The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-17

larpon Springs people are feastlug on
/ smoked mullet
A cOlored congregation will build new
I church in New Augustine.
! G.. NJ. Davis is erecting a tWO-storY building
on his lot on Upper Lemon street, Palatka.
/ J. NJ. Barco has assumed the duties Of reg
/ lister OF the United states land office at
/ Gainesville.
! Work on the high school building at Bron-
| son viii he pushed o completion, and u will
/ be ready for opening in October
Mr.. Lockwood Of Mel. olrne has just had
/ bored an aFtesian well. There is a fine flow
/ ana an eighteen pound pressure.
! John r. Scott. the Jacksonville architect, is
| preparing plans for a handsome two-story
! brick residence for Blair BurwelL
A new newspaper is to be published at Ar
| cadia, the South Florida Journal Col John
! Cross Will be editor ana manager.
! The walls of the new stable that Pensacola
/ is having built for the police patrol wagon
! and horses are nearly ready for the roof.
The first number OF the Citrus County
/ Chronicle has made its appearance. It is a
| seven column folio well patrOnized by adVer-
! tisers
The hotel building that was commenced
/ some time ago at Melbourne is to be finished
] up at once and put in frSt-Class order for next
| winters tourists.
Reginald Bours killed a rattlesnake at
/ Fort George island on Monday that was six
| feet long and had nine rattles and button.
! He Will keep the rattleS as a souvenir.
MOTey n 20. OF lhmpa nave increased tnelr
! force to twenty-five cigarmakers. Their or
| ders are increasing steadily and they are now
shipping 1900 to 10000 cigars per week.
There will be about a third Of a crop of
! oranges at Anthony. Some estimate il at
! onefourth. The number OF new trees that
! Will come into bearing will not materially
! change the crop.
Arid & Adams Of jacksonville are having a
| warehouse erected in the rear Of their block
| at the corner OF Main and Forsyth streets.
| The structure will be occupied by Felch g.
| Henry, the grOcers.
Wednesday afternoon, at Brown s Landing
! four miles from Palatka James Shores, a
! colOred boy II years old, while attempting TO
! get out of a rowhoat with a gun, accidentally
| shot and killed himself.
h. M. Strickland has ordered machinery
and will erect and operate cedar mill at
! Ellzey, near Bronsons giving employment to
| about twenty-five hands. The mill will get
| out lead pencil material.
A ST. Augustine hunter was chased by five
bears on South Beach one day last week He
! went over there to hunt. and succeeded in
| killing two, but when FIVE more appeared on
! the scene he considered it best to run.
Police Ohicer Williams OF Jacksonville had
very peculiar accident happen to him re-
Gently. He was chewing a toothpick when in
! some manpeF It became lodged IN his throat
and he found that he could not speak word
j. d. Cromwell has the following advertise
ment in the Gainesville sun Until Aug
p, 1894, will pay 500 each for poecats and
300 cash for native salamanders, delivered
alive In Gainesville. No imported stock will
be paid for"
The city of Key West has entered into
contract with d. Lamar Of New York for the
construction of a system Of water works and
fire protection at the price OF S95 800. If they
| fail in obtaining water from the artesian
| well, sea water will be used
| An accidental gathering of six OF Orlando's
| heavyweight citizens recently led to q reckon
| Ing up OF their respective weights, when il
| was found that the com bned weight Of the
group was Los pounds, only one OF the party
| railing below the 2OOpound notch.
The orange crop around Beleview will
| amount to about 900 boxes. The continued
dry spell followed by hail storm in May
caused loss OF about one-half the crop The
young groves are rapidly coming into bear
ing, and will increase the crop by 500 boxes
this year.
s. +. Hanford, w. J. Wilson of Green Cove
Springs, aud Mr.. lngersOl, who Is a practi-
cal mill man and one of the best have pur-
chased the interest in the steam mill prop
ertY belonging TO the estate Of the late Judge
| Copeland, at Orange Park, and will soon com
mence active operations.
At Jacksonville Wednesday, articles Of in
| corporation Of the Vance Printing Company
were filed in the ONCE OF the county clerk
| ne company has a capital OF 500 O00 and is
| authorized to carry on a general printing
| business, manufacture rubber stamps and
! deal in blank books and stationery. The in.
| corporators are A. b. Vance, ). c. Vance and
| +. A. White.
During the progress OF a thunder storm w
| T. Allen, living near Pittman two miles
/ north OF Altoona was struck by lightning and
! instantly killed. Mr.. Allen, who was at work
! In field, took shelter in a small building.
and at the time of his death sat in the door
/ holding mule by the bride little grand
| son, who was also in the building, was unin-
| lured, and the mule was unharmed.
When Deputy Sheriff Gordon of Orange
! county searched William Brown, a negro
charged with stealing watch from one Of
his coiored lady friends, he found in the
/ pockets OF Brown bunch of keys and "a ID
| bttoot. Brown willingly gave up the KEYS but
! begged TO be allowed to retain the foot 30
| and said: please don't take hit away FUN
Inc out of many hole"
Tampa Times: The steamer Tarpon was
| caught in that heavy blow which wrecked the
! bark Catherine at Pensacola. She was onlv
| twenty miles from the Catherine when the
gale struck them she hove to for five hours,
| then ran before the wind. which blew stif at
l sea fot twelve hours. The rain came down in
| torrents making the sea calmer, but at the
/ same time 1t drowned about $50 ch ckCnS Of
which the steamer had a heavy deckload.
At Ellinger's cigar factory in West TAMPA
! Wednesday. two clgarmakers were playing
| about fancy sCartpin that one of them, Ed
ward Coutraras was wearing The other one.
called 'trenchy,' snatChed 1t and ran.
! calling several times and not being needed
| Contraras picked up his cigar knife a thin
Piece OF steel a out four inches long and two
inches wide throwing it at his fleeing com
rade, all In playfuiness, his asserts 1t struck
''trenchy under the right shounder blade.
INJECTING very painful and poss IDLY seri.
Gus wound COntraras was Immediately ar
rested, and IN lieu of bond was placed in Jail.
Florida Citizen. There is more secrecy oh.
served by the present city oflGias in regard
to the city $ finances than there is around the
movements OF the Car OF Russia. A Citizen
reporter has on several different occasions
Sought information from the city treasurer i'm
! regard to the city S finances, but eVery time
has been repulsed by being referred to the
chairman OF the finance committee or some
other individual connected with the city gov.
eminent. When this individual or individuals
we're found they either would not have the
| statement with them, or would remark that
they would show 10, but IL must not be pub.
hshed.
Florida Citizen During several months OF
last winter there was in Orlando man named
Bishop. His business was selling shoe black.
ing. in order TO attract a crowd he would
frequently drive through the streets with a
pet monkey IN his arms and number OF
snakes cooled ABOUT his ne H. he had sew.
eral rattlers ana while here obtained one OF
two enormous diamond. backs which he added
TO his collection. he diamond back Is the
largest and most deadly OF the RATHER family.
lie handled these reptiles In the most fearless
manner. out In spite Of his apparent power
over them, he was recently bitten by one OF
his pets at Griffin Ga, and died inside OF nm
hour from the effect OF the poison.
A Texas pony attached to a light market
wagon belonging TO Davis q hobinson OF
Jacksonville made things lively for West Bnv
street for a while Wednesday morning. me
DrQncho was going along very quietly. when