The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-03
FLORIDA


FLORIDA
The sugar cane crop in Putnam this year,
from present reports, VIII be above the aver
age.
Next Monday the registration books win
be opened 10 the various precincts OF HIS
borough county
Large quantities Of logs are being brought
down the Oclawaha during the high water
caused by the recent rains.
Pickard s Britt Of Orlando have dissolved
copartnership w r. Britt retiring ana q.
f.. Pickard assuming fun control.
The Railroad Hospital Association is con
sidcrlug the ACCESSIBILITY OF building hos
pttal al St. Augustine for the exclusive use Of
railway employees
The Tampa Fish and Ice Company win open
a branch of its business in Macon at an early
date. II Will be 10 charge OF A. II. Adams, a
member OF the firm, who VIII 80 thither
ABOUT Aug. -.
To-day the quartermasters Of the compa-
MES OF the First battalion viii go down to
Pablo Beach with the tents and baggage Of
their companies ana get everything in readl-
ness Tor the GuarlerluE OF the men IN tnllr
companies upon their arrival in camp.
The fight between the two factions OF the
democracy Of Lake county promises to be
not only an exciting, Out bitter one Open
and stf hunts are being prosecuted with
great vigor by each side, and free campaign
literature is being freely distributed through
out The various precincts.
Capt. II. O. Ross returned to Jacksonville
Wednesday, from Norfolk where he went TO
Stevens. which was burned last week. He
has purchaseGr the tug Mary Helen Of j. II.
r. Culpeppec OF Portsmouth for S. The
ting left Norfolk Monday night in charge OF
Capt Potter
Wing ana Kendrick will have their big mill
al Tampa ready fOr.husness by Nov 1. The
capacity Of the mill Will be 5000J feet Of lum-
Ger ana 100 .UOu shdna les per day. 1t will be
located at th61unction OF the little and Big
HillsbQrough rivers, eight miles above Tampa
where they have large bodies OF pine and
cypress timber.
Gait j. ~ Brannon of the St Augustine
Rifles. who has had from the first the ar
ranging OF the details in regard to the en-
Campment OF the Florida state troops at st.
Augustine, is to-day ih receipt Of a telegram
from Mai. Lowell, commanding the Second
battalion. stating that his battalion
will make its camp on the Rainey
addition north OF that city on the ola shell
road, and he requests Capt. BranuOn to 20 on
with the work of building grand stand and
making all arrangements for the comforts Of
the men OF the command and 10 not forget TO
put up Flagstaff.
St Augustine News. Stephen Meeks. col
| ored was at Hastings last Monday and had
/ no place to sleep, 50 he got permission from
his friend, William Wright, to sleep in his
house. The next morning Wright returned to
bis home and found it locked Meeks had
skipped; upon examination it was found that
he had made OF with a pair Of gold bracelets.
pair OF Gun buttons, studs and several Grti-
Giles OF clothing Meeks came 10 the CITY and
was arrested by Marshal Hite in LinColnville
last night. who turned the prisoner over to
Deputy sheriff Ed Turner He was tried be-
fore Justice Forward this morning, found
guilty ana sentenced to sixty days in jail.
The case Of the state OF Florida against the
Florida Central and PeninSular railroad for
sos 900 bank taxes alleged to be due for 1889
1890 and 1891, which is now pending before
the supreme court Is OF special interest to
thirteen. shown
furnished by the attorney general. If the
case is decided in favor Of the state, and the
attorney general has great hopes It will be,
+ the following counties VIII come in for the
amounts named. SuwGnnee a III. 20. Alachua
S4200 Baker 50 f58.l2, Bradford 81 3G5 80 CLAW
1903, Columbia }2.85396, Gadsden S3G92 08,
23.2l Madison & SAT-, Nassau 81 994 and
Wakulla f56312. The case will probably be
disposed Of some time in October
The bitter attack made on GOV. Mitchell
with reference TO the distribution of the fund
returned TO Florida by the United States gov
ernmcnt under the direct tax act of congress
is considered most unjust In Tallahassee
Those who are In position to know what Is
being done in the promises assert that every
thing possible Is being done to adjust the
claims and get them in shape so that the
amount can he justly distributed pro rata
/ among the claimants without doing injustice
amount to more than $4,000 and as
only little over S3S 00) has been re
luIutH 10 Jut state, lL VIII be seen LQat 10 paw
/ the full amount Otany claim would wo.k an
/ injustice upon the other claimants. Hence
/ 10 pbviate further confusion no claim can be
/ paid w ii the eQl1ty of all applications ha.
! ] cen determined so that it can be seen What
/ percentage OF claims can he paid with the
/ funds on hand. AneNpert account ant is nov
] az work on it. ana as soon as he can complete
/ his iahots the matterwll be in a shape fol
/ the governor 10 act tntelllgently and justly.
! Milton shane, who is a resident Of Pablo
/ was according TO his daily custom, swimming
! around outside the surf Wednesday and en-
/ joyin8 himself IN the water as only an exper
! swimmer Cau. He was about 60 yards form tn,
/ beach, and was floating on his back wheI
I suddenly he was attacked by shark shan,
/ Immediately realized his horribl e danger aut
! eXerted every effort TO tight the fish off ant
/ at the same time reach the shore. Blu
/ the shark was ferOtiOuS, and as often as re
Owing to the dlincuty which a shark has in
Selling upon mOHeable body the young man
/ by clear Readiness and bravery, wa,
able In some degree to cuvade IN,
monsters attacks but not altogether
as az every dash Of the fish part OF tn,
unfortunate swimmers flesh was tori
away But 10 was struggle for,very life. ant
finally the young man reached shallow water
ana then the beach, almost exhausted from
cNcrtlon and loss OF blood. II was found
upon examination, that his thigh bore no les,
than twenty-aix separate wounds made b.,
the shark S teeth. which, owing to thor peCu
! liar formation tore away the flesh at every
incislOu. veteran sea captain who exam
! ined Shapes hurts, said that, Judging from
| the marks, the shark could not have been les,
/ than ten feet long. Although II is generally
/ known that large sharks are all along tn,
Florida coast, II Is not often that they caus,
| any serious accidents, and this one was mucI
nearer Ia Shore than they are usually seen
They never come In close enough to moles
/ batherS IN the surf. Shane's wounds though
many ana painful, are not considered dan
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