The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-19

| firm he was q member. He also owned
/ Segui grant and q handsome orange grove.
! The Middleton building at Waldo owned by
/ johnson stan and occupied by l.. = Miller
and family. took fire on the roof from the
stovepipe Tuesday and burned 70 the ground.
I All the household goods were saved A three
! years policy for $500 had expired recently.
/ The house was Isolated and no FIRE apparatus
/ was at hand. the town being deficient IN this
respect. Mr.. Miller has been an engineer for
I some time on the Florida Central and PENN
/ sular railroad Mr.. Stad IS resident Of
{ Waldo
| Gambler has been specially favored with
/ almost daily showers, but no excessive rains
] for several weeks. Former reports from
Gambler in regard 70 the orange crop are
/ fully confirmed as the fruit is growing in size
I and is. therefore. more noticeable. There
I will be 80 per cent. more than last years crop
7 70 be shipped from this station. The groves
! are nearly all young budded trees. and the
/ acreage OF bearing trees is largely increased
each year. The Seeding trees show de-
/ crease from last years crop.
The third party Of Taylor county met in
/ the court house at Perry saturday, and
I seventy seven men were present. j. Il. Kelly
/ was elected chairman and F. 5. Jackson
! secretary Of the business before the meeting.
The following persons were nominated for
/ the different Otnces; senator from Twelfth
/ senatorial district. T. p, Hamilton; repre-
sentative, John r. Kelly; assessor, 4. L.
/ Karlton. present incumbent; collector, O. Is.
Weaver; treasurer, John II. Mathis; sur
veyor John f. McAIullen. Each district will
nominate its own member Of the board OF
public Instruction The democrats express
satisfaction now, believing they can defeat
/ the ticket
! Thomas Goskins Of Arcadia is getting up
| quite a reputation as an inventor. He has
invented about hfteen different things in the
past two years. One OF the latest and best
is a car coupler, which is the most perfect
and most simple seen yet. 1t can be so ar
ranged that the engineer can uncouple the en-
CINE with the slightest pull while running
at any rate of speed and with any number OF
! I'D IL HfraN
est or hardest bump and viii never uncouple
itself without something breaks Mr.. Cos
kins has formed stock company of which
business men are members and patent has
been applied for. Since congress has passed
a law in regards to car couplers the stock
holders feel quite sure OF a good thing. Several
master mechanics and railroad men have
examined the coupler and pronounced IL the
best thing ever invented. Mr.. Goskins also
has car seal which is ahead Of anything yet.
| This is attached to the door-facing OF the car,
and all the other expense is to use plain
white card and put the station stamp on 1t,
and drop the card and close up and the door
cannot be forced back an inch without show
ing 1t, as there IS sponge so attached and
saturated with car grease that 1t will bring IL
across this card so IL may be seen at glance
through the glass cover that the door had
been tampered with. These will last as long
as car VIII, and would be big saving TO the
railroads II adopted. The patent on this is
also pending Mr.. Goskins also has a patent
for wonderful stove. on which any one can
/
slightest odor from any of the food while
cooking
Tampa Times: A sad hearted brother was
among the Mascotte's passengers to Key
West Monday night. He came here to find
his sister, who was expected to return to her
home, In Key West on July 6, but since that
time her family has heard nothing or her.
| Growing uneasy, the parents sent their son
here to trace his sister and bring her home.
The young man arrived Sunday and imme-
dfately began inquiring among the many PEG
I ANa FEaw ha kH ale 4
saatohed at every clew and pursued 1t
| to the end, and last night sadly
turned his face homeward with the
conviction that she had gone away
OF her own accord Some months ago a
| younger sister married q young man who
| went to Key West from Sarasota. About
June q his brother went down 70 Key West
| from Sarasota To visit them. Without say
| ing anything to their parents, the married
| daughter and her husband. his brother and
| her unmarried sister left by night for Sara
| sofa in satlboat. Soon after the unmarried
| sister wrote her father asking II she might
come home by Tampa, and would he send her
/ money to come on. He did so, and about
| July she came to Tampa from Sarasota and
| stopped at the City hotel. While there she
made the acquaintance of some young men
| of this city of questionable morals.
home on the 9th or 10th inst, and
| that is the last heard from her. On arriving
| here, her brother found that on July she
/ sent her trunk TO the South Florida depot.
| That afternoon young man, who is unknown
| In town, called for her. She was out. He de
| clined TO give his name, but called later and
| found her in. She introduced him as her
| cousin. Later In the afternoon of the 5th
! they left the City hotel In carriage. and tax.
| ing her trunk from the South Florida depot,
went to the Florida Central and Peninsular
| depot. 1t is said that the man bought two
tickets and had her trunk checked TO Ocala
| That is all the brother could learn; none had
| seen her since then, except one young man
who claims TO have seen her here last week