The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-21
FLORIDA

The dengue fever is prevalent in Barlow.
A literary club will be formed at Avon
Park
One man in Gainesville has a contract to
make $50 churns
The sale Of the Sarasota railroad has been
postponed to OCTOBER.
Oranges in the vicinity of Sarasota are be-
ginning to split badly.
Pensacola real estate aggregating $4,000
changed hands last week.
There we're five marriages four births and
i've deaths in Pensacola last week.
A. L Wilson this week sold between 5000
and 10000 pounds of tobacco TO the Owl Cigar
company OF Quincy. The price received was
10 cents.
Lee county is advertising for sealed bids for
the erection of court house. IT is to be
rOomy, neat, frame building, costing 81 900,
and will be finished throughout with hard
oiled pine
A mammoth dredging machine belonging to
the Savannah Florida and Western railroad,
passed through here TueSday en- route TO near
Tampa, where the machine will be busy eX
caVating for a new rOadbed
The outlook for cotton in Jefferson county
is fairly good as to the yield, but who can
hope for success in making 6-cent cotton
These red lands and fertile bottoms of North
ern Florida should be made the granaries for
the counties Of Southern Florida.
Perry Barrineau, prosperous farmer Of
Leon county, has met with great success this
season in growing Hubbard squashes. On d
single vine he had thirteen mammoth
squashes, two OF which he brought to the city
this week. One weighed thirty-six and the
other thirty-three pounds.
@. w. Hawthorn OF Orange Lake brought
seven boxes OF oranges to town last Friday
and consigned them to Jesse Pitt & Co. of
Philadelphia. These oranges are fully ripe
and very sweet They are from last October
bloom Mr.. Hawthorn says he intends 20 have
oranges to ship at any season within a year
or two.
j. H. Cartwright, a maehinist in the employ
of the Florida Central and Peuinsuiar at
Fernandina. was seriously injured by a fall
from a derrick used in clearing away the
recent freight wreck between Waldo and
Starke His left arm was broke in the elbow
Joint and long cut in his head, besides other
injuries
The populists met at Barlow Fla, Satur-
day and selected delegates to their congress
slonal convention which meets soon 10 nomi-
nate candidate who will oppose
who was nominated on Aug.
Is at Monticello by the emocratic conven-
tion to represent this district in congress-.
Srarkman's nomination is not altogether
satisfactory.
The Foote Commercial Phosphate Com
Uany OF Barto-7, have now finished track
connecting their works with the main line of
the Florida Southern railroad. The com
pany has about 5000 tons of excellent land
pebble phosphate mined and will within the
7 nextteW days ship from Punta Gorda 800
TONS IN vessel ready JneFb LOT IL, A second
vessel VIII be there within the week to carry
of another 900 tons.
Purse, the diamond thief, in confinement in
the county jail at St Augustine made an at
tack Satur lay, on another prisoner with a
knife. Sheriff Perry went in to rescue the
man being assailed and Purse rushed at him
and cut the Shertn in a number of places The
sheriff then threw the man from him and
hammered him with his fist, knocking him
down repeatedly The sheriff was painfully
cut, and lost considerable blood. Purse is in
he'd badly battered. The affair took place
aboIt O'Clock in theafternoon.'
A lamp swinging in the pavilion at Lanark
fell, day or two ago, ana caused no little eS-
element. gentleman picked up the lamp
to throw 1t out OF the pavilion, but it was so
hot he let 1t drop upon the floor again. Then
the lamp was kicked out upon the wooden
walk near the pavilion. The walk was fired
of sand lying around loose it was used to put
ont the burning walk Considerable excite
ment was caused by the incident At the
time the lamp feH there were fully fifty peo-
pie in the pavilion.
Friday, Aug 10, Henry Pearce, colored. fell
from raft in MoccasIn Slough, near Apua-
threw him into the water. The men on the
raft at once got a bateau off the raft and went
to his assistance They got to him lust as he
sank for the last time and caught his hat as
they grabbed for his body The body was
found just below Fort Gadsden, and on Tues
day County Judge Baker went up and held an
/ inquest. The verdict was accidental drown
| ing. The body was buried at Smith Bend.
! PearCe lived at Banbridgc