The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13
FLORIDA.

Nineteen ships. mostly foreign, are at
Carrabele; all for lumber and timber
There has been no rain at Carrabelle
for about two months, and it is needed
very much.
Boats are benig placed on the lake at In
verness to facilitate mining phosphate in
the rich beds recently discovered al that
place.
trotting down the principal street at Car
rabelle and Tom Chason shot him from
his window
The Partridge homestead at ApaIachi-
cola was sold Monday at public sale.
John Cook was the purchaser, and 81, 500
was the price paid for the property.
Col. Morris of Phoenix, who went to
considerable expense. to secure blood
hounds to chase convicts, was a little sur
prised a few mornings since to find that
one of his TRUSTEES had taken his depar-
ture and carried the dogs with him.
The semi-annual convention of the Levy
and Alachua county Christian Endeavor
union, which has been in session at Haw-
thorn for the past three days, adjourned
on Sunday evening. The meeting was the
most successful one held since the organ
ization of the union.
Undertaken Bunting is in receipt of a
dispatch stating that the wife of r 3.
Donnelly, who died at st. Augustine Sat
urday afternoon, is also dead having died
Sunday at her home in Brooklyn. The
telegram asked that Mr.. Bunting ship
the body of Mr. Donnelly to New York.
creating such an excitement in Alabama
recently, through claiming that he was
elected governor of that state on the pop
ulist ticket spent a few hours in Pensa-
cola Monday on business. He lodged all
interviewers and took the first train back
to Montgomery.
Fire was discovered in the clothing store
of @ Kahn Son on South Palafox
street at Pensacola, about O'Clock Tues
day morning The flames were quickly
extinguished by the firemen, but the stock
haGlxr DAMAGED nv smoke The Lar
stock of clothing in the adjoining store
of John White was also greatly damaged
by smoke. Both parties are fully in
sured. The origin of the fire is not yet
been discovered.
The steamer Corinne. which has been
running on the St. Marys river for some
edge at Fernandina Saturday night She
had just returned from a trip on the
river and had finished making prepare
tions to leave for Brunswick on Monday
morning, where she had been chartered
by Col. Goodyear. The captain and en-
gineer were aboard asleep and narrowly
escaped. She was owned by Capt. Ed
Stone of ST. Marys.
The trial of John King, coIored. in
dicted for the murder of a partially de-
mented young white man Qear Bluff
Springs last year, was begun in the cir
cult court at Pensacola Tuesday morning.
and is now progressing. The case is
largely one of circumstantial evidence.
and there are more than twenty witnesses
ored. indicted for murder, was arraigned
Tuesday, and pleaded not guilty John s.
Beard was appointed counsel for him, and
his trial was set for Friday.
i. H. Moil, young white man, who has
for some time been employed by the Pitts
ton Hard Rock Phosphate Company at
Fort White, met with a sudden death last
Tuesday. Mr.. Moil was walking on the
incline track from the plant to the pit.
and car used for the purpose of hauling
phosphate to the washer, while making
its descent at a rapid rate. struck him
with tremendous force, killing him in
stantly. It is said that he was hard of
hearing, and probably did not hear the
car. or the warning of those who called
to him to look out. No blame for the ac-
cident is attached to anyone.
William Moody of WakulIa county saws
that among a large number of hogs he
has killed this year was one Weighing 316
pounds. This fellow was very fat and most
Of the fat was rendered into lard. of
this article from the big hog alone he
secured 200 pounds, which sold readily