The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19

to he a good one this year.
! The clipped head fad which has struck Or
] lando bids fair 10 become epidemic.
The South Florida railroad has been com
| PEELED to put on extra trains in that section
! TO handle the large shipment OF phosphate.
StiI another robbery took place THURSDAY
night in Jacksonville and this time the
thieves got away with S7 in cash and gold
! watch.
The engines on the East Coast Line have
/ been draped IN mourning the past week for
| Engineer Root, who died at his home in Jack
| sonvtlle Wednesday, Aug. 8.
At the song service to be given at Trinity
| church. Jacksonville. Sunday night by the
! Epworth League Miss Norma BrOadhurst OF
! Augusta 9 a.. will sing a soprano 500, Not
] Ashamed Of Christ
The trial OF the Brvans for assault on DR..
| Bouchelle and OF several OF the participants
| in burning the Breeze issues, for riot was
| called on wednesday at DeLand, but the
! cases were continued.
Friday afternoon at Palatka mad dog got
! into L. c. Canoya house, and for while
had things his own way Fortunately. II. W.
Mabry happened TO pass and put bullet in
the dogs brain before anyone was hurt.
The Melbourne Times states that in drilling
an artesian well at that place lately sharks
teeth, with portions OF the lawbOne attached.
were found 200 feet down. Clean shells and
! coral rock were found at depth OF 100 feet.
Sheriff Chester Of Quincy is raising a tine
pack Of hound pups with which he purpose to
run to earth the lower classes. He has been
training them on TRUSTEES. and thew give every
| evidence OF doing the work expected OF them
| well
The tax rate for Jackson county this year is
| IA mills, 81 for state, and S4 for county,
| decline in four years Of 1874 mills or sls5 on
the 800 of property 1t is said jackson
county has the lowest rates OF taxation in the
| state.
During the storm Friday Mr.. Allen OF Al
toona was struck by lightning and killed.
| tree was struck near Col. Martins house at
Eustis A pine was struck al Fort Mason,
set on fire and the ground was torn up all
around,
| The Jacksonville division uniform rank
! Knights OF Pythias is going 10 create a sensa-
! tion at the big encampmeut in Washington
| next week. They are going there wearing
| waite duck CAPS, on top OF which viii be
! stuffed baby alligator.
Count H. Roy and Duke NJ. Francess, two
| titled and wealthy Frenchmen OF Paris, ar.
! rived at Tampa Thursday night from New
| York registering at the Almeria. They took
/ passage on the Mascotte for Havana whence
they will go to Mexico.
| One evening last week Aldrich Braddock Of
/ Denver, says the Crescent City Philosopher
/ killed near his place large rattesuake 5
! feet long inches around. weight five pounds
| having nine rattles. He killed two more
/ snakes the same evening.
The little son of Charles Humphrey near
| Orlando was bitten in the side of the foot by
/ a spreading adder last week The limb was
| greatly increased in size. but the bite did not
/ prove fatal and the little fellow is now raj
lying from the effects OF it.
The Gainesville Sun announces that the
/ Southern Florida Railroad Company have l5O
/ men at work extending their road to Wau-
| burg Lake. They have the track graded for
| nearly two miles, and the road will be com
| pleted In about three weeks
! Messrs. Willis and j. w. Peacock OF Haw-
| thorn were in Gainesville Thursday, says the
! sun Of that pla o. The latter has recently
! sold his orange crop for 81 per box on the
trees He will have about 200 boxes This is
! big advance over last year when his
! oranges scarcely netted him 30 cents per box.
A few days ago when the tug Isabel was
/ about fifteen miles from Palatka, towing a
! large containing twenty-five carloads Of
stone for the jetties, the barge sprung leak
! and went to the bottom Of the river. Supt
! Mcpherson, with force Of ten men. left
! Sunday to commence the work OF raising her.
Dunnelon Is hardly ever without sensa-
! tion of q shooting nature. The elements
/ belonging TO the Afro-American party are
( always practicing on one of their color. A
| few nights ago John Gent attempted to take
/ the life OF Ed Martin by perforating his spinal
column. Ed still lives Gent took French
leave.
At Palatka few days ago. the foreman of
the street gang, while making excavations on
/ First street, near the Presbyterian church.
| dug up the bones of human being The
bones are supposed to be those Of an Indian.
/ The teeth are worn down yerv close to the
1awbone, showing them 30 be the remains of a
| very old person.
The pugilistic event OF the season was wit
l Messed by a large number or the city sports
OF Ocala, in which Irvine Blggs proved to be
the light weight champion Of the Brick city,
knocking out his antagonist Sloman Moody
in seven rounds. The fight took place in a
twenty foot ring and was according TO the
Queensberry rules.
About two weeks ago a man named Jockey
created quite disturbance at Sarasota by
getting drunk and beating young boy, and
then detytng arrest and menacng the sheriff
with a loaded double barreled gun. Finally
when taken ~ strategy, he cursed the court
and fred OF his gun putting the whole load
in the floor just in front of the judges desk
Citizen: The proposed railroad from OCala
to Silver Springs Park and thence TO Silver
Springs is exciting great deal Of comment
II appears that S25 COS has been raised by
some OF the principal people OF Ocala, and
they say that unless the remainder OF the
sum necessary TO build the road is raised al
the park they will build the road direct from
Ocala to Silver Springs and leave this place
out.
The prospecting Of the Inverness lands
! Citrus county, by parties from Charleston, )
Q continues with good results One OF the
finest deposits in this section OF the phos
pha'e belt has been developed near the Jail
I This deposit shows an area OF two acres
another deposit just south of town shows a
, deposit or one ana half acres. One pit or
this deposit Is now thirtv-fOur feet deep,
showing thirty-two feet Of rock ana gravel
stock company has been formed at De
Land with a capital OF So 900 for the manu-.
featuring Of ice and TO establish a cold stor.
age building. The company is incorporated
and officers will be elected. There are eighty
, shares, and a out all OF them have ueer
taken. The stockholders OF the company are
} Messrs, Il. Limbaugh, II. c. Uearbon and
Morris Sherman OF Jacksonville, William
Dunn, r. ID. Macdonald, r. w. Jamison d
F. Jamison ana Hiram Waters OF DeLand.
Citizen: The annual report OF the United
J States bureau o. statistics, Just published
I shows marked Increase in the
! foreign trade OF tine south-a much greater
J per cent. than that OF any other section OF the
/ country. The foreign trade OF the port OF
Jacksonville has heretofore been very small
, most Of the business being coastwise but the
report just issued shows that the foreign nusi
ass is rapidly increasing. In 1898 Il was oulS
c6s,24l, while for the fiscal year ending june
, 30, 1894 IL was Sl03O96, an increase OF nearly
30 per cent.
Nolusia County Record: As to an orange
o crop, DeLand is strictly IN 10 this year
Groves which have been well cared for In thi,
section arc loaded with fine frui,. The pine
ridge east OF the st. Johns river from Buffalo
3 Bun to Orange City, has the big crop this
year rake II as whole and we are told that
10 beats anything In the orange belt The or
anRe sections IN Marion, Sumter and Lake
heretofore producing the big per cent. OF the
crop OF lrmt, have comparatively few oranges
TINS year Buyers are beginning to report
that the crop Will be I'm excess of last years
crop, but the reports from other parties In d
position 20 know do not sustain the opinion OF
the buyers.
Z Times The residents OF Tampa are com.
planning OF frequent visits from thieves and
| mlQulEht providers. Egyprnl NIGHTS nyo 4,