The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-24
FLORIDA


Daniel Hardy, an cmpoye OF the r. b.
Everett Fish Company Of West Palm
Beach, recently, on a wager, ate one gal
ION of ice cream in twenty minutes
A large deposit of clay has been dis
covered near St Petersburg. There is
some talk of forming a cooperative as
ISOLATION for the purpose of making brick
William Bowen. a recently employed
driver at the main fire station, while ex-
ercising one of the horses at Tampa Tues
day. was kicked by the animal on his
right arm, which was broken by the blow
The boys who stole a boat at Mandarin
about two weeks ago were captured by
Deputy Sheriff Thames Tuesday They
proved to be Wehby Armstrong and Man
Vel Ellis, two white boys about is years
of age.
boy. Freddie, was kicked on the side of
the head by horse at Inverness Tues
day morning. He died from the effects
Wednesday morning at 3 O'Clock, at Ham
bro.
a heavy rain. hail and wind storm
passed over portion Of De Soto county
Tuesday about $3.50 p. m. About five miler
north OF Arcadia hail as large as goose
eggs covered the ground. No damage is
reported
Mayor J. S. Earman, who was recently
suspended from office by the city council
of West Palm Beach, pending the investi-
cation into the charges preferred against
him by G. l.. Leon. Will be tried by the
city council next Tuesday evening.
Inc millinery emporium OF MIS-. Il. stern
berg at Ocala was closed by Sheriff Hodge
| Tuesday morning by an attachment issued
by Armstrong Gator & Co, wholesale mil
liners of Baltimore, for T25 1t is reported
that the stock Of millinery was sold to
Krouskon of Savannah, a few days ago.
and that Mrs Sternberg was acting as
agent since the deal.
At st. Augustine Tuesday Deputy Sher-
| if Turner arrested Col. and Mrs French
| charged with trespassing by J. II. Slater.
| They appeared before Justice of the Peace
ar1N Ap6 1a-
| charged the complaint for want Of juris-
| diction. This promises TO become a case
| OF interest to those absent citizens whose
| properties have been sold al tax sales.
| Adams Bros store, at White Springs
/ was burglarized Tuesday night. and the
| safe blown open, supposedly by profess
| sional white crooks. Another store was
| also entered. The booty obtained is re-,
| ported small, $50 in cash from Adams
/ Bros. safe and some merchandise. The
| vault of the safe was not reached, or
more money would have been obtained by
| the ROBBERS.
/ c. NJ. Gardner, the editor of the Gazetteer
| a weekly newspaper published at West
| Palm Beach. was arrested by Deputy sher-
| im Ross early Monday morning on a war
| rant sworn out by l.. L. Dodge sheriff Of
| Dade county, charging him with criminal
/ libel The editor was taken before JUS
| tice of the Peace A. l.. Knowlton, and
! placed under 500 bond to appear before the
| October term of the circuit court at West
| Palm Beach.
Sol Holly, the negro who shot b. 2.
| Boulware at Orange Heights some time
| since, was tried for assault with murder
4 Gus intent In the circuit court at Gaines
| Vile Tuesday, and found guilty as charged
in the Indictment Holly and another
| negro were stealing corn from Mr. BouI-
| wares corn crib one night Holly was
on the outside, and as Mr.. Boulware ap-
| preached to frighten the thieves, he was
| shot in the side, a pistol ball striking
! one of his ribs. Mr.. Boulware recovered.
The truck farmers of Alachua county
| are now taking a much needed rest until
| tomatoes will be ready to ship. There
! will be a large acreage this season, but the
| rains of the past two weeks have greatly
/ reduced the prospect for a crop, and It
| will be a light one As a rule, the truck I,
| ers have not realized much from the ship
| ments of vegetables this year. Cante-
loupes will soon begin to move OF this
/ crop this is large acreage and a fair
| yield. one farmer has sixty acres planted
in canteloupes.
John Malphurs. who resides near La
i crosse met with an accident recently
which nearly cost him his life. He had
been to Starke and was returning home
late at night He made a fire under log
which rested a foot or two above the
ground The fire burned the prop which
held the log up and when it fell 1t pinion-
ed his feet which were under the log to
the ground. The fire spread and soon
reached his feet which were badly burned
He laid in that position all night, but his
screams were not heard. A farmer saw
his horse the next morning and drove
back to the camp. where he rescued Mr.
Malphurs. The injured man is recovering
from his wounds
St. Augustine, May 20. p. Ravens OF
Jacksonville, who recently made a trip
along the entire east coast for the pur-
pose of taking photographs Of fields ana
crops, has completed his work He has ex-
hibited a full set of photographs to the
officers of the J., st. A. and I. r. railway
The pictures, about fifty in number all diff
ferent views, are SX10 inches. They illus
trate fields on different parts of the line
from Hastings down to Palm Beach. In
the collection are scenes OF potato fields
with workmen in the act of digging and
harvesting the crop, with large potatoes in
the trenches and baskets. Then there are
corn fields, showing healthy stalks waving
four feet above the mems heads, who are
standing by them gathering the well-flled
ears Next come the pineapple plantations