The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-19
FLORIDA.


It is rumored that the office of Wilbur
Mccoy, division freight agent of the Plant
system, with headquarters at Tampa will
soon be abolished.
The postoffice at Excelsior park in Polk
county has been discontinued and the pa
irons of that office will become patrons of
the Barlow Office.
In a ten days hunt in Brevard county
recently 5. G.. Dolive. and +. A. Lewter,
or orlando killed eight large deer. Dolive
killed seven of them.
Chief Papworth, of the Sanford fire de-
partment, says the Sanford hook and lad
der truck has not been taken out of the
house in eight years.
Three new stores have been opened in
Braidentown this week.. II. Revere,
hardware; Miss Sudbury millinery and
DuckWall Bros, groceries,
Several important sales of orange crops
have been made at Braidentown this week
AT $50 box on the tree, but large por-
ton OF the crop is still unsold.
William Sanchez, while on his way to
81. Augustine from Matanzas Thursday
found the body of A. Olivares, the Next
can who was drowned last Sunday while
trying to save his boat.
Mrs. Florence Pitts of Millview is the
owner or calf. now five or six DAYS old
and in perfect health, that has only two
legs. There is no sign of a leg in the place
where the front legs should grow.
More hay has been saved in Alachua
county during the past season than ever
before, W. r. Thomas and w. II. Davis a.
Co, alone having purchased over 40 tons
the former 50 and the latter 60 tons.
Fire started Wednesday niCht in one
OF the outbuildings on the place of w A
Sindorf at Bagdad and rapidly spread
TO the house, which was destroyed in a
short time although most of the furni-
ture was saved.
Mason Childs of Jonesville was taken
TO Gainesville Wednesday, charged WIN
breaking and entering the Baptist church
at JonesVille and stealing a number of
hymn books and two valuable vases. He
[ gave bond and was released.
Bill Nelson had one arm broken TODAY
while putting lumber in the planer az
the Island mill at Bagdad. While walk
ing on some boards, ne lost his balance
and put out his hand to STEADY himself
In doing so he became entangled in a.
belt. %
A. J. Giddens, a well-known citizen and
former member of the police force of Pen
sacola has been placed in confinement
upon the order of County Judge McCul-
Tough, upon petition made to that Of
iicer to have Mr.. Giddens examined as to
his sanity
w. A. Fulton and ]. w. Afford have inst
completed making a sale of 40 acres of
] phosphate land in fernando county. near
t1tzgerald, TO Mr.. Buttgenbach of Bel
GUM The consideration was So, 900. Mr.
Buttgenbach will erect plant and mine
phosphate.
The store and entire stock of goods of
j.. =. Hardee at Perry were burned
stock was estimated at $1,000. and the
building and fixtures at 81 200. There was
no insurance The fire was undoubtedly
| Of incendiary origin.
New suits were filed in the office Of tho
| United States court at Jacksonville
! Thursday by the receiver of the First
/ National Bank of Oeala against Josiah
Flourney; The suits are for $4,000 dam
| ages each. The defendants are REQUIRED
to answer on the December rule day
The river men at Jacksonville are do
| ing considerable gossiping over a little
schooner, the property of n. b. Borden
/ of Fernandina, which lies anchored on
! me otner side of the river, opposite the
city. The little schooner came in inst
after the United States patrol boat. Bout
| WELL left.
George Smith, a negro, whose home
/ is supposed to be at Brunswick, Ca, was
! struck by southbound train on the
| Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
! fifteen miles from Jacksonville Thurs
| day, and was almost Instantly killed The
! train. was running at the usual rate of
/ speed when the negro was struck
Unless the governor interferes. J. d
Shepnefq,, now confined in the Orange
Walker, must hang. The decision of the
supreme court aftirms the decree of me
/ lower court and settles the doom of the
/ for Gov Mitchell to fix the date of Inc
/ execution.
The business of the custom house at
/ Tampa is increasing so rapidly that ii
] 4 more
/ conmodious quarters for the collector and
! his assistants. Rhe whole of the building
! in which the Offices have been located
/ has been given up to the use of custom
/ house business and a vault is being built
in the rear Of the offices.
Not a civil case was tried at the late
term on Pase9 county circuit court Four
/ criminal cases were tried. Two of these
| We're fer selling liquor without license, one
/ conviction and one acquittal. One was for
1 entering a house with intent TO commit a
] felony, convicted while the fourth was for
/ entering a house with intent to commit a
] misdemeanor resulted in mistrial.
/ A request for summons ad responder
| dunn IN the case of Abbie R. Dodge VS.
/ the Florida development Company, an ac-
/ ton for the recovery of damages in a,ne
| sum OF 5000, was filed in the county