The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15

gentleman and no doubt will be an honor
highly appreciated by him
At Pemberton, Friday. c t. Williams and
G. A. McDougald, prominent citizens and
owners Of the town OF Fitzgerald, had a dis
pute about town land line The lie was
passed, followed by rough and tumble fight,
In which NeDougald cut Williams four times
There is one ut six inches long on the side
Of the head one three inches long on the fore
head, another four inches long on the alb
domen and one on the left little finger. VIII
Jams bit MCDOugald on the arm.
zone OF the strongest corporations that
has been founded in Florida for years was
organized in Ocala Tuesday. The association
is known as the Associated Phosphate COM
pany and upward OF 125 O)0 tons of phos-
phate annually is represented at this early
date. q he organization Is simply an orgaut-
cation perfected by several Of the largest
phosphate companies for the purpose Of de-
Tending themselves in foreign markets and
otherwise The capital stock is 100000.
Fernandina News: One Of the largest and
most important land sales ever made in this
co-nty has just been brought TO a successful
close by Arthur T.. Williams, acting for the
owners Of what is known as the Brown tract.
This valuable tract is situated in the eastern
part Of the county, and comprises some 1900
a res of valuable timber and turpentine land.
The purchasers are Lewis A. Davis & Bro,
and the sale, which was made last Wednes-
day, is said TO have involved ABOUT S25 COO.
Orlando Reporter: thursday afternoon
lightning struck the residence of +. Kirby
Smith on Lake Lucerne. doing considerable
the plastering Of the bath room and leaving
evidences OF having entered the house at two
different points. The bolt apparently divided
into two separate currents over the house:
one striking a Kinney on the north side and
tTaverSing down into the sitting room on the
first floor where it drove the screen from the
fire place and threw it half way across the
room. In this room was seated Mrs. Smith
and her mother, Mrs. NJ. c. kerdell both of
whom escaped injury; neither of them feeling
even a shock from the electric fluid. The
lightning, in its course down the chimney
scattered and set fire to pile of loose paper
in the ire place, which Immediately burst
into blaze. But for the prompt extingu1sh-
ing Of this blaze by Mrs. Smith the fire would
have douDtlessly communicated TO the furni-
ture Of the room and been hard to manage
The other fork OF the lightning bolt entered
the roof on the west side Of the house, burn
ing a hole about the size of a walnut In the
shingles and then blowing up
the weather boarding and entering
the bath room. From the ceiling
and side walls Of this room it tore the plas-
tering. AT this point it went down the walls
Of the house INFO the kitchen, where it did no
other damage than 10 knock a small piece of
plastering out Of a corner of the room Mrs
ReTdel who, as before stated, was in the sit
ting-room in conversation with Mrs. Smith
had the chair in which she was sitting, hit by
the fire screen as it was hurled across the
room by the force of the lightning The two
ladies mentioned were the only occupants of
the house at the time Of the occurrence.