The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-20
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Brunswick shipped $50 tons Of phosphate
during the month Of judy.
Plasterers and painters are putting the fin-
ishtng touches on q new school house at Min
nicola.
The Honduras Port TAMPA Florida lottery
will receive the earnest attention of the next
Florida legislature.
The Second district democratic congress
10 lal convention will convene in Palatka on
"Wednesday, Aug. 22
FN-Postmaster CASTOR OF Inverness shipped
twenty crates of lemons from his grove
near town to northern markets last week.
a little negro baby on the plantation of
Charles Saunders near ASheville, Jefferson
county, fell in q wen and was drowned last
week
w H. waite OF Alachua county has con
summated large phosphate deal in which he
sold $50 acres of rich phosphate land for
S26eg0
The Bradley Phosphate Company at Floral
City, whose magnificent plant has been shut
down for several weeks, will resume work in
a few days.
A huge RATHER attacked a very fine mule on
the Wortla ID place, near Monticello, few
days ago. The mule only lived a short while
after being bitten.
The Quincy Methodist church a land mark
OF more than fifty years standing, has 9een
decided unsafe, is to be torn down ana a new
and imposing edidce erected in its stead.
Win Fry of Palatka has just packed sew
eral handsome snakes OF the black, king, horn
and chicken varieties for shipment to parties
north. some OF the reptiles will measure six
feet.
! f. w Beers of Titusville will erect the new
| section house along the line OF the jackson
! vile, st Augustine and Indian River rail
Nav. Mr.. Beers put IN bid for the work by
/ contract with other bidders, but Mr. Flag Ter
! decided to have the work done by superin-
! tendence. These buildings viii require about
/ 100000 feet of lumber, and it gives a chan G
] ~ hum
/ material There viii be about thirty section
! houses with three rooms to each house,
| The sporting element of Palatka assembled
| in large mum ers at the Putnam rink Wcdnes-
| day night TO witness Sparring exhibitions be
! tween local pugllists. The event of the even.
| ing was four round fight for the gate re
| ceipts. This was a very spirited and scien.
| tine Inhibition and both men seemed in good
| condition and evenly matched. In the third
| round the men clinched and fell to the floor
and had TO be broken away by the referee,
| aud as Benbow attempted to rise the unknown
| fouled him and the fight was ctoruingly
given to Bonbow.
Mr. Mitchell was hauling logs for Kellin
| gers mill near Ocall, and when within hft,
| Yards of the mill the wheel OF the wagon strucl
! against the edge Of d small bridge, The lal
| looscned the wedges holding the log in place
| CAUSING it 70 change pos ton. Mr. Mitchell
| who was sitting astride the long, was thrown
! violently 10 the ground his face and heat
| striking first. Before he coud recover III,
huge piece OF tim DER rolled from the Wagon
and over the upper portion OF his body crush
| ing 10 as though 1t were cling passed thror 81
a rolling mill. lie died in about two hours
Saturday morning about $3.50 o'clock. Hugh
I Middleton. colored. with view 10 repleplsh
4 ing his larder, entered the premises OF Mrs
Clifford Grant. ,o'orei in the eastern part o.
| Lake City, and nutchered and carried on ;
me hog. Middle on succeeded in pe:tinl
home with the porker and as he had pur
chased thirteen head Of hogs the dav before
tho ght that suspicion would not point IN hi.
direction. Deputy sheriff kllis and Marsha
Carroll were notified OF the theft and In (
few hours had traced the porlSer TO Middle
tons house, where IL was found con called h
a sack. Middleton. his wife and the hog wer,
arrested aud lodged ia jail,