The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

Win Wallace Harvey, the poet, lives in
uiet and Ieace at Orlando with his wife.
E. II. Jonet is setting out an eight acre
Lake Weir.
H. Mckee reports the sales OF phosphate OF
the Belleview mines larger than ever before
at this season Of the year.
VIM. Carnegies stable. at Stafford, on Cum
berland Island, was DESTROYED by fire Satur-
day night. Seven horses were burned to death,
$500
In the United States court at Jacksonville
Wednesday morning verdict in favor Of the
plaintin for Sl,055 81 was rendered by the jury
in the case of I. B. Merrill, receiver, VS.. the
Lake City Bank.
A fisherman for V. B. MeIlvaine, of Tampa.
brought in mullet Wednesday that weighed
ten and quarter pounds. None of the hsh-
ermen have ever seen a mullet so large be-
fore. The average mullet weighs only Two to
two and half pounds.
On and after Monday, the goth inst all
passengers for Palm Beach, over the East
Coast line, will be transferred from its boats
~ Jupiter TO It's line now completed from
freight was c)mmenced on the 22d inst.
The 3year-old son of Peter Mccall OF Old
3 Town, a suburb OF Fernandina, who was left
alone In the house, Monday, with q baby ten
months old, got hold OF its fathers musket,
and BY some means the gun was DISCHARGED
the load tearing one OF the baby feet to
pieces.
One OF the tramps now doing duty on the
streets OF Orlando IN working out his ten
days sentence imposed by the mayor,
wednesday morning gathered stock of to-
bacco TO smoke by clearing the Orange
avenue gutter in front OF the San Juan hotel,
of the cigar stumps thrown down by the hotel
guests and passers-by.
An unknown white man. who was under the
influence Of liquor, walked overheard at Jack
sonvfle Wednesday night about 820 o'clock.
at the foot Of Laura street. lie was fshed
out by Purser Alderman and the Waterman,
and calmly started for his boarding house
after refusing to give his name. A white man
named Davis walked overheard at the same
place Tuesday night, and was rescued by the
same parties.
G. NJ. Wing, of Chicago, has bought two
groups OF cypress timber that amount TO over
3OOJ acres. One tract of $50 acres was bought
from the Consumers Street Railway Com
pany, and Is located on the Hills borough
river, the other is on the Little Hillsborough.
Mr.. Wing is lumber man Of large expert
ence and in the near future will engage In a
manufacturing business that will be Of inter
est to Tampa.
Congressman Cooper, of the Jacksonville
district, some time back introduced q bin
changing the boundaries OF the judicial dis
tricts OF Florida. A few nights ago the JACK.
sonville Central Labor Unit met and adopted
change. Wednesday Senator Hoar of Mas
saehusetts introduced in the Senate a resolu-
ton adopted by the Central Labor Unit of
Jacksonville, protesting against the passage
OF the oil to change the boundaries of the
judicial districts of Florida.
Barlow Informant A few days ago good
phosphate deal was cons minated by the sale
OF 2iO acres of land by the American Mining
Company TO Maj. Mclean and Mr. Howe a
brother in-law Of c. q. Memminger The
price paid was $50 an acre and the land lies
TO the west Of Barlow in the great phosphate
belt Maj. Mclean is well known through
Solth Florida as very successful railroad
contractor MI Howe is from Charleston :.
q, originally, but for several years he has
been civil engineer for the Savannah
Florida and Western people These gentle
men Will proceed at once to the erection Of a
plant and begin to mine phosphate at the ear
lest possible date.