s.on biz sugar nHl AZ 81 Cloud Is
[ being gotten ready for grinding cane.
5oha =. Taylor an old and esteemed citizen
I Of HlllSl1rClEG county died dag or two El-
More than SIS 90 was paid Qua in wages ia
I six Gtor City cigar factories during the week
I ending saturday.
3 " Suns o. Ococe viii oppose Maj.
{ Marks FOR the state senate. Marks friends
. CD not expect bis candidacy 20 prevent The
I MAJOR s reelection.
senator Jim Mckay has sent Ia his resig-
T nation rs senator from the Tampa district
/ a-d Is has been accepted His successor has
I Lo- yer come 10 the front.
! The municipal election az Plant City comes
. or on Tuesday Aug H. 10 promises to De
/ .utte lively, as there are several candidates
/ e the field Tor the different oriCes.
Judge Broosne has ordered the sale OF the
( san Juan hotel property 90 Orlando. 20 take
Z place Monday, Sept. 3. under decree Of
! foreclosure granted 10 the Portsmouth Trust
I and Guarantee Company.
I Ne-srs TrimlIe & Pyles OF ocaIa consum-
I mated the sale Of 2-O acres of fine phosphate
! land last Friday 20 J. p. D'Heru OF North
I Carolina, the consideration being s24 O1J. The
land is situated near High Springs Ia Alachua
county.
| sheriff Chester Of Quincy is raising a pack
I u fine hound pups with which he purposes
I 10 run 70 earth the lower classes He has
| every evidence Of doing the work expected
( Of them well.
SATURDAY when the tug Isabel was about
! fifteen miles from PaiatSa. towing barge
containing twenty-five carloads of stone for
( the5ettes. the barge sprung leak and went
TO the bottom OF the river Supt. MCPHERSON
with a force OF ten men, left sunday 10 COM
meuce the work OF raising her
The claim OF Mrs. Elizabeth StaFold OF
Sefner for q widow pension vs. the state Of
| Florida, has been fled Mrs. stafford claim
viii doubtless be allowed at once. when she
| win receive $3.50 hack pay There are about
thirty state pensioners in Hillsbor0ugh
county, the men receiving 80 per month and
the windows sl25O.
At Palatka Saturday Mr. Brow. the fore
nan OF the street gang while making eVcava-
4 ton on First street, near the Presbyterian
church. dug UP the bones OF a human being
The bones are supposed 10 be those of an In
dian. khe teeth are worn down very close TO
the lawbOne, showing them 10 be the remains
of very old person.
Monticello News. A reporter saw couple
Of cOlored boys at work digging out a gopher
hole, and stopped few minutes to see what
would be the consequence. when they eX-
traCted three 5kunks killing the same and
carried them home to eat saying they were
as good for food as chicken. From the scent
they were well Favored and would need no
onions.
The pugilistic event OF the season was wit
messed by large number of the city sports
OF Ocala about one mile south Of Ocala, in
weight champion Of the Brick City. knock
ing ont his antagonist, SlOman Moody in
seven rounds, The fight took place IN a 20
loot ring and was according to the Queens
berry rules.
The democrats OF Columbia county VIII
nominate officers by a majority vote at pri-
mary elections The convention required
each candidate 70 pledge himself to with
draw from the race after the first eecuon In
the event they were not one Of the two re-
celVing the highest number Of votes for the
once sought. The candidates have agreed TO
this, and 80 state In their announcements.
The First battalion Is now in camp at Pablo
Beach. The camp is called. Camp Woodruff
IN honor OF the camp instructor The cOmDa-
MES IN camp are the ST Augustine Rifles,
Metropolitan Light Infantry ofVacksonville,
st Augustine Guards. and the Jacksonville
Light Infantry. GOV Mitchell Is expected to
spend this week at the camp. He viii be &C
companted by Adjutant General Houston and
perhaps several other members Of his stan.
Three bonds OF 81 600 each have been filed
with Mayor w. 5. NJ. Pinkham by the st
Augustine Electric Railway Company TO be-
GIN operations on their railroad within ninety
days, and the bouds have been accepted The
of1icers Of the company are as follows. z. NJ.
Homes. president; J. x. Rainey, vice presi-
dent Charles Sperry, secretary and treas.
urer, and T. w Jackson general manager
Work will begin on the road as soon as the
estimates, which are being received, are all
IN hand and accepted which will be in about
thirty days.
The dead body N Lot Daniels who lived
near Levy Lake was found Saturday morning
in slough near the easg end OF Kanapacha
Lake, ave or six miles east Of Archer filled
with gunBhOt wounds. II seems that he left
home Friday afternoon, saying that he was
going hunting. Not returning home az night
search was made and hts body was found as
related above He appeared TO have been
shot some considerable distance away and
the body had evidently been dragged to the
spot where 1t was found for concealment.
No CleW as yet to the murderer.
fv'a
Saturday and passed OF quietly. A heavy
vote was polled, and much work was done by
the various candidate and their friends. The
returns are in from all but two small pre-
eincts, and the indications are that the fol
lowing are the nominees. For member of
assembly w, d. Finlayson; for clerk circuit
court r NJ Colsm; for collector OF taxes, II.
- Lloyd Tor assessor or taxes, T. j. PreVatt;
for treasurer, 7. W. Stands. The county is
in favor OF a railroad commission, and the
nominee Is pledged to its support.
At New Smyrna the colored people are
having revival attended by a great deal Of
excitement. says the Breeze. AT the services
Sunday night one Of the men got his Gun OF
happiness hlled to overlooking and became
unconscious He was apparently in a trance
and all efforts TO arouse him proved uusuc-
cesstul he was laid away in the rear OF the
church, where he remained in a lethargic
state for about twenty-fOur hours, the two
services which were held In the meanwhile
not seeming to disturb him. He was aroused
by the services on Monday night, and awoke
H. Waite OF Waite Station, Alachua county.
is at Ocala communicating the sale OF 2sO
acres Of phosphate land for s26, 600 Mr. Waite
has been very successful in this line. He
came from the old Tar Heel state several
years ago TO embark In the turpentine bust
ness IN Aiachua cOunty-Dut in this time he
has disposed Of some $4,000 worth OF realty.
Owing to the wet weather Mr. Waite says
many Of the phosphate mines are so troubled
with water that mining has been temporarily
suspended in Alachua county The Early Bird
phosphate mine in the nelghbOrhood of that
name, is the only one running. All the rest
are closed on account OF high water
Palmetto News The visit OF Messrs NJ
f. Gillette and r r. Young here last week
meant utfe purchase of large amount Of land
by the Aanatee Lemon Company, OF which
Mr., Gluetteels manager, The places OF w.
II. Harrison, T.. =. Harllee, George Roberts
/ d. W Gidett Grifln and Flanigan, covering
about $50 acres, we're purchased. We have
been Informed that the company proposes to
get this land In condition at once 70 plant
lemons. and that 20 900 will be planted out
this winter. This viii be the largest lemon
grove in the world The purchase OF the ell
lett place carries with it, OF course the wharf
and warehouse, giving the company its own
privileges and advantages in that way. The
company already has about $50 acres In
lemons.
A young white man named Wesley Stearns
who assisted in loading the British steam.
ship Teutonic, az Pensacola, with q cargo OF
merchandise for Havana, had a narrow es.
cape from a horrible death The loading was
finished about 3 O'Clock saturday and