The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03

FLORIDA
Gooche Howard, middle-aged cOlored
man Of Gainesville, was drowned in Green
sink Saturday while IN bathing
The Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road Company Will run excursion trains on
July and TO all points on their lines.
Tom Branch, son of J, \. ID. Branch was
Instantly KILLED by lightning at Thirty Mile
run, eighteen miles north Of Tampa, Satur-
day.
new postonlce has been established be
tween hogue and Lacrosse, which viii be
known as Holey. Mrs. F. +. Cullon has been
appointed postmaster
Mrs. l.. L. Crane has sold to Frederic A
Gee, OF Fan River, Mass, forty acres of land
Tor 81 800 The tract adJoins and was formerly
part of Thomas Jackson ) place
1t IS rumored that the business Of the
Louisiana Lottery Com pany. since its re
moVaI to Port Tampa Is not as good a. for
merry and that the company viii move it's
headquarters back to New Orleans
1t is said that more land has been cleared
up and put in cultivation around Oakland this
year than ever before in the same length of
time Vegetables, oranges. and grapefruit
claim their propotionate shares of the area
L. n. Smell, who was engaged in the saw
mill business at X issuance for a long time
but several months ago moved his mill a few
niles mp the railroad toward Orlando whore
he could get larger body Of timber. made an
assignment last saturday to J. w. Emerson
Of Apopka.
Last Tuesday night the post ONCE at Bag
DAD was entered and some money was taken
Since then the clerk II. b. Meeker has Eeen
quietly working up the case. Last night
Sheriff Collins arrested Nose CeAphus "a
young cOlOred man who had tried to get a
large number OF pennies changed to quarters
Since his arrest Ceaphus has confessed and
will be held for trial
During a rain and thunderstorm at Arcadia
Friday afternoon. John DriEgers who WORKS
at the Arcadia phosphate works took shelter
under tree in Superintendent w. W Clark :
NarQ. The tree ~frugl< NV inn
knocking Driggers senseless and burning him
terribly down the back and on the arms Doe
tors were immediately summoned and there
Is hopes of his recovery.
The friends Of Hon s NJ. Sparkman. chair.
man Of the state democratic executive com
mlttee have urged him for some time 10
allow his name used before the First district
congressl0nal convention 10 assemble July l6.
al Monticello. Mr. Sparkman has been
seriously considering the matter and
promised them an early reply. 1t is
candidate before the convention.
Orlando Reporter. Orlandoi:es are deter.
mined TO keep up the reputation of the civ
as the home OF inventive genius The most
recent triumph is that Of r NJ Bennett HIS
happy stroke ls the production OF what he
calls nut lock. 1t is well known to track
men ana rolling stock builders that one ureat
expense OF maintaining and operating a rail
road line is that Of keeping nuts ttght on tho
bolts that hold the plates together on rail
joints and probably millions Of dollars are
expended annually in Tightening Uu ran Joint
nuts that are continually shaken lose hv The
action Of the car wheel in passing over them
The same trouble occurs with nuts on
bolts that hold the timbers of cars together
Mr.. Benefits nut lock entirely OBJ
V1dteS this trouble. 1t consists OF an :
shaped spring with hooked points reaching
from one to another OF pair OF bolts and
working in notches made in each of the
shoulders Of the heXagonal shaped nuts
When the spring is placed upon the nuts that
work on the palr of bolts at the junction OF
rails and the wrench is applied. the points o.
the spring drop into the notches of the nut
and hold them fast at the desired tension and
no amount OF lotlng or twisting Will cause
the bolt 10 sacken The inventor, who has ap-
piled for a patent is almost certain to have a
windfail. as his invention is bound to be uni
Versally adopted.