The morning news., 1894-09-27

pointed deputy collector OF revenue under
Hon. George " Wilson
A. 5. Lucky is a candidate for state senator
from the senatorial district, embraced og
Lee and Monroe counties.
81 Augustine advertising COMMITTEES is
making arrangements for mons er reg alta
TO take place there ucNt March.
IdlewId Park tenn Ia Citizen: The largest
rainfall ever known in South Florida fell
here on Wednesday. seven and one-haH
inches fell within twelve hours. sew
eral steam saw mills located in low places
have been temporarily stopped by high
water These will Ieslme IN few days.
Monticello Constitution: We understand
that some OF our lea hers are impressed
with the onviCtiOu that the grading COM
mItteC got the animation papers mixed,
and thereby gave IN some instances an IN
lust rating. Il this . true, IL may explain
the failure Of some teachers to pass and the
low rating Of others.
Dcala Capitol. The of1cial report Of Flori-
das exports for the year 1898 shows the total
TO le Il l35 O59 an increase OF auOut 81 COZ 30
over the wear previous. OF the total, the phos-
phate shipments constituted dnearlyOne-fOurth.
Lumber and tim Der were the articles follow
ing phOspates in importance. these figures
do not include a .ricultural and horticultural
prOduCts. If they were added, the total
would approximate 0 10000 II is thought.
A Iarty OF three Orlandoites returned Sat
'urday night from a two weeks camp hunt on
Tyson Creek. OsceOla county. They had q
streak OF bad luck the first day in camp when
some sneak thief. 1t is suppcs ID, stole their
horse feed, blankets. Provisions and many
loaded shells. i he above artic eS, save the
shells, were replenished. as it happened they
had struck camp about three miles from
store The hunters bagged sixteen d ser.
Jacksonville Price Current: Undoubtedly
Jacksonville has a right prospect for a very
large increase OF business during the season
now about opening Her facilities are letter.
her stocks OF merchandise larger and her
prices much lower than ever 1t is only
necessary that Florida merchants now pur-
chasing elsewhere, give trial order to our
large wholesale houses. 10 be convinced that
jacksonville can and will sell as low as any
other place.
An unusual sight was seen at Melbourne
beach last week, says writer to the lOrida
star small herd of manatee were OBJ
served feeding around the dock there. They
were not DISTURBED in hopes that they would
lrger around the vicinity, and they are also
protected by state laws. They viii prove a
greater attraction Than tarpon, and, by the
way, they form pretty good substitute for
fresh meat. he writer has tried the meat
Sc eral times and found it very good.
Jacksonville Citizen: The contract for
building the brick motor house and furnish
ing the electrical plant for the new electric
roaJ in Jacksonville, has been let to Brown
& Garbeu OF Washington. Work is TO be
commenced on the motor house within few
DAYS. Inc machinery is now on It's way
lie e. The contract calls for the completion
OF the work by Nov. l. Electric cars will
| then run from Riverside to airheld, and e
iOAp AoA4H AAAAAp ppNCA Will NC u t4AAllB VI INC
PAST.
Times -Union: There is one man in this
state who viii probably, hereafter, upon 60
ing to hotel. leave his money with the clerk
to be locked in the safe before retiring. I hat
man is w. A. haWls OF Tallahassee Mr..
Rawls registered at the DuVal hotel Sunday
and, upon retiring, placed his pocket ooK,
containing about SsO, under his pillow When
! he got up he hurriedly dressed and went down
| to breakfast and then went to the depot. in
| tending to return home. 1t was then that he
! discovered that he had left his pocketbook
| behind him He hurried back to the hotel
| anc went to the room but the pocketUook
was not under the pillow where he said he
| had left it. A search was made, but it failed
to come to light.
An interesting though startling discovery
! has just been made near New River. by John
! Davis, of the little dredge ten
| der, Ethel. and Mr.. Collier VINO lived
at Middle River, They started
out to trap one of the Indian
mounds at Middle River, simply from
| curiosity. They dug down about three feet
| skeleton, perfect in every particular except
! that the bones had been petrthed. 1t was so
J heavy that they concluded not to try TO dis
Z lodge it until they should have procured help;
| but they kept on digging until eight of these
| skeletons had been un~ overed and plainly dis
| closed to view. The bodies had Deen buried
| in the shell mound in perfect circle, one
with the head pointing outward and the next
! with the feet outward. the whole presenting
| the appearance OF the spokes OF wheel The
! bones have been carefully covered and an
agent Of the Smithson an institution has been
notified and asked to come here.